We loved every single dish we ordered; the house-made bread and butter, addictive marinated olives, heavenly dumplings, refreshing and complex tomato variety salad, inventive and well-balanced cocktails, chocolate halva, and the freshest, most divine fruit plate we’ve ever tried.
The service was knowledgeable and friendly, and we had the best, most comfy seats in house.
Will definitely be back when in town, and make sure to try out multiple sister restaurants.
We have eaten at Rustic Canyon several times and have enjoyed the food and dining experience well enough to return. Last night’s meal blew us away. We tried a dish in every category. The portions are shareable.
Recommended dishes: smoked chicken, lamb meatballs, melon salad, crab stuffed zucchini flowers, and ricotta semifreddo.
Everything was freshly made and finger-licking good! Hats off to the chef. See you tomorrow. 😃
Amazing food and service in a Michelin restaurant without the Michelin ego. Casual and laid back with a incredible menu. I've been here at least 6 times and it's some of the best food in Los Angeles, hands down. The beets is incredible, as is the spaetzle. Steak, melon salad, zucchini dip, it's all amazing.
I'm so glad I made it for Chef Sarah's last month. I've followed this restaurant for a while and was absolutely blown away by everything. The absolute pinnacle of laid back and unpretentious high end food I've ever had the pleasure to enjoy.
Food was fresh and there were no misses. Would recommend if you want a solid meal. The restaurant does get a bit loud when fully packed. I would return again to try new dishes as the menu does change daily.
The roasted Japanese yam was my personal favourite; you literally can't go wrong with roasted yam and the paired sauce was a perfect complement. The beet and berries salad was not a table favourite despite it's general popularity, but I did enjoy it overall.
The sourdough parpadelle was delicious, but a bit heavy. My sister loved the hand rolled couscous with the pea shoots and feta. The steak was solid; you could tell they used good quality beef.
We ordered the honeycomb ice cream and lime lead creme de pot; both were hits with the whole table. Definitely don't skip dessert!
For drinks, I highly recommend the ginger beet situation - the ginger is sharp but pairs excellently with the beet.
Delicious and inspirational cuisine. The endive and pork chop dishes stood out as our favorites, but nothing disappointed. Ingredients were fresh and well used in each. Complex and varied textures were a focus we both enjoyed. And while it amped up the brightness, food was a tad salty on some dishes. Both drinks we ordered were delightful: Bloodshot and The Good Decision. Well balanced and interestingly nuanced.
Service was very attentive and knowledgeable and decisively improved the experience. Great work here!
Rustic Canyon was a wonderful way to enhance our anniversary night.
This restaurant is contemporary Californian, with a unique wine list and unique dishes, or the way they are prepared. Fried pork belly with pickled veggies was not my favorite, as the overall taste was pickled veggies. Pork chop and sourdough pasta were really good. Deserts were also very unique and different. Definitely a different experience.
4.4/5
We went to the rustic canyon for a birthday celebration after reading great reviews about it. We ordered almost everything on the menu as for the most part, the plates are on the smaller side. The best dish we tried was the pork chops with salmon roe which were absolutely incredible. While a lot of the plates were good, some of them were also a little underwhelming. The anchovies dish in particular was extremely salty. I understand that canned anchovies are salty, but there are ways to tone down the salt levels like using acidity. All in all, the creativity was greatly admired, the service was great, and the pork chops were incredible.
We at the Zasón guide give them a Ç for creativity and the pork chop dish.
Reservations? Glad we had them. Granted, it wasn't too busy at 5:25pm on a Tuesday, but it got busy soon after. When I tasted the food, I knew why.
Fun fact, Michelin Star restaurants are called such due to their origin from the Michelin Tire company which started a guidebook featuring restaurants of high quality and taste. Rustic Canyon is a Michelin Star restaurant! Don't be surprised when you see the Michelin Man holding toothpicks at the door. That's a good sign.
The staff? Knowledgeable, friendly, and quick. The food? Perfectly portioned, exquisite, and tasteful. Everything we ordered was delicious, even if some dishes were surprising in their ingredients.
Cousin to Birdie G's, make this a must in Santa Monica.
The food here was great. Most of the food we received was delicious and the service was awesome. The only reason why this didn't get 5 stars is the chicken was a miss and the strawberry sorbet was good, but it wasn't strawberry enough for me. It slightly missed the mark. The steak was really great and worth coming here for. The chicken liver mouse was delicious and the pickled items really made this dish stand out. The only thing I would suggest is that for the beets, the menu mention that they're pickled. It was unexpected. I enjoyed it, but I have a friend who doesn't like pickles and I was glad she didn't join us for dinner as this dish would have been an unexpected surprise and not in a good way. If you come here, get the chicken liver mousse and the steak. These were worth eating.
Rustic Canyon did nothing but impress me tonight. The service was great, food was amazing and the fact that it's got a patio rocks. If I lived in Los Angeles I'd probably come here on special occasions as three courses a la carte cost me as much as a normal pre fixe. It's worth it though if you're looking for fine dining in the area.
Delicious food in a down to earth space. The roasted kabocha (Japanese pumpkin), beet salad, and fennel orange cake were our highlights. Perfect for a cozy date night dinner
Casual spot with surprisingly delicious food! The terrace was very cute and had romantic vibes with the cute lighting. The food was mostly great! Ordered to share so we could try a bit of everything. It was an explosion of flavors, staring with string peas with white chocolate macadamia, then a mussel chowder that was my favorite (celery based so not heavy at all) and then shared a grass fed steak. Not very happy with the steak - had tons of nerves so eating it was not pleasant. The desserts were mind blowing - must try the cherry pie! Service was very friendly. Prices are high.
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A 1 Michelin Star hyper-seasonal Farm to Table in Santa Monica. Chef/Owner Jeremy Fox is a James Beard nominated chef and pastry chef Erika Chan was named Michelin’s Outstanding California Pastry Chef in 2021. That being said I was very excited when booking this reservation and I was not let down. The whole staff was very polite and our server Marti did an exceptional job. Pricing is also fair for a Michelin star due to the fact they offer a la carte. Melisse right across the street is $295/per person for a fixed menu only so having the ability to pick and choose dishes is a real bonus. Parking is also very easy in this part of town, it will be a block at most to walk.
I started off with the Beets & Berries starter and it was probably my second favorite dish of the night. The combo of the fruit and beets were a perfect level of sweetness. Next came the Spiced Lamb Sausage, which was pretty tasty but my least favorite dish of the night. It came with 4 small lamb meatballs so the meat yield was tiny and I felt it had too many peas. At the end it was just a ton of peas and sauce in the bowl so I would skip this dish. Next came the Dungeness Crab Toast and it was really good and felt almost like a breakfast dish. The combo with the onions was pleasantly surprising. For my entree I chose the Baja Halibut and it was my favorite dish of the night. The Halibut was perfectly cooked and the koji butter broth was heavenly. For dessert we had the Pavlova and it was a great end to the meal. A good sized portion and for $14 it was right in line, or maybe $2-4 more, with a standard high end restaurant.
Overall a delicious meal and I would feel comfortable recommending it to anyone. The plates are meant to share and the interior is quite small so I would say it’s best suited for a date, celebration, or a dinner with friends or family.
Dreamt for a year about this place since I’ve tried it. Back again and flavors so unique and on point. Taste buds doing a happy dance. Can’t go wrong with anything on the menu. If you eat pork, must get the pork chop, worth all the $$$$$
I told my husband I wanted to dine somewhere “cozy” and we ended up here. This was our fourth time dining here but our first time inside the dining room (rip parking lot dining.)
We had a phenomenal experience.
From the food to the service to the wine, it was a night to remember. Highly recommend this place for cozy dining, excellent food, attentive service, and rustic vibes.
Come prepared to eat with both your eyes and your mouth. The good looking staff ( aspiring actors, perhaps ) will be a feast for the windows of your soul, making up for the lack of colors in the food. The chef incorporates a great deal of local ingredients ( California cuisine as it is referred apparently) as seen in all the brand names in the ingredients and concocts dishes that are fresh and tasty. However, they really lack in presentation. Truly, the eyes need to eat before the mouth.
Also, the staff and the kitchen could have done a better job at the order the food was brought out. We ordered multiple entrees to share between us 2 and some really strong flavor dishes came out before the milder flavored ones.
Overall, I came for the one Michelin star and ended up subtracting a star from the overall score
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