Guidebook for Venice Beach

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Guidebook for Venice Beach

Food Scene

Amazing food, decor & wine list. Don't ask for food substitutions, they won't do it! Prepare to wait for a table. Best to go early, make rezzie, head to a local watering hole til they call your cell.
1062 locals recommend
Gjelina Take Away
1427 Abbot Kinney Blvd
1062 locals recommend
Amazing food, decor & wine list. Don't ask for food substitutions, they won't do it! Prepare to wait for a table. Best to go early, make rezzie, head to a local watering hole til they call your cell.
Sceney, amazing walk-up breakfast joint. Amazing egg sandwiches (sauteed kale, bacon), cortados (small coffees), open faced sandwiches. I wake up thinking about this daily. Then always end up going.
1062 locals recommend
Gjelina Take Away
1427 Abbot Kinney Blvd
1062 locals recommend
Sceney, amazing walk-up breakfast joint. Amazing egg sandwiches (sauteed kale, bacon), cortados (small coffees), open faced sandwiches. I wake up thinking about this daily. Then always end up going.
Delicious. Good bar and drink list while you wait.
395 locals recommend
The Tasting Kitchen
1633 Abbot Kinney Blvd
395 locals recommend
Delicious. Good bar and drink list while you wait.
Great cafe / restaurant. Food is good, coffee is great, wine list is great. Beers on tap. Cool design. Great place to jump on your laptop and work (free wifi).
251 locals recommend
Zinqué
1440 Lincoln Blvd
251 locals recommend
Great cafe / restaurant. Food is good, coffee is great, wine list is great. Beers on tap. Cool design. Great place to jump on your laptop and work (free wifi).
Fun vibe
24 locals recommend
Willie Jane
1031 Abbot Kinney Blvd
24 locals recommend
Fun vibe
Trendy, cool minimalist design, healthy food, mostly organic.
57 locals recommend
Axe
1009 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
57 locals recommend
Trendy, cool minimalist design, healthy food, mostly organic.
Abbot Kinney anchor, been here a while, good food, nice staff.
63 locals recommend
Joe's Restaurant
1023 Abbot Kinney Boulevard
63 locals recommend
Abbot Kinney anchor, been here a while, good food, nice staff.
Affordable macrobiotic "fast" food.
29 locals recommend
Seed
1604 Pacific Avenue
29 locals recommend
Affordable macrobiotic "fast" food.
Affordable, fast and relatively healthy Chinese food.
112 locals recommend
Mao's Kitchen
1512 Pacific Ave
112 locals recommend
Affordable, fast and relatively healthy Chinese food.
Not the best sushi in Venice, but fun for crowds and good sake. Always surf movies projected on the wall. Good party vibe.
138 locals recommend
Hama Restaurant
213 Windward Ave
138 locals recommend
Not the best sushi in Venice, but fun for crowds and good sake. Always surf movies projected on the wall. Good party vibe.
Best sushi on AK by far. No signage out front, you'd never know it was there. Everything is delicious. Not cheap.
30 locals recommend
Shima
1432 Abbot Kinney Blvd
30 locals recommend
Best sushi on AK by far. No signage out front, you'd never know it was there. Everything is delicious. Not cheap.
Cafeteria style restaurant. Walk down the counter with your tray and ask for whatever looks good behind the glass. Relatively inexpensive and healthy.
516 locals recommend
Lemonade
1661 Abbot Kinney Blvd
516 locals recommend
Cafeteria style restaurant. Walk down the counter with your tray and ask for whatever looks good behind the glass. Relatively inexpensive and healthy.
Cool store, cool decor, and great coffee at the adjacent cafe. Wifi and outdoor table.
185 locals recommend
Deus Ex Machina - Emporium Of Post Modern Activities
1001 Venice Blvd.
185 locals recommend
Cool store, cool decor, and great coffee at the adjacent cafe. Wifi and outdoor table.
Sausage and beer. Delicious. Enough said.
243 locals recommend
Wurstküche Restaurant Venice Beach
625 Lincoln Blvd
243 locals recommend
Sausage and beer. Delicious. Enough said.
Great coffee, barista-driven cafe with slight attitude, but you can easily work a smile out of most. Long line, be prepared to wait. VERY much a Venice scene.
394 locals recommend
Intelligentsia Coffee Venice Coffeebar
1331 Abbot Kinney Blvd
394 locals recommend
Great coffee, barista-driven cafe with slight attitude, but you can easily work a smile out of most. Long line, be prepared to wait. VERY much a Venice scene.
Small plates, great wine list, outdoor seating, small and intimate. Awesome.
192 locals recommend
Venice Beach Wines
529 Rose Ave
192 locals recommend
Small plates, great wine list, outdoor seating, small and intimate. Awesome.
Trendy spot on uber trendy Rose Ave. Lots of outdoor seating.
92 locals recommend
Superba Snack Bar
92 locals recommend
Trendy spot on uber trendy Rose Ave. Lots of outdoor seating.
Great, heathy food. Frequent models and actor sightings for those who care about such things. Very sceney. Outdoor seating.
256 locals recommend
Urth Caffe Santa Monica
2327 Main St
256 locals recommend
Great, heathy food. Frequent models and actor sightings for those who care about such things. Very sceney. Outdoor seating.
Head chef is formerly the executive sous chef at Jean-Georges NYC. Great seafood, light and airy decor.
109 locals recommend
Salt Air
1616 Abbot Kinney Blvd
109 locals recommend
Head chef is formerly the executive sous chef at Jean-Georges NYC. Great seafood, light and airy decor.
Delicious sandwiches to grab and eat when you're on the go.
14 locals recommend
Chop Daddy's
9552 Washington Blvd
14 locals recommend
Delicious sandwiches to grab and eat when you're on the go.
A little bit of everything, you can get fresh juices and smoothies up front, limited produce inside, there's a wood-burning pizza oven, raw bar and cafe with seating.
13 locals recommend
Local 1205
1205 Abbot Kinney Blvd
13 locals recommend
A little bit of everything, you can get fresh juices and smoothies up front, limited produce inside, there's a wood-burning pizza oven, raw bar and cafe with seating.

Drinks & Nightlife

Imported from NYC, this is the main bar on AK. Only beer and wine served. This brick, concrete, iron and glass institution is worth a trip. Candlelit, always with good music. Crowded but fun.
262 locals recommend
the otheroom Venice Beach
262 locals recommend
Imported from NYC, this is the main bar on AK. Only beer and wine served. This brick, concrete, iron and glass institution is worth a trip. Candlelit, always with good music. Crowded but fun.
Like Joe's down the block, this is an AK institution. Classy and a bit more upscale that most on Abbot Kinney, Hal's it worth a trip if for nothing else just a drink.
139 locals recommend
Hal's Bar and Grill
1025 Abbot Kinney Blvd
139 locals recommend
Like Joe's down the block, this is an AK institution. Classy and a bit more upscale that most on Abbot Kinney, Hal's it worth a trip if for nothing else just a drink.
Also called "Oscar's" this is a good spot for indoor and outdoor seating. Watch out for the dare to try to hot salsa - it's no joke.
181 locals recommend
Cerveteca
523 Rose Ave
181 locals recommend
Also called "Oscar's" this is a good spot for indoor and outdoor seating. Watch out for the dare to try to hot salsa - it's no joke.

Essentials

Look no further.
1701 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market
225 Lincoln Blvd
1701 locals recommend
Look no further.

Everything Else

Spinning & Yoga
40 locals recommend
STUDIOSPIN
245 Main Street
40 locals recommend
Spinning & Yoga
Wash & fold laundromat, or drop-off service as well.
10 locals recommend
Rosebud Drycleaners & Launderette
402 Rose Ave
10 locals recommend
Wash & fold laundromat, or drop-off service as well.
Wash & fold laundromat, or drop-off service as well.
15 locals recommend
Bubble Beach Laundry
2633 Main St
15 locals recommend
Wash & fold laundromat, or drop-off service as well.
Great wine store with good selection
8 locals recommend
Elvino
1142 Abbot Kinney Blvd
8 locals recommend
Great wine store with good selection