Scott's Malibu Market — Restaurant in Malibu

This place was one of my favorite sandwich shops in L.A. before the ownership changed. It was a Malibu institution for a great reason: Huge, super flavorful, and unusual sandwiches, with a great old school vibe. We thought we'd try it out last weekend, and spent $46 on two small average-at-best sandwiches. I could spend half that amount at even, say, Ralph's, and get sandwiches just as good. For sandwiches to be that expensive they need to be off-the-hook great, and these definitely were not. The two stars is because it's so overpriced for what we got.

The staff was super friendly and the place is clean and nice (though generic and lacking the character of the former), but if you want the fabulous and original sandwiches this used to be known for, you won't...

We found this place when we were visiting Malibu, it’s very close to the beach and the locals kept raving about it. When you turn into the small market area, it’s on the right. The inside has a cafe/bakery as well as a food counter. The smell of the place permeated from outside, delicious! We ordered two sandwiches and drinks; Turkey Brie and apple sandwich and the hot pastrami sandwich. The prices were very reasonable, and there was not much of a line because of how much help they had pushing thru customers. The sandwiches were delicious, so check this place out if you are...

After several weeks of following the MalibuTimes on Instagram, and seeing how much help the local businesses need after the Palisades fire, we decided to head out there and spend some money. This was the wrong place to do that at! Although the Malibu times kept saying this place needed help, it in fact did not. we arrived to a packed restaurant, hardly found a place to sit. And the food was outrageously overpriced, so I'm thinking they are getting enough money at this place to cover whatever they think they may have lost! Go someplace else...