Brentwood, LA: The Complete Neighborhood Guide (2026)
Brentwood doesn’t shout. Tucked between the 405 and the Santa Monica Mountains, it’s the Westside at its most polished: coral trees down the San Vicente median, a country mart that’s been the town square since 1948, and a restaurant row that quietly became one of LA’s best. Here’s the complete Westsider guide to the neighborhood.
Start at the Country Mart
The red-barn Brentwood Country Mart is the neighborhood’s heart — a 1948 farm-style marketplace where the Reddi Chick rotisserie basket is a multi-generational rite of passage, the shops skew charming over flashy, and the courtyard fire pit hosts half of Brentwood on any given Saturday. If you only have an hour in the neighborhood, spend it here.
San Vicente’s Restaurant Row
Brentwood’s dining scene has leveled up dramatically. Neighborly stacked four celebrity chefs under one San Vicente roof, and The Wilkes finally gave the neighborhood the proper steakhouse it always deserved. Several Brentwood tables also earn spots in our best date night restaurants in West LA — the coral-tree median at dusk does half the romantic work for you.
“A country mart that’s been the town square since 1948, and a restaurant row that quietly became one of LA’s best.”
The Best-Kept Secret: Heroes Golf Course
On the VA campus at Brentwood’s southern edge hides Heroes Golf Course — a public 9-hole par-3 where a round costs about what two coffees do, the vibe is gloriously unpretentious, and your greens fees support veteran programs. It’s one of our favorite hidden gems on the entire Westside.
Into the Canyons
Brentwood backs straight into the Santa Monica Mountains: Mandeville Canyon, Sullivan Canyon, and the Westridge trails all start at the neighborhood’s north end, with fire-road climbs that pay off in ocean views. Several routes in our best hikes near Santa Monica guide launch from Brentwood’s edges — the San Vicente median itself, LA’s most scenic running strip, is the warm-up.
The Getty, Up the Hill
Technically on Brentwood’s shoulder, the Getty Center crowns the neighborhood — free admission (parking paid), world-class art, gardens, and the best architectural view in Los Angeles. Pair a morning at the Getty with a Country Mart lunch and you’ve built one of the great easy days on the Westside.
Keep Going West: The Palisades Is Back
Stay on Sunset past the Brentwood line and in about ten minutes you’re in Pacific Palisades, where the dining scene has finally come back after the 2025 fire. Palisades Village reopened in August, and Nancy Silverton’s steakhouse Spacca Tutto opened there in October. Our guide to every Palisades restaurant open now has the full map, from Silverton’s focaccia to the cafes that kept the town going.
