Guidebook for Santa Monica
Food Scene
the best coffee in town! organic, imaginative menu, plus family friendly, and fast service. very busy on weekends but you can call in and pick up your order.
256 locals recommend
Urth Caffe Santa Monica
2327 Main Stthe best coffee in town! organic, imaginative menu, plus family friendly, and fast service. very busy on weekends but you can call in and pick up your order.
Great for lunch - healthy and tasty, but nowhere to plug in if you need internet. Try novel cafe instead for that, further east on ocean park bvld.
89 locals recommend
Thyme Cafe and Market
1630 Ocean Park BlvdGreat for lunch - healthy and tasty, but nowhere to plug in if you need internet. Try novel cafe instead for that, further east on ocean park bvld.
Hilarious to East-coasters & Brits. Gorgeous vegan food: each dish is named with a positive affirmation, which they deliver with aplomb to you 'you are wondeful' etc. Ask for the question of the day.
488 locals recommend
Cafe Gratitude
512 Rose AveHilarious to East-coasters & Brits. Gorgeous vegan food: each dish is named with a positive affirmation, which they deliver with aplomb to you 'you are wondeful' etc. Ask for the question of the day.
Sushi Roku Santa Monica
1401 Ocean Avegreat sushi happy hour!
Everything Else
Santa Monica Yoga
1640 Ocean Park Blvdsoulful yoga experts, with cheap deals for the first two weeks.
Bikes, Sight seeing, free yoga in the summer, sea breezes, and you are near great sushi on Ocean Ave - Robata bar has a happy hour before 7pm and its great.
2744 locals recommend
Santa Monica Pier
200 Santa Monica PierBikes, Sight seeing, free yoga in the summer, sea breezes, and you are near great sushi on Ocean Ave - Robata bar has a happy hour before 7pm and its great.
Golden Bridge Yoga Santa Monica is Closed
719 BroadwayThe best Kundalini experts!
Closes early at 7.30pm but is a walk away, and nicer then the Korean Spas in town..the best remedy for Jetlag!
Tikkun Holistic Spa
1460 4th StCloses early at 7.30pm but is a walk away, and nicer then the Korean Spas in town..the best remedy for Jetlag!
Eat|See|Hear
They do shows in Santa Monica too..have a look at the wesbsite
Start at Franklin Ave and N Beachwood Dr. Take N Beachwood Dr up the mountain toward Hollywoodland's quaint Beachwood village. Make a left on Ledgewood Dr and continue until Deronda Dr. View on right.
1170 locals recommend
Hollywood Wigs
6530 Hollywood BoulevardStart at Franklin Ave and N Beachwood Dr. Take N Beachwood Dr up the mountain toward Hollywoodland's quaint Beachwood village. Make a left on Ledgewood Dr and continue until Deronda Dr. View on right.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvdgreat and free on second Tuesdays of the month
a must see! but you need to know a member, and not dress in sneakers.. ask me in case I can figure out something..
146 locals recommend
The Magic Castle
7001 Franklin Avea must see! but you need to know a member, and not dress in sneakers.. ask me in case I can figure out something..
Main Street Santa Monica
Main Streetfantastic cafes, boutiques and people watching
Abbot Kinney Boulevard
Abbot Kinney Boulevardfantastic cafes, boutiques and venicey people watching
Entertainment & Activities
The Gentle Barn
15825 Sierra HwyGo hug a cow. Great for al the family..