Guidebook for Santa Monica
Essentials
It's everything - grocery store, restaurant, wine bar. Great for anything you may need as well as fun people watching when snacking on the patio.
1701 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
225 Lincoln BlvdIt's everything - grocery store, restaurant, wine bar. Great for anything you may need as well as fun people watching when snacking on the patio.
Everything Else
Main Attraction Nail & Spa
2654 Main StMy go-to place for a mani-pedi at a great price.
Best yoga instructors in town. Classes for all levels. You'll feel so blissful after a class and will want to walk to the beach or grab a smoothie at Rawvolution next door.
73 locals recommend
YogaWorks Main St
2215 Main StBest yoga instructors in town. Classes for all levels. You'll feel so blissful after a class and will want to walk to the beach or grab a smoothie at Rawvolution next door.
Love this spa - you can also get a day pass to use the amenities without getting a treatment. Peaceful, well-stocked, and very relaxing.
20 locals recommend
Burke Williams
39 Mills PlLove this spa - you can also get a day pass to use the amenities without getting a treatment. Peaceful, well-stocked, and very relaxing.
Food Scene
Local coffee shop with great brews from all over (even though i don't drink coffee). Awesome pastries and super cute blue and white decor. I love chilling here with my laptop and having a cup of tea.
10 locals recommend
Espresso Cielo
3101 Main StLocal coffee shop with great brews from all over (even though i don't drink coffee). Awesome pastries and super cute blue and white decor. I love chilling here with my laptop and having a cup of tea.
A go-to restaurant on Abbot Kinney. Fantastic food and chic vibe.
1062 locals recommend
Gjelina Take Away
1427 Abbot Kinney BlvdA go-to restaurant on Abbot Kinney. Fantastic food and chic vibe.
The place for a organic all-american fine dining in Venice. The food and martinis are always stellar (they source from the Farmer's Market), as is the seating on the back patio.
63 locals recommend
Joe's Restaurant
1023 Abbot Kinney BoulevardThe place for a organic all-american fine dining in Venice. The food and martinis are always stellar (they source from the Farmer's Market), as is the seating on the back patio.
Highly recommended for happy hour - try getting there right at 5. Great prices on the sushi and specialty cocktails. The lobster ravioli for dinner is also good.
153 locals recommend
Chaya
110 Navy StHighly recommended for happy hour - try getting there right at 5. Great prices on the sushi and specialty cocktails. The lobster ravioli for dinner is also good.
Cape cod vibe and fresh seafood in this little restaurant facing the ocean. The lobster roll is fantastic, as are the oyster selection on the half shell. The servers always have great wine recos.
63 locals recommend
Blue Plate Oysterette
1355 Ocean AveCape cod vibe and fresh seafood in this little restaurant facing the ocean. The lobster roll is fantastic, as are the oyster selection on the half shell. The servers always have great wine recos.
Drinks & Nightlife
Fun Venice bar, lots of beers on tap to choose from. Exposed brick walls. Great place to go in the late afternoon/early evening to sit right by one of the large open windows facing Abbot Kinney.
262 locals recommend
the otheroom Venice Beach
Fun Venice bar, lots of beers on tap to choose from. Exposed brick walls. Great place to go in the late afternoon/early evening to sit right by one of the large open windows facing Abbot Kinney.
Hal's Bar and Grill
1025 Abbot Kinney BlvdTapas, sangria, and wine...
Best fish tacos in Venice. Awesome local vibe, outdoor seating, always bustling.
181 locals recommend
Cerveteca
523 Rose AveBest fish tacos in Venice. Awesome local vibe, outdoor seating, always bustling.
The neighbor to Oscar's, it's tiny but great little gem if you can sit out on the patio. Wines, charcuterie, snacks. Super cute.
192 locals recommend
Venice Beach Wines
529 Rose AveThe neighbor to Oscar's, it's tiny but great little gem if you can sit out on the patio. Wines, charcuterie, snacks. Super cute.
Might be the best pizza on the westside. Fun vibe with an open wood fire kitchen and a seasonally changing menu. The mushroom pizza is my fave.
141 locals recommend
Stella Barra Pizzeria
2000 Main StMight be the best pizza on the westside. Fun vibe with an open wood fire kitchen and a seasonally changing menu. The mushroom pizza is my fave.
Shopping
I love this boutique - they carry some good contemporary designers and some lesser known, with a effortlessly cool california casual vibe.
hiptique
2727 Main StI love this boutique - they carry some good contemporary designers and some lesser known, with a effortlessly cool california casual vibe.