Valle

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"Valle is one of the few restaurants in the area honored with a Michelin star — the first Mexican restaurant in San Diego to receive the accolade. Its dining options include a tasting menu, a chef’s table 14-course menu, and a four-course tasting menu at the bar called El Sillón with items like A5 Japanese drunken wagyu; a recent patio revamp adds stellar seaside views. Seasonal menus are on rotation with current offerings ranging from American wagyu oxtail and local rock cod with chayote mole to American wagyu Denver steak. Upgrade to include the Mexican wine pairing for an ultra luxe dining experience." - Roxana Becerril

"Celebrated chef Roberto Alcocer brings his refined, modern expression of Mexican cuisine stateside at this elegant space in the Mission Pacific Hotel, overlooking the scenic Oceanside Pier. The name is a nod to the Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California, Mexico’s premier viticultural region, and the source of a plethora of interesting options on the wine list. Diners can enjoy an eight-course tasting in the dining room or a chef’s table experience in the kitchen. Dishes strike a winning balance between tradition and creativity, as in a tetela made with heirloom corn masa and hoja santa, filled with juicy chanterelle mushrooms and creamy goat cheese, and paired with a complex salsa of morita chiles—at once earthy and bright." - Michelin Inspector

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"A Michelin-starred Oceanside restaurant led by chef Roberto Alcocer; the team and its chef received recognition as a James Beard semifinalist for Best Chef: California." - Mona Holmes

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"An Oceanside restaurant that currently holds a Michelin star and retained that star at the 2024 Michelin Guide California ceremony." - Rebecca Roland

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"After a long day at the beach getting sand in every bodily crevice possible, a meal at Valle will make you feel like a brand new person (just please shower first). The oceanfront view is perfect to impress on date night, even though you might fight over who gets to face the water. When it comes to the food, they do an eight-course, $195 tasting menu that puts a Baja California spin on surf and turf: spiny lobster chilpachole, braised lamb barbacoa, and plates of fish so artsy they deserve to be in LACMA. For $158 you can add on the wine pairing, which is worth it to try Mexican wines from Baja California’s Valle de Guadalupe, an area that’s not too far away but whose bottles still aren’t too common in San Diego yet." - ligaya malones, candice woo