The Top 100 Places to Eat and Drink Near Employees Only


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    7953 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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    7311 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  3. A West Hollywood seafood shack with East Coast soul: wild Atlantic and Pacific catches, a raw bar, shell-strewn lot, and maritime clutter that feels earned rather than staged. The chowder flight and butter-heavy lobster roll are anchors, but the grilled daily fish—simple, cold platters for groups—reveals the kitchen's restraint.


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    8171 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  4. Rank 4. Harriet's Rooftop

    Asian-Inspired


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    8490 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  5. Rank 5. Lucia

    Caribbean


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    351 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    7963 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles CA · Los Angeles
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    866 N Huntley Dr, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  8. Rank 8. Ippudo

    Japanese


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    8352 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  9. Rank 9. Crossroads Kitchen

    Plant-Based Mediterranean


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    8284 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  10. Sunlight floods through skylights onto a long counter facing the wood-fired grill at this Italian-American café, where Shook and Dotolo have maintained an easygoing charm since 2015. Pizzas arrive with lightly charred edges and thoughtful toppings; spaghetti limone with breadcrumbs and house-made pastas show equal care. The kitchen moves with the ease of a place that knows what it's doing.


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    412 North Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  11. Azim Rahmatov's dining room—pale stucco walls, ikat textiles, the casual warmth of the Fairfax District—opens a corridor to Uzbekistan's crossroads cuisine. Lagman with hand-pulled noodles, shashlik, manti: the menu traces a Silk Road spice route that feels less museum piece than living inheritance.


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    7422 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  12. Rank 12. Ronan

    Neapolitan Pizza

    A two-story floral mural announces this Italian spot where dive-bar ease meets LA glamour. The open kitchen frames wood-fired Neapolitan pizza and seasonal shared plates—charred broccolini with house za'atar and Meyer lemon, arancini studded with pastrami-spiced mushroom—while black marble, communal wood slab, and a patio offer perches to watch the theater unfold.


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    7315 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  13. Rank 13. Jones

    Italian American


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    7205 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  14. Rank 14. Somni

    Spanish

    Chef Aitor Zabala has restored Somni into a Catalan dream of meticulous small plates—mussel escabeche, gazpacho, shiso tartare tempura—where kitchen and service move in perfect synchrony. The hushed dining room, anchored by a colorful bull's head, channels Spain through endless textural invention and restrained elegance.


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    9045 W Nemo St Los Angeles, CA · West Hollywood
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  15. Michael Cimarusti's tasting menu at Providence draws from pristine wild-caught seafood and classical technique, each course arriving with the fastidiousness of a jeweler arranging stones. A soft-poached egg trembling with uni, a lobster mousse tartare set in crab beurre blanc—the meal never falters in its commitment to clarity and restraint.


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    5955 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    8615 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · West Hollywood
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  17. Dark wood and white marble frame a counter where antipasti come together in real time. Nancy Silverton's team treats bread and mozzarella as separate languages within Italian cooking, moving with equal confidence through crispy chicken legs and orecchiette studded with sausage. A rosemary olive oil cake with brittle and olive oil gelato closes the meal with understated elegance.


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    6602 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  18. Rank 18. Meteora

    Creative

    The dining room unfolds like a fever dream—tangled vines, low light, hypnotic sound—but Chef Jordan Kahn's cooking grounds you in something real: live-fire technique married to sustainable sourcing, zero waste, wild ingredients transformed into dishes of real grace. Charred yam with smoked trout roe and hazelnut, scallops with burnt onion jus and plantain—each plate balances primal and precise.


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    6703 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  19. Rank 19. chi SPACCA

    Steakhouse Italian

    The wood-fired kitchen at chi SPACCA channels old-school steakhouse swagger through a modern Italian lens, with focaccia di recco and pollo alla diavola that improve with each return. Bold seasoning, live flame, and an Italian wine program of real depth make this intimate room feel both convivial and serious about meat.


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    6610 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  20. The bright yellow façade signals Mediterranean ease, but inside Pizzeria Mozza, opened in 2006, the care runs deep. Puffy-crusted pies arrive topped with leeks and lemon zest or mozzarella and Fresno chiles, while the salads show the same precision in sourcing. A seasonally rotating lineup of cakes and gelato rounds out a place that transcends neighborhood pizzeria entirely.


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    641 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  21. Rank 21. Bludso's BBQ

    Texas-Style


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    609 N La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  22. Rank 22. Petit Trois

    Bistro French

    A narrow counter perpetually cramped with diners, where French hip-hop plays against a canon of classical bistro dishes—garlicky escargots, steak frites, an exceptional omelet. The "Big Mec," a double cheeseburger with bordelaise, justifies the squeeze and the wait.


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    718 N Highland Ave Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  23. Rank 23. Gwen

    Steakhouse

    By day a butcher shop dealing in humanely raised meats; by night, a glittering dining room where crystal chandeliers and a fireplace preside over wood-fired steaks and house-made charcuterie. The kitchen moves with purpose—lobster ravioli with confit leeks, smoked beets with leek ash yogurt—and a seat at the counter puts you in its thrall.


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    6600 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  24. Rank 24. Darling

    Southern


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    631 N Robertson Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  25. Angelini Osteria has anchored Beverly Boulevard since 2001 with unshowy Italian cooking that refuses to fade. Grilled calamari with pomegranate and sea urchin linguini exemplify a menu that rewards regulars without chasing trends.


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    7313 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    8044 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    6903 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  28. The dining room at The Belvedere maintains the formal grandeur of old Hollywood without apology, all starched linens and architectural restraint. It is the kind of place where the ritual of a long meal feels less like indulgence than inheritance.


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    9882 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  29. Rank 29. Ardor

    Californian New American

    The dining room at Ardor inhabits the aesthetic of a high-end spa—cushy white velvet, verdant walls, and an air of unhurried luxury that mirrors its parent hotel. A vegetable-forward menu pivots between clean, bright plates like tandoor carrots and dukkah-crusted tuna, and richer indulgences like dry-aged lamb and tempura onion rings.


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    9040 W Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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    9159 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA · West Hollywood
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  31. Rank 31. République

    Southern European Mediterranean

    A sprawling bakery and restaurant with soaring brick ceilings that pulses from dawn pastries through evening service, République channels a bustling European market hall. The Southern European menu pivots on impeccable ingredients—warm beignets, silky risotto, braised beef—executed with unfussy precision.


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    624 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  32. Rank 32. CUT

    Steakhouse

    Inside the Four Seasons on Wilshire, Wolfgang Puck's steakhouse commands a polished dining room built for high-stakes dinners. Creekstone filet mignon arrives with Armagnac peppercorn béarnaise; the wagyu tallow fries linger in memory long after. A temple to beef and power meals, unapologetically expensive.


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    9500 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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    7450 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    9641 W Sunset Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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    6660 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  36. Rank 36. Pizzeria Sei

    Japan-Italy Pizza

    At Pizzeria Sei, a handful of counter seats frame the kitchen where chefs shape individual pies with a Japan-Italy hybrid sensibility—the cornicione puffed and mochi-tender, the Bismarck topped with a poached egg, the Margherita faithful. Gas and wood fire finish them equally well. Pizza as shape-shifter, refined and playful at once.


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    8781 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  37. Rank 37. Spago

    Californian


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    176 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  38. Backlit booths and a hand-cranked rotisserie grill set the scene at Chad Colby's compact Italian restaurant, where pastas stuffed with rabbit and roasted vegetables dressed in bagna cauda share space with focaccia topped in whipped ricotta and pistachio. The kitchen balances restraint and indulgence, the kind of place that takes its housemade ice creams as seriously as its proteins.


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    4653 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  39. Rank 39. Funke

    Italian

    In a 1930s art deco shell with soaring ceilings and red leather booths, Chef Evan Funke showcases handmade pasta through a glassed-in kitchen, each shape a small architecture lesson. Agnolotti filled with taleggio fonduta and finished in brown butter sauce announces an Italian restaurant confident enough to let its craft speak without apology.


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    9388 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  40. Rank 40. Kali

    Steakhouse

    Kevin Meehan's Kali resurrects the old-school Hollywood steakhouse—red leather, divided dining room, full bar—with enough architectural precision that the nostalgia feels earned rather than forced. The Creekstone Farms beef anchors a menu of classics (tartare, risotto, potatoes fried to order) that trusts tradition while the meringue gelato with cured egg yolk suggests someone's paying attention.


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    5722 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  41. Rank 41. Maru Coffee

    Korean-Inspired


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    1936 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  42. Tucked behind a Sugarfish storefront, this intimate counter serves omakase with quiet precision: jellyfish with ponzu snap between your teeth, snapper is sliced tableside, halibut fin dissolves on the tongue. Chef Osamu Fujita respects tradition while mining novelty, letting impeccable local seafood speak without ceremony.


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    212 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  43. Rank 43. Bar Etoile

    New American

    At Bar Etoile, a compact bistro on Western Avenue, Chef Travis Hayden builds a streamlined menu around what the market offers: snap peas laid over smoked ricotta with nettle gremolata, striped bass with crispy skin and salsa macha, chocolate tart brightened by passion fruit. The wine list, French-leaning and vast, matches the cooking's philosophy that good ingredients need little interference.


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    632 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  44. Rank 44. Tacos 1986

    Tijuana-Style


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    7235 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    5630 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  46. A strip mall noodle shop that treats its boat noodles—thick-broth affairs with pork or beef, customizable spice—like the serious business they are. Order multiple bowls to hedge your bets, then steady yourself with their chili holy basil, a stir-fry that announces itself immediately and unapologetically.


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    5445 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  47. A sparse corner bar in East Hollywood where impeccably sourced seafood—sea urchin, razor clams, Maine scallops from the owner's family farm—needs only olive oil and lemon to speak for itself. The kitchen understands restraint, letting lobster rolls and trout dip announce their own excellence. No ocean view, no pretense, just a full house every night.


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    4880 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    5003 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  49. Light pours through the windows of this family-run spot in Little Ethiopia, where a warm team presides over a spare, homestay-like room. Oversized silver platters arrive lined with injera, their vegetable dishes alive with berbere and turmeric, their finely chopped kitfo—particularly the spicy Somali version with prime beef and jalapeño—revealing an unshowy mastery of technique and seasoning.


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    1025 S Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    1966 Hillhurst Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles

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    864 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  52. Rank 52. Kismet

    Persian Middle Eastern

    Kismet's Persian small plates—crispy phyllo pies, mushroom skewers with cashew cream—taste lighter than air, seasonal vegetables and bright spices never heavy. The staff glides through the room with the ease of a neighborhood institution that happens to cook at Michelin level.


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    4648 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  53. A string-lit patio draped in vines sets the stage for soulful cooking that rewards group dining—golden fried chicken arrives juicy and spiced, alongside sweet potatoes and herb-touched black-eyed pea fritters. The buttery coconut cake tastes like an heirloom recipe, unpretentious and complete.


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    5357 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  54. Rank 54. La Descarga Hollywood

    Cuban Cocktail Bar


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    1159 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    6667 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA · Los Angeles
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    6565 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    3464 W 8th St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    8310 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  59. Rank 59. Bridgetown Roti

    American Caribbean


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    858 N Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  60. Liu's Cafe fills quickly with regulars drawn to its counter-service rhythm and glimpses into a compact kitchen where house-made wontons swim in chili oil and braised pork belly arrives steaming over rice. Pastries—from morning arrival to citrus curd tart at close—anchor a menu that asks little of you except to arrive early and steep yourself in tea.


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    3915 1/2 W. 6th Street Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    10250 Santa Monica Blvd Unit 2400 Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  62. Rank 62. KazuNori

    Japanese


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    6245 Wilshire Blvd, Unit 101, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    5136 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    710 N Heliotrope Dr, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  65. Rank 65. Budonoki

    Japanese


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    654 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  66. Rank 66. Jitlada

    Southern Thai

    A strip mall on Sunset Boulevard holds a Southern Thai institution with decades of loyal devotion. The catfish salad crackles with green papaya and heat; the Taepo curry—chicken, morning glory, coconut—arrives bubbling and aromatic. Jitlada's sprawling menu suggests a place less concerned with refinement than with the sustained, unglamorous work of getting dishes right.


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    5233 1/2 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  67. Rank 67. Rasarumah

    Malaysian

    Chef Johnny Lee's Malaysian kitchen greets you with a battery of sambals and moves into shareable plates of pork jowl satay, charred okra, and beef rendang that arrives in a deep, creamy curry with buttery roti. The prices sit above neighborhood casual, but the portions and technique justify it—this is cooking that respects ingredients and tradition without apology.


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    3107 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  68. Rank 68. Marea

    Coastal Italian


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    430 N Camden Dr, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  69. Rank 69. Saffy's

    Middle Eastern

    At Saffy's, open flames and the theatrical work of dough command attention—lamb and pork kebabs arrive from long metal skewers, while grilled lobster glazed in green harissa carries the refinement of fine dining. Bread ranges from delicate challah to pillowy laffa; dessert, anchored by avocado-honey soft serve with tableside sherry, refuses to be an afterthought.


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    4845 Fountain Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  70. Rank 70. Vespertine

    Contemporary

    Jordan Kahn's avant-garde tasting menu unfolds in a striking red-steel structure, each plate a visual and technical marvel—scallop with passionfruit and horseradish tuile, flowers suspended in tomato water. The meal sustains its invention through dessert, with zero-waste ethos woven throughout.


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    3599 Hayden Ave, Culver City, CA · Culver City
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    3256 Cahuenga Blvd W, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  72. A rotating kitchen staffed by refugees and immigrants channels recipes from Eritrea to Haida Gwai, turning homestyle cooking into a form of advocacy. The spicing is assured—cardamom and cloves brighten a goat pulao, coconut milk deepens an onion stew—and the mission, which funnels proceeds to displaced communities, feels inseparable from what lands on the plate.


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    5652 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  73. Rank 73. n/naka

    Kaiseki Japanese

    Chef Niki Nakayama's intimate tasting room presents a graceful interpretation of kaiseki that moves between delicate broths and grilled wagyu, drawing on Japanese and California sources with a light hand. Her signature abalone spaghetti with cod roe and black truffle never leaves the menu, a flourish that signals her vision even as each course shifts.


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    3455 Overland Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    3540 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  75. Rank 75. Sushi K

    Japanese


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    265 S Robertson Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  76. Rank 76. Dan Sung Sa

    Old-School Korean


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    3317 W 6th St, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    621 S Western Ave Unit 208-A, FL 2 Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    1053 S Fairfax Ave Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    6051 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  80. A room of framed celebrity snapshots and the low hiss of tabletop grills mark one of Los Angeles's steadiest Korean barbecue houses, where servers tend meat with practiced efficiency. Prime beef—from standard cuts to pricier American Wagyu—arrives lightly marinated, balanced by crisp kimchi pancakes and cold noodles that anchor each bite.


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    955 S Vermont Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    5936 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  82. Rank 82. Sonoratown

    Sonoran Mexican


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    5610 San Vicente Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  83. Rank 83. Etra

    Italian


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    737 N Western Ave, Ste B, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  84. Rank 84. Avra

    Greek

    A cavernous room channels the unhurried elegance of Greek islands, all whitewashed ease and sea light. The kitchen excels with pristine seafood—St. Pierre arrives crisp-fleshed, tuna sashimi melts on the tongue—and knows the value of restraint, letting roasted peppers and barrel-aged feta speak for themselves. This is Greek cooking stripped of fussiness, refined without pretense.


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    233 N Beverly Dr, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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    9529 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  86. Rank 86. Matū

    Wagyu Steakhouse

    A Beverly Hills steakhouse that pairs New Zealand wagyu with an open kitchen and romantic warmth, defying the genre's usual bombast. The wood-fired beef arrives tender and juicy at prices that won't require a second mortgage.


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    239 S Beverly Dr Unit 100 Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  87. A spare café across from Sunset Triangle serves serious Taiwanese cooking in a brick-and-concrete room that belies its ambitions. The three-cup Jidori chicken in clay pot and vegetarian mapo tofu show equal care.


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    1120 S Grand Ave, Unit 101, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  88. Rank 88. Guelaguetza

    Oaxacan Mexican

    Guelaguetza celebrates Oaxacan mole with the fervor of a convert, its complex negro and rojo varieties layered with spices that defy decoding. The tlayudas and pozole satisfy, but the moles—darkly rich, unapologetically intense—are what compel return visits.


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    3014 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  89. Rank 89. IMA

    Japanese

    A spare, minimalist dining room with tabletop grills becomes the stage for methodical consumption of A5 Wagyu in both sukiyaki and shabu-shabu preparations. The meal unfolds from cold appetizers through beef tongue and three grades of Yazawa, ending with truffle-scented rice porridge that tastes like benediction.


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    9669 S Santa Monica Blvd #1, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  90. A copper cauldron gleams at the counter of this Beverly Hills temple to tempura, where the chef fries each piece—sweet corn, Hokkaido scallops, shiso-wrapped snapper—to a lacy, almost transparent shell and sets it before you alone. The tasting menu unfolds at leisure, each bite a study in the difference between frying and the precise art of it.


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    9777 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA · Beverly Hills
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  91. A bright room on Melrose serves pristine, sustainably sourced seafood with the precision of fine dining and the ease of a neighborhood spot. The fried fish sandwich arrives with crackling batter and sweet, tender flesh; a tuna melt balances richness with clarity. Seasonal California produce and confident seasoning throughout suggest a kitchen that respects its ingredients without pretension.


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    5035 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  92. The smell of wood smoke announces this Koreatown institution before you reach the door. Peruvian rotisserie chicken, cooked over live fire and finished with a family-secret marinade, arrives with skin that cracks under your fork; the twice-fried fries and spicy green aji sauce are worth the wait alone.


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    764 S Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
  93. Rank 93. Corridor 109

    Asian Contemporary

    An 11-seat counter behind Bar 109 where chef Brian Baik serves pristine Japanese fish with restraint and precision. Santa Barbara lobster tartare and charcoal-grilled sawara stand out in a tasting menu that rewards the reservation hunt.


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    727 N Broadway, Ste 207, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    1515 S La Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    3921 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    3343 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    4427 W Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  98. Rank 98. Destroyer

    Contemporary

    Jordan Kahn's Destroyer strips the room down to white walls so the plate becomes the only spectacle: avocado confit with onion ash, rice porridge layered with restraint and texture, chocolate crémeux dusted in frozen cucumber cream. Each dish reads as a small architectural problem solved.


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    3578 Hayden Ave, Culver City, CA · Culver City
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    4001 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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  100. Rank 100. Azizam

    Persian


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    2943 W Sunset Blvd Los Angeles, CA · Los Angeles
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    This score is based on the awards it's won and sometimes its proximity to where you're located (if you're doing a location-based search).

      Doscore

      This score is based on the awards it's won and sometimes its proximity to where you're located (if you're doing a location-based search).

        Best Place Score

        The Best Place Score is the score we give to the place you're searching from, based on how cool we think the area around it is. If it seems unreasonably low, we probably just haven't added a representative amount of awards yet.