Dog Friendly American Restaurants in Santa Monica, CA
There are 29 pet friendly American restaurants in Santa Monica that welcome dogs at their outdoor tables. Need help to decide where to eat? Here’s a detailed description of each restaurant, along with pictures and reviews from other dog owners. Coming from out of town? Get a discounted rate on pet friendly hotels in Santa Monica. Bone appetit!
True Food Kitchen
True Food delivers a flavorful menu of anti-inflammatory vegan, vegetarian, and gluten-free dishes that focus on optimal nutrition. Miso soup, herb hummus, red chili shrimp, and panang curry are just some of the unique offerings available. Outdoor seating area is dog friendly.
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Pono Burger
Organic and locally sourced ingredients and proteins are used in all of Pono's handcrafted burgers. Add some crispy sweet potato or russet fries, and wash it all down with a frothy craft beer or thick milkshake. Dogs are welcome in the outdoor seating area.
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Burger Lounge
Burger Lounge is a dog-friendly restaurant centered on 'creating a burger you can feel better about eating.' The restaurant offers fifteen outdoor tables to dog owners wanting to dig into a grass-fed burger alongside Fido. The Lounge's menu includes salads, sandwiches, gluten-free items, and handcrafted burgers with patties made of beef, cage-free turkey, chicken, quinoa veggie, and Alaskan cod. Shakes, floats, lemonades, ice tea, Batch Craft Soda, Mexican Coke, beer, and wine are available to top it all off. Please note that table service isn't available, so your dog will need to be tied up outside when you go in to order.
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The Curious Palate
The Curious Palate in Santa Monica offers delicious teas, snacks and sandwiches as well as a shaded outdoor patio that is dog friendly. Choose from tasty options such as veggie wraps, fried chicken sandwiches, Baja fish tacos, braised short ribs, steak frites, drunken noodles, and fish and chips.
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Interstellar
Interstellar is a dog-friendly, Korean American restaurant in Santa Monica, CA. Enjoy breakfast, lunch or dinner on the outdoor patio with Fido. They serve options like a grilled pork lettuce wrap, Korean galbi bowl and spicy truffle infused edamame. A dog menu is also available for the pup!
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Del Frisco's Grille
Del Frisco's Grille offers a variety of delicious American fare at their location in downtown Santa Monica, CA. This pet-friendly eatery features a half dozen umbrella-covered tables where you and Fido can enjoy a meal. Their menu includes burgers, sandwiches, salads, steak, seafood, cocktails and more.
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FIG Restaurant
FIG Restaurant is a dog-friendly American bistro in Santa Monica, CA. Your well-behaved, leashed dog is welcome to join you on the outdoor patio. This seasonal bistro focuses on providing customers with healthy meals made with locally sourced and organic ingredients. Try their smoked salmon benedict, chilaquiles rojo, lemon ricotta pancakes, or their orange turmeric pressed juice while you're visiting!
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Tender Greens
You can satisfy your inner foodie without five star reservations at Tender Greens. Fido can come along for an exciting and interesting meal at this location in Santa Monica where there are a lot of dog-friendly tables. Take a chance on the daily chef's special or go for a custom plate by choosing your protein, green, and side. Options include herb brushed tuna, falafel, grilled salmon, and other healthful proteins. There are plenty of vegetarian and gluten-free items across the menu, too. Other menu items include sandwiches, salads, and soups. You can wash that down with coffee, tea, beer, or wine. Please note that table service isn't available, so your dog will need to be tied up outside when you go in to order.
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The Curious Palate
The Curious Palate, located in Santa Monica, CA, is a unique bar and eatery that serves up a variety of delicious grub prepared using fresh, locally-sourced ingredients. Fido is welcome to join you at one of their ten pet-friendly outdoor tables while you enjoy your meal. Start off with one of their twenty craft beers and an order of the Squash Blossom Quesadillas - goat cheese-stuffed and fried squash blossoms with red bell peppers, caramelized onions, Havarti and Monterey jack cheeses, guacamole, pico de gallo, and sour cream. Next, chow down on the Spicy Satay Tacos with your choice of Thai-marinated steak or chicken thighs, harissa, Japanese pickles, cucumbers, pickled peppers, crispy leeks, and carrots. Or go for the Acropolis Burger topped with feta cheese, hickory-smoked bacon, lettuce, tomato, pickled peppers and onions, chimichurri aioli, and cilantro yogurt. The Curious Palate is open Sunday through Thursday from 11am to 9pm, and Friday through Saturday from 11am to 10pm.
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Mendocino Farms
Mendocino Farms Sandwich Market is a dog-friendly sandwich shop with ten tables outside. Fido can join you for some chef-driven sandwiches, salads, deli sides, soups, natural fountain sodas, craft beers, and local wines. One of the Foodie Favorites on the menu is the Not So Fried Mary's Chicken: shaved, roasted Mary's free-range chicken rolled in Mendo's Krispies with herb aioli, mustard pickle slaw, tomatoes, and pickled red onions on toasted ciabatta with a side of chipotle BBQ sauce or mustard pickle remoulade. If you're a vegan, there's a whole section just for you. This section includes a BBQ tempeh picnic sandwich, an enlightened falafel wrap, a banh mi, and a rescued vegetable burger. Please note that table service isn't available, so your dog will need to be tied up outside when you go in to order.
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HiHo Cheeseburger
HiHo Cheeseburger is a burger chain exclusively serving "100% grass-fed and 100% grass-finished" Wagyu. This location in Santa Monica, CA allows dogs to join you at outdoor tables. They offer a small menu crafted with premium ingredients, like the HIHO Cheeseburger, Classic Cheeseburger, Vegetarian HiHo made with a vegan patty, The Willie Mae, hand-cut fries and house-made desserts. Street parking is available, plus a public lot across the street.
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Johnny Rockets
Johnny Rockets on 3rd Street Promenade blasts American food out of their kitchen onto your plates. These burger specialists are proud to be a throwback to yesteryear, serving burgers, shakes, and fries to all of their customers around the world. At this location, you and Fido will find six dog-friendly tables outside, so Fido can relax with you while you sink your teeth into a Spicy Houston burger: loaded with spicy jalapenos, pepper jack cheese, crisp leaf lettuce, fresh tomato, and smokin' chipotle ranch. You can accompany your burger with a hand-spun milkshake made with premium vanilla ice cream and whole milk.
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The Veranda Restaurant
The Veranda Restaurant is a Mediterranean-inspired waterfront eatery located in the dog-friendly Georgian Hotel in Santa Monica, CA. Dogs are welcome to join you at outdoor tables.
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Lemonade
Lemonade on Arizona Avenue is a dog-friendly establishment with fifteen tables outside, so Fido can join you for some hearty braized meats, satisfying sandwiches, decadent desserts, salads. You can, of course, accompany your food with one of the lemonades on the menu. Although the menu may contain a number of different items by the time you and Fido rock up there, at the moment it includes a number of locally-sourced items, such as the chef's favorite Ahi Tuna and Avocado Poke, served with tangerines, icicle radish, and sesame. The interesting cold-pressed lemonade options are watermelon rosemary, cucumber mint, blood orange, and peach ginger. Please note that table service isn't available, so your dog will need to be tied up outside when you go in to order.
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Jinky's
Excellent breakfast spot offers scrambles, omelettes, pancakes, waffles, and crepes. Also serves lunch and dinner. Outdoor seating is dog friendly.
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Perry's Cafe & Beach Rentals
Perry's Cafe & Beach Rentals on Pacific Coast Highway has ten dog-friendly tables, so feel free to bring Fido along. At Perry's Cafe & Beach Rentals you can grab a bite before heading to the beach, and rent some equipment for your adventures too. You can fill up on breakfast dishes like Big Wave Breakfast Burrito, Buttermilk Pancakes, and Gold's Gym Breakfast. For lunch, there are burgers, salads, sandwiches, and entrees including Fresh Grilled Wild Salmon, California Beach Bowl, and Four Cheese Quesadilla. Just need a pick me up before hitting the waves? There are fresh fruit smoothies with protein powder. Please note that table service isn't available, so your dog will need to be tied up outside when you go in to order.
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Mel's Drive-In
Mel's Drive-In is an iconic '50s-themed, dog-friendly restaurant in Santa Monica offering breakfast, lunch and dinner items, as well as famous malts, shakes and desserts. Fido can join you at an outdoor table or dine from the comfort of your car together!
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Lazy Daisy Cafe
Lazy Daisy's Cafe on Pico Boulevard serves locally sourced, homemade, farm-fresh food. Outside, they provide a lot of dog-friendly tables, so you can bring Fido along with you. Their menu includes a large array of sandwiches, bagels, homemade soups, chili, quiche, salad, and lots of jams. You can accompany your home-style lunch with a steaming hot cup of Joe. Their coffee is micro-roasted locally in small batches and is always direct or fair trade. If you're looking for something a little stronger, you can indulge in a local beer or wine instead.
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Marmalade Cafe
Marmalade Cafe on Montana Avenue is a pet-friendly establishment with three outdoor tables. Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the Marmalade Cafe specializes in American fare. The breakfast menu includes a corned beef hash, chopped lean corned beef and potatoes, bell peppers, onions, herbs, and three poached eggs and Hollandaise, served with fresh fruit. Later on in the day, the dinner menu includes a number of neighborhood favorites, such as Patrick's favorite fried chicken, Mary's naturally-raised chicken breast, skinless and buttermilk battered, served with creamy Yukon gold mash and roasted onion gravy. Please note that table service isn't available, so your dog will need to be tied up outside when you go in to order.
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