Local Kitchen & Wine Bar

1736 Ocean Park Blvd, Santa Monica - 90405
181 reviews
Wine Bar American
(310) 396-9007

This is a great place with fantastic quality food. Only four stars because it's slightly too expensive for what it is. The heated outside patio is really fabulous.

Great local upscale restaurant with a fun vibe and incredible cocktails. In Covid it has a big, heated outdoor area that’s super safe and covered. The pizzas and chicken are a must.

Beautifully designed restaurant, cozy and well lit. Food is delicious especially the Ceasar salad. The perfect ingredients and taste.

Really disappointed in our experience the other day. We've eaten at Local at least 15 times over the years and generally enjoyed the experience, which made our last experience all the more disappointing.We showed up around 4:30 on a Wednesday to have a drink. We requested to sit in the courtyard since we wanted to be outside, but not right on the road. As far as we could see, there were only 2 other customers in the restaurant, so not busy by any means. The hostess refused to seat us in the courtyard unless we agreed to buy dinner, saying our only options were to sit at the bar or on the street. We restated that we were only there for a drink or two and maybe an appetizer - she responded that there was nothing she could do.Maybe the 5 pm dinner rush is big for Local, but in general we were really disappointed in how we were treated - especially since more often than not, our drinks evolve into staying for dinner.We left and headed to another spot where our drinks ended up morphing into dinner and likely won't be coming back to Local again.

Excellent pizza, real wood fired oven, tasty mixed drinks, friendly staff, really good food all around - highly recommend this spot. Nice interior and outdoor seating as well. Will definitely return to try some more food.

Local Kitchen and Wine Bar is under new management and has a new chef. I am happy to report they have really upped their game. The service was great and the food was delicious. We had the mussels, the burrata and the cobbler. We will be back!

It has been around for a couple of years now. It’s this seems to be a good business despite COVID-19 and all?

The flat bread with cheese sauce was delicious. the Turkey meatballs fantastic, the pizza to die for

The salmon was one of the best prepared salmons I have had in town. Delicious and reasonable!

Great restaurant/ambiance and outdoor space. Food and service was excellent, if you get Jim he’s a treat! He recommend a great bottle of wine and dishes to pair?