Oscar's Mexican Seafood is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

1. Oscar's Mexican Seafood

8.9
703 Turquoise St, San Diego, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 103 tips and reviews

TylerTyler: Taco especial may not be big but it is sure fresh! Love the hot sauce assortment- white sauce is lethal!

James B.James Broughton: The spicy shrimp tacos are fantastic!

Maddy G.Maddy Gorman: Great burrito with a refreshing flavor mixed with spicy spicy salsa. No seating however. But good food!!

Oscar's Mexican Seafood is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

2. Oscar's Mexican Seafood

8.7
746 Emerald St, San Diego, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 51 tips and reviews

AdamAdam: The green sauce is properly spicy! Delicious on the taco especial.

Jinnie L.Jinnie L: So around 9pm..I still had craving for more tacos. thank you SD, I gained like zillion pounds on this trip...but I don't care!! spicy shrimp taco n surf & turf taco!!! >_<//

Alex K.Alex Kasemir: The tacos may be more expensive than other in the area, but the ingredients are fresher and the tacos are stuffed! Surf and turf with spicy shrimp is the bomb

Dirty Birds is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

3. Dirty Birds

7.9
4656 Mission Blvd (btwn Diamond & Emerald St), San Diego, CA
Wings Joint · Pacific Beach · 68 tips and reviews

The Daily MealThe Daily Meal: Made The Daily Meal's List of America's Best Buffalo Wings, and were featured on Food Smackdown. Read more.

PaddyPaddy: First time in Pacific Beach and decided to stop in here during happy hour. $5 wings and $9 Goose Island pitchers. We had the Dirty Ranch (awesome), the Aztec (dry rub delicious) and the Diablo (spicy)

Christopher W.Christopher Wells: Some of the best spicy garlic wings I've had.

Bare Back Grill is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

4. Bare Back Grill

8.5
4640 Mission Blvd (at Emerald St), San Diego, CA
Burger Joint · Pacific Beach · 57 tips and reviews

OUTNSD.COMOUTNSD.COM: Chill outside and enjoy a Maui Waui Burger, a basket of fries (WITH wasabi mayo!!), and a pint of shocktop. Check out their happy hours on the link below... Read more.

Jason W.Jason Wilmot: Wasabi Mayo is tremendous

Natalia S.Natalia Silva-Castillo: The Kiwilango burger is the option if you like it spicy. Their fries are also good, skinny fries!

World Curry is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

5. World Curry

8.1
1433 Garnet Ave (btwn Gresham St & Haines St), San Diego, CA
Indian Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 36 tips and reviews

Beth J.Beth Juncal: Vindaloo and Keema Curry are delicious here!

Gina W.Gina Weiss: Naan bread, curry puffs, Keema Curry, Vindaloo, Caribbean...all great choices!!

Hanna T.Hanna Talledo: This place has great service and the vindaloo is the bomb diggty :)

Sushi Ota is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

6. Sushi Ota

9.0
4529 Mission Bay Dr (at Bunker Hill St), San Diego, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 139 tips and reviews

Krista L.Krista Lundgren: If you like spicy, get the Diego roll

Scott W.Scott Waite: Love the spicy tuna here! Their menu is located here: http://sushiota.menutoeat.com/ Read more.

Bernie Z.Bernie Zamora: Business lunch with John and Damien. We ordered soft shell crab, rainbow jalapeño, spicy tuna, soft shell crab hand roll, and uni. Yummmmmmmy!!!

Ichiban is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

7. Ichiban

7.8
1441 Garnet Ave (at Gresham St), San Diego, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 27 tips and reviews

Jeff S.Jeff Schwen: Order the spicy tuna roll!

Scott A.Scott Austin: the orange blossom is a regular happy hour special. get it without the spicy sauce to appreciate the salmon and tuna more

Alejandro F.Alejandro Feria: Been coming here since I was twelve years old and the spicy grilled yellow tail has always been the proper way to finish off your meal.

Leilani's Cafe is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

8. Leilani's Cafe

9.0
5109 Cass St (at Tourmaline St), San Diego, CA
Breakfast Spot · Pacific Beach · 42 tips and reviews

OceanOcean: Get the Jr. Boy! Hawaiian Style French Toast with fresh fruit plus they give you Portuguese sausage, rice, and scrambled eggs. Add some Sriracha for good measure.

Surge S.Surge Skoryk: Da original on the jalapeño cheddar bagel is the bomb!

Karen C.Karen Chiang: Spam musubi and spicy fried rice is my go-to order. So. Good.

Pacific Beach Fish Shop is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

9. Pacific Beach Fish Shop

9.0
1775 Garnet Ave, San Diego, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 140 tips and reviews

GK L.GK LoKi: Sour dough seems good, but not the best. Oysters are great, but put some Sriracha on them and they are awesome! Also, kudos for vinegar in the table for fries!

A.A.: WARNING! Be careful using the Hawaiian hot sauce bottle. There's no spout and just pours out. Thankfully, it's delicious. Great on fries.

DiannDiann: Have the sea bass blackened on a flour tortilla with a little bit of cholula. Sooo good!

World Famous is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

10. World Famous

8.5
711 Pacific Beach Dr (at Ocean Blvd), San Diego, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 167 tips and reviews

Henry D.Henry Davis: The Prim Rib Hash for breakfast was "money good" as was the Bloody Mary, nice and spicy

JulianJulian: The Drunken Mermaid tastes like Mexican candy. Sweet, spicy and oh so good!

Jeffrey C.Jeffrey Ciesla: Spicy Sirloin steak was great. My wife really enjoyed the Prime Rib.

The Bar Key is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

11. The Bar Key

7.4
954 Turquoise St, San Diego, CA
Bar · Pacific Beach · 17 tips and reviews

Scott V.Scott Van Vugt: Try the spicy black bean burger!

Carl D.Carl Densing: Get their spicy sweet and sour wings. It's pretty good.

Eddie N.Eddie Nomura: Burger with onion rings was great! Followed it up with an order of wings for dessert...sooo good! Fried pickle was a nice surprise. Can't wait to come back!

PB Mika Sushi is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

12. PB Mika Sushi

7.6
1154 Garnet Ave (at Everts St), San Diego, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 18 tips and reviews

Jennifer G.Jennifer Gasko: Best sushi in PB! Try the jalapeño roll, hot!!! Say hi to Asako!

Robert V.Robert Vongvilay: you have to try their salmon skin hand rolls and the potato salad .

Jackie O.Jackie O'Neil: You MUST try the Bird Rock Roll (if you like scallops)!! It takes about 15-30 minutes to make so just call the restaurant when you're on your way and ask them to start making it so it's ready when yo Read more.

The Fishery is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

13. The Fishery

8.9
5040 Cass St (at Opal St), San Diego, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 43 tips and reviews

Emilio C.Emilio Castellanos: Ceviche Tostadas by far our favorites, you just add extra Cholula sauce. Eating tostadas is an art.

Flora N.Flora Ng: Butterfish melts in your mouth. Have seafood market with fresh seafood, cheap oysters !!! Read more.

EaterEater: A local seafood distributor, market and restaurant in one. Chef Paul Arias does right by his product; his Tuesday tasting menu ($28 for 4 courses) is a good time to taste how. [Eater 38 Member] Read more.

Rum Jungle Cafe is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

14. Rum Jungle Cafe

8.5
4150 Mission Blvd Ste 153, San Diego, CA
Café · Pacific Beach · 32 tips and reviews

Sarah GordonSarah Gordon: Power Wrap + Sriracha= delicious!

K13yK13y: Bowls bowls and more bowls!! Ono grinds!! Everything is fresh and packed with amazingness. Great spot after a walk on the beach or boardwalk.

Kerry P.Kerry Patterson: Chipotle turkey wrap is amazing!!

Pho Time is one of The 15 Best Places for Spicy Food in Pacific Beach, San Diego.

15. Pho Time

7.6
1820 Garnet Ave (btwn Jewell & Lamont St), San Diego, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · Pacific Beach · 32 tips and reviews

Andrew D.Andrew Davis: The #53 is a must try. If you like spicy food ask for it extra extra spicy. They use some sort of spices I've never tried before.

Dave N.Dave Nielsen: Large pho (pronounced "foe") with shrimp and lean round steak...extra lime and make 1 circle of sriracha in your bowl... perfection!

Victor S.Victor Swircz: One of favorite place for Phó soup. Get the phó tom and add veggies