20 restaurants in Santa Monica, editor-picked for restaurants open sunday. Where to eat a sit-down dinner on sunday. All restaurants in Santa Monica.
Pasjoli ★ 4.8
main-street · 2732 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Hours: Daily from 17:00; Sat-Sun lunch 11:30-14:30
Pasjoli on Main Street is Santa Monica's French bistro benchmark, lately loosened up with a bigger bar menu and its famous tableside pressed duck restored.
Tip: The pressed duck is a 350 dollar whole-bird production for the table; order it when you book, not on arrival.
Rustic Canyon ★ 4.6
downtown · 1119 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Sun-Thu 17:00-21:30; Fri-Sat 17:00-22:00
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.
Tip: Last seating is 21:00 most nights; the menu shifts weekly with the Arizona Avenue market haul.
Crudo e Nudo ★ 4.6
main-street · 2724 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Hours: Sun-Wed 12:00-21:00; Thu-Sat 12:00-21:30; happy hour daily 15:00-17:00
Crudo e Nudo runs a chalkboard of daily raw fish on Main Street in Santa Monica, chef Brian Bornemann dry-aging ikejime catch from Baja up to Monterey.
Tip: Wine director Simona Topuzovska pours biodynamic small growers; the daily happy hour 15:00-17:00 is the value window.
Father's Office ★ 4.6
montana-avenue · 1018 Montana Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Hours: Mon-Thu 17:00-22:00; Fri 12:00-23:00; Sat-Sun 12:00-22:00
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.
Tip: No ketchup, no substitutions, 21-plus only; the burger comes one way and the bar means it.
Holy Basil ★ 4.5
mid-city · 2828 Santa Monica Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Hours: Wed-Sun 17:00-21:00
Holy Basil brought its Bangkok street-food kitchen west to Santa Monica Boulevard in late 2025, crab fried rice and pad kee mao with natural wine and sake.
Tip: Owners Deau Arpapornnopparat and Joy Yuon plan seven-day service and brunch in 2026; until then dinner books out.
Cobi's ★ 4.5
main-street · 2104 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Hours: Dinner nightly from 17:00; Sat-Sun brunch service
Cobi's cooks Southeast Asian food in a florid Main Street bungalow in Santa Monica, a Bib Gourmand room of curries, dumplings and wood-grilled plates.
Tip: The Michelin Bib Gourmand crowd books ahead on Resy; the weekend brunch sitting is the calmer way to get a table.
Water Grill Santa Monica ★ 4.5
ocean-avenue · 1401 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Sun-Thu 11:00-22:00; Fri-Sat 11:00-23:00
Water Grill Santa Monica works a daily-changing seafood list on Ocean Avenue, live Alaskan king crab tanks, shucked-to-order oysters and wild local fish.
Tip: Ask what came off the boats that day; Santa Barbara spot prawns are charcoal-grilled when the traps are running.
Fia ★ 4.4
mid-city · 2454 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90403
Hours: Dinner Sun-Thu 17:00-21:00, Fri-Sat 17:00-22:00; brunch Sat-Sun 10:30-16:30, last seating 14:00
Fia fills a big garden dining room on Wilshire Boulevard in Santa Monica with coastal Italian cooking, burrata with prosciutto and figs, raw fish and steaks.
Tip: The garden brunch with pastries and bottomless pours is the weekend play; book OpenTable for patio seats.
The Georgian Room ★ 4.4
ocean-avenue · 1415 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Wed 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.
Chinois on Main ★ 4.4
main-street · 2709 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Hours: Wed-Thu 17:30-21:00; Fri-Sat 17:30-22:00; Sun 17:30-21:00; closed Mon-Tue
Chinois on Main is Wolfgang Puck's 1983 Santa Monica original, still folding Chinese tradition and French technique into California produce on Main Street.
Tip: Executive chefs Junuen Saldana and Ramiro Saucedo keep the classics on; book OpenTable or phone the room.
Le Great Outdoor ★ 4.4
bergamot · 2525 Michigan Avenue, Suite A3, Santa Monica, CA 90404
Hours: Tue-Sat 10:00-22:00; Sun 17:00-22:00; closed Mon
Le Great Outdoor grills everything outside in the Bergamot Station yard in Santa Monica, lamb chops and tartines off open fire at long picnic tables.
Tip: The kitchen is entirely open-air in the arts-centre parking lot; book Resy for dinner, walk in at lunch.
Cosetta ★ 4.4
ocean-park · 3150 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Hours: Lunch Tue-Sun 11:30-14:30; dinner Tue-Thu 16:00-21:30, Fri-Sat 16:00-22:00, Sun 16:00-21:00; closed Mon
Cosetta cooks wood-fired Italian on Ocean Park Boulevard in Santa Monica, porcini-rubbed wagyu tri-tip and vodka arrabbiata shells with burrata.
Tip: Two hours of validated parking off 31st Street takes the sting out; happy hour runs 16:00-17:00 on weekdays.
Fitoor ★ 4.4
ocean-avenue · 1755 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Lunch and dinner daily
Fitoor grills contemporary Indian food near the Santa Monica Pier, kebabs, kulchas and seafood from the ROOH team's fire-led Ocean Avenue kitchen.
Tip: Founders Anu and Vikram Bhambri staff the kitchen almost entirely with chefs trained in India; the halal menu suits groups.
Ghisallo ★ 4.4
ocean-park · 1622 Ocean Park Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Hours: Daily 17:00-21:30
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.
Tip: The back patio is the seat; squash blossom pizza when it is on, diavola otherwise. Wine list stays well priced.
Elephante ★ 4.3
downtown · 1332 2nd Street, Rooftop, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Mon-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.
Calabra ★ 4.3
downtown · 700 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Lunch 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.
Piccolo Ristorante ★ 4.3
ocean-park · 2127 Lincoln Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Hours: Sun 17:00-21:00; Mon-Thu 17:30-21:00; Fri-Sat 17:30-22:00
Piccolo Ristorante hand-rolls its pasta on Lincoln Boulevard in Santa Monica, chef Antonio Mure's Venetian-leaning dinners with a deep Italian cellar.
Tip: The room is candlelit and small, better for two than six; Prosecco by the glass opens the night properly.
The Lobster ★ 4.2
ocean-avenue · 1602 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Mon-Thu 12:00-21:00; Fri 12:00-21:30; Sat-Sun 11:00-21:30
The Lobster has watched the Santa Monica Pier from its Ocean Avenue perch since 1923, grilling Maine and spiny lobster above the beach crowds.
Tip: Book Resy for a window at golden hour; the lobster roll at the bar is the affordable route.
FIG ★ 4.2
ocean-avenue · Fairmont Miramar Hotel & Bungalows, 101 Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Breakfast daily; weekend brunch
FIG at the Fairmont Miramar in Santa Monica cooks off weekly farmers market runs, wood-blistered pizzas and lemon ricotta pancakes on a garden terrace.
Tip: The sun-trap garden terrace and the Potting Shed private room book out for weekend brunch; go on a weekday morning.
Ivy at the Shore ★ 4.1
ocean-avenue · 1535 Ocean Avenue, Santa Monica, CA 90401
Hours: Tue-Thu 11:00-21:00; Fri 11:00-21:30; Sat 10:00-21:30; Sun 10:00-21:00; closed Mon
Ivy at the Shore keeps its bougainvillea-draped pink facade on Ocean Avenue in Santa Monica, an American menu served on the same florid patio since 1985.
Tip: Brunch runs to 13:00 weekdays and 14:00 weekends; the patio people-watching is the real product.