Explore our curated restaurants, hotels, bars, and wineries in Venice.
Accolades in Venice
Badmaash has an exceptional wine program, and Gran Blanco and RVR have curated wine programs. All three restaurants are in Venice.
Badmaash serves modern Indian cooking in the neighbourhood Venice, on Abbot Kinney, with Indian comfort dishes à la carte. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive wine list, natural wine, cocktails and small plates.
Gran Blanco is a Modern Japanese Izakaya in Venice, on Windward Avenue, with a curated wine program, craft cocktails, small plates and à la carte dishes. It serves Japanese-inspired izakaya bites and natural wine.
RVR is a Modern California Izakaya in Venice, on Abbot Kinney Boulevard, with a curated wine program. Cooking draws on Japanese technique and seasonal local produce, with small plates, ramen, yakitori, a vegetable-forward menu and à la carte service. The drinks are sake and craft cocktails.
In Venice, Wallflower serves Indonesian-inspired Southeast Asian street snacks and shareable plates, Abbot's Pizza Company serves neighbourhood pizza, and Clutch serves Cali-Mex barbecue with smoked meats and grilled oysters.
Wallflower is on Rose Avenue in the neighbourhood Venice. Its Indonesian-inspired Southeast Asian menu runs from street snacks to plates made for sharing, and the room is industrial. The wine program is curated, craft cocktails are poured, and service is small plates and family style.
Abbot's Pizza Company is a pizza restaurant in the neighbourhood Venice. The Salad Pizza is topped with fresh salad, feta, avocado and homemade lemon olive oil dressing. The restaurant is on Abbot Kinney Boulevard.
Clutch is a Cali-Mex Barbecue restaurant in Venice, on Lincoln Boulevard, in a roadhouse setting, with a curated wine program and craft cocktails. The menu includes 10-hour pulled pork. The kitchen serves smoked meats and grilled oysters.
The neighbourhood Venice has the strongest dining concentration in our guide, with 18 venues in the neighbourhood Venice. Venice Beach, the other neighbourhood in our guide, has 2 venues in Venice Beach.
In our guide, the number of Michelin-starred restaurants in the city of Venice is 0. The citywide Michelin stars total for the whole city of Venice in our guide is 0.
Badmaash in Venice has an exceptional wine program, with natural wine, craft cocktails and an extensive wine list. Curated wine programs in our guide include Gran Blanco, RVR, Wallflower, Clutch, Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop and 26 Beach, all in Venice, and Kassi Venice Beach in Venice Beach.
Our guide counts 1 Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for the city of Venice. The citywide Wine Spectator total in our guide for the city of Venice is the Award of Excellence.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Venice.
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Named Esquire's Restaurant of the Year for 2025, RVR is Travis Lett's Japanese-California izakaya on Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, CA. Opened in October 2024, it brings together small plates, ramen, yakitori, and a vegetable-forward menu that draws as much from seasonal California produce as from the izakaya tradition. The drinks program pulls equal weight alongside the food.
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26 Beach serves New American Cafe cooking in a casual, upscale-casual setting with craft cocktails, a courtyard, and an open kitchen for breakfast, brunch, lunch, or dinner.
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On Abbot Kinney Boulevard, one of Los Angeles County's most closely watched commercial strips, Abbot's Pizza Company has held its ground as a neighborhood fixture in Venice, California. The kitchen takes American pizza in a direction shaped by the eclectic, independent character of the street itself — a counterpoint to the tasting-menu restaurants and destination dining that defines much of LA's critical conversation.
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Badmaash brings a Modern Indian gastropub lens to Venice, a city better known for beach-adjacent casual dining than formal tasting-menu ritual. The appeal is less about ceremony than translation: Indian flavors placed in the social grammar of pub eating, built for shared plates, quick decisions, and a room that belongs to the neighborhood rather than a hotel dining circuit.
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On Lincoln Boulevard in Venice, California, Clutch occupies a stretch of the Westside that has quietly accumulated some of Los Angeles's more considered dining. The address places it within a neighbourhood where beach culture and serious cooking coexist more comfortably than anywhere else in the city — a useful frame for understanding what Venice asks of its restaurants and what its regulars expect in return.
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Gran Blanco sits on Windward Avenue in Venice, California, where the beach-town grid meets a more serious dining culture than the neighbourhood's reputation suggests. The address places it at the centre of a local food scene that has grown considerably more considered in recent years, drawing comparisons to the better-resourced neighbourhoods to its north and east.
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On Abbot Kinney Boulevard, Greenleaf Gourmet Chopshop sits at the intersection of Venice's health-conscious street culture and a more considered approach to fast-casual dining. The format has evolved over time to reflect how the neighbourhood itself has shifted: sharper sourcing, broader menu range, and a crowd that treats the place as a daily habit rather than an occasion.
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On Windward Avenue, steps from the Venice boardwalk, Hama Sushi occupies a stretch of Los Angeles's most reliably eccentric shoreline. In a neighbourhood that has cycled through counterculture, gentrification, and back again, the address itself is an editorial statement. For Venice, California residents and visitors seeking Japanese dining without crossing into Santa Monica or West Hollywood, it remains a consistent local reference point.
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Kassi Venice Beach sits at 1697 Pacific Ave in Los Angeles's Venice neighborhood, bringing a coastal California dining sensibility to one of the city's most character-driven corridors. The address places it squarely in a stretch where laid-back beach culture meets increasingly serious food programming. For travelers orienting around the LA dining scene, this is a Venice anchor worth understanding before you book.
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La Cabana sits on Rose Avenue in Venice, California, a stretch that has seen the neighbourhood's dining character shift considerably over the past two decades. While Venice's restaurant scene now ranges from high-concept tasting menus to neighbourhood trattorias, La Cabana occupies a distinct position shaped by the area's evolving appetite for Latin-influenced cooking in a casual, community-facing format.
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Sidewalk Cafe sits on the Ocean Front Walk in Venice, California, where the Pacific breeze, the boardwalk's constant motion, and the open-air format create a dining context that belongs as much to the street as to any kitchen. It occupies a slice of one of Los Angeles County's most-watched stretches of public space, where the line between restaurant and spectacle has always been deliberately blurred.
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On Rose Avenue in Venice, California, Wallflower occupies the quieter, more considered end of the Abbot Kinney corridor — a neighbourhood where casual-looking storefronts frequently conceal serious culinary intent. The restaurant draws a local crowd that treats it as a regular rather than an occasion, which in Venice is its own form of endorsement. Bookings and current hours are best confirmed directly before visiting.
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Occupying the Ca' da Mosto palazzo on Venice's Grand Canal, The Venice Venice Hotel positions itself as a deliberate provocation against the city's preservation instincts. Post-Venetian design, contemporary art, and a self-declared rebellious spirit distinguish it from the reverent restoration approach favoured by Aman Venice and Hotel Gritti Palace. For travellers who find the lagoon city's heritage hospitality overly deferential, this is the counterargument.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Venice.
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Gran Blanco sits on Windward Avenue in Venice, California, where the beach-town grid meets a more serious dining culture than the neighbourhood's reputation suggests. The address places it at the centre of a local food scene that has grown considerably more considered in recent years, drawing comparisons to the better-resourced neighbourhoods to its north and east.
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Kassi Venice Beach sits at 1697 Pacific Ave in Los Angeles's Venice neighborhood, bringing a coastal California dining sensibility to one of the city's most character-driven corridors. The address places it squarely in a stretch where laid-back beach culture meets increasingly serious food programming. For travelers orienting around the LA dining scene, this is a Venice anchor worth understanding before you book.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Venice.
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