Santa Monica offers diverse cuisine, with fresh seafood and farm-to-table dishes being popular. Don't miss the local favorite, fish tacos, often enjoyed with ocean views.
Cafés • Donuts • Bakeries • Fast Food
"Amazing donuts, amazing breakfast options, and amazing coffee! The service here is outstanding, friendly and quick. The donut selection can be so unique but every bit as delicious as an old fashion donut! I recommend trying anything that catches your eye as you won't be disappointed! They have so many breakfast options from croissant sandwiches, to bagel sandwiches and even breakfast burritos. My personal favorite is the Max special bagel sandwich. If your in the area, stop by and treat yourself."
Pizza • Cafés • Italian • Vegetarian
"The large Godmother sandwich was delicious, although the bread was difficult to chew. Perhaps that is the intended style of the bread. The bread was fresh, and the deli cuts were excellent and delicious. The tiramisu was amazing! I will definitely be ordering from here again."
Soup • Salad • Coffee • Coffee & Tea
"It's Monday, everyone! We hope you had a restful weekend. We want to share with you one of our favorite Mediterranean restaurants in Santa Monica. We recently went back to try some new dishes on the menu at the restaurant. The grilled salmon was incredibly delicious, with juicy and perfectly cooked fish. One of our favorite sides is their dolma, which consists of grape leaves stuffed with rice and rose sauce. Another standout dish was the chicken shawarma, which was also incredibly tasty. If you're in the area, be sure to check out this restaurant. Our recommendations are the Grilled Salmon Plate and the Chicken Shawarma."
Tea • Coffee • Falafel • Catering
"Nikki was a fantastic ambassador of Pita House Inc. Very patient, friendly, and professional kindly explaining the best food options on the menu, what to try next time, etc.The food was also very good. I tried the chicken shawarma wrap and the hummus. I’ve personally been to Lebanon (the restaurant is owned by a Lebanese family), and this is one of the best I’ve had in the US in terms of quality, taste, and freshness.Highly recommended."
Seafood • European • American • Bar-Lounge
"Start the DineLA. We chose the prefix menu. All the dishes were delicious. Was there to celebrate a birthday. Wanted candle in dessert, but it wasn't done. The waiter was very busy. Long breaks between courses and start and close. It was 2 1/2 hours. We enjoyed being together, but it was a long time. Very recommend this restaurant and will definitely return a favorite!"
Casual • Yogurt • Coffee • Desserts
"Orange bloosom has pistachios and is my favorite. I enjoy eating ice cream that taste like your eating flowers. The pistachios is an added special treat. Reminds me when I was a kid I use to chew on rose petals. I like rosewater. The herbal snow with rosewater is delicious. Turkish coffee no where else in LA this good. Rosewater Saffron with Pistachios hummy. Pomagranete refreshing. My son ordered two scoops: he enjoyed the strawberry and green tea. He said they individually were exceptionally delicious. He would not have combined, he said they don't complement each other however they are his favorite flavors and said by themselves are exceptional. He said the strawberry was like infused with so much flavorful strawberries that he had never had a strawberry ice cream anywhere else like he did at Maschti Malone's."
Pizza • Steak • Sushi • Seafood
"The staff at this restaurant were amazing, they were friendly and helpful. We decided to try a variety of items and everything was delicious. I highly recommend visiting this lovely restaurant."
Steak • Pasta • Italian • Seafood
"This is one of my favorite Italian restaurants. The menu is not huge and that has its compromises. For example, they do not have fried Calamari, but they have an amazing octopus appetizer. What they do is offer you amazing Italian cuisine. I highly recommend that you get the Bruschetta together with the bread. It's one of the best bruschetta I've ever had in my whole life. You can sit inside or outside. The staff is always helpful and welcoming. Reservations are not essential, but they can be helpful."
Full • Wine • French • European
"We started with the onion tart and the scallop quenelles with caviar. Both were beyond good. My son was in raptures over the tart. Both had the stuffed quail which was fabulous. The fennel and fruit side was soo good and the quail meat and sausage were excellent. We shared a chocolate soufflé for desert and it was the best. Accompanied by a vanilla ice cream nicely garnished with nuts. I started with a glass of sparkling and then had the Sancerre. Excellent evening. We highly recommend."
Cafés • Pizza • American • Vegetarian
"When you walk in the door, you know you are in for a vacation. Great decor and lively with people. Luckily we were able to build a back table next to the gate (not a great table but better than nothing! which didn't phase us in as we knew we had been eating after having a great meal here two days earlier. I ordered the maple fried rosemary chicken sandwich, my friend had the fried chicken and we tried the Chinese chicken salad. Very tasty and fast service."
Seafood • Mexican • European • American
"The food was excellent for a reasonable price. The service was great. Everyone was very professional and welcoming. The ambience was friendly. We had a great evening."
Casual • Catering • Coffee & Tea • Mediterranean
"Update as good as I can for two rounds back! Two more circles. Best Gyros/Wraps/Shawarma I ever had! Do you have the dark meat chicken and the serloin? Both were excellent. the pages were great, loved the tabuli and the dormitories. Crazy homeless man accused me outside, but I tied my order under one arm like a football and led him over the Heisman Trophy style."
Pizza • Vegan • American • Vegetarian
"Awesome Restaurant Bar, service was excellent and our bartender (I think his name was Zack) amazing Scotch knowledge and so friendly, really made our..."
Thai • Asian • Asiatic • Catering
"My most recent experience (12/14/2022) at Poom Thai was terrible. I attempted to place my order over the phone and was shocked by the rudeness of the elderly man who answered. He actually hung up on me. When I called back, the same scenario repeated itself. He appeared very stressed and impatient. Undeterred, I placed my order online. Upon arriving at the restaurant 20 minutes later to pick up my order, a woman emerged who was unaware of my order. After going to the back room and returning, she explained that there had been a delay in receiving the online order; she had just received it. There was no apology or empathy shown. I am uncertain if I will return."
Sushi • Vegan • Asiatic • Seafood
"My gosh, this place is small, but the chefs are great! I love and always order the Chilean sea bass here. It comes with some side dish, I forget what, but it is soooooo incredibly delicious, I order 2 orders and am a happy camper!"
Wine • Beer • Salad • Drinks
"Every second, morsel, sip and communication related to this very special birthday dinner at BOA was absolutely perfect. The Mgr, servers, maître d were absolutely consummate hospitality SUPERPRO’S. My (joyfully tipsy) BFF had an exquisite celebration!!! So grateful"
Casual • American • Catering • North American
"Have been coming here for over 40 years always enjoyed the breakfast special. This time the hash browns were not good and smelled bad. Complained on the spot and got fruit just not what we were coming for. Called and talked to manager that was not very friendly even though I was just trying to tell him the problem he said that he was going to hang up didn't have time to talk to me. So sad about a breakfast spot that our family has grown up with. Hopefully they will make it right as they said and we can give them another chance."
Thai • Full • Vegan • Desserts
"Loveedddd the food here. Dining and staff is 10 out of 10 for me. And you have a nice view of the buildings outside. Great experience. The chocolate dumplings with the cold foam was delicious ordering more next time for myself the dumplings are sealed so perfectly. Everything meal was packed with flavor. Along with a dipping sauce that your waiter can make for you.Kid-friendliness: High chair provided for my toddler along with a soup bowl and spoon that was used to distract him most the time."
Sushi • Pizza • Asiatic • American
"I think my coffee came out to be $10 after tax. It was good but not great. The chili was good, but I’ve had better. Couldn’t find anything else vegan on the menu that appealed to me so I ordered an outrageously priced side of fruits."
Pizza • Italian • Vegetarian • Mediterranean
"Yet another fabulous meal with excellent service to celebrate a one-year anniversary. A shared meal of delicious asparagus soup, linguine mare (white sauce), and an outstanding Chilean seabass with hazelnuts special of the day! Well done, the chef and staff!!"