Mothership

San Diego, California, United States

Opened August 2nd, 2022.

Mothership is a sci-fi tropical themed bar in San Diego, CA that is a partnership between the owner of Kindred and CH Projects (False Idol, Polite Provisions, Raised By Wolves and more).

Designed by Ignacio “Notch” Gonzalez, Mothership imagines a restaurant and cocktail lounge build from the ruins of a crash landed ship on a tropical alien planet.

Though not exactly a tiki bar, it is definitely "Tiki adjacent" with solid tropical cocktails and immersive theming.

From the Mothership website:

"The Ancient Astronaut Shuttle Crew, aboard the A.A.S.C. MOTHERSHIP, boldly explores the darkest, furthest edges of the tropical-flavor galaxy. Cosmic rays blast from a solar flare and blow the MOTHERSHIP’s electronics into disarray. The psycho-space marauders are left with no option but to execute emergency landing protocols on the nearest planet. Off-board, the tight-knit Crew explores the lush surroundings. They discover no sentient life, but unexplainable events occur and a lurking presence is felt. The mysterious, uncharted ecosystem has few resources to repair the ship -- but ample plant life and curious, intoxicating spirits. In time, the Crew accepts that they are marooned in a sinister, fertile paradise. They establish a colony and fashion the ship into a base camp, including quarters of leisure. Together, the fearless crew members commit to adventurous coexistence with the natural life of the planet, not in desperate peril, but on a ...PERMANENT VACATION."

Details

Type

Bar & Restaurant

Phone

619-630-2187

Address

San Diego, California, United States

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Links

Gallery

6 Tiki Mugs

Doc Parks Mothership Shore Leave Zombie Glass - by Tiki tOny

Mothership Astronaut Glass

Cosmic Skull Mug - Star Dust Purple Edition - by Munktiki Imports - for Mothership

Cosmic Skull Mug - Death Ray Blue Edition - by Munktiki Imports - for Mothership

Cosmic Skull Mug - Green Decay Edition - by Munktiki Imports - for Mothership & Kindred

Cosmic Skull Mug - Lunar White Edition - by Munktiki Imports - for Kindred & Mothership

2 Swizzle Sticks

Mothership Splashdown Swizzle - Clear and Silver

Mothership Swizzle - White

24 Visits

CaptainNemo – Date: Unknown

First time here! I'm no scholar, but I can pretty much guarantee that Mothership is the world's only outer-space themed all-Vegan Tiki bar. I didn't note the Vegan part before going to check it out for dinner and a cocktail — but I had their scallion pancake, which I quite enjoyed. I also tried their own variation on a Painkiller, called the Mindkiller — made with two kinds of rum (one of them overproof) and "Tang cordial," which seems to be their own special syrup made with the drink that astronauts drink. I liked it a lot!

Nice atmosphere, great sci-fi decor and a very friendly bartender named Javi (hope I'm spelling your name right there, buddy!) made it a pleasant visit.

maybeorange – 7 Aug 2026

We visited the Friday of Tiki Oasis 2026, and while we had to wait outside a little before our reservation, the music that sounded like a spaceship set the scene. We sat in a little cave and loved the plant-based food.

The Splash-Down – 2 Aug 2023

My first tiki bar visit in San Diego on my Tiki Oasis 2023 tour. I had dinner and some drinks at Mothership and it was such a cool place. Loved the drinks and I picked up 2 of their really cool Cosmic Skull mugs.

Pooch and Star – 7 Mar 2024

Great theming. Good drinks. Missing the Ohana

BrokenBoatAnchor – Date: Unknown

Wow. I mean...WOW! This place hit it on all cylinders. As an expansion of the Thursday Kindred Tiki night, everything about this place was great. From the backstory, to the design and most importantly the drinks. We had a party of 8, and no one had a bad drink...and we shared with each other. 10/10...will revisit as often as we can.