The Top 27 Coffee Shops Near Panda Inn
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Rank 1. Maru Coffee
Korean-Inspired
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Rank 2. Santa Canela
Mexican Bakery
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Rank 5. 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.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- LAist 2024 · Dinner · Best Bites
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #28 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 6. Joy
Taiwanese
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Rank 8. doto
Californian/Japanese
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- Sprudgie Awards 2025 · Finalist · Best New Cafe
- US Coffee Championships 2025 · #2 · U.S. Brewers Cup · Christian Bak
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Rank 14. 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.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker · Margarita Manzke
- World Culinary Awards 2025 · Nominee · North America's Best Brunch Venue
- Time Out The best bakeries in America
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Rank 15. Camelia
French Japanese
- Bon Appétit 2025 · America's Best New Restaurants
- The New York Times 2024 · The Restaurant List
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 17. Maru Coffee
Korean-Inspired
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Rank 20. kodō
Kyoto Japanese
Inside a converted firehouse on Santa Fe, kodō trades heat for restraint—a serene dining room anchored by a boulder-desk and raw materials. The kitchen moves between robata and sushi with California ease, the nigiri precise enough to quiet even the Instagram crowd; little neck clams in garlic butter and off-menu sea snail are the real pleasures here. A place built for calm rather than spectacle.
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Rank 21. Tomat
Californian New American
A pale-green dining room dressed in rust-leather banquettes sets the stage for seasonal cooking that takes shape as evening falls. The kitchen moves deftly through local produce—charred vegetables nested in ajo blanco, a Liberty Farms duck split and crisped, dressed with pomegranate-walnut mole—and closes with sticky toffee pudding and burnt-milk gelato. The effect is farm-direct without the fuss.
- Esquire 2025 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #82 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 25. Alta Baja Market
Mexican
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