Favourite cafés in Los Angeles

Imaginative American ice-cream flavours and immaculate waffle cones at a cheerful Hillhurst Avenue scoop shop.

A bustling Los Feliz approximation of a Parisian café, best for terrace breakfasts, apéritifs and neighbourhood theatre.

Cafés · Santa Monica · €€€€

Back on the Beach Café

Local FavouriteBest BreakfastTNP Favorite

Breakfast and Californian café food served almost on the sand, with the Pacific as the room's defining feature.

Cafés · Venice / Abbot Kinney · €€€€

Salt & Straw – Abbot Kinney

Family FriendlyFoodie FavouriteTNP Favorite

Small-batch ice cream with inventive seasonal flavours in the middle of Venice's most walkable shopping street.

A bright, plant-forward all-day restaurant where juices, brunch and cocktails match Abbot Kinney's polished beach mood.

Meticulous espresso and direct-trade coffee served in a distinctive Abbot Kinney bar built for watching the craft up close.