Where to eat at and around Terranea Resort
Terranea has eight places to eat and drink on the cliff. mar'sel is the dinner room, open from 5pm to 9pm every day and listed in the MICHELIN Guide. Catalina Kitchen does breakfast, lunch and dinner and a Sunday brunch, bashi serves sushi and wok dishes, and Nelson's, on the oceanfront among the fire pits, is the one for Baja fish tacos and the sunset. Solviva, The Grill at the Resort Pool, the Sea Beans café and the Lobby Bar and Terrace fill in the day. Beyond the gates nothing is within walking distance, so you will want a car or a taxi for every table below, each a drive of 5 to 22 minutes with the roads clear.
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Close by, on foot or by car
- 5 min by car
Italian restaurant on Palos Verdes Drive West · $$$
One of the nearest sit-down dinners off the resort, five minutes away on Palos Verdes Drive West. The menu runs from antipasti and Italian pizza to handmade pasta: spaghetti alla Bolognese, linguine alle vongole veraci, fettuccine al limone con gamberi, and a fish of the day priced by the server. It is open every day from 11am to 9pm, and happy hour runs at the bar from 2pm to 5pm, Monday to Thursday. Telephone (310) 377-3940 to book a table, particularly on a Friday or Saturday.
Reserve ahead31243 Palos Verdes Drive West, Rancho Palos Verdes
- 13 min by car
All-day breakfast at the Promenade on the Peninsula · $$
A local breakfast and burger restaurant on the ground floor of the Promenade on the Peninsula, beside the fountain. Breakfast is served all day, which suits a late start: chilaquiles, huevos rancheros Good Stuff style, carne asada and eggs, and cinnamon roll French toast, with Baja fish tacos and sliders when lunch comes round. It is open every day from 8am to 8pm, with tables outdoors by the fountain, and takes names on an online waitlist rather than bookings.
Walk in550 Deep Valley Drive, Suite 151, Rolling Hills Estates
- 19 min by car
Waterfront shrimp tray, since 1956 · $$
The family business that made the shrimp tray a San Pedro habit, trading since 1956 and now in its fourth generation. The order is the World Famous Shrimp Tray: shrimp seared on a plancha with potatoes, peppers, tomatoes and onions and a house seasoning, with garlic bread, sized for two to four people. It is now on the waterfront at The Landing, beside the Los Angeles Maritime Museum at 6th Street and Harbor Boulevard. Open Monday to Thursday 11am to 8pm, Friday 11am to 9pm, Saturday 9am to 9pm and Sunday 9am to 8pm.
Walk in706 South Harbor Boulevard, San Pedro
Captain Kidd's Fish Market & Restaurant
19 min by carFish market and harbour restaurant, since 1976 · $$
A fish market with a restaurant attached on King Harbor, trading since 1976 and fifty years old this year. Pick your fish at the market and have it cooked, or order from the restaurant: grilled fish plates and sandwiches, fish and chips, fish tacos, clam chowder in a bread bowl, a lobster roll. There are tables indoors and on a patio overlooking the harbour. The restaurant is open Sunday to Thursday 10am to 8.30pm and Friday and Saturday 10am to 9pm; the market opens at 9am.
Walk in209 North Harbor Drive, Redondo Beach
- 20 min by car
Tempura and soba, with a one-star sushi counter inside · $$
A Japanese restaurant in a Torrance plaza known for tempura and soba, with sashimi sets at lunch, which is the cheaper way in. Inside it, in a private room, Sushi Inaba holds a MICHELIN star: a counter of a handful of seats, one seating a night, reservations essential and booked separately from the restaurant. Lunch is Monday to Saturday from 11.30am, with last orders at 2.15pm (2pm on Saturday); dinner starts at 5.30pm on weekdays and 5pm on Saturday, with last orders at 9pm and 8.30pm. It is closed on Sunday. Telephone (310) 371-6675 to book dinner.
Reserve ahead20920 Hawthorne Boulevard, Torrance
- 21 min by car
Japanese-Californian sharing plates, chef-run · $$$
A Hermosa Beach dining room run by the husband-and-wife chefs Ray Hayashi and Cynthia Hetlinger, and listed in the MICHELIN Guide. The menu is built for sharing and has included yellowtail sashimi, blistered green beans with crispy tofu, black cod glazed with ginger, soy and sesame, honey-glazed duck breast, sushi, and a yuzu strawberry shortcake posset. Dinner is nightly from 5pm, until 10pm Sunday to Wednesday and 10.30pm Thursday to Saturday; weekends add brunch from 10am and lunch from 2pm. Reserve ahead.
Reserve ahead1220 Hermosa Avenue, Hermosa Beach
- 22 min by car
Neighbourhood wine bistro, MICHELIN Bib Gourmand · $$$
A family-run neighbourhood bistro in Hermosa Beach, and on the MICHELIN Guide's 2026 California Bib Gourmand list. Chefs Kevin De Los Santos and Katya Shastova cook shareable, globally inspired plates that have included a mussels tart, a seafood pot pie in fennel cream and chilli crab over risotto, with a goat cheese fromage blanc and pear granita to finish. It is open Tuesday to Saturday, 5pm to 10pm, and closed on Sunday and Monday. Reserve on Resy, indoors or on the patio.
Reserve ahead1501 Hermosa Avenue, Hermosa Beach
Breakfast
Breakfast is not part of the resort fee, and the rates on the room page are room only, so budget for it. Catalina Kitchen serves it Monday to Saturday from 7am to 11.30am and on Sunday from 7am to 9am, with a la carte brunch on Sunday from 9am to 2pm. Solviva serves breakfast daily from 9am to 11am, Sea Beans opens at 6am for coffee and pastries, with a pancake and waffle station on Saturday and Sunday from 8am to 11am, and the Lobby Bar and Terrace has a breakfast menu on Sunday from 9am to noon. The best outside option is Good Stuff at the Promenade on the Peninsula, 13 minutes by car and open daily from 8am, where breakfast is served all day.
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Questions people ask
Good questions about Terranea Resort
Where can I eat near Terranea Resort?
Terranea has eight places to eat and drink on the cliff. mar'sel is the dinner room, open from 5pm to 9pm every day and listed in the MICHELIN Guide. Catalina Kitchen does breakfast, lunch and dinner and a Sunday brunch, bashi serves sushi and wok dishes, and Nelson's, on the oceanfront among the fire pits, is the one for Baja fish tacos and the sunset. Solviva, The Grill at the Resort Pool, the Sea Beans café and the Lobby Bar and Terrace fill in the day. Beyond the gates nothing is within walking distance, so you will want a car or a taxi for every table below, each a drive of 5 to 22 minutes with the roads clear. Avenue Italy, 5 min by car. Good Stuff, 13 min by car. San Pedro Fish Market, 19 min by car.
Our verdict
Book it for a week of pools, spa and clifftop walks, and ask for the Bungalow King Guestroom. Budget for a car and $150 a night in resort fee and valet, and choose a hotel closer in if your days are Hollywood and Santa Monica.
Last checked: October 2026