Guidebook for Silver Lake Los Angeles
Food Scene
Alimento
1710 Silver Lake BlvdRanked as LA Times top 20 LA restaurants.
A trendy, nice coffee and food that has indoor and outdoor seating.
219 locals recommend
LAMILL COFFEE Boutique
1636 Silver Lake BlvdA trendy, nice coffee and food that has indoor and outdoor seating.
Their coffee roast is sold all around America in high end restaurants. This place is at the center of the Silver Lake scene.
510 locals recommend
Intelligentsia Coffee Silver Lake Coffeebar
3922 Sunset BlvdTheir coffee roast is sold all around America in high end restaurants. This place is at the center of the Silver Lake scene.
Milk
7290 Beverly BlvdTrendy ice cream nearby and close to the reservoir.
Trendy restaurant with a cool covered outdoor patio both front and back, happy hour, pizza, appetizers, drinks.
323 locals recommend
Mohawk Bend
2141 Sunset BlvdTrendy restaurant with a cool covered outdoor patio both front and back, happy hour, pizza, appetizers, drinks.
Sawyer
3709 Sunset BlvdNew trendy spot with happy hour food and drink.
Yum, love this place. Best coffee ever, really, and delicious, interesting food. Outdoor patio, cool clean decor and new.
54 locals recommend
WINSOME
Yum, love this place. Best coffee ever, really, and delicious, interesting food. Outdoor patio, cool clean decor and new.
This place has video games and Asian comfort food. It has a bar and a fun scene.
106 locals recommend
Button Mash
1391 Sunset BlvdThis place has video games and Asian comfort food. It has a bar and a fun scene.
Favorite Thai restaurant in the US! Get their crispy on-choy morning glory salad, fried mussels, pickled plum slushie, and just about anything. Cheap, delicious, and you can always get a seat.
33 locals recommend
Wat Dong Moon Lek Noodle
4356 Fountain AveFavorite Thai restaurant in the US! Get their crispy on-choy morning glory salad, fried mussels, pickled plum slushie, and just about anything. Cheap, delicious, and you can always get a seat.
Very trendy Thai restaurant featured in Food & Wine and Bon Appetit. Interesting food, a loud scene, almost always a wait unless you go very late or very early.
238 locals recommend
Night + Market Song
3322 Sunset BlvdVery trendy Thai restaurant featured in Food & Wine and Bon Appetit. Interesting food, a loud scene, almost always a wait unless you go very late or very early.
Yum, such interesting flavors of gelato and sorbet, like sometimes, mango curry, chili chocolate, dark chocolate orange sorbet. You won't be disappointed. Parking in rear and outdoor seats facing the street.
90 locals recommend
Pazzo Gelato
3827 Sunset BlvdYum, such interesting flavors of gelato and sorbet, like sometimes, mango curry, chili chocolate, dark chocolate orange sorbet. You won't be disappointed. Parking in rear and outdoor seats facing the street.
Our favorite area pizza place, doing a delcious, buttery deep dish pizza that's worth the usual wait. It's a cute spot that looks like an Italian grandma's house but be aware that it often has a long wait. We often will go on a weekday on the early side and call and order a pizza in advance (since they take 45 minutes), walk over and put our names in or use the Nowait Guest app.
232 locals recommend
Masa of Echo Park Bakery & Cafe
1800 Sunset BlvdOur favorite area pizza place, doing a delcious, buttery deep dish pizza that's worth the usual wait. It's a cute spot that looks like an Italian grandma's house but be aware that it often has a long wait. We often will go on a weekday on the early side and call and order a pizza in advance (since they take 45 minutes), walk over and put our names in or use the Nowait Guest app.
A scene-y ramen bar with a decently long wait unless you go early or late or use the Nowait Guest app for seats. Affordably priced ramen with good chasu pork belly.
278 locals recommend
Silverlake Ramen
2927 Sunset BlvdA scene-y ramen bar with a decently long wait unless you go early or late or use the Nowait Guest app for seats. Affordably priced ramen with good chasu pork belly.
Known for celebrity sitings (Natalie Portman sat next on Valentine's Day) and chic and tasty Mediterranean food, cute outdoor patio, coffee & tea, and fancy little market, this spot is just 10 minutes down the hill from us on foot on Silver Lake Blvd.
69 locals recommend
Botanica Restaurant and Market
1620 Silver Lake BlvdKnown for celebrity sitings (Natalie Portman sat next on Valentine's Day) and chic and tasty Mediterranean food, cute outdoor patio, coffee & tea, and fancy little market, this spot is just 10 minutes down the hill from us on foot on Silver Lake Blvd.
Our favorite organic sourdough pizza place happens to be a favorite restaurant owned by a former Airbnb tenant! Doan pickles the grapes that are an amuse bouche. Great natural wines, delicious authentic Neapolitan-style pizza, great organic sides, and so hipster and cool.
9 locals recommend
Grá
1524 Pizarro StOur favorite organic sourdough pizza place happens to be a favorite restaurant owned by a former Airbnb tenant! Doan pickles the grapes that are an amuse bouche. Great natural wines, delicious authentic Neapolitan-style pizza, great organic sides, and so hipster and cool.
Essentials
Cheap and cheerful with plenty of organic items. Good cheap spot for the basics, including wine, alcohol, and prepared foods.
1699 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
2738 Hyperion AveCheap and cheerful with plenty of organic items. Good cheap spot for the basics, including wine, alcohol, and prepared foods.
Great store with good stuff and much cheaper than a regular whole foods. They have a cafe, cheap lunch, parking and very good produce.
254 locals recommend
Whole Foods Market 365
2520 Glendale BlvdGreat store with good stuff and much cheaper than a regular whole foods. They have a cafe, cheap lunch, parking and very good produce.
Shopping
Silver Lake Farmers Market
3700 Sunset Blvd
Echo Park Farmers' Market
1146 Logan StSweet little market on the way to Echo Park Lake
Arts & Culture
The Music Center
135 N Grand AveHome of the LA Opera, with productions all year long.
The Broad
221 S Grand AveA small, new, trendy contemporary and modern art museum.
Nice small contemporary art museum: http://www.moca.org/
695 locals recommend
The Museum of Contemporary Art
250 S Grand AveNice small contemporary art museum: http://www.moca.org/
The large LA contemporary art museum with changing exhibitions.
3162 locals recommend
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire BlvdThe large LA contemporary art museum with changing exhibitions.
An iconic LA building and great sounding hall for concerts. Has a cafe and is near the Broad and other downtown places.
1063 locals recommend
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S Grand AveAn iconic LA building and great sounding hall for concerts. Has a cafe and is near the Broad and other downtown places.
Sightseeing
Downtown Los Angeles
Up and coming neighborhood again.
Home and studio of one of LA's most famous architects, Richard Neutra. There are a string of Neutras along Silver Lake Blvd. near the Silver Lake Meadow also.
29 locals recommend
Neutra VDL Studio and Residences
2300 Silver Lake BlvdHome and studio of one of LA's most famous architects, Richard Neutra. There are a string of Neutras along Silver Lake Blvd. near the Silver Lake Meadow also.
Drinks & Nightlife
Check out the roof bar with great views of the city and great cocktails.
239 locals recommend
Ace Hotel
929 S BroadwayCheck out the roof bar with great views of the city and great cocktails.
Thirsty Crow
2939 Sunset BlvdGreat trendy, happening bar within walking distance.
Good Luck Bar
1514 Hillhurst AveOld school Chinese-style decorated 1940s bar.
Tiki Ti
4427 Sunset Blvd
The Echo
1822 Sunset BlvdDancing, music, and lots of different acts
Nice, kind of loud beautiful bar with indoor and outdoor area.
100 locals recommend
Edendale Restaurant and Bar
2838 Rowena AveNice, kind of loud beautiful bar with indoor and outdoor area.
Cha Cha Lounge
2375 Glendale BlvdA noisy, happening, tacky bar with old school Mexican décor.
Parks & Nature
Lovely hiking, mix of desert and pines, some amazing views.
51 locals recommend
Angeles National Forest
12371 Little Tujunga Canyon RdLovely hiking, mix of desert and pines, some amazing views.
You can walk to the reservoir from the house and have a walk, run, or bike ride around it and enjoy the view and some of the fabulous houses, including a number of historic Neutra-designed modern homes .
396 locals recommend
Silver Lake Reservoir
You can walk to the reservoir from the house and have a walk, run, or bike ride around it and enjoy the view and some of the fabulous houses, including a number of historic Neutra-designed modern homes .
Part of the Silver Lake Reservoir. It's a large lawn "meadow" recreational area with a view of the lake with benches and paths. Bring a sun hat and picnic blanket (we can provide one for you), as there's only 1 spot with decent shade.
70 locals recommend
Silver Lake Meadow
2300 Silver Lake BlvdPart of the Silver Lake Reservoir. It's a large lawn "meadow" recreational area with a view of the lake with benches and paths. Bring a sun hat and picnic blanket (we can provide one for you), as there's only 1 spot with decent shade.
A lovely historic park with a floating fountain and an accessible lake that you can rent swan boats and paddle around, enjoy its lawns, have a lovely walk or run and people watch. It's also a protected habitat for birds, frogs, and its famous waterlilies and in summer, its famous tall lotus flowers and the lotus festival. You can grab brunch at Square One Dining, an outdoor spot at the boat house. There's are street food vendors selling grilled corn elotes and Mexican food.
563 locals recommend
Echo Park Lake
A lovely historic park with a floating fountain and an accessible lake that you can rent swan boats and paddle around, enjoy its lawns, have a lovely walk or run and people watch. It's also a protected habitat for birds, frogs, and its famous waterlilies and in summer, its famous tall lotus flowers and the lotus festival. You can grab brunch at Square One Dining, an outdoor spot at the boat house. There's are street food vendors selling grilled corn elotes and Mexican food.