BOA Steakhouse - Santa Monica

Simply put, BOA is unlike any other steakhouse. We reinvented the traditional American steakhouse to fashion a distinctly unique dining experience. That experience is bold, modern and innovative. From the seductively stylish interior to the dry-aged prime steaks, BOA's vibrant ambiance is as alluring as the cuisine itself.

"Go big or go home" when you wine and dine at this "swanky steakhouse" pair in Santa Monica and WeHo, "a carnivore's playground" where "attentive" servers deliver pricey cuts of "quality beef" to "pretty people" and "trust-fund babies"; both sites are "stunning" and "epitomize" LA "buzz" with "TMZ photogs" standing by, though a few snipe they're more about "scene" than cuisine.

This is not your father’s steakhouse. From the same owners as the Sushi Rokus (there’s one just across the street) and Katana, this seaside eatery attracts an elegant, trendy crowd. The atmosphere here is contemporary and dynamic. A modern décor---large windows on the ocean, enormous square red lamp fixtures and driftwood-like tree limbs emerging from an illuminated soil of white and blue...

Super steaks for the whole damn crew. Our suits never look as sharp as these. Cocktails are stiff, but strangely, so is the scene in a setting that makes us feel Miami as much as Monica, exposed roots and all. Smell the ocean breeze and kick back. They have mac' n cheese, crab cakes, sand dabs, and mini-burgers. Skip them for the deliriously crafted Wagyu beef and 40-day bone-in strip steak.

The sophisticated decor eschews the traditional dim steakhouse ambience in favor of a warm, sleek interior highlighted with floor-to-ceiling windows that allow natural light to filter in. Tough decisions abound on the menu: Should you order the bone-in filet mignon, petite filet mignon, Kobe filet mignon, 35-day dry-aged New York strip, bone-in rib-eye, flatiron steak, or porterhouse? Have it...

Popular Sunset Strip steakhouse shortens its name and goes west.