Guidebook for Long Beach

Julie
Guidebook for Long Beach

Food Scene

The Risotto carbonara with a poached egg is to die for. Their Chianina beef dishes are spectacular. Great bar menu and terrific daily happy hour. Finest restaurant in Long Beach.
8 locals recommend
Chianina Steakhouse
5716 2nd St
8 locals recommend
The Risotto carbonara with a poached egg is to die for. Their Chianina beef dishes are spectacular. Great bar menu and terrific daily happy hour. Finest restaurant in Long Beach.
Try the Bacon & Leek Tartes Flambee and Duck Liver Mousse.
7 locals recommend
PigBurd
743 E 4th St
7 locals recommend
Try the Bacon & Leek Tartes Flambee and Duck Liver Mousse.
48 locals recommend
The Social List
2105 E 4th St
48 locals recommend
43 locals recommend
RESTAURATION
2708 East 4th Street
43 locals recommend
72 locals recommend
Simmzy's
5271 2nd St
72 locals recommend
60 locals recommend
Roe Seafood
5374 2nd St
60 locals recommend
22 locals recommend
Michael's Pizzeria Naples
5616 2nd St
22 locals recommend
Love their clean, bright flavors! Amazing Pho! Delicious calamari.
30 locals recommend
Number Nine
1538 E 4th St
30 locals recommend
Love their clean, bright flavors! Amazing Pho! Delicious calamari.
EVERYTHING is great, but try the incredible Ooey Gooey Butter Cake and Kouignn Amann!
18 locals recommend
Scratch Baked Goods
3950 E 4th St
18 locals recommend
EVERYTHING is great, but try the incredible Ooey Gooey Butter Cake and Kouignn Amann!
Restaurant & Bakery with lovely outdoor seating. Amazing baked goods. Wonderful biscuit dishes with delicious sauces.
10 locals recommend
Sweet Dixie Kitchen
401 E 3rd St
10 locals recommend
Restaurant & Bakery with lovely outdoor seating. Amazing baked goods. Wonderful biscuit dishes with delicious sauces.
Super tasty pies, served in mason jars and as normal pie pieces. A few tasty savory pies too. Yum!
9 locals recommend
The Pie Bar
450 Pine Ave
9 locals recommend
Super tasty pies, served in mason jars and as normal pie pieces. A few tasty savory pies too. Yum!
42 locals recommend
George’s Greek Cafe
5316 2nd St
42 locals recommend
Boubouffe Mediterranean Grille
5313 2nd St
Great burgers! Terrific beer tap list that's always changing! Wonderful little pub!
7 locals recommend
Quinn's Pub & Grill
200 Nieto Ave
7 locals recommend
Great burgers! Terrific beer tap list that's always changing! Wonderful little pub!
Beautiful French baked goods, great breakfast & lunch.
13 locals recommend
Pandor Artisan Bakery and Café
5327 2nd St
13 locals recommend
Beautiful French baked goods, great breakfast & lunch.
Breakfast and lunch joint that always has a slight breeze and terrific food. Homemade biscuits & gravy, salsa, strawberry jam. The best scrambles and banana pancakes!
14 locals recommend
The Local Spot
6200 Pacific Coast Hwy
14 locals recommend
Breakfast and lunch joint that always has a slight breeze and terrific food. Homemade biscuits & gravy, salsa, strawberry jam. The best scrambles and banana pancakes!
You can't visit California without having an In-N-Out burger. Yum!
21 locals recommend
In-N-Out Burger
6391 East Pacific Coast Highway
21 locals recommend
You can't visit California without having an In-N-Out burger. Yum!
Poke!! So healthy! Very reasonably priced! Choose your own ingredients and create a poke bowl you'll desire over and over.
8 locals recommend
Poke Pola
5040 2nd St
8 locals recommend
Poke!! So healthy! Very reasonably priced! Choose your own ingredients and create a poke bowl you'll desire over and over.
Lovely rooftop! Terrific bar!!
46 locals recommend
Michael's on Naples Ristorante
5620 2nd St
46 locals recommend
Lovely rooftop! Terrific bar!!
Tasty Italian dishes, especially the pizza and baked pastas made in the pizza oven! Terrific handmade pastas... and calamari. Super service!!
53 locals recommend
La Parolaccia Osteria - Long Beach
2945 E Broadway
53 locals recommend
Tasty Italian dishes, especially the pizza and baked pastas made in the pizza oven! Terrific handmade pastas... and calamari. Super service!!
GET the Slippery Shrimp, which is crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, garlicky, sweet, sour, and just a wee tiny bit of spice. Be sure to eat it while it’s fresh & hot! In fact bring it next door to Steady Brew Beer Co.’s taproom to enjoy their brews: IPAs, Ales, Pilsners, and Porters with your meal - be sure to get dessert from Creative Cakery (a few doors away), as their mini Bundt cakes, Lemon bars, Cherry bars, and PB & Chocolate bars (really, ALL of their bars) are scrumptious!
Yang Chow 2.0
2930 Clark Ave
GET the Slippery Shrimp, which is crispy on the outside, tender on the inside, garlicky, sweet, sour, and just a wee tiny bit of spice. Be sure to eat it while it’s fresh & hot! In fact bring it next door to Steady Brew Beer Co.’s taproom to enjoy their brews: IPAs, Ales, Pilsners, and Porters with your meal - be sure to get dessert from Creative Cakery (a few doors away), as their mini Bundt cakes, Lemon bars, Cherry bars, and PB & Chocolate bars (really, ALL of their bars) are scrumptious!
scrumptious Creative Cakery,
Creative Cakery (The Bundt Bakery)
2948 Clark Ave
scrumptious Creative Cakery,

Entertainment & Activities

I love our Aquarium! We've got jellies, penguins, the stingray petting pool, sharks, seals and more. Downtown Long Beach, near Shoreline Village.
806 locals recommend
Aquarium of the Pacific
100 Aquarium Way
806 locals recommend
I love our Aquarium! We've got jellies, penguins, the stingray petting pool, sharks, seals and more. Downtown Long Beach, near Shoreline Village.
They have great luck (or just really know their stuff) in seeing dolphins, whales and other sea life. Great time out on the water. Lovely!
23 locals recommend
Harbor Breeze Cruises
23 locals recommend
They have great luck (or just really know their stuff) in seeing dolphins, whales and other sea life. Great time out on the water. Lovely!
Just a 25 minute drive.
3085 locals recommend
Disneyland Park
1313 Disneyland Dr
3085 locals recommend
Just a 25 minute drive.
3326 locals recommend
Universal Studios Hollywood
100 Universal City Plaza
3326 locals recommend
1145 locals recommend
Knott's Berry Farm
8039 Beach Blvd
1145 locals recommend
1 mile away. Assigned full-recliner seats.
25 locals recommend
AMC Marina Pacifica 12
6346 Pacific Coast Hwy
25 locals recommend
1 mile away. Assigned full-recliner seats.
The local Art House.
83 locals recommend
Art Theatre of Long Beach
2025 E 4th St
83 locals recommend
The local Art House.
Food, drinks, sweets, shopping... all at the lovely Shoreline Marina.
158 locals recommend
Shoreline Village
429 Shoreline Village Drive
158 locals recommend
Food, drinks, sweets, shopping... all at the lovely Shoreline Marina.
If you are cruising on Carnival, my home is a perfect resting spot for your nights before and after your sea journey.
6 locals recommend
Carnival Cruise Lines
231 Windsor Way
6 locals recommend
If you are cruising on Carnival, my home is a perfect resting spot for your nights before and after your sea journey.
Yogalution yoga studio provides free Yoga on the Bluff in Long Beach at 11am every day of the year in. During spring and summer, they also offer a 6pm option. The setting is a bluff overlooking the ocean, Queen Mary, Ports of Long Beach and LA and it's stunning. They do this out of the kindness of their hearts for the local community, so please add to their tip bowl. They're amazing people over at Yogalution!
31 locals recommend
Yoga on the Bluff : Yogalution Movement
31 locals recommend
Yogalution yoga studio provides free Yoga on the Bluff in Long Beach at 11am every day of the year in. During spring and summer, they also offer a 6pm option. The setting is a bluff overlooking the ocean, Queen Mary, Ports of Long Beach and LA and it's stunning. They do this out of the kindness of their hearts for the local community, so please add to their tip bowl. They're amazing people over at Yogalution!
172 locals recommend
Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
300 E Ocean Blvd
172 locals recommend

Parks & Nature

89 locals recommend
El Dorado Nature Center
7550 E Spring St
89 locals recommend
898 locals recommend
Griffith Park
4730 Crystal Springs Drive
898 locals recommend
The Japanese Garden is located on the CSULB campus, just off of Bellflower Blvd. It's a lovely, reclusive, quiet place to wander or relax in. Bring a book and stay a while.
57 locals recommend
Earl Burns Miller Japanese Garden
Earl Warren Drive
57 locals recommend
The Japanese Garden is located on the CSULB campus, just off of Bellflower Blvd. It's a lovely, reclusive, quiet place to wander or relax in. Bring a book and stay a while.
Lovely park for strolling or running the stairs.
73 locals recommend
Bluff Park
73 locals recommend
Lovely park for strolling or running the stairs.
Lovely park with an incredible view and a sweet old lighthouse!
34 locals recommend
Point Fermin Park
807 W Paseo Del Mar
34 locals recommend
Lovely park with an incredible view and a sweet old lighthouse!

Arts & Culture

154 locals recommend
Museum of Latin American Art
628 Alamitos Ave
154 locals recommend
3162 locals recommend
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Blvd
3162 locals recommend
1555 locals recommend
The Broad
221 S Grand Ave
1555 locals recommend
Tour is very worthwhile, if you're heading to downtown LA.
1063 locals recommend
Walt Disney Concert Hall
111 S Grand Ave
1063 locals recommend
Tour is very worthwhile, if you're heading to downtown LA.
Beautiful space, amazing artwork, terrific view. Be sure to check out the gardens.
2309 locals recommend
The Getty
1200 Getty Center Dr
2309 locals recommend
Beautiful space, amazing artwork, terrific view. Be sure to check out the gardens.
Stunning!
883 locals recommend
The Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast Hwy
883 locals recommend
Stunning!
695 locals recommend
The Museum of Contemporary Art
250 S Grand Ave
695 locals recommend
Wonderful artwork, stunning sculpture gardens.
485 locals recommend
Norton Simon Museum
411 W Colorado Blvd
485 locals recommend
Wonderful artwork, stunning sculpture gardens.
442 locals recommend
California Science Center
700 Exposition Park Dr
442 locals recommend
4367 locals recommend
Griffith Observatory
2800 E Observatory Rd
4367 locals recommend
16 locals recommend
Carpenter Performing Arts Center
6200 E Atherton St
16 locals recommend
A massive and intricately-decorated bell and pavillion given to the people of Los Angeles in 1976 from the people of the Republic of Korea to celebrate the US bicentennial. The bell is on a knoll, overlooking the Pacific ocean, LA and LB harbors and Catalina Island; a view that is unsurpassed.
101 locals recommend
Korean Bell of Friendship
3601 S Gaffey St
101 locals recommend
A massive and intricately-decorated bell and pavillion given to the people of Los Angeles in 1976 from the people of the Republic of Korea to celebrate the US bicentennial. The bell is on a knoll, overlooking the Pacific ocean, LA and LB harbors and Catalina Island; a view that is unsurpassed.

Shopping

An eclectic store with local items, garden fun, trinkets, jewelry, cards, gifts and all-around cool stuff. My favorite store when I'm looking for a birthday present.
6 locals recommend
Fern's Garden
5308 2nd St
6 locals recommend
An eclectic store with local items, garden fun, trinkets, jewelry, cards, gifts and all-around cool stuff. My favorite store when I'm looking for a birthday present.
Jewelry, cards, gifts, fun!
Luna Belmont Shore
4928 2nd St
Jewelry, cards, gifts, fun!
Just off of 2nd Street. Fun to browse. Unique things.
Z Fabrique
191 Argonne Ave
Just off of 2nd Street. Fun to browse. Unique things.
Locally made, cool artsy, unique gifts.
16 locals recommend
MADE by Millworks
50 Pine Ave
16 locals recommend
Locally made, cool artsy, unique gifts.
Record Store!
26 locals recommend
Fingerprints Music
420 E 4th St
26 locals recommend
Record Store!

Essentials

Best prices, healthy, unique items. LOVE Trader Joe's!!
105 locals recommend
Trader Joe's
6451 Pacific Coast Hwy
105 locals recommend
Best prices, healthy, unique items. LOVE Trader Joe's!!
18 locals recommend
Ralphs
6290 Pacific Coast Hwy
18 locals recommend
Wonderful little Italian grocery store!
12 locals recommend
Angelo’s Italian Deli
190 La Verne Ave
12 locals recommend
Wonderful little Italian grocery store!

Getting Around

The metro will take you to the Staples Center, downtown LA, Chinatown, Hollywood
Metro
3605 Long Beach Blvd
The metro will take you to the Staples Center, downtown LA, Chinatown, Hollywood
Check out nearby Catalina Island by taking the Express over the sea.
132 locals recommend
Catalina Express
95 Berth
132 locals recommend
Check out nearby Catalina Island by taking the Express over the sea.
98 locals recommend
Long Beach Airport
4100 Donald Douglas Dr
98 locals recommend
Main Long Beach Transit Station for Metro and Bus.
7 locals recommend
Long Beach Transit
130 E 1st St
7 locals recommend
Main Long Beach Transit Station for Metro and Bus.