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Cafés · Santa Monica

Best cafés in Santa Monica

Where Santa Monica works — the cafés that take their coffee seriously

Specialty cafés across Santa Monica where the coffee is properly made, the Wi-Fi holds, and you can stay for the second-best part of working remotely — a long flat white and someone else's playlist. Curated for business travellers and weekend slow mornings.

Santa Monica's café culture

Specialty coffee found Santa Monica late but it's settled in — single-origin pour-overs, properly extracted espresso, and the kind of pastry programme that suggests a baker rather than an ordered-in tray. The cafés below all do at least two of those three well.

Working from cafés

Most premium cafés in Santa Monica are explicit about laptop hours (typically 10 AM–6 PM) and quietly discourage long sessions at peak weekend brunch. Power outlets are the main differentiator — we've noted which spots have them at most tables.

Breakfast and brunch

Weekend brunch in Santa Monica is a sport. Reservations help between 11 AM and 1 PM; arrive at 9 or after 2 if you don't want one. Weekday breakfasts are quieter and the kitchens are sharper before they hit the rush.

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