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Indoor dining room - Orto Santa Monica, Santa Monica, CA

Orto Santa Monica

4.7
4.7
881 Reviews
$31 to $50
Italian
Growing up in Italy, my family cooked at home and had the most extraordinary experiences with ingredients grown in our backyard, paired with the wines my chef/restaurateur stepfather would bring back from regions throughout Italy. I fell in love with food as a child watching my stepfather, once nominated a top chef in Italy, work in restaurant kitchens and floors. Moving to California in 1991 and subsequently to Santa Monica and experiencing the Farmers Market inspired me to start Orto - Italian for “vegetable garden” - where I meld local ingredients and organic herbs grown here at the restaurant to create traditional Italian recipes. At our bar you’ll find a cocktail list created from fresh herbs and premium spirits, and our wine list focuses on sustainable and organic producers.
You’ll often find my wife and kids in the restaurant, continuing the culinary legacy of our Italian family. We welcome you with open arms and hope you’ll join us to experience our restaurant.
Andrea Inio

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2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 8 times today

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Dining style

    Casual Dining

  • Cuisines

    Italian

  • Hours of operation

    Dinner Mon–Thu, Sun 5:30 pm–10:00 pm Fri 5:30 pm–10:30 pm

  • Phone number

    (424) 433-8100

  • Payment options

    AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

  • Dress code

    Casual Dress

  • Executive chef

    Andrea Inio

  • Private party facilities

    We can host private parties up to 120 people

  • Neighborhood

    Santa Monica

  • Cross street

    5th street

  • Parking details

    Parking is available daily for $7 at 1413 5th Street. Please take the elevator to the ground floor and check in with the host.

  • Additional

    Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Vegan, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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What 881 people are saying

Overall ratings and reviews

Reviews can only be made by diners who have eaten at this restaurant

4.7
4.7 based on recent ratings
  • 4.7Food
  • 4.7Service
  • 4.6Ambience
  • 4.5Value

NoiseModerate

Loved For

  • Westside

    Great for fine wines

  • Westside

    Romantic

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  1. Gargi

    Seattle

    8 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined 3 days ago

    overall4food4service2ambience4
    The service was very poor since they were understaffed. The food wasn’t as good as I remember it to be the last time
  2. TravisV

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great host, great chef and lovely atmosphere! Thank you...
  3. Sandrad

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Excellent food and service. We loved the whole experience.
  4. NedW

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined 4 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We loved Orto! Cannot wait to tell our friends about the penne vodka!
  5. Noosh

    Los Angeles

    37 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    37 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Would definitely go back! Very nice presentation of the pasta.
  6. Seventytwo

    Los Angeles

    11 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    11 reviews

    Dined 7 days ago

    overall3food3service4ambience4
    Felt a little rushed to leave. A little off-putting especially after a $200 bill.
  7. Nanfran

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    A lovely, comfortable yet beautiful room, with excellent cuisine.
  8. BLS15

    Los Angeles

    17 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on May 21, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    We absolutely loved our dinner at Orto! Every dish we tried was delicious, authentic Italian food and our hosts could not have been lovelier. Thank you! We'll be back soon!
  9. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 21, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Amazing place. Total class. Highly recommend Orto!
  10. michellef

    Los Angeles

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on May 18, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience3
    Service was excellent, food was great, a little over priced but great
  11. Cuttlefish

    London

    3 reviews

    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on May 17, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great good. Attentive staff. Good ambience. Cheese truffle pasta was delicious.
  12. JamesW

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    vip
    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 16, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Still the best Italian food on the Westside. Indoor dining is open again.
  13. DennisF

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 15, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    A perfect place for a date! It's romantic, cozy and charming. We can't wait to go back.
  14. GiovanniR

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 15, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We have been coming to Orto for a while, food and service have always been top notch. If you are looking for a big corporate restaurant this is not it, it is family owned and run that is why it is special to us!
  15. DexterS

    Los Angeles

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on May 15, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Everything was fresh...We loved the wine selection and the cozy environment!
  16. Stephanie

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 15, 2023

    overall3food3service3ambience3
    It was busy given it was Mother's Day so we waited for a decent amount of time for our entrees. When the entrees came out, the vegetables and potatoes were cold. Overall, we will be unlikely to return given that the meal was on the expensive side.
  17. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall5food5service4ambience5
    Delicious food and very intimate setting. Felt at times that it was being rushed as we had to order our food and drinks at the same time.
  18. Traveler

    Denver

    4 reviews

    1.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall1food3service1ambience1
    A complete bust from start to finish. Waited 30 minutes to get a drink, nearly 90 minutes to get food. Place is rundown, staff is hopeless. We ordered two of the specials. Truffle pasta was a lukewarm bowl of noodles for $63. Veal Milanese was fine. $58. Place seems to be for locals ages 70 and up, which is fine but maybe they have more patience than you do. If I sound bitter it’s because I am.
  19. marc

    New York Area

    8 reviews

    5.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on May 14, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    fantastic as always!!!😘❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 best food in santa monica
  20. MelC

    Los Angeles

    6 reviews

    5.0

    6 reviews

    Dined on May 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Lovely ambience, and the food was delicious. Great staff also. Marla was perfect. We will return.
  21. David

    Los Angeles

    27 reviews

    vip
    2.0

    27 reviews

    Dined on May 13, 2023

    overall2food2service2ambience2
    Really a very blah experience. Interiors are blah except plastic ivy hanging everywhere. Food was fine but unexceptional. Service kept pushing only most expensive items. No outdoor seating. But my main complaint: PLEASE take a look at the food pictures online. These are ABSOLUTELY not representative of what you will get. Must have all been done by an expensive food stylist photographer. The food as served had NO style. We asked for bread which arrived almost after we’d finished eating and was basically day old grocery bread with a light toast. NOT BAD but nothing special
  22. AdrienneF

    Los Angeles

    65 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    65 reviews

    Dined on May 13, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Really good Italian food. Have been eating there for a long time.
  23. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    4 reviews

    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on May 6, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    I had the veal special perfection ! The chocolate dome dessert so delicious! The music featured frank Sinatra the old classic which added to the Ambiance!
  24. Liegemen

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on May 2, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    All the best to the proprietors for an excellent authentic Italian dinner.
  25. RobQ

    Las Vegas

    13 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    13 reviews

    Dined on April 30, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    I honestly don’t remember when I last got such a good service and such an excellent, outstanding dinner. We are so impressed by the exceptional attention to detail. From the very first second you enter the restaurant you are blown away. We travel quite a lot, but this restaurant left the most wonderful impression and we will come back a lot of times.
  26. godzilla

    Los Angeles

    12 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    12 reviews

    Dined on April 30, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We always have a wonderful meal at Orto! The owner and staff are very friendly 😀
  27. Katrina

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 27, 2023

    overall3food2service4ambience3
    Portions were way, way too small for the price, and the pasta wasn't anything to write home about (I kept thinking while having the carbonara that the dish wasn't salted enough, despite having pancetta). Tall ceilings also made for a very loud atmosphere, despite the restaurant being pretty small. Tiramisu was great, though the portion of tiramisu was bigger than my partner's entire pasta dish. Overall probably won't go back.
  28. stiles

    Los Angeles

    490 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    490 reviews

    Dined on April 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience4
    Vegetable puree soup really good. Just took a long time to come out. Linguini with clams was really outstanding with pieces of shishito peppers adding great flavor. Broth was very tasty.
  29. petera

    San Francisco

    4 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    4 reviews

    Dined on April 24, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Great dinner with my wife and daughter. We shared Burrata , Aranci y Finichio salad, Tatliglia bolegnese and brazino. For dessert we had the panne cotta and tiramisu with glasses of Vin Santo. All was delicious
  30. Danielle

    New York Area

    3 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2023

    overall5food5service3ambience5
    Amazing food. Service was extremely rushed, so we had to ask the waitress to wait until ready to order multiple times.
  31. ConnieB

    Los Angeles

    8 reviews

    vip
    4.0

    8 reviews

    Dined on April 23, 2023

    overall4food5service2ambience5
    Dinner was delicious. Service was wanting. Don’t know if it was the servers or the kitchen but too much time between courses. Servers were friendly as was the rest of the staff.
  32. David

    Las Vegas

    29 reviews

    vip
    3.0

    29 reviews

    Dined on April 21, 2023

    overall3food4service3ambience3
    Food service was a little shaky to start. Calamari order wasn’t ‘fired’ in the kitchen promptly and we had to inquire about it after 25mins, after which it arrived 10mins following. After that occurred, service was prompt and timely as expected. We joined Orto that evening thinking we could sit in the courtyard, but it was closed unfortunately. The interior of the restaurant is nice, but it’s feels a little ‘tight’ in the closer quarters. Especially after expecting an outdoor open-air setting, naturally. Good experience, but it wasn’t the outstanding service and ambience we had originally come for that evening.
  33. OpenTable Diner

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 21, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    We are absolutely coming back! All 6 meals were fantastic as were the appetizers! We were a party of 6 for a birthday dinner and it couldn’t have gone any better. We were able to have one conversation instead of multiple because the noise level allowed for that, and we’ve never had a more enjoyable meal as a family celebrating. Highly recommend!!
  34. Sandy

    Los Angeles

    17 reviews

    vip
    5.0

    17 reviews

    Dined on April 15, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Everything was fantastic!!! From our server, to the host, owner and the excellent food. The barata with pears was the best we’ve ever had! Highly recommend this restaurant. Can’t wait to visit again when the outside patio opens back up.
  35. CyOb

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on April 10, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Such a cute restaurant! Went here for date night and the ambience is so peaceful, everyone was so nice, we loved our server, and the food was amazing! definitely will be back soon for the pasta and filet mignon, yumm
  36. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    7 reviews

    5.0

    7 reviews

    Dined on April 9, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food was excellent and staff were very friendly and attentive. Good wine selection
  37. Maddie

    Central Coast

    1 review

    5.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 31, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Food was amazing! Service was incredible. The indoor dining is beautiful decorated!
  38. MonicaDM

    Monterrey

    3 reviews

    4.0

    3 reviews

    Dined on March 30, 2023

    overall4food4service5ambience4
    Good restaurant to go with friends or for business.
  39. Rebecca

    Los Angeles

    2 reviews

    5.0

    2 reviews

    Dined on March 26, 2023

    overall5food5service5ambience5
    Everything was excellent. The staff was warm and attentive and the food was delicious.
  40. OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on March 26, 2023

    overall3food3service4ambience3
    Food was food. Portions really small. Overall a bit overprice.

Safety precautions

  • Cleaning & sanitizing

    • Surfaces sanitized between seatings
    • Digital, disposable or sanitized menu provided
    • Sealed or wrapped utensils used
    • Common areas deep-cleaned daily
    • Sanitizer or wipes provided for customers
    • Contactless payment available
  • Protective equipment

    • Waitstaff wear masks
  • Screening

    • Sick staff prohibited in the workplace

FAQs

Orto Santa Monica does offer delivery in partnership with Postmates and Uber Eats. Orto Santa Monica also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (424) 433-8100.

Orto Santa Monica is rated 4.7 stars by 881 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a reservation

2 people

7:00 PM


Booked 8 times today
Google Map for Orto Santa Monica

502 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

Dining areas

Additional information

  • Cross street

    5th street

  • Neighborhood

    Santa Monica

  • Hours of operation

    Dinner Mon–Thu, Sun 5:30 pm–10:00 pm Fri 5:30 pm–10:30 pm

  • Cuisines

    Italian

  • Dining style

    Casual Dining

  • Dress code

    Casual Dress

  • Parking details

    Parking is available daily for $7 at 1413 5th Street. Please take the elevator to the ground floor and check in with the host.

  • Payment options

    AMEX, Diners Club, Discover, MasterCard, Visa

  • Executive chef

    Andrea Inio

  • Additional

    Beer, Cocktails, Corkage Fee, Delivery, Full Bar, Gender Neutral Restroom, Gluten-free Options, Non-Smoking, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Patio/Outdoor Dining, Private Room, Takeout, Vegan, Wheelchair Access, Wine

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