The Mahalo Top 7
- Travel + Leisure: Santa Monica Restaurants
- Yelp: Restaurants - Santa Monica
- TripAdvisor: Santa Monica Restaurants
- Yahoo! Travel: Santa Monica Restaurants
- Zagat Survey: Find Restaurants & Menus in/near Santa Monica
- Fodor's: Santa Monica Restaurants
- Frommer's: Los Angeles Restaurants (includes Santa Monica)
- NOTE: Restaurants mentioned on this page plotted on Google Maps
Santa Monica High-End Restaurants
- Melisse Restaurant French, Phone: 310-395-0881 Google Map
- Zagat Food Tops, Fodor's Choice
- Valentino Italian, Phone: 310-829-4313 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated, Fodor's Choice, Frommer's Very Highly Recommended
- JiRaffe Restaurant New American, Phone: 310-917-6671 Google Map
- Zagat Food Tops, Frommer's Very Highly Recommended
- Chinois on Main Chinese, Phone: 310-392-9025 Google Map
- Zagat Food Tops, Frommer's Very Highly Recommended
Santa Monica Moderate Restaurants
- La Serenata de Garibaldi Mexican, Phone: 310-204-5360 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated
- Locanda del Lago Italian, Phone: 310-451-3525 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated, Frommer's Very Highly Recommended
- Border Grill Mexican, Phone: 310-451-1655 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated, Frommer's Very Highly Recommended
- Warszawa Restaurant Polish, Phone: 310-393-8831 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated
Santa Monica Affordable Restaurants
- Bread and Porridge American, Phone: 310-453-4941 Google Map
- Frommer's Highly Recommended
- Jody Maroni's Sausage Kingdom Sausages, Phone: 310-822-5639 Google Map
- Frommer's Highly Recommended
- Father's Office Burgers, Phone: 310-393-2337 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated
- Le Pain Quotidien Belgian/Bakery, Phone: 310-393-6800 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated
- Fritto Misto Italian, Phone: 310-458-2829 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated
Santa Monica Vegetarian Restaurants
- Urth Caffe Health Food, Phone: 310-314-7040 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated
- Mäni's Bakery Café Restaurant Bakery, Phone: 310-396-7700 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated
- Real Food Daily Health Food, Phone: 310-451-7544 Google Map
- Zagat Well Rated