The Best Seafood Restaurants in LA

The Best Seafood Restaurants in LA
Los Angeles, Calif., boasts some of the best seafood restaurants because the food is delivered fresh nearly every day. The high protein levels and low calories found in seafood are perfect for those who like to stay active and fit.

Fins Creekside

Fins Creekside offers seafood in both the main dinner entrees and appetizers, as well as in the lunch specials. The signature dish is a juicy halibut steak with a macadamia nut crust and a peanut sauce. The restaurant also has steamed mussels, grilled ahi tuna, which is also available on a salad, crab cakes, catfish and king crab legs. If you're in the mood for steak or pasta, those dishes are also on the menu.

Fins Creekside
23504 Calabasas Road
Calabasas, CA 91302
(818) 223-3467
finsinc.com

Delmonico's Steak and Lobster House

Delmonico's Steak and Lobster House is one of the best seafood restaurants in L.A. based mainly on the wide variety of seafood dishes. Lobster bisque, clam chowder, shrimp tamales and steamed clams with garlic and white wine are some of the more popular offerings. There are over 20 seafood based dishes on the dinner menu including lobster ravioli, sautéed sea bass with red wine sauce and grilled halibut with curry and spinach.

Delmonico's Steak and Lobster House
16358 Ventura Blvd.
Encino, CA 91436
(818) 986-0777
delmonicossteakandlobsterhouse.com

The Water Grill

Zagat picked The Water Grill as the best seafood restaurant in the southern half of California and the menu proves why. It changes every day and while you never know what to expect, there are some rotating dishes that frequently appear. Wild river sturgeon perched on a bed of roasted beets, blue crab cakes with couscous and calamari served with plump green olives are all popular dishes served at the restaurant.

The Water Grill
544 S Grand Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 891-0900
watergrill.com

Providence

Most of the dishes at Providence feature seafood in some way such as the Maine lobster served with pink grapefruit, avocado and hearts of palm or the lobster served with champagne sauce and herbs. The restaurant also has a market menu where all dishes are made with fresh ingredients purchased from local farmer's markets. The sea scallops with apple-wood smoked bacon and Japanese vegetables is off the market menu.

Providence
5955 Melrose Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 460-4170
providencela.com

Article Written By Jennifer Eblin

Jennifer Eblin has been a full-time freelance writer since 2006. Her work has appeared on several websites, including Tool Box Tales and Zonder. Eblin received a master's degree in historic preservation from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

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