Enable JavaScript to run this app.
Skip to main content
OpenTable logo
  1. Home
  2. United States
  3. Los Angeles
  4. Westside
  5. Venice
Gjelina, Venice, CA
Icon

Gjelina

$31 to $50
American

Make a booking

2 people
19:00
Booked 250 times today
  • Neighbourhood gem
  • Lively
  • Hot spot
Gjelina is a restaurant specializing in New American cuisine. Open every day from 8 a.m. until 11pm, serving breakfast, brunch, lunch, and dinner. For breakfast, try 9 grain pancakes with butter and maple syrup or warm banana buckwheat loaf with butter and jam of the day. Brunch options include Moroccan baked eggs and 7 grain porridge. Gjelina offers a variety of oysters, crudo, charcuterie and salad options to start at lunch and dinner. Main courses include pizzas from our wood fired oven and entrees like duck confit, house made pastas and roasted organic half chicken.
*Only ADA certified animals are allowed in Gjelina
*A 20% Mandatory Service Charge is added to your check. Our belief is that every hourly Gjelina employee contributes to your service and 100% of the MSC will be distributed amongst them.

Order delivery or takeout

Why they're an Icon

Executive chef: Juan Hernandez

From the OpenTable editors: Open since 2008, Venice’s Gjelina still turns out some of the best seasonal, vegetable-forward food in the city—not to mention excellent thin and charred wood-fired pizzas that you’ll spot on every table. Snag a table by the windows to watch the world go by on Abbot Kinney while you sip a glass of Albariño and dig into dishes like grilled oyster mushrooms with tarragon butter or coal-roasted conehead cabbage with bagna cauda.

Additional information

  • Dining style
    Home Style
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    American, Mediterranean, Italian
  • Hours of Operation
    Breakfast Mon–Fri 8:00 am–11:00 am Brunch Sat, Sun 8:00 am–3:00 pm Lunch Mon–Fri 11:30 am–3:00 pm Dinner Daily 5:30 pm–11:00 pm
  • Phone number
    (310) 450-1429 ext. 1
  • Website
    http://gjelina.com/
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual

Featured in

Menu

View menu on restaurant's website

What 2,306 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7
4.7 based on recent ratings
  • 4.8Food
  • 4.4Service
  • 4.6Ambience
  • 4.3Value

Noise • Moderate

Diners' Choice Awards

  • Los Angeles

    Most Booked

  • Westside

    American

  • Westside

    Most Booked

Review summary

AI-generated from verified diner reviews
Gjelina is a must-visit L.A. hotspot offering "consistently great food" with dishes that are "fresh, innovative, beautiful, delicious." The restaurant's "fantastic atmosphere" features a lovely outdoor patio, though it can get noisy. Despite some service challenges, many praise its "exceptional food" and "wonderful experience."

2,306 Reviews

  1. George

    VIP

    San Francisco

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined 5 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 3
    4. Ambience 4
    We had booked a reservation for Christmas Eve a month in advance, but when we arrived we were not seated for 30 minutes past our reservation time. Nevertheless, once we were seated the service was prompt and friendly, and all of the food was delicious. The various vegetable sides were terrific, including the broccolini, the kombucha squash, and the carrots.

    Is this helpful?

  2. OpenTable Diner

    Seattle

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 5 days ago

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Just wanted r

    Is this helpful?

  3. Amy

    VIP

    Chicago

    8 reviews

    3.0

    8 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 2
    Gjelina excels at farm-to-table freshness, where high quality produce are the stars of their dishes. The food here is good, if not ornate - straightforward flavors done well. The main downside of Gjelina is their service - it’s sincerely some of the worst I’ve encountered at a nicer restaurant. Despite having multiple dining rooms full of open tables, we weren’t seated until 25 min after our reservation time, and that was only after I went up and reminded the hostess of our existence (because she’d just seated a same-sized party that arrived after us). The servers themselves were also very lacking - our table probably rotated inefficiently through 3 servers across various points and they were all slow, blasé, & dismissive. I typically don’t mind an autogratuity %, but charging one in this case felt like a joke. The only highlight were the bussers, who were great

    Is this helpful?

  4. Allison

    Chicago

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on 21 December 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Love this place! Totally reliable.The food is always delicious and great service.

    Is this helpful?

  5. Catherine

    Los Angeles

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on 20 December 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    My favorite dining experience in YEARS - I ❤️ Gjelina

    Is this helpful?

  6. David

    Los Angeles

    19 reviews

    5.0

    19 reviews

    Dined on 20 December 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 4
    Another spectacular meal at Gjelina. I've made it my mission to work my way through the menu, and last night I tried the orecchiette with beef cheek bolognese, Japanese turnip and coal-roasted cabbage - all excellent. Special props to the orecchiette. The pasta was perfectly al dente, the sauce was rich and savory and the addition of the dollop of ricotta bound all the elements together beautifully. Loved it.

    Is this helpful?

  7. Abhishek

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 19 December 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 5
    This place gets busy. When we went in around 11:30am, it was light but service quality was average. Given that they put 20% gratuity by default, there was no motivation for the folks to even get water or check on regular basis. We had to just call any waiter we see to keep placing food order. Food was Good and Ambience was amazing.

    Is this helpful?

  8. David

    Los Angeles

    19 reviews

    5.0

    19 reviews

    Dined on 18 December 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 5
    Granted, I'm a regular, but I'm a regular for a reason. Last night, the food was sublime. Truly. Everything was utterly delicious - welcome back, duck confit! - and I could have easily kept eating and ordering (along with my two equally delighted companions) if I hadn't looked at the table and realized that we'd demolished 10 items. Gjelina is justifiably a classic, and they proved it again last night.

    Is this helpful?

  9. Erica

    VIP

    Los Angeles

    9 reviews

    5.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on 17 December 2024

    1. Overall 5
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4
    The food is amazing! Can’t go wrong with anything you order, but the vegetables are the real standouts!

    Is this helpful?

  10. Simone

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 16 December 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 5
    4. Ambience 1
    it was good. I wish there would be some more options for drinks and food on the breakfast menu.

    Is this helpful?

FAQs

Gjelina does offer delivery in partnership with Uber Eats.

Gjelina is rated 4.7 stars by 2306 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a booking

2 people
19:00
Booked 250 times today

Order delivery or takeout

Google Map for Gjelina

1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Venice, CA 90291

Additional information

  • Cross Street
    Milwood
  • Area
    Venice
  • Hours of Operation
    Breakfast Mon–Fri 8:00 am–11:00 am Brunch Sat, Sun 8:00 am–3:00 pm Lunch Mon–Fri 11:30 am–3:00 pm Dinner Daily 5:30 pm–11:00 pm
  • Price
    $31 to $50
  • Cuisines
    American, Mediterranean, Italian
  • Dining style
    Home Style
  • Dress code
    Smart Casual
  • Parking details
    Street Parking
  • Payment Options
    AMEX, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
  • Additional
    Indoor Fireplace, Patio/Outdoor Dining

Featured in

Discover
OpenTable
  • About Us
  • Blog
  • Careers
More
Our sites
Businesses
  • Delight more diners
  • Restaurant Blog
Join us on
  • Privacy policy
  • Terms of Use
  • Impressum
  • Cookies and Interest-Based Ads
  • Cookie Preferences
Copyright © 2024 OpenTable International Ltd. Alphabeta Building, 14-18 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1AH - All rights reserved.
OpenTable is part of Booking Holdings, the world leader in online travel and related services.
Booking Logo
Priceline Logo
KAYAK Logo
Agoda Logo
OpenTable Logo