SELINE
Fine dining restaurant · Ocean Park ·
Modernist tasting menu with California produce, open kitchen
Modernist tasting menu with California produce, open kitchen
"This midnight-black fine dining restaurant in Santa Monica comes from the same chef as Pasjoli. But while that restaurant is all about luxurious, mostly classic French food, Seline is a place where the kitchen gets cerebral with seasonal ingredients presented in out-there ways, like geoduck liver crackers served on metallic orbs, banana puree with roasted leeks, and crumbly chestnut ice cream as a mid-dinner palate cleanser. It’s the type of precise high-brow cooking you’d expect from a $295 tasting menu, but you’re splurging on delicious food that’s fun to eat, too. Add the not-too-serious servers who make you feel like houseguests, a dining room with enchanted garden views, and a playlist that slips in the occasional house track, and you’ve got the making of a special occasion spot you’ll still be thinking about days later." - brant cox, sylvio martins, arden shore, cathy park
"You might not expect to be served ice cream in the middle of savory courses, but at Chef Dave Beran's Seline, surprises are par for the course. This ambitious tasting menu dances between sweet and savory, and delivers on drama. Begin with a cup of mushroom tea before enjoying the likes of roasted leeks with foamy eucalyptus sauce and a banana leaf puree, or dry-aged beef tartare with celery root and a savory granola. The hot mushroom salad steamed in a squash is plated tableside for a bit of drama. Squab served in two parts plates roasted breast with a fennel sausage-stuffed leg for the opener, followed by smoked chocolate and squab liver truffle with strawberry sauce. The chef's signature golden osetra caviar served atop hazelnuts and a coffee anglaise is the ultimate ending." - Michelin Inspector
"Dave Beran’s tasting-menu restaurant, added to the Michelin Guide in March 2025 as part of an earlier batch of Los Angeles additions (the March group included Seline, Mori Nozomi, and Bar Etoile)." - Rebecca Roland
"Even if your brain can’t retain the detailed descriptions accompanying each dish (because the internet fried it), a night at Seline is unforgettable. This midnight-black fine dining restaurant in Santa Monica from the Pasjoli chef—who also used to cook at Alinea—likes to get cerebral with seasonal ingredients presented in out-there ways, like geoduck liver crackers served on metallic orbs, banana puree with roasted leeks, and crumbly chestnut ice cream as a mid-dinner palate cleanser. It’s the type of precise highbrow cooking you’d expect from a $295 tasting menu, but just as important, it's plain delicious. Add in bubbly servers who make you feel like houseguests, a dining room with enchanted garden views, and a playlist that slips in the occasional house track, and you’ve got the making of a special occasion spot you’ll be thinking about days after." - brant cox, arden shore, sylvio martins, cathy park
"A Californian restaurant in Los Angeles with an ambitious tasting menu by Chef Dave Beran that mixes sweet and savory dishes like mushroom tea and dry-aged beef tartare." - MICHELIN Guide
