Best Restaurants with a Tasting Menu in Santa Monica

This restaurant by Chef Dave Beran is truly special! The food was incredible, made with top quality ingredients and bursting with flavor. Every dish felt unique and delicious. The service was outstanding! friendly, attentive, and knowledgeable, making the experience even better. If you’re looking for amazing food and a great atmosphere, this is a must visit. Can’t wait to go back!

Overall, I’d recommend Xuntos because the food was delicious. My partner & I ordered the tasting menu and enjoyed each dish that came out. I will say we were both starving and ready to eat when we arrived, but the tasting menu ended up being a little too much - they could have taken one or two tapas out and it would have been enough food for two people. That being said. We enjoyed not having to think about what to order, and the experience of being surprised by an assortment of dishes was fun! I also think it was a very reasonably priced tasting menu. Service was definitely lacking though… First, I booked a standard table online for a date night, and they tried to sit us at a high top in a busy section of the restaurant where a party was taking place instead of a perfectly good corner table upstairs and away from the ruckus. It took a long time to order our drinks, and even longer to receive them - true on the second round too. Maybe they were low staffed at the bar or the large party downstairs was adding too much to the service load? The staff were very pleasant and we ultimately had a nice evening (plus the food was worth it), but I definitely think the service could be a little bit faster and more attentive.

Citrin was a wonderful experience! Amazing food, tasty cocktails, and attentive service. I would recommend changing the $$ indicator to $$$ or $$$$ but worth every penny!

Beautiful! Great view , relaxing , and a diverse menu

AMAZING! We had a beautiful evening at Melisse last night. The culinary experience was phenomenal, 18 amazing courses of food serves with beautiful wine and exceptional service. We are still very full now! Such a fantastic evening in Santa Monica, CA.