Ox & Son

Food is amazing. All plant based and really nicely made. Drinks are really fresh and tasty. I recommend the skinny margarita. Over all; service could be better. At arrival we almost felt that we were disturbing the staff. Not clear how it works with drinks and food. Some of the drinks were served to the table, the rest of the order you have to pick up yourself in the bar. Tips is to use trays if you serve one, you can serve three. Specially if they are on the same order and the same kind. You will not be offered water to the table which for me is strange in the the warm weather and very spicy food. With better service I would have given a five star rate. (Pictures a bit red because they use red umbrellas at the outdoor patio)

We decided to stop and rest of feet after walking up and down Montana Ave during their sidewalk sale. It was a warm summer humid day in Santa Monica. Margo's was a perfect oasis. At first I wanted to sit inside, thinking they would have air conditioning. I was wrong. It was a sauna inside. There is a small bar right in front if you want to sit for a cocktail, but we chose to order, pay and find a table outside around the corner where we could get an ocean breeze. This is not a full service restaurant as it once was pre pandemic. Service was a bit slow, because they were under staffed and this is why I am giving them 4 stars instead of 5. I had to walk into the restaurant and ask for glasses for water. Outside there is a self service station with chilled water, but no glasses/ cups. We ordered a mushroom pizza and a baby kale salad to share. The food arrived and it smelled so good, but we had to ask for extra plates. I wanted to have a plate for my pizza and salad because we were sharing both items. I also had to ask the staff for refills on my ice tea. The mushroom pizza was delicious! We love mushrooms, so it was heavenly! The baby kale salad was so tasty with the crunchy toasty faro. I will definitely recommend both items again. Metered parking only. Read the parking signs carefully. UPDATE! May 2023!!! Full Service restaurant this time. Yay! We shared a Mushroom Pizza and Brussel Sprouts. The Happy Hour Menu has a limited array of food a drink so we only ordered the margaritas from the happy hour menu. I love their Mushroom pizza so I stuck to what I liked. We shared the Brussel Sprouts and I really liked the olive oil with the pistachios!

Great breakfast sandwich, Caesar salad and also the pasta. Sandwich was the best! Everything fresh, nice service, we will come next time to try the pizza.

HEAPS of vegan options. Caesar salad was excellent. Nice place to sit outside in the evening, great vibe and service was super friendly.

If you can handle the sugar, the French toast sticks are marvelous, but otherwise their Sicilian Breakfast Pizza is definitely worth a try. It’s all vegan, and the pizza is gluten free too!