Best of Culver City Restaurants

American ~ Californian

Cafe Surfas
American Traditional ~ $$
This NEW bright & clean setting offers both counter and outdoor patio seating.
8777 W. Washington Blvd. @ National Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
310.558.1458 ~ www.cafesurfas.com

Ford's Filling Station
American ~ $$
New from Chef Benjamin Ford, yeah the son of Han Solo, opens this new american spot in the heart of Downtown Culver City.
9531 Culver Blvd. @ Irving Place, Culver City, CA 90232
310.202.1470

Good Food
American ~ $
8549 Higuera, Culver City, CA 90232
310.558.7666

Johnnie's Pastrami
American Delicatessen ~ $$
This is a fun place to go. The menu is limited, but the food is tasty. Has a 50s vibe, the waitstaff seem the type that have worked there forever and are a little curt, but it adds to the ambiance. Cash only.
4017 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230
310.397.6654

Asian ~ Sushi

Beacon
Pan-Asian ~ $$$
Helms Building
3280 Helms Avenue @ Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90034
310.838.7500 ~ www.beacon-la.com

New Flavors
Chinese & Hawaiian ~ $
Low-cost Chinese-Hawaiian menu on the Culver City strip near the Sony studio. Other items of BBQ pork, chicken, short ribs and loco moco.
4135 S. Centinela Avenue @ Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90066
310.390.7849

Sushi Mashiko
Sushi & Japanese ~ $$
10726 Jefferson Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
310.280.0198

Yokohama
Sushi ~ $$
3857 Overland Avenue, Culver City, CA 90230
310.202.7062

Italian

Giovanni's Trattoria
Italiain ~ $$
Hidden in a strip mall on the corner of Clarington and Venice is one of Los Angeles's best kept food secret.
10026 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
310.839.1757

San Gennaro Cafe
Italian ~ $$
9543 Culver Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
310.836.0400

Mexican

El Rincon Criollo
Mexican & Cuban ~ $$
4361 Sepulveda Blvd, Culver City, CA 90230
310.397.9295

Mi Ranchito Family Mexican
Mexican ~ $$
Hold onto your sombrero because “the margaritas are generous” at this “relaxed” “hole-in-the-wall” Mexican in Culver City where the “satisfying traditional seafood” is “Veracruz-style all the way.”
12223 Washington Blvd. @ Centinela Avenue, Culver City, CA 90066
310.398.8611

Pacifico's
Mexican & Seafood ~ $$$
You can sit outdoor by the firepit even on a cold night. Tends to be a little more of a seafood place with a number Mexican restaurant selections.
9341 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
310.559.3474

Tito's Tacos
Mexican Fast Food ~ $
Nearly a Culver City landmark.  Long lines night & day for this classic mexican fast food joint.
11222 Washington Place, Culver City, CA 90230
310.391.5780

Steak & Seafood

Dear John's
Steakhouse ~ $$$
11208 Culver Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230
310.397.0276

Petrelli's Steakhouse
Steakhouse American with Italian ~ $$$
5615 Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City, CA 90230
310.398.9777

Other ~ Ethnic

Bamboo
Caribbean ~ $$
10835 Venice Blvd between Overland Ave. & Sepulveda Blvd., Culver City, CA 90034
310.287.0668 ~ www.bamboorestaurant.net

La Dijonaise
French Contemporary ~ $
8703 Washington Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232
310.287.2770

 

About Culver City:

 

Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County, California. As of the 2000 census, the city had a population of 38,816, 16,611 households, and 9,518 families. The community is mostly surrounded by the city of Los Angeles but also has a border with unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County.

Since the 1920s, Culver City has been a significant center for motion picture and later television production, in part because it was the home of MGM Studios. It also was the headquarters for the Hughes Aircraft Company from the 1930s to the 1980s. National Public Radio West and Sony Pictures Entertainment now have headquarters in the city.

In the 1990s, Culver City leaders launched a successful revitalization program in which it renovated its downtown as well as several shopping centers in the Sepulveda Boulevard corridor near Fox Hills Mall. Additionally the influx of many art galleries to various parts of the city prompted the New York Times in 2005 to praise the new art scene and call Culver City a "nascent Chelsea."