Del Mar Fairgrounds Review

Del Mar fairgrounds is always fun. Visited today for the oddities and curiosities expo for the first time. I'll be watching for the next one.

Despite the traffic and parking and short visit, it's still a tradition worth hitting up.

Always fun... a lot of food all kinds of varieties and fun rides

Bought the Costco fair pack which was well worth it. It included 4 entry tickets, parking pass, 50 ride tickets, a free savings book, 3 buy one drink get one free coupons. All that for 80 from Costco. Went to the fair with a big group and a bunch of little kids. There's a fair amount of walking which I didnt mind but it's overcrowded. When it came time to eat they have dozens of vendors to choose from but not enough tables to eat on. Everything takes time especially parking and getting into the fair due to long lines. Next time I would go with a smaller group and in the early evening to catch the fireworks.

Del Mar fairgrounds, is super bowl of SD. I have attended only the best shows here. Let it be Wine tasting, Beer Festivals, Race, concerts and food festicals, everything is the best here. How can I miss the SD county fair.

This is our 5th consecutive year to this fair and we love it more each and every year. This the one of the best SD events which caters all age groups.

SD County Fair only

Do's:
Food, Games, Rides.
Kids will have a blast
BARNYARD animals
Alternate Parking lots, its free with Bus ride to fair

Dont's:
Dont park at the Fair, look for alternate Parking lots
DONT buy concert seats here!!! This is the worst scam in town
Dont follow Signs: No signs. No directions. No consistency.

Food to eat:
French toast bacon bomb.
Deep fried nachos.
Kool-Aid hot wings.
Fried pizza.
Deep fried lemonade - Not up to the Hype, this taste like deep friend lemon cake.
Hatter's Mad Mash Up Burger.
Pink's Madhatter Dog.
Australian Battered Potato dripping in Ranch dressing.
Holy moly. Funnel Cake
fish taco, Grilled kabobs, Grolled Corn, Cubano Burgers
Chocolate covered frozen bananas. Zucchini curls, Fried Oreos, Fried Cool Aid, Potato Swirl with TNT spice, Mushroom fried...ok now I am hungry.

We went to the fair (family of four), for about 8 rides between all of us) and 6 carnival games (individually, meaning we did not all play) it was $240. We bought food and one of the items we purchased a Dorothy Candy Apple was rotten!!! Took ove one hour to get in the parking lot from freeway exit to delmar fair grounds that was $17.

During the fair times it's a great fun place to be.

The fair is amazing the food, rides, concert and events but you will go out of the fair with no money. I just went to the thrill rides, me and my dad and we kept needing to go to buy more tickets because every ride is about 5 tickets. I recommend you to get a card with 70 tickets not 20! 70 tickets cost 50 DOLLARS, but worth it. Everything is almost kinda close as pricey as Disneyland. Finally, in the thrill rides area you have to yell to talk to the person who you are with because in the evening the music of the rides are loud, you can t even tell what song is on the ride your on, kinda. But we still had a lot of fun!

Best reason to be back in SoCal during June and July.

Amazing place to come been coming here for a long time as a family day. Always creating amazing memories. Depends on the day you come of how crowded it will be.

Great time & not too crowded. Lots of interesting & educational kid-friendly fun (after the rides).

I got the $23 pass for 23 days of the fair and I think I almost used every day they were open. I love the fair the food is way overpriced. The entertainment is outstanding and the buildings and Booth's that you can go through for everything you can imagine is really interesting.

Went to the "International" brewfest. Not many non-domestic brews to speak of. Still fun, but they should change the name.

Once again, the San Diego County Fair was amazing! So much fun, yummy food, and great atmosphere! I haven't missed an SD fair in the 31 years I've been alive, and will continue to go forever! Love all the art work, the floral exhibits, baking competitions, theme of the year and animal exhibits. (Just to name a few and some pictured below) Special shout out to Ron and Peggy from Kobe Pearl and Gem Company! I have known them since I was in the womb and have picked pearls from oysters from them every year. It's a tradition my mom and dad started back in 1985 and now I get to do it with my wife. Great quality pearls for an amazing price. Highly recommend! All in all, not a negative thing to say about this years fair!

We attended opening day at Del Mar horse racing. It was an awesome event. Must do - bucket list worthy!

Parking isn't easy and only part of it is paved. Once inside the grounds are very nice. Be prepared to walk a lot.

Everything about the Fair is great. I go every year with friends. We always get something from Chicken Charlie's, snowcones, win plushies, go on rides, walk through exhibit halls, etc. There's so much to do and it's a good workout. Would recommend anyone- local or not- to visit at least once.

Fairgrounds are right by coast. Weather is good most the year. Parking is ALWAYS 15.00 OR MORE.

I've been here for the fair, horse races, and KAABOO (a music festival). Always a good time!

Did the Mud Run and had the best time in a long time.

Great place to take the family. Concerts, food, rides and games

similar to other county fairs but since it's by the beach, it was a lot cooler. also it was not very crowded, but we went friday afternoon.

Always fun time for the family bring lots of money and bring your appetite.

The kids zone was a lot of fun, even though the tickets didnt last that long.

The food may be a little high but it's great. Good atmosphere and COOL ppl

It was OK. Parking was a nightmare. Took almost an hour to park and over an hour to get out. The security staff is not very friendly or helpful either. Same statement applies to the parking staff. It was during Fair season though.

I've been here more than once, it just seems a little bit outdated and overcrowded.

Great fair. Great deals on many things in the exhibition halls. Saved over $100 on things that were double the price else where.

I always have a blast at the Deli Mar fair. There is so much to see and do there.

Great gospel Sunday at the fair. If you missed it there is always next year. Victoria Matthews brought the house down.

Great events throughout the year. Check their site for the latest info.

Great fair. Just wish traffic control was better. We need better exits off the 5 fwy to get to the fairgrounds.

Fair was fun and had a blast. But the parking attendants, leaving, they didn't know how to direct the traffic. Just terrible...

It is always so much fun. There is a lot to do so take a whole day to explore the grounds.

Not a lot of restrooms and beers were 13 dollars for coors lite

Delmar we have our booth every year I am there for the Lions Club we are charity we have bad people with eyesight problems high blood pressure everything we were the best charities around so we like to talk to people and get them to know the Lions Club we ve been around for 100 years mostly the ice I write my department and they helped many people get glasses that otherwise couldn t

In great big open Fairgrounds that usually has multiple events going on at the same time. The biggest event is the San Diego County Fair that takes place over the summer until the 4th of July. The parking is pretty expensive if you go multiple days but usually for the county fair there is bus services I will thank you from less expensive or free parking to the actual Fairgrounds.

One of favorite places to visit. Horse Racing and County Fair

The fair is a must see. Big crowd tons of rides. A lot of fun!

Love the fair. Traffic sucks but that's the way it is.

The crowd on Sunday afternoon seemed like a Mela in India. Dust, crowd, eateries, rides different items for sale all!

Took forever to get off the freeway. Way too many people going to the fair at the same time. Took over an hour just to park. Crowed inside, but a lot to see and do. Just way too many people.

This rate is solely based on my experience on taking the bus back to my car. They need to come up with a better strategy on how to make sure everyone is safe, during waiting on the bus. More employees/staff need to be all hands on deck. My family and I waited an entire hour to be able to get into a bus, the issue was that there were a lot of people cutting line. Even after the fact that I brought it up to three different staff members, nothing was done. It is NOT fair for everyone to wait in line and for people to cut in front of them. A total of 6 people cut right behind us. The last time I brought it to a staff member, right before getting into the bus, he just went straight to them to ask if they were in line. No surprise, they lied and got into the bus. Sure enough when they got inside it almost turned into a physical altercation when they noticed I brought it to a staff s attention. This goes to show how ignorant people can be and for staff not to be fully aware of what s going on, if they were paying attention.

It is just unpleasant to deal with such situation when pointing out what s fair.

Del Mar Fairgrounds San Diego ,fun place to visit Summer time..Concerts,food,exhibits bonding with friends and family and cowboy hats are all there.