Massilia - DTLA
up to20%Mediterranean · $$$$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 more
11 restaurants in Downtown Santa Monica, Los Angeles that earn more on your cards
Downtown Santa Monica has 11 restaurants in our Los Angeles listings: 11 take a dining program and 1 has a card perk. Most common price: $$$$ (very expensive). Top cuisines: American (6), Asian (3), and Japanese (2).
11 restaurants
Pacific Catch - Santa Monica
up to20%Seafood · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Shirubē
up to20%Asian · $$$$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Upside12%Hilton Honors Dining8x+11 moreTender Greens - Santa Monica
up to20%Healthy · $$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + inKind
inKind20%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreIvy at the Shore
up to15%American · $$$$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside9%Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8x+10 moreSweet Maple
up to15%Asian · $$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Upside9%Rakuten Dining5%Bilt Dining1xBarney's Beanery Santa Monica
up to14%American · $ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Resy creditUpside8%Mel's Drive-In
up to14%American · $$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xUpside8%+10 more1212
up to12%American · $$$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + Upside
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+10 moreMon Roll House Sushi
up to12%Japanese · $$$$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + Rakuten Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 morePerry's Cafe - Palisades
up to8%American · $$$ · Downtown Santa Monica
American Express Gold Card + Bilt Dining
Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+9 more
- Restaurants
- 11
- Neighborhoods
- 1
- Cuisines
- 9
- Dining programs
- 14
- With a card perk
- 1
The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Downtown Santa Monica
Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. Bilt Dining (9 restaurants) and Rakuten Dining (9) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 11 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.
American Express Gold Card
$325 annual fee
≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner
Perk at 1 restaurant hereCard details
Chase Sapphire Reserve
$795 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
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Chase Sapphire Preferred Card
$95 annual fee
≈$5.40 on a $100 dinner
Card details
14 dining programs that pay in Downtown Santa Monica
Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.
- Bilt Dining9 restaurants1 point per $1
- Rakuten Dining9 restaurants5% back
- AAdvantage Dining8 restaurants1–5 miles per $1
- TrueBlue Dining8 restaurants1–3 points per $1
- Eat Around Town8 restaurants4–6 points per $1
- SkyMiles Dining8 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- MileagePlus Dining8 restaurants0.5–5 miles per $1
- Rapid Rewards Dining8 restaurants0.5–3 points per $1
- Atmos Rewards Dining8 restaurants0.5–5 points per $1
- Hilton Honors Dining8 restaurants2–8 points per $1
- IHG Dine & Earn8 restaurants1–8 points per $1
- Dine Out with Wyndham8 restaurants1–5 points per $1
- Upside6 restaurantsUp to 12% back
- inKind4 restaurants20% back
9 cuisines in Downtown Santa Monica
8 neighborhoods near Downtown Santa Monica
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