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Where to eat in Simi Valley, CA
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A few places to eat in Simi Valley
- Hikari Sushi Sushi · 0.2 miles
690 E Los Angeles Ave, Simi Valley - Thai Kitchen Simi Valley Thai · 0.2 miles
995 E Los Angeles Ave #5, Simi Valley - Palapa Mexican Food Mexican · 0.2 miles
660 E Los Angeles Ave Ste j, Simi Valley - Canton Chinese Restaurant Chinese · 0.2 miles
665 E Los Angeles Ave, Simi Valley - First Street Family Restaurant · 0.3 miles
2025 1st St, Simi Valley
The closest few by distance from central Simi Valley, not a ranking — local places listed ahead of chains. Listings from Overture Maps open data (September 2026); hours and openings change, so check before you go. Want one picked for what you're craving instead? Ask Savor Scout in Simi Valley.
The food scene in Simi Valley
Open listings put 160 places to eat within 2 miles of central Simi Valley, 34 within a ten-minute walk (half a mile). The most common: pizza (20), Mexican (14) and sandwiches (8). 15 are fast-food counters; the rest are sit-down restaurants, cafés, bakeries and takeaway spots.
What stands out in Simi Valley is sushi and Mediterranean — types that are listed here at 3 to 3 times the national rate.
By type of food — tap one for what to order and how to spot a good one:
Pizza 20 Mexican 14 Sandwiches 8 Burgers 8 Bakery 8 Sushi 7 American 7 Ice cream 7 Coffee 5 Barbecue 4
The food in Simi Valley
Simi Valley has more than enough places to eat — the trouble is choosing between them without spending longer deciding than eating.
Savor Scout picks one restaurant in Simi Valley and tells you why it picked it. Say what you're craving and it reads menus and reviews for that specific dish, rather than sorting places by overall star rating. Free, runs in the browser, and one search needs no account.
Eating out in Simi Valley
Simi Valley has a population of about 126,181. A city this size has real range, and range is what makes the decision slow. Savor Scout searches up to 35 miles around Simi Valley, so places just outside the city are still on the table when they are worth the drive.
Simi Valley is a little thinner on options than average
Simi Valley sits in Ventura County, where the Census counts 587 full-service restaurants, 690 limited-service places, 231 cafés and snack bars and 43 bars — 1,551 places to eat or drink in all. Simi Valley makes up about 15% of the county's population.
That is 18.4 per 10,000 residents, a little under the national median of 19.4. Fewer options than average, which makes picking the right one matter more. Counter service edges out sit-down, which is the national norm.
Those county figures also cover Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, San Buenaventura (Ventura), Camarillo, all within Savor Scout's search radius from Simi Valley.
County-level counts from the US Census (2022) — how we got these numbers.
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Near Simi Valley
- Thousand Oaks, CA — about 8 miles away
- Camarillo, CA — about 15 miles away
- Santa Clarita, CA — about 16 miles away
- Oxnard, CA — about 23 miles away
- Santa Monica, CA — about 24 miles away
- San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA — about 26 miles away
Campuses in and near Simi Valley
Each has its own page: what is within walking distance and a few places to start with.
- Moorpark College
- Los Angeles Pierce College
- California State University-Northridge
- College of the Canyons
- Pepperdine University
- California State University-Channel Islands
How this differs from Google Maps and Yelp
Maps and Yelp are directories: they rank everything nearby and leave the deciding to you. Savor Scout makes the call and shows its reasoning — the match score, what it beat, and the evidence behind the pick. The underlying place data comes from the same public sources, so the difference is the selection, not the data.
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