Mary and Robb’s Westwood Cafe is getting its close-up, and it looks exactly like the kind of diner you hope never changes. A new video tour steps inside the neighborhood mainstay, lingering on chrome counters, well-worn booths and hefty plates of all-day breakfast that regulars have been working through for decades. For many in Westwood, the cafe comes off less like a trendy spot and more like a piece of local memory that somehow survived the latest restaurant shuffle.
The short feature, posted by Santa Monica Mirror, frames Mary and Robb’s as a seven-days-a-week refuge where simple food and familiar faces are the main draw. The video leans into the idea that the appeal here is not reinvention, but repetition.
Old-School Diner, Newer Hands
Mary and Robb’s traces its roots back to a soda shop from the late 1940s and has remained a Westwood fixture for generations, according to Westwood Cafe. The longtime spot changed hands in September 2020, when restaurateur Roozbeh Farahanipour took over ownership. The current operators say keeping the classic recipes and much of the staff in place is a priority, a choice that helps explain why the cafe still feels so familiar to customers who have been sliding into the same booths for years.
Menu Staples And Dine LA
The menu sticks to the hits while making room for newer tastes. Local reporting notes that it spans diner staples such as chili dogs, burgers and New York steak-and-eggs alongside additions like salmon and Impossible burgers. As WestsideToday reports, that split personality helps the cafe pull in both longtime regulars and younger diners who might normally skip past an old-line diner.
The restaurant also jumped into Dine LA earlier this year, a run that reviewers said showcased generous portions and homestyle cooking, according to BruinLife. For a place built on routine, the event offered a slightly more formal spotlight on what it already does every day.
Who Comes Through The Door
On any given day, the booths fill with students, families and longtime neighborhood residents, and staff frequently recognize repeat customers, adding to the cafe’s communal feel. “For generations, families have enjoyed Mary & Robbs and its authentic diner experience,” owner Roozbeh Farahanipour told WestsideToday. That sense of continuity helps the room stay busy even as other nearby restaurants cycle through new concepts and ownership more often.
The cafe’s website lists daily hours starting at 7:30 a.m. and running to roughly 9:30 p.m., with both takeout and online ordering available. Between the new Mirror video and recent write-ups, Mary and Robb’s is still cast as one of the Westside’s quietly dependable neighborhood spots, content to let the chrome, the coffee and the regulars do the talking.
