Coast Beach Café & Bar
Ocean Park, Los Angeles
Restaurant in Los Angeles, United States
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Price
$50–100per person
Dress
Casual
Why go
Coast Beach Café & Bar is a practical Santa Monica pick when ease, location, and a casual café-bar setting matter more than a chef-led tasting format. For a more composed celebration meal, compare it with 1 Pico or Capo; for a simpler daytime stop, Cora's Coffee Shoppe is the closer cross-shop.
About Coast Beach Café & Bar
Coast Beach Café & Bar is a Los Angeles venue with a casual dress code. It is a low-formality option rather than a place to choose for a specific cuisine, signature dish, chef, price point, award, or service format.
Choose it for a casual Los Angeles outing, not for specific details
The clearest detail is the casual dress code. That makes Coast Beach Café & Bar easier to consider when you want a less formal setting in Los Angeles.
The safer recommendation is situational: consider it when a casual dress code suits the plan.
Better for flexible plans than detail-dependent planning
If you are comparing other options, 1 Pico, Capo, and Cora's Coffee Shoppe are natural names to cross-shop, depending on the kind of visit you want.
Quick reference: Los Angeles venue with a casual dress code; best considered when low formality matters and other specifics can be checked directly.
Planning details
- Hours
- Monday: 7 AM–9 PM · Tuesday: 7 AM–9 PM
- Location
- 1 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
- Reservations
- Book on Resy
- Website
- shuttersonthebeach.com/dining/coast
- Phone
- (310) 587-1707
Venue details
Ambiance
Relaxed and breezy beachfront atmosphere with plenty of natural light, patio seating overlooking the ocean, and a casual hotel‑resort feel suited to both families and couples at sunset.
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At the Table
- Dress Code
- Casual
- Noise Level
- Lively
- Service Style
- Casual
- Meal Pacing
- Standard
- Capacity
- Medium
- Kitchen
- Comfort cooking
- Menu Format
- A la carte
- Drinks Focus
- Craft cocktails, Wine, Beer
- Dietary
- Vegetarian friendly, Pescatarian friendly
- Private Dining
- Available
- Outdoor Seating
- Yes
- Opened
- 1993
Signature Dishes
- Creamy Clam Chowder
- Cheeseburger & Fries
- Classic Red Sauce Spaghetti
- Churros
- Lobster Roll
Know before you go
Know Before You Go
- Getting there
- 1 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
Planning details
Hours
- Monday
- 7 AM–9 PM
- Tuesday
- 7 AM–9 PM
- Wednesday
- 7 AM–9 PM
- Thursday
- 7 AM–9 PM
- Friday
- 7 AM–9 PM
- Saturday
- 7 AM–9 PM
- Sunday
- 7 AM–9 PM
Location
1 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405 · Directions
Restaurant context
How It Compares
1 Pico is the better choice when the meal needs to feel more dinner-led, especially for Californian seafood and a more polished Santa Monica occasion. Coast Beach Café & Bar is easier to justify for casual plans where flexibility matters more than a defined culinary point of view.
Capo is the stronger splurge-style pick for Italian in Los Angeles, while Cora's Coffee Shoppe sits closer to the low-key daytime lane. Coast Beach Café & Bar lands between those uses: more beach-adjacent and bar-friendly than a coffee shop, but less occasion-driven than Capo.
Patio del Mar and Terrazza are the right cross-shops if the priority is an outdoor-feeling coastal meal. Choose Coast Beach Café & Bar when booking ease and Santa Monica convenience matter; choose 1 Pico or Capo when the food program needs to justify the outing.
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Coast Beach Café & Bar vs. nearby Santa Monica choices
Compared with 1 Pico, Coast Beach Café & Bar is the lower-commitment call: better for flexible beach-adjacent plans, weaker for a meal that needs a clear seafood focus or occasion polish. Against Capo, it reads much more casual; Capo is the better fit when Italian food and a higher-stakes dinner are the point.
Cora's Coffee Shoppe is the more obvious breakfast or coffee-shop comparison, while Coast Beach Café & Bar makes more sense when a bar component or longer hang is useful. Patio del Mar and Terrazza should be considered when the brief is coastal ambience first.
