Top rated Barbecue restaurants in Santa Monica, United States to elevate your visit (Updated April, 2024)

Top rated Barbecue restaurants in Santa Monica

Experience the best that Santa Monica has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 274 places from Barbecue restaurant category.

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Chubby Cattle BBQ | Rosemead

Yakiniku restaurant

👍👍 Cozy bbq place with excellent food. Fair price for a nice BBQ AYCE. Love it and will visit often!

4.80 (81 reviews) (~38.11 km from centre)

Picanha Brazilian Churrascaria

Brazilian restaurant

4.80 (31 reviews) (~47.19 km from centre)

Domestic

Barbecue restaurant

Homemade barbecue offerings & craft beers are dished up in this unpretentious restaurant.

$$ $$

4.70 (533 reviews) (~49.53 km from centre)

Veggie House

Vegan restaurant

Snug eatery offering a selection of Thai, vegetarian & vegan dishes in a minimalist space.

$$ $$

4.70 (306 reviews) (~17.94 km from centre)

Whiskey Flats BBQ

Barbecue restaurant

$$$ $

4.70 (272 reviews) (~36.18 km from centre)

Lee's BBQ & Boba

Chinese restaurant

👍👍 Great flavor and great value! Love the customer service; I'm pretty sure the workers there know is pretty well by now. Everything tastes so fresh and definitely gives a punch of flavor! Ever since coming back to eat here after the pandemic, my while family has made this place or GO TO place for Chin...

$ $$$

4.70 (257 reviews) (~28.87 km from centre)

Yummy Hawaiian BBQ

Barbecue restaurant

👍👍 This is one of if not the best Hawaiian places I’ve gotten food from. The quality of their food as well as the sheer quantity they give for the price is just perfect. I still need to try their other menu options but the Katsu and Chicken are great. You also can’t really see it but there is cabbage s...

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4.70 (250 reviews) (~46.35 km from centre)

All Fired Up Mongolian Grill

Restaurant

😠 I have been going there for years and years, I love the food and the person that runs it Jose, I have watched it change hands from the owner (Todd) to an asian couple and Jose was still running it. It seemed that something happened and it went back to Todd and David ? no idea who that is new partner...

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4.70 (213 reviews) (~36.33 km from centre)

Cherrystones

Restaurant

Hawaiian, Pacific-Rim & American fare dished up in a subtle setting with booth seating & a bar.

$$ $$

4.70 (153 reviews) (~23.28 km from centre)

Fuego Restaurant (Peruvian Fusion)

Fusion restaurant

👍👍 I was going to give them a 4 because there is a bit of wait, but I gave the star back because I feel it is the reason for the quality of the food. I am not a Peruvian food expert at all. I don't even know the names of all the dishes or any popular dishes! But I was in the neighborhood and the signa...

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4.70 (148 reviews) (~41.94 km from centre)

Tamaen Reserve

Yakiniku restaurant

Diners cook their own meats & seafood at tableside grills in this simple Japanese BBQ joint.

$$ $$

4.70 (136 reviews) (~30.32 km from centre)

L.A. Brisket

Barbecue restaurant

Meat-lovers smokehouse for brisket sandwiches, ribs, sides & other bbq favorites.

$$ $$

4.70 (79 reviews) (~23.75 km from centre)

lalc Restaurant & Bar (The Backyard)

Barbecue restaurant

👍👍 Here for lovely Sunday brunch. Special kudos to waitress/server, Sara and busser/server support, Nate. Friendly and attentive service. Personable and helpful. Nice small place...not too loud, which was nice. Food and drinks were amazing. Oj and grapefruit mimosas 😋 but make sure to order your Break...

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4.70 (52 reviews) (~47.24 km from centre)