Experience the "Joie de Vivre"At LouLou, food, entertainment, fashion, and art converge into a unique, one-of-a-kind destination.LouLou’s carefully crafted menus showcase French Mediterranean flavors with a classic California twist, while honoring the generosity of artisanal and homemade ingredients, as well as local organic produce.A carefully selected wine list offers a tasteful array of wines from both France and CaliforniaNever bowing to the ordinary, whether it’s a legendary brunch, after work cocktails, elegant dinner, or corporate event, LouLou will always deliver an experience to remember.Ample parking is available in the building. We are located on the rooftop level. Suite 300
Growing up in Italy, my family cooked at home and had the most extraordinary experiences with ingredients grown in our backyard, paired with the wines my chef/restaurateur stepfather would bring back from regions throughout Italy. I fell in love with food as a child watching my stepfather, once nominated a top chef in Italy, work in restaurant kitchens and floors. Moving to California in 1991 and subsequently to Santa Monica and experiencing the Farmers Market inspired me to start Orto - Italian for “vegetable garden” - where I meld local ingredients and organic herbs grown here at the restaurant to create traditional Italian recipes. At our bar you’ll find a cocktail list created from fresh herbs and premium spirits, and our wine list focuses on sustainable and organic producers.You’ll often find my wife and kids in the restaurant, continuing the culinary legacy of our Italian family. We welcome you with open arms and hope you’ll join us to experience our restaurant.Andre
XUNTOS, "together" in Gallego, is a Tapas Bar from Chef Sandra Cordero in the heart of Downtown Santa Monica, serving small plates of things we want you to try: from the farmer's market around the corner to traditional dishes of Galicia, Asturias, Catalunya & the Basque Country, as they're eaten in Spain.The wines follow the food: natural, fun & unrefined, showcasing Spain & California, along with some others we love & want to share with you.We serve the full menu at the bar, high tops & counters.Please email us for large parties & private dining: hola@barxuntos.com
Kappo (かっぽう / 割烹) means cooking food with knives and fire. In simple Japanese terms, means cutting, chopping and cooking food with knife, and so on. And means boiling, cooking food with fire. So the combination of these two Japanese characters are a different expression of cooking with a knife and fire. Kappo is a dish that is improvised by the customer's order and can be enjoyed at the counter or at the table just in front of the kitchen without much formality. From now on, Kappo will be held in Miyabi restaurant, Santa Monica. Miyabi (雅) is one of the traditional Japanese aesthetic ideals, meaning "elegance," "graceful" and "courtliness". There are a lot of complexities of Japanese cuisine, including not only food, but also visitors, music, and order of food. So, there is a burden because of the needlessly cumbersome, expensive, and unnecessary formalities, and we focus on foods that are only used to show off the cooking skills of the chefs and customers.
Le Sushi Roku combine de délicieux poissons des eaux vierges du monde entier d'une grande fraîcheur avec le genre d'art qui ne peut être réalisé par un chef de sushi expérimenté, qui prépare d'excellents sushi traditionnels, avec une touche novatrice de Californie. Le Sushi Roku est un pionnier de sushi contemporain, intégrant divers ingrédients non traditionnels d'Amérique latine (par exemple, les jalapeños) et d'Europe (par exemple, l'huile d'olive) dans ses œuvres d'art comestibles. Cette expérience culinaire unique qui relie le passé et le présent est le résultat d'une envie d'adopter de nouvelles idées et d'un profond respect pour la tradition. Le menu audacieux et diversifié du Sushi Roku est également composé de spécialités d'entrées chaudes et froides et d'une vaste sélection de mets exotiques.
Le RobataBar, situé derrière le Sushi Roku, propose quant à lui des brochettes de style robatayaki, des plats de sashimi de style tapas et des sushi.
Le restaurant THE PENTHOUSE de l'hôtel The Huntley vous accueille dans un cadre ultra-lounge à couper le souffle, avec des cabanes de plage, des espaces à ciel ouvert, des comptoirs argentés et des bougies nues. Le célèbre designer Thomas Schoos (connu pour son travail dans des restaurants tels que le Koi et le TAO New York/Las Vegas) a fait équipe avec le chef exécutif Kevin Meyer pour manifester une nouvelle célébration visuelle des sens. Le Penthouse propose un menu américain contemporain avec des influences mondiales audacieuses. Le chef Meyer s'inspire de la cuisine de France, d'Espagne et d'autres pays pour présenter un menu qui combine des ingrédients de saison provenant des marchés de producteurs de Santa Monica avec des ingrédients uniques venus du monde entier. Ce menu innovant comprend des plats tels que le magret de canard au thym et au miel, le poulet Jidori cuit sous une brique, le bar avec son ragoût de haricots cannellini ou encore du bœuf Angus de première qualité. Enfin, le restaurant The Penthouse est également disponible pour des évènements privés.
L'équivalent tropical de l'Ivy, l'Ivy at the Shore propose la même nourriture délicieuse ainsi que des boissons de l'île bien froides, un bar en bambou de 12 places et une magnifique vue sur Surfside. Venez déguster un daïquiri (ou deux) à l'ananas bien frais en admirant le coucher de soleil sur le Pacifique.
Gjelina is a restaurant specializing in New American cuisine. Open every day from 8 a.m. until 11pm, serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. For breakfast, try 9 grain pancakes with butter and maple syrup or warm banana buckwheat loaf with butter and jam of the day. Brunch options include Moroccan baked eggs and 7 grain porridge. Gjelina offers a variety of oysters, crudo, charcuterie and salad options to start at lunch and dinner. Main courses include pizzas from our wood fired oven and entrees like duck confit, house made pastas and roasted organic half chicken.*Only ADA certified animals are allowed in Gjelina*A 20% Mandatory Service Charge is added to your check. Our belief is that every hourly Gjelina employee contributes to your service and 100% of the MSC will be distributed amongst them.
We offer seating both indoors in our dining room and outdoors in our back (secret) garden, which you will choose when booking your reservation. Each evening, we have limited availability of pressed duck dinners. If you are interested in enjoying a pressed duck for two, please email info@pasjoli.com, and we will do our best to accommodate your request.Pasjoli is an elevated French bistro from James Beard award-winning chef Dave Beran. The restaurant pays homage to French cuisine utilizing the bounty of produce available in Southern California. Rooted in classic French cooking and inspired by Parisian markets, pasjoli reflects Chef Dave’s thoughtful cooking style, showcasing his creative touches on bistro fare.
Paloma is a Mediterranean inspired oasis at the iconic corner of Abbot Kinney and Venice Blvds. With three distinct dining areas - indoors with velveteen banquettes and comfortable bar seating; a bougainvillea framed patio with a retractable roof; and an al fresco deck shaded with large, breezy umbrellas and lush greenery, complete with a fire pit tucked away in a corner alcove, guests will feel transported and enjoy a market-fresh menu with something for everyone.
