1. Blue Plate Oysterette
8.9
1355 Ocean Ave (btwn Santa Monica Blvd & Arizona Ave), Santa Monica, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 149 tips and reviews
Katy MacQuoid Chapel: Must get the ahi sandwich (+ lobster mac of course) best sandwich in LA - maybe west coast.
Jessica Trevino: Oysters are amazing! Even better with Villa Sandi Prosecco. Staff extremely friendly, great place with good atmosphere and extremely dog friendly.
Liberty T: Lobster roll is amaze. Soft buttery roll with a light crisp. Compact and seasoned to perfection. Share this and a bowl of the chowder - they'll split it and make it for two.
2. Santa Monica Seafood
9.1
1000 Wilshire Blvd (at 10th St.), Santa Monica, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Santa Monica · 101 tips and reviews
Carlos Ramirez: This place has a great oyster bar and small dining area too. The tuna melt on the menu is amazing! On top of that, they sell fresh seafood by the pound. Read more.
Tom Odell: Santa Monica Seafood is the best seafood restaurant in Southern California. Everything is top quality and as fresh as it can be. Highly recommended.
Big Al: Refreshing oysters, tasty clam chowder, top tier tuna melt
3. Water Grill
8.5
1401 Ocean Ave (Santa Monica Blvd), Santa Monica, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 103 tips and reviews
Meg Farmer: Great for an oyster happy hour and wine with friends. Some celeb spotting here too.
Edward Forte: Fabulous seafood (lobster roll and cheesecake), great ambiance, great cocktails
Bianca: Fresh oysters (Indigo), tuna poké, crab cake. All delicious.
Natalie L: No reservations, trust them and get the pre fixe Trust Me or Nozawa dinner. Amazing combo of sashimi & hand rolls.
S Lee: EVERYTHING IS GOOD. I get the Nozawa and add hand cut lobster roll and unagi. No reservations, go during non-peak times. Parking next door $3 w/validation.
Jennifer Yip: the blue crab hand roll is amazing. definitely get the scallop nigiri if it's on the menu!
6. The Lobster
8.2
1602 Ocean Ave (at the Pier), Santa Monica, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 133 tips and reviews
Snow I: Great view and food! Try diver scallop and of course grilled lobster!
Mohammed Abu Hajar: They have valet parking for 12 USD with Restaurant validation, i tried the starter crab cake it was great and the Lobster Mash potatoes was yummy, try to catch the sunset time 👍
Hasan Saricicek: Lobster is good as everyone said, oysters are also perfect! 🤤
8. Blue Plate Taco
8.4
1515 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 137 tips and reviews
Joseph Duerr: Lobster taco, margaritas, chips with guacamole are excellent!
Chris Visinho: Margaritas, shrimp tacos, amazing mole sauce.
Motaz: Great shrimp tacos and don’t miss the farmers nachos
9. Cassia
9.1
1314 7th St, Santa Monica, CA
Asian Restaurant · 62 tips and reviews
Simple Foodie: Charcuterie Platter, Kaya Toast, Whole Grilled Sea Bass, Charcuterie Fried Rice, Chopped Escargot, Spicy Lamb is spicy.
GQ Magazine: Cassia serves chilled-seafood towers brimming with items like oysters, snow-crab claws, raw scallops paired with peas and ham, and giant prawns marinated in chile, garlic, and Vietnamese hot sauce. Read more.
Eater: Bring friends to share dishes like the majestic pot au feu that ripples with pho spices; lamb breast tingling from Sichuan peppercorn, cumin, and sambal; and laksa & the Malaysian seafood noodle soup Read more.
10. Tar & Roses
8.8
602 Santa Monica Blvd (at 6th St.), Santa Monica, CA
American Restaurant · 82 tips and reviews
Paul Morris: One of the best new restaurants in town....small plates - delicious...whole fish is a highlight Vu runs out early.
Tim Harter: Crudo, oxtail and octopus, duck rillete bruschetta all so good!!
Meg Farmer: Everything here was insanely tasty. Oxtail and mushrooms were great starters. The seafood pot and carbonara was also delicious.
Derek Jaeschke: Gotta try the mussels, the chorizo kick sounds iffy, but is done just right
Joelle H.: The kale salad is a must and so is the crispy lobster sliders!!!
Nicole D: Not only is this place gorgeous, but the food is excellent! I had lobster & prime rib sliders, the prime rib was to die for! Also got shoestring fries which were the perfect amount of crunchy! Mmm.
15. Kazunori
9.3
120 Broadway Ste 104, Santa Monica, CA
Sushi Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 20 tips and reviews
Connie Chiu: Good deals on the set menu! My favs are the salmon, blue crab, lobster, and uni! The uni is so good. I thought the salmon sashimi dish was alright.
Elyse Estrada: Get here early! 11:30 or 11:45 usually doesn’t have a wait. Order 4-5 hand rolls, you can always add more. The scallops and salmon are delicious!
Erick Herrerías: The lobster hand rol is good!