CuisineAmerican
Price$$
Neighborhoodocean-avenue
HoursMon 17:30-00:00; Tue-Thu 14:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 14:00-02:00; Sun 14:00-00:00
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Tip: The sandy-floored front room is the landmark bit, designated by the city in 2012; the Backyard patio opened in 2019.

Location

Address: 1657 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401

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The Bungalow ★ 4.0

$$$ocean-avenueWed-Thu 17:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 17:00-01:00; Sun 17:00-22:00; closed Mon-Tue

The Bungalow sprawls through a beach-house maze at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, cocktails, DJs and pool tables with ocean air off the bluff.

Tip: Dress code loosens early; go at 17:00 for a patio sofa because the queue after 21:00 on weekends is real.

101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401

The Georgian Room ★ 4.4

$$$$ocean-avenueWed 17:00-22:00; Thu 17:00-23:00; Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00; Sun 17:00-21:00

The Georgian Room, in the 1933 Georgian Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, pairs Tuscan chophouse cooking with live jazz around a Steinway grand.

Tip: Friday and Saturday it runs to 02:00 with live music; Spaghetti Sunday closes the week with a set menu.

1415 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401

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The Bungalow ★ 4.0

$$$ocean-avenueWed-Thu 17:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 17:00-01:00; Sun 17:00-22:00; closed Mon-Tue

The Bungalow sprawls through a beach-house maze at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica, cocktails, DJs and pool tables with ocean air off the bluff.

Tip: Dress code loosens early; go at 17:00 for a patio sofa because the queue after 21:00 on weekends is real.

101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Harvelle's ★ 4.1

$$downtownTicketed shows nightly, schedule via venue site

Harvelle's books blues, burlesque and soul into a low-lit 4th Street room in downtown Santa Monica, one of the Westside's longest-running music bars.

Tip: Tickets go through Seat Engine on the venue site; the long-running Toledo Show jazz and burlesque revue owns Sunday nights.

1432 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401

The Georgian Room ★ 4.4

$$$$ocean-avenueWed 17:00-22:00; Thu 17:00-23:00; Fri-Sat 17:00-02:00; Sun 17:00-21:00

The Georgian Room, in the 1933 Georgian Hotel on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, pairs Tuscan chophouse cooking with live jazz around a Steinway grand.

Tip: Friday and Saturday it runs to 02:00 with live music; Spaghetti Sunday closes the week with a set menu.

1415 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Elephante ★ 4.3

$$$downtownMon-Thu 10:00-00:00; Fri-Sat 09:00-01:00; Sun 09:00-00:00

Elephante stacks a coastal Italian kitchen onto a 2nd Street rooftop in Santa Monica, whipped eggplant, pizzas and pasta with the ocean over the rail.

Tip: Go before sunset for the light and stay for the DJ; weekend mornings it runs ricotta pancakes from 09:00.

1332 2nd Street, Rooftop, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Calabra ★ 4.3

$$$downtownLunch Mon-Fri 12:00-16:00; brunch Sat-Sun 11:00-15:00; dinner daily 17:00-22:00

Calabra spreads Mediterranean-Californian plates across the Santa Monica Proper Hotel rooftop, a circular bar and garden terrace with Pacific views.

Tip: Proper Hour runs 16:00-17:00 weekdays and 15:00-17:00 weekends; the poolside alcoves take groups up to twelve.

700 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401

The Penthouse ★ 4.1

$$$downtownBreakfast daily 07:00-11:00; lunch Mon-Fri 11:00-14:30; brunch Sat-Sun 11:00-14:30; dinner nightly 17:00-21:30; bar to 01:00 Fri-Sat

The Penthouse floats on the 18th floor of the Huntley Hotel in Santa Monica, white banquettes and coastline views from breakfast through late cocktails.

Tip: Happy hour runs 16:00-18:00 on weekdays; sunset window tables go to whoever books earliest on OpenTable.

1111 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA 90403

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