Nicole’s 2026 Los Angeles Valentine’s Day Gift & Experience Guide

Lifestyle
Written By Nicole Simonek

The ultimate list of romantic gifts, unique dates, and local LA experiences!

I may have been chronically single my entire adulthood, but after years of planning romantic dinners, luxury spa days, weekend getaways, thoughtful gifts, and unforgettable experiences all over Los Angeles for myself and my best friends, I have become an accidental expert in Valentine’s Day date and gift ideas.

Gift giving is my love language, and LA has some the best businesses and experiences there is to offer. Consider this your professionally curated Valentine’s Day guide to LA!

Flower Shops

I have a separate dedicated blog post here on the best flower shops in Los Angeles that I have personally ordered “To: Me, Love: Me” Valentine’s Day flowers from over the past several years, so you can trust that I have given my Nicole stamp of approval on quality, delivery, and arrangement selections.

Dessert Shops

I also have a dedicated blog post here on my favorite sweet treat spots across LA, but I have some favorites listed below that are perfect for gifting your Valentine!

Getting Date Night Ready

If you want to treat your special Valentine to some pampering services before your special date night, I highly recommend the following businesses!

Headspa/Blowout:

Manicure Nail Designs:

  • My Nail Bar (ask for Anna or Apple; see the pink Douyin designs I have gotten here)

Luxury Manicure Experience:

Lashes:

Spa Experiences

Massage

  • Tomoko Spa Couple’s Massage (Beverly Hills; read the dedicated blog here)

Facial

Perfume Gifting and Scent Shopping Experience

Dining

Read my dedicated blog post here of the most romantic restaurants in LA! My top picks would personally be:

Unique Stores and Experiences

Crystals

Wellness

  • Anima Mundi (Venice; check out their courtyard as well)

Jewelry Making

Wine Classes

Pottery

Aura Reading

Movie Theatre

  • IPIC (Westwood and Pasadena)

Luxury Shopping

Malls and Areas

  • Rodeo Drive (Beverly Hills)

  • Melrose Place (Melrose)

  • Century City Mall (Century City)

  • South Coast Plaza (Costa Mesa)

Jewelry

Curated Experiences:

For your fitness/wellness Valentine:

  • Pick-up a matchacado smoothie from Erewhon or banana manna smoothie or juice from Beverly Hills Juice

  • Treat them to a workout class at Silver Springs LA (pilates), Coco House (pilates), or Bunda (HIIT)

  • Reserve them 90 minutes at The Proper Hotel Recovery Suite ($195, booking link here)

  • Pick-up lunch at Erewhon, goop kitchen, Gjusta, Alfalfa, or Cafe Gratitude

  • Get a matcha at Rok, Damo, Community Goods, or Archives of Us

  • Go to The Brentwood Country Mart and take them shopping at Goop, or walk down Montana Avenue and get some goodies from The Detox Market and Ele Keats Jewelry, or Anima Mundi in Venice for wellness powders, teas, and a drink in their courtyard

  • Have them pick out new workout outfit(s) at Alo, Beyond Yoga, or Set Active

  • Have a romantic dinner at The Little Door or The Butcher’s Daughter

  • Get dessert at Frozen Fruit Co., Go Greek, or AWAN

For your luxury-lover Valentine:

  • Pick-up Maru coffee for them or go to the Elly Amai pop-up on Montana Avenue for a Valentine’s Day tasting for 2

  • Treat them to a facial at Maison Valmont or Biologique Recherche Ambassade, a couple’s massage at Tomoko Spa, or headspa at Salon Kazumi

  • Get lunch or cocktails at Dante Beverly Hills or the Dior Cafe

  • Walk around Rodeo Drive for shopping (don’t forget Chanel, Cartier, and Hermes) and pick out some jewelry to gift at XIV Karats

  • Drop them off at Taro Bunny for a manicure

  • Go perfume shopping at Beverly Hills Perfumery

  • Have a floral arrangement waiting before dinner

  • Take them to a romantic dinner at Il Cielo, Muse, Giorgio Baldi, Steak 48, Baltaire, Nozawa Bar, n/naka, or Somni (if you have an in)

  • Get late night cocktails at Bar Funke or Rooftop by JG

For your low-key Valentine:

  • Bring them breakfast in bed and a handmade floral arrangement

  • Take a walk on the beach

  • Check out a new lunch spot on your bucket list or pack a picnic/charcuterie and wine for the beach or park

  • Explore a museum or go to IPIC for an elevated movie experience

  • Cook them a homemade dinner with LA-based options of ordering ingredients from Eataly, getting a pasta making kit from Uovo, or a hand roll making kit from KazuNori

For your LA cool girl Valentine:

  • Get breakfast and coffee at Layla Bagels, The Proper Hotel lobby, or Architecture (Community Goods’ cooler sister)

  • Take them vintage shopping at Voulez Vous Vintage (you’ll need an appointment), 925 (Downtown), or Reformation Vintage

  • Go shopping at Chrome Hearts

  • Get lunch at Hillstone, South Beverly Grill, or Sushi Tama

  • Treat them to a Douyin Gel X nail set at My Nail Bar

  • Walk around Melrose Place and pop into The Row and Violet Grey

  • Pick out a ring for them at Spinelli Kilcollin or a custom piece from XIV Karats

  • Take them to dinner at The Tower Bar, a.o.c. wine bar, Lucky’s Malibu, Felix Trattoria, or Pasjoli

For your LA POS (with love) Valentine:

  • Pick them up a matcha or coffee and breakfast from La La Kind (to be clear I spit out their drinks, but the LA POS’ love it), Alfred’s, or Community Goods

  • Get them a Hailey Bieber smoothie and breakfast burrito from Erewhon (another to be clear that I hate that smoothie - matchacado forever) or go to Jon & Vinny’s for breakfast

  • Get them a new sweatsuit set at Madhappy

  • Get lunch at The Beverly Hills Hotel (I do absolutely love this hotel; they’re also currently doing a collab with La La Kind if you want to delay the matcha), Leora, Helen & Max’s, or Chateau Marmont

  • Take them to the Revolve Fwrd store at The Grove

  • Take them to The Webster at The Beverly Center

  • Treat them to dinner at Cipriani, Il Pastaio, Nobu Malibu, Horses, or Funke

For your sexy Valentine:

  • Get breakfast at Kissaten Corazon, Republique, or The Beverly Hills Hotel Fountain Coffee Room

  • Take them lingerie shopping at Fleur du Mal, Agent Provocateur, Trashy Lingerie, or Only Hearts

  • Get lunch at Mood or Merois

  • Get the Ultimate Romance couple’s massage package at Larchmont Sanctuary Spa

  • Take them to dinner at Scarlett, Drake’s, The Little Door, La Monique, or Caffe’ Delfini

  • Get cocktails after at No Vacancy, Bar Lis, or The Chestnut Club

For your free spirited Valentine:

  • Get brunch at Hamburger Mary’s or Swinger’s Diner

  • Have a photoshoot at Tom’s One Hour Photo

  • Get aura readings at Auragami

  • Take them to dinner at The Hideaway or Taverna Tony

  • Go roller skating at Moonlight Rollerway or go dancing at The Room

For your Italian lover Valentine:

  • Have breakfast at Milo & Olive

  • Take a cooking class at Eataly, Violet Bistro, or The Gourmandise School

  • Get lunch at Sogno Toscano, LA Puglia, Colapasta, or Uovo

  • Go gourmet food shopping at Eataly or Monsieur Marcel at The Grove

  • Get gelato at Bacio di Latte

  • Take them to dinner at Sal’s Place, Marino Ristorante, Pizzeria Bianco, Drago Centro, or Madeo

For your laid back (but still with taste) Valentine:

  • Get coffee at Caffe Luxxe, Dayglow, Verve, Hooked, Philz, or Bravo Toast, and breakfast at Salt’s Cure, Kings Road Cafe, or Gjusta

  • Go shopping around Abbot Kinney, Montana Avenue, the Brentwood Country Mart, or the boutiques in Ocean Park

  • Get lunch at Zinque or Gjelina

  • Go plant shopping at Rolling Greens

  • Drop them off for a headspa and blowout at Taka Salon or Blow Me Away, or a massage at The Now, Mother Den, or Spencer’s Spa

  • Take them to dinner at Fia, RVR, or Cobi’s

For your totally laid back Valentine:

  • Get coffee and breakfast at Goodboybob, Bluey’s, or get Pop’s bagels in Brentwood, drive down to Manhattan Beach for Paradise Bowls, or take a long drive down to Laguna or up to Malibu

  • Go on a hike or walk

  • Take a picnic to the beach or pick-up Benny’s tacos or Sunny Blue’s onigiri on the way, or if in Malibu have lunch at Cafe Habana, and if in Orange County then Bear Flag

  • Drive back during sunset

  • Order in Dan Modern Chinese, Sugarfish, or Prince St. Pizza and watch movies, or have a cozy dinner at Le Petit Chez Mimi

  • Order in or go to The Bigg Chill for froyo

For your artsy Valentine:

  • Get some pretty pastries at Tartine, Chaumont, or La Chouquette, a bagel at Layla Bagels or Jyan Isaac Bread, or breakfast and a dragonfruit yuzu lemonade at Architecture

  • Take a pottery class at Bitter Root Pottery or Two Faced Ceramics

  • Have lunch at Yunomi Handroll or Calabra

  • Go to the Taschen bookstore

  • Do jewelry making at Beadahs or Charmed LA

  • Do a sip and paint at The Painted Peach in Venice

  • Have dinner at Girl & the Goat or L’appart

For your wine lover Valentine:

  • Have wine with your brunch at Republique or The Terrace at The Maybourne

  • Go wine shopping at The Wine House, Thatcher’s Wine, or Total Wine

  • Go wine glass shopping at Century City Mall

  • Have dinner at a.o.c. (Weho location), Melanie Wine Bar, or Pasjoli

  • Have a nightcap at Wally’s

For your sushi lover Valentine:

  • Have lunch at Yama Sushi Marketplace, Kappo Osen, En Sushi, Sushi Tama, or Yunomi Handroll

  • Go shopping at Toiro and around Little Tokyo

  • Have dinner at Matsuhisa, Bar Sawa, Sushi Gen, Shunji, Koi, Sushi Sasabune, or order in takeout boxes from Masa Beverly Hills, or get ingredients from Mitsuwa or Marukai to make at home

  • Get matcha soft serve from Tea Master’s

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