Hodad's

5010 Newport Avenue
San Diego, CA 92107

Phone: (619) 224-4623

Official Website

User Votes: 908

Whether you sit inside with the license plates or you take it “to- go” and hang out by the beach, a burger from Hodad’s is the ultimate experience for meat lovers. The beach burger shack with the name that means “surfer wannabe” offers up the real deal with its signature monster sandwich that will make you a pork fat convert. Bonus points for messy. No wonder they boast “99 Gazillion Burgers Sold.”

  • tq average burgers at best. No real flavor in the meat, but the burger was huge, if you like that. Personally, I would rather have something that tastes amazing over something that was gigantic. Restaurant itself was small and smelled awful, like sweaty bodies. Employees were dirty and looked as though they hadn't showered in a couple days. Total riff raff. I didn't see what all the fuss was about. Thursday, Aug 11 at 6:57 PM
  • AJS Hodad's is hands down the BEST!! However, due to national attention, the wait is too long. We need a locals only line now. Thursday, Dec 10 at 11:00 PM
  • dan in tucson i was in san diego last week for my vacation and my fathers friend told us to go to hodads and we went and it is definatley the best burger i have ever had i plan on going everytime i'm in san diego now Saturday, Aug 1 at 1:37 PM
  • FL-OBcean i'm moving back strictly for hodad's...not really, but yea it's awesome. Monday, Jul 6 at 2:16 PM
  • Jason in Oceanside Been to Hodad's 6 times now in the past 3 weeks. I wanted to make a point of testing out their consistency in serving a great burger. Yeah, it's awesome - but is it consistently awesome? The short answer (based on my limited experience) - is No. On 3 occasions I had an very enjoyable experience. Burger was hot and juicy and the fries were to perfection. The other 3 experience ranged from OK to really bad...and by really bad ... MORE > Friday, Jun 26 at 5:04 PM