This is a great pier filled with shops, restaurants and variety. There were even fishermen catching fish and selling them. We had an amazing time strolling along the water and eating crab soup. ...read more

Great fun for cheap! Bring the whole family for fresh seaside air and affordable fun for all ages. Come one, come all. Everyone is welcome. ...read more

Any time I have an out-of-town visitor, I bring them to the Redondo Beach Pier. I have some of my earliest memories at Redondo Beach, eating at Zeppy?s Pizzeria while overlooking the waves and watching the gulls land on the wooden rails outside the windows and sticking my toes in the sand. Not much has changed, I still love to do that, but a new addiction is visiting Kobe Pearl, and picking out oysters to get a pearl. I?m not sure when the tradition began, but somehow it did. I?ve brought people from Ireland, Brazil, France and many other places to that same shop to pick out an oyster. The guy that operates the shop, though his name eludes me, is a gem, always very happy with his cheering sayings like ?C?mon double, double? AYY-YAH!? with a smile while opening the oyster to reveal your pearl. You pay something like $12 and you keep whatever pearl is inside?most of the time around at least $60 value. It?s a great souvenir and the man?s love for what he does is absolutely evident. Following that excitement, and a slice of Zeppy?s Sicilian pizza, it?s off to the arcade for some air hockey or ski ball. It makes for some great memories?which are always the best souvenirs. ...read more