"Some say it's L.A.'s most romantic restaurant."
You may become engaged, even married here, and celebrate your 50th.
Topanga Canyon Since 1975
About The Inn
Your secret getaway. One of LA's most romantic restaurants, hidden beneath ancient sycamores in Topanga Canyon.
A Place With Deep Roots
From Sacred Ground to Secret Getaway
The rumors of what was once where the Inn now stands abound. Aimee Semple McPherson's private retreat. Topanga's First Church. A sacred Chumash Indian meeting place at the intersection of two creeks.
Originally rumored to have been a Chumash gathering place, then Aimee Semple McPherson's private retreat in the 1930s, later Topanga's first church, then a feed store, a gas station, and an auto junkyard, the property was discovered in 1973 by the present owners and restored to its natural beauty.
Over the passing years, the Inn became a place to retreat and a must-go destination restaurant for those seeking the energy of nature, conscious cuisine, and something they couldn't find anywhere else in Los Angeles.
Our Philosophy
Food as a Gift from Nature
From the beginning, the Inn believed in giving guests the purest of nature's foods, energized as a gift from the sun. Most foods and grains are seasonal organic or sourced from local farms, some of whom participate in the farmers market on Fridays in our lower parking lot.
Foods are prepared using healthy oils: olive, nut, palm, and coconut. Our meats and fish are slow cooked at water temperatures not exceeding 180 degrees, preserving the body from oxidative fallout. Our water is first treated by reverse osmosis, then alkalinized for your healing.
Our chicken and beef are raised naturally and grass fed. Our fish wild or line-caught. We prepare most all foods on premises with no food colorings, preservatives, refined sugars, flours, or chemicals. Most of our breads and all of our desserts are baked in house.
The food is prepared with the greatest of care and creativity. Dining creekside at the Inn, next to Topanga Creek, is an enchanting experience. Please dine unhurried and partake of the angelic vibrations.
The Founders
Dr. Ralph & Lucile Yaney
Dr. Ralph & Lucile Yaney started the Inn of the Seventh Ray in the early 1970s with the mission of offering guests the benefits of cooking without chemicals or artificial additives. What started as an extension of their personal lifestyle blossomed into a destination restaurant for diners seeking an alternative to frozen, overly-processed food.
Before the Inn's inception, both Lucy and Dr. Ralph had their psychotherapy offices in Beverly Hills while living in the hills of Topanga Canyon near the Inn.
The Inn of the Seventh Ray was for many years the only Los Angeles wedding venue to offer vegetarian and vegan weddings with the option of gluten-free wedding cakes, and serving organic or biodynamic wines. Over the years, organic food has gone mainstream, and we continue to lead the way.
