FROM ISOLA — CORONADO'S CROWN CITY GUIDE · UPDATED JULY 2026
Open Late in Coronado, CA
Part of Isola, the Crown City's live guide to eat, drink & do — open-now status, menus and one-tap directions.
Late night in Coronado? These Coronado restaurants and bars serve until 9:30pm or later — a few pour until 2am. Always check the live hours before you head out.
We track 21 spots here, averaging 4.5★. Every listing shows the day's hours, a sample menu with prices, and one-tap call, directions and ordering — plus live "open now" status on the main guide.
On this page: Serea Coastal Cuisine, Nobu Del Coronado, Stake Chophouse & Bar, Little Frenchie, Peohe's, Miguel's Cocina, Tartine, The Henry, Saiko Sushi, Il Fornaio, MooTime Creamery, McP's Irish Pub & Grill, Danny's Palm Bar & Grill, Babcock & Story Bar, Hotel del Coronado, Coronado Playhouse, Village Theatre (UltraStar Cinemas), Coronado Beach (Central Beach), Coronado Dog Beach, Glorietta Bay Park and Coronado Tidelands Park.
Chef JoJo Ruiz's sea-to-table flagship inside the Hotel del Coronado, with a terrace practically hanging over the Pacific. Order the whole local fish and time it for sunset.
★ 4.5 · Japanese · 1500 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
The Del's headline act after its $550M renovation: oceanfront Nobu with a pagoda bar and dedicated sushi counter. Books out fast — reservations open 30 days ahead.
Coronado's modern chophouse and its splashiest dinner reservation — dry-aged beef and a cellar that's taken Wine Spectator's Best of Award of Excellence six years running.
★ 4.4 · Seafood · 1201 First St, Coronado, CA 92118
Polynesian-leaning seafood right on the Ferry Landing waterfront with the best downtown-skyline view on the island. The coconut shrimp and weekday happy hour (3-5:30) are the moves.
The island's beloved Mexican courtyard cantina across from the Del — everyone comes for the warm chips with the legendary jalapeño white sauce. Weekend brunch runs 10-2.
European-style café a block from the ferry with house-baked pastries and cakes that locals cross the bridge for. Coffee at 7am, wine and quiche by evening.
★ 4.4 · American · 1031 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
Fox Restaurant Concepts' all-day hangout mid-Orange Ave — coffee bar in the morning, buzzy modern-American dinners and cocktails at night. The prettiest patio scene in the village.
★ 4.3 · Italian · 1333 First St, Coronado, CA 92118
White-tablecloth Italian at the Ferry Landing since 1999, with a full skyline panorama across the bay and bread from its own bakery. Ask for the terrace at sunset.
Coronado's nostalgic ice cream parlor since 1998 — cold-slab mix-ins, hand-rolled waffle cones, and an Elvis statue out front. The post-beach ritual for every family on the island.
★ 4.2 · Bar & Lounge · 1107 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
Opened by a retired Navy SEAL in 1982 and still the SEAL community's unofficial clubhouse. Guinness, fish and chips, live music most nights, and a great back patio.
★ 4.3 · Bar & Lounge · 965 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
A true-blue dive in a building that's been pouring as The Palm since the early 1900s, wallpapered in Navy SEAL memorabilia. The griddle-smashed Slamburger is the island's best cheap eat.
★ 4.4 · Bar & Lounge · 1500 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
The Hotel Del's classic lounge, named for the hotel's 1888 founders — mahogany bar, live music, and ocean air off the veranda. Come for a sunset old fashioned even if you're not staying.
The 1888 Victorian beach palace that put Coronado on the map — Marilyn Monroe filmed here, presidents summered here, and the six-year, $550M restoration wrapped in 2025. Wander the grounds, the promenade, and the shops even if you're not a guest.
★ 4.5 · Movies & Shows · 1835 Strand Way, Coronado, CA 92118
San Diego County's longest-running community theatre — 81 straight seasons — in an intimate 100-seat cabaret room overlooking Glorietta Bay. The 2026 season: Barefoot in the Park, The Drowsy Chaperone, The Mousetrap, and Into the Woods.
★ 4.4 · Movies & Shows · 820 Orange Ave, Coronado, CA 92118
Coronado's restored 1947 art-deco movie house, back in business as of July 1, 2026 under UltraStar Cinemas after going dark when the previous operator's lease ended. First-run films with expanded concessions.
The island's showpiece: a huge, flat, mica-sparkled strand backed by Ocean Boulevard mansions and the Hotel Del's red turrets, perennially ranked among America's best beaches. Free street parking on Ocean Blvd if you're patient.
★ 4.7 · Beach & Shoreline · Ocean Blvd at Sunset Park (north end), Coronado, CA 92118
The leash-free stretch at the far north end of Ocean Blvd, right against the Naval Air Station fence — one of San Diego's happiest patches of sand. Rinse stations and bags at the Sunset Park entrance.
★ 4.6 · Parks & Trails · 1975 Strand Way, Coronado, CA 92118
Grassy bayfront park next to the municipal pool with a small, mellow beach that's perfect for toddlers and paddlers. Front-row seats to Glorietta Bay's sailboats with the bridge beyond.
★ 4.6 · Parks & Trails · 2000 Mullinix Dr, Coronado, CA 92118
22 bayfront acres under the sweep of the Coronado Bridge — lawns, ballfields, a sandy bay beach, and the skyline across the water. The Bayshore Bikeway rolls right through it; free parking.