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Los Angeles · French tasting · Santa Monica · Tier III

Melisse

Josiah Citrin's reborn Melisse, an eight-seat counter.

Melisse · open Wednesday through Saturday · Wednesday one seating at 6:30pm · Thursday through Saturday two seatings at 5:30pm and 8:30pm · tasting menu only

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Per reservation Tier III · Very hard

$675 per reservation

The host is expecting you. A confirmed table, held for your party.
Card authorized, charged only on confirmation. Never before.
Refund window: 24 hours before service. After that, non-refundable.

Why this room is hard

It is not a Tock problem. It is a counter-only problem.

Josiah Citrin closed the original Melisse dining room and reopened it as an eight-seat tasting counter in 2019, sharing a building with the team's larger Citrin dining room. The tasting menu runs about three hours and is among the most expensive seats in Santa Monica.

Tock opens about a month ahead. The eight seats clear within the first day of release. Citrin next door is the team's larger room and the practical alternate.

Eight seats. Two rooms. One building.

The three rules

How we work this room.

Three commitments that apply to every Melisse request, every night the kitchen is open. No fine print, no surcharges, no surprises at the door.

Pay when we get you in.

Your card is authorized when you submit the request. We charge it only when we confirm your table. No confirmation, no charge. Ever.

Authorize, do not capture

The host is expecting you.

You walk in to Melisse and the table is yours, held for your party at your time.

Confirmed for your party

III

One posted price.

$675 for non-members. $225 for members. One number, every night, every party size. No auctions, no surge, no Friday markup. Whatever the room is doing, the price does not move.

No auctions. No surge.

What to expect

Five steps, start to seated.

You ask.

Tell us the night, the time window, the party size. Two minutes on this page. Card on file, not charged.

We confirm the request.

An operator reviews the request, checks the room, and sends a confirmation that we are working it. Usually within thirty minutes.

We work the room.

We reach the floor manager directly, by phone or by text, depending on the night. We do not refresh Resy. We make a call.

You are confirmed.

We charge the card and send your confirmation — the time and the name to give the host.

You eat.

Walk into Melisse, give your name at the host stand, sit down. The room takes it from there. We do not see you again until the next request.

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No waitlist · No invite required · Members pay $225 per reservation