The Top 5 Places to Eat and Drink Near Holbrooke Hotel
-
Rank 1. Restaurant Josephine
Seasonal Eastern European
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Best Chef: California · Eric Alexander and Courtney McDonald
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
-
-
Rank 3. Nixtaco
Mexican
A strip-mall taqueria where nixtamalized tortillas cradle slow-braised chicken, sautéed shrimp, and short-rib barbacoa with equal care. The salsa bar—smoky peanut chipotle, bright verde—matters as much as the fillings. Nixtaco trades precious real estate for precision, turning humble ingredients into something that tastes like it took longer to make than it did.
-
Rank 4. Noroc Restaurant
Eastern European
-
Rank 5. Yue Huang Dim Sum
Cantonese Chinese
In a Natomas strip mall surrounded by franchises, this Cantonese spot draws families on weekend mornings for carts of steamed, fried, and baked dim sum—barbecue pork buns, rice noodle rolls, pleated dumplings. Evenings pivot toward live seafood from the tanks lining the back wall: crab, lobster, flounder, prepared with the precision the kitchen brings to smaller plates.