1. Blue Plate Taco
8.5
1515 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 137 tips and reviews
Brett Howard: Fish Tacos are excellent here, blood orange margaritas are awesome too!
Caitlin Taylor: Great ambience and great food. Ordered chips and guacamole (great guac), a cheese quesadilla (very cheesy and delicious), short rib tacos (a la carte) and grilled fish tacos (a la carte) for two.
Tony Sou: Lobster tacos and the baha fish taco are the best here. #splurge
5. Mercado
8.5
1416 4th St (at Santa Monica Blvd), Santa Monica, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 82 tips and reviews
Dalit Troyce: Everything is amazing. Try the choriquezo and the shrimp tacos!
Jon Cronin: Fish and Shrimp Tacos are excellent!
Gregory R: Many great items: choriqueso, duo dip, carnitas, fish tacos. Went in a group of 9. had an upstairs table. The food was outstanding. Service excellent. Would go back again and again.
6. Upper West
8.5
3321 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
American Restaurant · 87 tips and reviews
Jessica Lokumkiattikul: Short rib sandwich, BLT and veggie burger was sooo good! Wouldnt order the ahi tuna tacos again though. Portions were too small but was tasty.
Amanda Azadi: the ahi fish tacos app is fantabulous!!
Naz Hash: Carpaccio, burrata, ahi tuna tacos, filet mignon, grilled cheese...wow!
9. La Playita
8.4
3306 Lincoln Blvd (at Ozone Ave.), Santa Monica, CA
Taco Restaurant · Ocean Park · 27 tips and reviews
Julius Weil: Shrimp cocktail , shrimp tacos. Best tacos in Santa Monica/Venice you can totally do dinner for under$10. Great food as real as it gets. Leave a tip.
Joseph C: This place's signature stuff is their Coctails, Ceviche & Shrimp Tacos or Shrimp Tostadas. Everything else is pretty Mediocre. No more baños. Used to be available since i was last here. Street Parking
Alex Pyatetsky: Al pastor is nothing special, fish taco not too exciting, octopus cocktail pretty good. Not life-changing but will come back to try more stuff