Seline Los Angeles

Seline is on Main Street in Santa Monica. It serves a menu of Mediterranean seafood in a room that runs smart.

The restaurant offers a more buttoned-up experience than the casual, salt-crusted joints that define much of the surrounding coastline. While its neighbors rely on a rotating cast of tourists looking for a quick bite, Seline focuses on a deliberate pace that makes it the right choice for a long dinner rather than a post-beach stop. It is a calculated move toward formality in a district that usually celebrates the opposite.