Budgets are tight these days, but that doesn’t mean you need to stay home every night of the week. Clairemont, Bay Park, Bay Ho, Kearny Mesa, and Serra Mesa are packed with happy hour deals that range from tasty morsels to delicious cocktails.
There are so many spots to choose from, in fact, that this is only part one of our list. You can check out part two, with 28 more happy hour options, here.
Interested in the area’s best breweries or international eateries? Check out our posts on those, too.
Leave a comment to let us know which spot is a favorite and which one you’re adding to your list of places to try.
Bay Ho Happy Hour Spots
1. Chef JUN
- Monday-Friday | 3 pm-5 pm:
- 50% off draft beer
- $3 edamame
- $4 fried chicken or veggie gyoza
- $7 stuffed jalapeño
- $8 spicy tuna cracker
Bay Park Happy Hour Spots
2. The Shed & Sidecar
- Tuesday-Thursday | 3 pm-7 pm, Friday | 12 pm-7 pm, Saturday and Sunday | 12 pm-3 pm:
- $1 off drinks
- Mondays:
- $1 off everything all day
- Tuesdays | 3 pm-6 pm (food) | 3 pm-close (drinks):
- $6 craft cans, seltzers, kombuchas, and Pizza Ports
- $10 Tacos (3) three ways
- Wednesdays | 3 pm-10 pm (food) | 3 pm-close (drinks):
- $7 well mules
- $8 mezcal mules
- $5 for four wings
- Sundays:
- $6 off pitchers all day
3. Fast Times
- Monday-Friday | 3 pm-6 pm:
- $2 off specialty drinks
- $3 off select beer and wine
- Monday:
- $5 off mussels
- Tuesday:
- $2 off taco plate or salmon plate
- $2.50 street tacos
- Wednesday:
- 50% off wings
- Thursday:
- $8 flatbreads
4. The Cordova Bar
- Tuesday-Saturday | 5 pm-8 pm:
- $10 classic gin or vodka martinis
- $5 wells, beers, and wines
5. Sardina’s
- Monday-Saturday | 2 pm-6:30 pm and Sunday | 4 pm-6:30 pm:
- $6 house wines
- $7 craft beers, well drinks, pinot grigio, or pinot noir
- $10 well martinis or specialty cocktails
- $5 garlic bread
- $6 fries
- $7 jalapeño cheese bread or garlic cheese bread
- $8 spaghetti with meat or marinara sauce, garlic and mozzarella fries, sauteed mushrooms, or fried zucchini
- $9 8″ two-topping pizza, Caesar salad, Italian sliders (2), or grilled chicken tenders
- $10 buffalo wings, sliders, or sauteed artichokes with sundried tomatoes and mushrooms
- $11 chicken strips
- $12 antipasto salad or naked chicken veggie bowl
- $14 13″ two-topping pizza or calamari
- $15 calamari or shrimp Caesar salad
- $16 steamed mussels and clams
- $18 combination appetizer plate
6. The Pub in Bay Park
- Every day | Open-6 pm and Wednesday-Thursday | 8 pm-10 pm:
- $2 off alcohol except $6 cans
- $5 Paddy Irish whiskey, Jameson or PB whiskey cream shot
- $7 daily select cocktail
- Wednesday:
- 20% off wings
- Thursday:
- 20% off all burgers
- Friday:
- 20% off fish and chips
- Saturday:
- 50% off beer cans and bottles
7. Bay Park Fish Company
- Monday-Friday | 3 pm-6 pm:
- $2 off beer, wine, specialty cocktails
- 20% off appetizers and basic rolls
- Taco Tuesday | 11 am-6 pm:
- $4 fish or shrimp tacos
- $3 chicken carne asada or calamari tacos
- Oyster Thursday | 11 am-6 pm:
- $1 oysters
8. Bay Hill Tavern
- Taco Tuesday | 3 pm-close:
- Taco specials, discounted tequila, and Mexican lager
- Monday-Friday | 3 pm-6:15 pm:
- $2 off beer, wine, spirits, and appetizers
Clairemont Happy Hour Spots
9. Ototo Sushi Co.
- Every day | 3 pm-6 pm:
- $5 draft beers, house sake, house wines
- $5 edamame, furikake fries, salmon kama, California roll, or cucumber salad
- $7 crunchy roll
10. Best Pizza and Brew Clairemont
- Monday-Friday | 2 pm-4 pm:
- $2.50 pizza slices
- $4 house beer and wine
- $6 margaritas
- Monday | All day:
- $7.50 wings
- Wednesday:
- $4 pint night
- Daily | All day:
- $8 pizza slice and a t-shirt or hat
- $12.25 pizza slice and salad, or two pizza slices and a soda
11. Chili’s Grill & Bar
- Monday-Friday | 3 pm-6 pm:
- $3 16 oz Bud Light, Miller Light, or Coors Light
- $4 22 oz Bud Light, Miller Light, Coors Light, or 16 oz Modelo or Michelob Ultra
- $5 22 oz Modelo, Michelob Ultra, or house wine
- $6 margarita of the month
- $7 tequila trifecta
Kearny Mesa Happy Hour Spots
12. Kilowatt Brewing Kearny Mesa
- Tuesday:
- Buy a pint and upgrade to a 32 oz. pitcher for $3 more
- Wednesday-Saturday | 4 pm-6 pm:
- 50% off all food with beer, wine, or non-alcoholic cocktail purchase
13. BoujieMana
- Tuesday-Friday | 3 pm-6 pm and Saturday | 10 am-5 pm:
- $5 smoked deviled eggs or fries with harissa aioli
- $8 homemade hummus and pita bread
- $12 crispy chicken wings
- $16 margherita pizza
- $17 ezzo pepperoni pizza
- $5 draft beers or trybe shot
- $8 house wines
- $10 vanilla chai mule or blood orange margarita
- $10 featured drink of the night
14. Cross Street Chicken and Beer
- Monday-Friday | 3 pm-6 pm:
- $6 select draft beers
- $9 soju bottles
- $2 off soju cocktails
- $2 soju bombs
- $6 beer battered fries or tater tots
- $8 spicy popcorn chicken or two-piece tenders
- $10 fried pork dumplings
- $5 Cross Street Lager on game days
- Free fries on game days if you wear your team’s football jersey
15. Common Theory Public House
- Every day until 6 pm:
- $6 select house wines and draft beers
- Monday-Friday | 3 pm-6 pm:
- $5 cheese fries
- $10 pretzel balls
- $11 smash burger
- $12 buffalo cauliflower or Brussels sprouts
- $19 duck fat fries
16. Flama Llama
- Daily | 3 pm-6 pm and 8 pm-close:
- $28 cocktail pitchers (maracuya margarita,yuzu mojito, lychee llama)
- $8 sangria slush, yuzu mojito, maracuyá margarita, or lychee llama
- $6.50 sweet plantains or fried yucca
- $12.50 mojo pork fries
- $15 pork tacos (3)
17. The Butcher Shop
- Sunday and Monday | Open-close, Tuesday-Thursday | 3 pm-6 pm:
- $7 house wine, well drinks, beer
- $7 truffle parmesan fries
- $9 beef tenderloin street tacos (3)
- $10 potato skins
- $14 chicken quesadilla or crispy calamari
- $15 steamed mussels
- $16 artichoke crab cakes
- $18 roast prime top sirloin sliders
18. Players Sports Bar
- Monday-Thursday | 3 pm-6 pm:
- $2 off draft beers, select shots, and appetizers
- Tuesday Pint Night | 7 pm-close:
- $5 pints
19. Ju-ichi
- Monday and Tuesday | Until 6:30 pm and Thursday | All night:
- $2 off draft beers and wines by the glass
- $10 Kikusui sake by the glass
- $1 off nigiri
- $2 off hand rolls and gohan mini rice bowls
- $3 off sashimi
- $10 asparagus tempura, or dirty croquettes
- $5 edamame, yaki onigiri, or chikuwa tempura
- $15 3-piece fresh oysters, bara chirashi mini bowl
20. Zzan
- Sunday-Thursday | 5 pm-8 pm:
- Almost 20% off select menu items
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21. Formoosa
- Monday-Friday | 2 pm-5 pm:
- $3 Sprite, Diet Coke, Coke
- $4.50 jasmine tea, grapefruit lemonade, mango jasmine tea
- $5 peach oolong milk tea
- $5.50 sparkling yuzu lemonade
- $5.50 Sapporo or Tsingtao beer
- $6 snow jasmine, hojicha, peach oolong, or rooibos hot teas
- $8.50-$9 specialty cocktails
- $6.50 pickled cucumber
- $7 crullers
- $8.50 sesame balls or scallion pancake
- $13.50 popcorn chicken, or pork and cabbage potstickers
- $14.50 Taiwanese beef roll
- $15.50 sesame wontons or chili wontons
22. Casa Machado
- Monday-Friday | 3 pm-7 pm:
- $6.95 16 oz. Mexican draft beers
- $8.25 house margaritas, house wines, or well drinks
23. O’Brien’s Pub
- Monday-Friday | 3 p-5 pm:
- $1 off all pints
- Tuesday | 5 pm-9 pm:
- $6 and up craft tacos
- Wednesday | 5 pm-10 pm:
- 25% off wings
- Friday | 5 pm-10 pm
- $32 steak with herb hop butter, fries, salad, and any pint
24. Dumpling Inn & Shanghai Saloon
- Thursdays | 4 pm-close
- $2 off cocktails
25. 94th Aero Squadron
- Monday and Tuesday | 4 pm-6:30 pm:
- $5 off select bar appetizers with drink purchase
- Wednesday | 4 pm-6:30 pm:
- 50% off select bottles of wine with an entree purchase
- Thursday | 4 pm-6:30 pm:
- $12 martini night
- Friday | 4 pm-6:30 pm:
- $16 Hennessy VS
- Monday-Friday | 4 pm-6:30 pm:
- $1 off draft, bottled, and canned beer
- $9 well drinks and house wine
- $11 sangrias and nightly manager specials
- $12 cosmos, margaritas, and lemon drops
26. Steamy Piggy
- Daily | 3 pm-6 pm and 8 pm-close:
- $4.50 beers
- $5.50 purple rain and passion punch cocktails
- $10.50 soju
- $11.50 bulgogi fries
- $12.50 salt n’ pepper wings
- $15 taco flight (3) or bao flight (3)
27. Studio Diner
- Tuesday-Friday | 4 pm-7 pm:
- $5 draft beer
- $6 house wine
- 30% off all appetizers
Serra Mesa Happy Hour Spots
28. Maggie’s Cafe
- Monday-Friday | 7:30 am-11 am:
- Bottomless mimosas with the purchase of an entree
- Monday-Friday | 2 pm-close
- $8 chicken quesadilla
- $10 cantina nachos or 5-piece chicken wings and fries
- $12 cantina cheeseburger
- $13 carne asada fries
- $5 bottled beer
- $7 house margarita
- $10 margarita flight
- $8 michelada
- $2 off draft beer or wine by the glass
- Tuesday:
- $2.99 single carnitas or carne asada taco
Are Maggie’ Cafe happy hours really 7:30 to 10 am?
Yep, for the bottomless mimosas. They have another happy hour that starts at 3 pm, but their website doesn’t say what the offer is. I have a message out to them and will update when I hear back.
Just spoke with them and updated their happy hour. Bottomless mimosas are now until 11 am.
Thanks, I also see they still have a happy hour in the afternoon.
Yes, they do! It took me a bit to get that info because they didn’t respond to email, and one of their staff had no clue, but I finally talked to someone who gave me the lowdown!
Amazing information! Thank you so much. I can’t wait to try some of the new places and revisit older ones.
I’m glad it’s helpful! Report back if you discover any goodies we didn’t mention.