Guidebook for Long Beach

Julie
Guidebook for Long Beach

Food Scene

Best restaurant in Long Beach. Amazing steakhouse with flavorful, scrumptious food and great customer service! Tasty and creative cocktails! Happy hour and "late night happy hour" with drink deals AND major bar menu discount.
8 locals recommend
Chianina Steakhouse
5716 2nd St
8 locals recommend
Best restaurant in Long Beach. Amazing steakhouse with flavorful, scrumptious food and great customer service! Tasty and creative cocktails! Happy hour and "late night happy hour" with drink deals AND major bar menu discount.
Terrific Italian restaurant with handmade pasta, great bar, and super desserts.
46 locals recommend
Michael's on Naples Ristorante
5620 2nd St
46 locals recommend
Terrific Italian restaurant with handmade pasta, great bar, and super desserts.
GREAT seafood. Original menu and beautiful decor, including a gorgeous tree growing right in the restaurant.
60 locals recommend
Roe Seafood
5374 2nd St
60 locals recommend
GREAT seafood. Original menu and beautiful decor, including a gorgeous tree growing right in the restaurant.
One of the TOP restaurants in the city and unique, in that it's an Alsace Lorraine (a piece of land that has been at different times, German and French) menu. Their food is scrumptious, the design/decor is beautiful, and they hire veterans. They don't own a can opener, they make their own ketchup, mustard, pickles, Cola, and more. Great place!! The only negative is parking can be a little difficult, so take Lyft.
7 locals recommend
PigBurd
743 E 4th St
7 locals recommend
One of the TOP restaurants in the city and unique, in that it's an Alsace Lorraine (a piece of land that has been at different times, German and French) menu. Their food is scrumptious, the design/decor is beautiful, and they hire veterans. They don't own a can opener, they make their own ketchup, mustard, pickles, Cola, and more. Great place!! The only negative is parking can be a little difficult, so take Lyft.
Lovely little Indian restaurant with terrific butter chicken, tandoori chicken, saag, lamb, and more. Weekday lunch buffet special available.
11 locals recommend
Natraj Cuisine of India
5262 2nd St
11 locals recommend
Lovely little Indian restaurant with terrific butter chicken, tandoori chicken, saag, lamb, and more. Weekday lunch buffet special available.
My FAVE BREAKFAST joint! Handmade and delicious biscuits and gravy, handmade and lovely salsa, and handmade and tasty strawberry jam. Love this place! The waitresses are wonderful. Both indoor and outdoor seating. Always a nice little breeze, so outside isn't too hot in the summer. Only open for breakfast and lunch.
14 locals recommend
The Local Spot
6200 Pacific Coast Hwy
14 locals recommend
My FAVE BREAKFAST joint! Handmade and delicious biscuits and gravy, handmade and lovely salsa, and handmade and tasty strawberry jam. Love this place! The waitresses are wonderful. Both indoor and outdoor seating. Always a nice little breeze, so outside isn't too hot in the summer. Only open for breakfast and lunch.

Parks & Nature

Gorgeous 105-acre park featuring a nature center, trees, flowers, lake, streams, walking trails, archery range, glider field, model boat launch, picnic areas, playgrounds, children's train ride, bike path, and more.
89 locals recommend
El Dorado Nature Center
7550 E Spring St
89 locals recommend
Gorgeous 105-acre park featuring a nature center, trees, flowers, lake, streams, walking trails, archery range, glider field, model boat launch, picnic areas, playgrounds, children's train ride, bike path, and more.
Stunning Japanese Garden on the CSULB campus. Quiet, reserved, peaceful, and beautiful. Walk the garden, read a book, or visit with a friend in these gorgeous surroundings.
57 locals recommend
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
Earl Warren Drive
57 locals recommend
Stunning Japanese Garden on the CSULB campus. Quiet, reserved, peaceful, and beautiful. Walk the garden, read a book, or visit with a friend in these gorgeous surroundings.
Great little park in Belmont Shore with an innovative playground. Bring the family for a picnic and some fun.
Livingston Park Playground
4700-4798 E Livingston Dr
Great little park in Belmont Shore with an innovative playground. Bring the family for a picnic and some fun.
An approximately 1,300 acre coastal estuary. Habitats include open water, mudflats, salt marsh, coastal dunes, seabird nesting islands, riparian, and freshwater marsh. More than 200 avian species have been identified at Bolsa Chica and the nature reserve is very popular with birders and photographers. You'll also find fish and stingray in the coastal wetlands.
83 locals recommend
Bolsa Chica Ecological Reserve
18000 CA-1
83 locals recommend
An approximately 1,300 acre coastal estuary. Habitats include open water, mudflats, salt marsh, coastal dunes, seabird nesting islands, riparian, and freshwater marsh. More than 200 avian species have been identified at Bolsa Chica and the nature reserve is very popular with birders and photographers. You'll also find fish and stingray in the coastal wetlands.

Entertainment & Activities

Iconic and worth it! P.S. Go early... before the park opens... and get in a ride line before the official "opening time". The longest ride line to avoid and the best one to make use of during this pre-opening time: Indiana Jones Adventure. Also, the best days to hit up Disneyland: lightly rainy days!
3065 locals recommend
Disneyland Park
1313 Disneyland Dr
3065 locals recommend
Iconic and worth it! P.S. Go early... before the park opens... and get in a ride line before the official "opening time". The longest ride line to avoid and the best one to make use of during this pre-opening time: Indiana Jones Adventure. Also, the best days to hit up Disneyland: lightly rainy days!
The best days to hit up either Disney Park: lightly rainy days! P.S. Go early... before the park opens... and get in a ride line before the official "opening time". The longest ride line to avoid and the best one to make use of during this pre-opening time: Soarin' Over the World or Guardians of the Galaxy or Radiator Springs Racers.
270 locals recommend
Disney California Adventure
Disneyland Dr
270 locals recommend
The best days to hit up either Disney Park: lightly rainy days! P.S. Go early... before the park opens... and get in a ride line before the official "opening time". The longest ride line to avoid and the best one to make use of during this pre-opening time: Soarin' Over the World or Guardians of the Galaxy or Radiator Springs Racers.
Great aquarium... with jellies (jellyfish-- my fave!), penguins, sharks, seals, sea lions, stingray petting pool, tidepool petting, shark eggs, and other fascinating sights.
806 locals recommend
Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
806 locals recommend
Great aquarium... with jellies (jellyfish-- my fave!), penguins, sharks, seals, sea lions, stingray petting pool, tidepool petting, shark eggs, and other fascinating sights.
Enjoy a romantic gondola ride through the Naples Canal or take your family for a fun outing, with your own Gondolier.
62 locals recommend
Gondola Getaway
5437 E Ocean Blvd
62 locals recommend
Enjoy a romantic gondola ride through the Naples Canal or take your family for a fun outing, with your own Gondolier.

Drinks & Nightlife

Great little Irish pub, just off of 2nd Street, and a few blocks from my home. Approximately 15 Craft Beers on tap. Terrific hamburgers. American breakfast too! Beer and wine only.
7 locals recommend
Quinn's Pub & Grill
200 Nieto Ave
7 locals recommend
Great little Irish pub, just off of 2nd Street, and a few blocks from my home. Approximately 15 Craft Beers on tap. Terrific hamburgers. American breakfast too! Beer and wine only.
Best View in Belmont Shore! I'm always surprised to find a great view and great food, but this is that. And it's located at the beginning of the Belmont Memorial Pier. Oldest brewery in Long Beach. Lovely beer. Good food too! (My fave here is the Lobster Bisque with the Strawberry Blonde)
102 locals recommend
Belmont Brewing
25 39th Pl
102 locals recommend
Best View in Belmont Shore! I'm always surprised to find a great view and great food, but this is that. And it's located at the beginning of the Belmont Memorial Pier. Oldest brewery in Long Beach. Lovely beer. Good food too! (My fave here is the Lobster Bisque with the Strawberry Blonde)

Arts & Culture

One of the top Latin American museums in the U.S. Includes an outdoor sculpture and flora garden. In the East Village, at the edge of Downtown Long Beach.
154 locals recommend
Museum of Latin American Art
628 Alamitos Ave
154 locals recommend
One of the top Latin American museums in the U.S. Includes an outdoor sculpture and flora garden. In the East Village, at the edge of Downtown Long Beach.

Shopping

I love this cool, unique boutique. Original gifts, jewelry, and glassware by local and global artisans.
Luna Belmont Shore
4928 2nd St
I love this cool, unique boutique. Original gifts, jewelry, and glassware by local and global artisans.
A lovely, little boutique focused on happiness and purpose. Jewelry, gifts, cards, candles, crystals, incense, and more... from around the globe.
Z Fabrique
191 Argonne Ave
A lovely, little boutique focused on happiness and purpose. Jewelry, gifts, cards, candles, crystals, incense, and more... from around the globe.
A lovely place to find beautiful, hand-crafted, affordable items made by U.S. artisans and global artisans from fair trade companies. You'll find striking jewelry, charms, chimes, candles, greeting cards, wall art, and more. My friends' and visitors' favorite shop in Belmont Shore. Mine too!
6 locals recommend
Fern's Garden
5308 2nd St
6 locals recommend
A lovely place to find beautiful, hand-crafted, affordable items made by U.S. artisans and global artisans from fair trade companies. You'll find striking jewelry, charms, chimes, candles, greeting cards, wall art, and more. My friends' and visitors' favorite shop in Belmont Shore. Mine too!

Essentials

A great little Italian deli, butcher shop, and Italian grocer with great meats, pasta, olive oil, and other Italian ingredients, foods, and sweets.
12 locals recommend
Angelo’s Italian Deli
190 La Verne Ave
12 locals recommend
A great little Italian deli, butcher shop, and Italian grocer with great meats, pasta, olive oil, and other Italian ingredients, foods, and sweets.
French Bakery with amazing pastries and delicacies. Great breakfast and lunch too!
13 locals recommend
Pandor Artisan Bakery and Café
5327 2nd St
13 locals recommend
French Bakery with amazing pastries and delicacies. Great breakfast and lunch too!
If you've never been to Trader Joe's, you've got to check it out. The best prices on wine, beer, liquor, dairy, nuts, and many other items. Creative interesting options. Lots of healthy food. Much of their food is from high-end companies we would know, but branded by Trader Joe's.
105 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
6451 Pacific Coast Hwy
105 locals recommend
If you've never been to Trader Joe's, you've got to check it out. The best prices on wine, beer, liquor, dairy, nuts, and many other items. Creative interesting options. Lots of healthy food. Much of their food is from high-end companies we would know, but branded by Trader Joe's.