Cosetta is an italian restaurant in Ocean Park, Santa Monica.
Editorially verified August 19, 2026 by Elliot Marsh, TableJourney editor. Source.
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Address: 3150 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Piccolo Ristorante hand-rolls its pasta on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica, chef Antonio Mure's Venetian-leaning dinners with a deep Italian cellar.
OrderHomemade pasta of the day with a glass from the Italian list
TipThe room is candlelit and small, better for two than six; Prosecco by the glass opens the night properly.
Ghisallo blisters Neapolitan-and-New-York-style pies on Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica, with arancini, radicchio salads and a semi-hidden back patio.
OrderSquash blossom pizza in season, the diavola year-round
TipThe back patio is the seat; squash blossom pizza when it is on, diavola otherwise. Wine list stays well priced.
Shirube runs a charcoal-grill izakaya on Wilshire in downtown Santa Monica, corn ribs in shoyu butter and blowtorched mackerel with most plates under 25.
OrderShoyu butter corn ribs and the mentaiko udon
TipSit at the bar for the courtside view of the charcoal grill; the mentaiko udon disappears early on weekends.
Fitoor grills contemporary Indian food near the Santa Monica Pier, kebabs, kulchas and seafood from the ROOH team's fire-led Ocean Avenue kitchen.
OrderKebabs and kulchas from the tandoor, plus the seafood plates
TipFounders Anu and Vikram Bhambri staff the kitchen almost entirely with chefs trained in India; the halal menu suits groups.
Piccolo Ristorante hand-rolls its pasta on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica, chef Antonio Mure's Venetian-leaning dinners with a deep Italian cellar.
OrderHomemade pasta of the day with a glass from the Italian list
TipThe room is candlelit and small, better for two than six; Prosecco by the glass opens the night properly.
Ghisallo blisters Neapolitan-and-New-York-style pies on Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica, with arancini, radicchio salads and a semi-hidden back patio.
OrderSquash blossom pizza in season, the diavola year-round
TipThe back patio is the seat; squash blossom pizza when it is on, diavola otherwise. Wine list stays well priced.
Father's Office on Montana Avenue is the Santa Monica gastropub where Sang Yoon's no-substitutions Office Burger was born, backed by 36 craft taps.
OrderThe Office Burger, exactly as it comes
TipNo ketchup, no substitutions, 21-plus only; the burger comes one way and the bar means it.
Rustic Canyon is Santa Monica's farmers-market dining room on Wilshire, now cooking seasonal Mexican-Californian food a few blocks from the Wednesday market.
OrderThe vegetable plates that change weekly with the market
TipLast seating is 21:00 most nights; the menu shifts weekly with the Arizona Avenue market haul.
