La Magnolia Rooftop

La Magnolia is at the Nacar Hotel near Plaza San Diego, and it's the rooftop you file away for when everywhere else is fully booked. It's a big open space, bigger than most rooftops in the Walled City, with a pool, cocktails, and weekend brunch. The atmosphere doesn't have the intimacy of Movich or the drama of Mirador, but what it has is space, which in peak season is genuinely valuable. If you're a group showing up without a reservation on a busy evening and every other rooftop has turned you away, La Magnolia is the move.