The Top 100 Restaurants Near Four Seasons Westlake Village
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Rank 1. ONYX Restaurant
Japanese
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Rank 3. Anajak Thai
Thai
A family-run Thai spot in Sherman Oaks that's been around forever and is somehow hotter now than ever. The second-generation chef keeps the classics sharp while running Thai Taco Tuesdays, a no-reservations weekly thing that draws genuine lines around the block. Once a month they flip into an omakase format that's nearly impossible to book. The crowd is LA through and through, and the wine list will genuinely surprise you.
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Winner · Best Chef: California · Justin Pichetrungsi
- The Infatuation Infatuation’s Highest-Rated Restaurants In America
- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
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Rank 4. Mélisse
Modern French
Josiah Citrin's two-Michelin-star Santa Monica institution is the kind of French tasting menu that makes you feel like you've been smuggled into a private club. You enter through a side door, which sets the tone perfectly. Inside it's old-world luxury done with real conviction, truffles and wagyu and tableside saucing, the whole bit. The crowd tends to be celebrating something, or pretending to be.
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Rank 5. Pasta|Bar
Modern Italian
A Michelin-starred pasta tasting menu hiding inside a strip mall on Ventura is the kind of thing that keeps LA weird in the best way. The format is snacks and drinks up front, then a procession of inventive, hyper-local pasta courses that wander well past Italian tradition. The crowd is date-night people who did their research and are quietly thrilled about it. Dress like you tried a little.
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Rank 6. Seline
Californian
Dave Beran's intimate tasting menu spot in Santa Monica keeps you genuinely off-balance in the best way, the kind of place where ice cream shows up mid-savory and somehow makes total sense. The cooking has a real point of view, riffing on seasons and themes like a concept album you're actually glad you listened to. Tables fill with couples dressed up just enough, all quietly wondering what comes next.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Winner · Best Chef: California · Dave Beran
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #13 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 7. Citrin
French-California New American
Josiah Citrin holds a Michelin star here, and the food earns it without making you feel like you're in a museum. It's fine dining in Santa Monica, with a prix-fixe or à la carte so you're not locked into a four-hour commitment. French technique, California produce, a room full of people who dressed up but kept it relaxed. If you want to throw money at caviar and truffle add-ons, they'll happily let you.
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Rank 8. RVR
Japanese
- Esquire 2025 · Restaurant of the Year
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
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Rank 9. Mori Nozomi
Omakase Japanese
Eight seats, one counter, zero fuss. This Michelin-starred omakase on Pico is the kind of place where the room goes quiet because everyone at the bar is genuinely paying attention. The chef keeps things pure and precise, leaning on seafood flown in from Japan and produce from the Santa Monica farmers market. The crowd tends toward couples and solo diners who know what they're in for and dress like it.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- The New York Times 2025 · The Restaurant List
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
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Rank 10. Nobu Malibu
Japanese
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Rank 11. Somni
Spanish
Somni holds three Michelin stars and earns every one of them. It's a Spanish tasting menu experience tucked off Santa Monica, where the room is all calm neutrals and soft light, and the food is the opposite of calm. The chef sends out a long procession of small, wildly creative bites rooted in Catalan cooking, and each one feels like it was thought about for much longer than it takes to eat. The crowd dresses up because this is the kind of place that deserves it.
- Michelin Guide 3 Stars
- 50 Best #46 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants
- The Infatuation 2025 · #2 · The Top-Rated New Restaurants
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Rank 12. Pasjoli
French
Dave Beran's Santa Monica bistro is unapologetically French in the best possible way, all wood beams and brick and a kitchen that doesn't apologize for butter. The room buzzes with first-daters and industry people who actually know what they're ordering, and the pressed duck for two is the kind of theatrical centerpiece that makes the table next to you lean over and ask what that is. The marble bar does Champagne and caviar if you want to keep it short.
- James Beard Awards 2025 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles Right Now
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Rank 13. Din Tai Fung
Chinese
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Rank 14. n/naka
Kaiseki Japanese
Getting a reservation here is its own achievement, so wear something nice. n/naka is an intimate Michelin-starred kaiseki tasting where Niki Nakayama blends Japanese technique with California produce across a long, quietly dazzling procession of courses. The room is understated and warm, filled with people who planned this dinner weeks ago and are savoring every quiet minute of it. She comes out to greet you at the end, which somehow makes the whole thing feel personal.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Nominee · Outstanding Chef · Niki Nakayama
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Chef · Niki Nakayama
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
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Rank 15. Gjelina
Mediterranean
Gjelina is the kind of Abbot Kinney restaurant that's been setting the template for this whole neighborhood for years, and somehow it still earns the hype. It's a casual Mediterranean spot with wood-fired pizzas, shared plates, and vegetables that actually taste like a reason to go, not an afterthought. The vine-covered patio draws a reliably good-looking Venice crowd who all seem to know each other and none of them are in a hurry.
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- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Jeremy Fox
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles Right Now
- Time Out #22 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
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Rank 17. Si! Mon
Central American
- Eater Chef of the Year · José Olmedo Carles Rojas
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #52 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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- Wine Enthusiast 2023 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Bar
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Rank 19. The Belvedere
French
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Rank 20. The Brothers Sushi
Japanese
A sushi spot in Woodland Hills that punches well above its zip code, The Brothers Sushi does omakase without the downtown price tag or the usual ceremony. The counter is clean and minimal, the vibe is relaxed, and the crowd is mostly locals who figured out a good thing and kept it to themselves. Come hungry and let the kitchen run the show.
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Rank 21. Din Tai Fung
Taiwanese Chinese
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Rank 22. Cobi's
Southeast Asian Thai
The pink building with green trim on Main Street is basically begging you to walk in, and the mismatched furniture and floral wallpaper inside deliver on that promise. Cobi's is a cheerful, affordable Southeast Asian spot where the menu roams confidently from Thai to Malaysian and beyond. The crowd leans date-night casual, everybody's sharing, and nobody looks stressed about the bill, which is how dinner should feel.
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Rank 23. Colapasta
Modern Italian
A laid-back modern trattoria a few blocks from the beach where the pasta is made right in front of you, which is either theater or a reminder that someone is working much harder than you are. The menu is short and focused, the kind that signals confidence rather than indecision. It's earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand, so the room fills fast with locals who know better than to sleep on it.
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Rank 24. Rustic Canyon
Market-driven New American
Rustic Canyon is the kind of neighborhood restaurant that makes you wish you lived around the corner. The room has warm lighting, cozy booths, and a bar that feels like it was designed for lingering, which the regulars clearly figured out a long time ago. The kitchen leans hard on whatever's local and in season, so the menu shifts constantly, but the cooking stays unfussy and satisfying. The seasonal cocktails are worth your full attention too.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #48 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
- LAist 2025 · Chochoyotes · Best Bites
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Rank 25. 1 Pico
Coastal New American
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Rank 26. Funke
Italian
Evan Funke is a celebrity chef you've probably heard of, so his eponymous Beverly Hills restaurant carries some real weight behind the name. It's an upscale Italian spot built around handmade pasta, housed in a gorgeous art deco building with red leather booths and the kind of soaring ceilings that make you sit up straighter. There's even a glass-walled pasta room so you can watch the work happen. The crowd dresses for it, and so should you.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out #21 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #19 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 27. Spago
Californian New American
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Rank 28. Vespertine
Contemporary
If you want dinner that feels more like performance art than a meal, this two Michelin-starred tasting menu in Culver City is your place. The chef runs the whole thing inside a building locals call "The Waffle," which looks like a set piece from a film nobody greenlit yet. Inside, the food is visually stunning and genuinely strange in the best way. The crowd is dressed up and trying very hard not to look impressed.
- Michelin Guide 2 Stars
- Bon Appétit 2018 · America's Best New Restaurants
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #33 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 29. Élephante
Southern Mediterranean
Yes, it's a rooftop restaurant in Santa Monica with ocean views, and yes, the crowd leans heavily toward people who spent too long picking their outfit. But the kitchen here actually delivers, turning out small Southern Mediterranean plates that are worth sharing and genuinely surprising. The sunset room, all natural wood and stone with the Pacific in the background, makes it hard to argue with whoever dragged you here.
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A casual Indian spot a block off the Promenade that actually earns your attention. The clay tandoor does real work on the proteins, and the dosas are the move, especially the masala version stuffed with spiced potato. The crowd skews beachy-casual, the kind of people who wandered off the Third Street bustle and stayed for dessert, which here gets genuinely weird in the best way. Worth it.
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Rank 31. Hakata Izakaya Hero
Japanese
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #72 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 32. La Dolce Vita
Italian
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Rank 34. Dante
Upscale Italian
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Rank 35. Chulita
Oaxacan Mexican
A sunny, mod Oaxacan taco spot a short walk from the Venice beach crowd, Chulita is the kind of place where flip-flops feel totally appropriate and mezcal before noon feels almost responsible. The tortillas are made in house, the barbacoa is genuinely tender, and the whole vibe skews California-bright without losing its Mexican roots. The room fills with exactly the laid-back, golden-hour crowd you'd expect from this zip code.
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Rank 36. Lulu
Seasonal New American
Tucked into the courtyard of the Hammer Museum in Westside LA, Lulu is a casual daytime restaurant where Alice Waters has had a hand in shaping the menu, which should tell you everything about the kitchen's priorities. Fresh produce stacked around the room isn't decoration, it's a preview. The menu shifts daily with whatever's good right now, drawing a Brentwood-adjacent crowd who somehow make linen look effortless on a Tuesday lunch.
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Rank 37. Juliet
Contemporary French
Culver City's answer to a proper French bistro, Juliet pulls off that rare trick of feeling genuinely chic without making you feel underdressed. The patio alone is worth the trip, and the open kitchen keeps things lively. The crowd leans creative industry, nice jeans, maybe a blazer. The menu runs classic French with a light California touch, and the wine list is deep enough to keep things interesting all the way through dessert, which you should not skip.
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Rank 38. Killer Noodle
Ramen Noodles
Killer Noodle is a casual ramen shop on Sawtelle that does one thing: tan tan ramen, a mashup of Japanese tantanmen and spicy Sichuan dan dan noodles. You pick your spice level, and if you go all six out of six, the pitcher of water at your table stops being a courtesy and starts being a lifeline. The room is cheerful and red, full of people who thought they could handle it. Spoiler: they cannot.
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Rank 39. Osteria Mozza
Italian
Nancy Silverton's Michelin-starred osteria on Melrose is the kind of place that's been packed since day one and shows no signs of calming down. The mozzarella bar alone is worth the trip, and the pastas are quietly extraordinary. Dark wood, marble counters, and a room full of people who booked two weeks out and dressed accordingly. Grab a seat at the bar if you can, and let the antipasti do the talking.
- Michelin Guide 1 Star
- Wine Enthusiast 2024 · Forward 50 Restaurants
- Time Out #11 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
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Rank 40. Barbacoa Ramirez
Hidalgo-Style Mexican
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #17 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Times 2024 · Lamb barbacoa taco · The 101 Best Tacos in Los Angeles
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Rank 42. Toranj Restaurant
Persian
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Rank 43. Lucia
Caribbean
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Rank 44. Lumière
French
Tucked inside the Fairmont Century Plaza, Lumière is a proper French brasserie where you can eat steak frites without feeling like you need to justify it to anyone. The room draws a relaxed hotel crowd plus locals who know a good thing, all there for classics done right. The staff actually know the menu and will steer you well, which in LA is not something you take for granted.
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Rank 45. Tempura Endo
Tempura Japanese
Tempura omakase sounds like a niche you didn't know you needed until you're sitting at the copper counter watching the chef fry scallops one at a time into something almost too delicate to eat. It's a tasting menu situation, so dress accordingly and budget accordingly. Counter seats are the move, the tables feel like a consolation prize. Very few places in the country do this, and this one does it quietly, seriously, and well.
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Rank 46. Alta Adams
Southern
A Southern comfort restaurant on the west side that people genuinely drive across town for, which says everything. The back patio with string lights and climbing vines is the kind of spot that makes a weeknight feel like an occasion. Portions are generous, the crowd is mixed and happy, and the fried chicken comes with a hot sauce that earns the warning. Save room for the coconut cake.
- Eater The All-Time Eater 38
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #44 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 47. IMA
Japanese
A Beverly Hills hot pot sanctuary where the whole point is A5 Wagyu cooked at your table, sukiyaki and shabu-shabu style. The room is sleek and quietly intimate, the kind of place where couples and expense-account regulars alike settle in for the long haul. Meals unfold in courses, from delicate cold starters to rich, silky beef, with a truffle rice porridge at the end that makes you deeply glad you saved room.
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Rank 49. Taste of Tehran
Persian
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Rank 50. Leona's
Fusion Japanese
Leona's pulls off the rare trick of being genuinely good-looking and genuinely good to eat at, which in LA is basically a miracle. It's a high-end Japanese fusion spot on Ventura that draws the creative-class crowd, the kind of people who look like they're in the industry but you're not sure which one. The menu mashes up Japanese technique with whatever it feels like that day, and it works.
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Rank 51. Meteora
Creative
Walking into this Michelin-starred tasting menu spot on Melrose feels like stumbling into a fever dream your most artistic friend designed. Moody, overgrown, and genuinely a little otherworldly, it matches the food, which is live-fire and wild-sourced and quietly unlike anything else in LA. The crowd leans creative-industry, dressed like they mean it. Go if you want a meal you'll actually remember.
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Rank 52. Avra
Greek
Avra brings Greek island energy to Beverly Hills without trying too hard, which is somehow the most Beverly Hills thing possible. It's a big, airy seafood restaurant where you pick your fish from the day's catch and they cook it how you want, and the whole room feels like it's full of people who know a good thing when they see it. The kind of crowd that orders confidently and never checks the price.
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Rank 53. Hatchet Hall
Southern
Hatchet Hall is a Southern comfort restaurant in Culver City that feels like a backyard cookout somehow landed a liquor license and a really good kitchen. The patio packs in groups when the weather cooperates, and the dining room fills with the kind of regulars who know exactly what they're ordering. The menu swings wide across the South, heavy on biscuits, pork, and vegetables that could honestly carry a whole meal on their own.
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Rank 54. Orla by Michael Mina
Refined Mediterranean
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Rank 55. OyBar
Japanese Cocktail Bar
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Rank 56. Marea
Coastal Italian
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Rank 57. Ardor
Californian New American
Ardor is the hotel restaurant at the West Hollywood EDITION, and it looks exactly like what would happen if a luxury spa decided to get into the dinner business: white velvet booths, soft neutrals, enough plants to make you feel virtuous before you've ordered anything. The menu leans vegetable-forward but still feeds a real appetite, and the room fills with the kind of guests who genuinely can't tell you what things cost.
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. West
- Spirited Awards 2024 · Regional Honoree · Best U.S. Hotel Bar – U.S. West
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
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Rank 58. Lalibela Ethiopian Restaurant
Ethiopian
Lalibela is a Bib Gourmand Ethiopian spot on Fairfax in the heart of Little Ethiopia, and it feels less like a restaurant than someone's warm, unpretentious living room. The team lets the food do the work, arriving on big silver platters lined with injera and best attacked by a group. Bring friends, order widely, and eat with your hands like everyone else in the room is already doing.
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Rank 59. chi SPACCA
Steakhouse Italian
Nancy Silverton's meat-forward Italian den on Melrose is basically a love letter to fire and fat, and it's hard to argue with the logic. The menu leans hard into big wood-oven proteins and bold seasoning, with a wine list that reads like a tour of Italy. The room is small and loud in the best way, packed with people who ordered confidently and have no regrets. Dress like you mean it.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- Time Out #14 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
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Rank 60. The Musso & Frank Grill
Hollywood
- Esquire 2025 · Martini · The Best Martinis in America
- Esquire 2023 · Musso + Frank Martini · The Best Martinis in America
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Rank 61. Jon & Vinny's
Italian
Jon & Vinny's is a sunny, casual Italian-American café on Fairfax that's been packed since the day it opened, and it shows no signs of slowing down. The long counter overlooks an open kitchen running a wood-fired grill and blazing oven, and the whole room feels like a neighborhood spot that happened to become everybody's neighborhood spot. Order the pizza, sure, but the house-made pasta is quietly the move. Bib Gourmand, if you care about that kind of thing.
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Rank 62. Destroyer
Contemporary
A daytime cafe in Culver City's architecturally weird Hayden Tract that takes breakfast way more seriously than you expected. The room is stark and minimal, which just means there's nothing to distract from the food, and the food rewards your full attention. The crowd skews creative-industry types who clearly did their research. Go for coffee and end up staying through lunch because the plates keep arriving looking like modern art.
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #14 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 63. Petit Trois
Bistro French
A tiny French bistro that runs noon to late night and never seems to slow down. The counter is tight, the room is narrow, and somehow everyone in there looks like they're having the time of their life. The cooking is pure bistro canon, done seriously, while French hip-hop plays in the background because of course it does. The omelet alone is worth the trip. Bring cash and patience, leave impressed.
- Eater 2015 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out #24 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
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Rank 64. Lum Ka Naad
Thai
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Rank 66. Kuya Lord
Filipino
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Winner · Best Chef: California · Lord Maynard Llera
- Bon Appétit 2023 · America's Best New Restaurants
- Time Out #19 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
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Rank 67. Luv2eat Thai Bistro
Southern Thai
- Time Out #30 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Hospitality
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Rank 68. Pasta Sisters
Italian
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Rank 69. Crossroads Kitchen
Plant-Based Mediterranean
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Rank 70. Sincerely Syria
Syrian Middle Eastern
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Rank 71. Tomat
Californian New American
Tomat is a neighborhood spot in the South Bay that actually earns the word "seasonal," sourcing from local farms and letting California do the heavy lifting. It runs all day, but come evening the kitchen gets more focused and the room fills with locals who look like they own a CSA box and aren't smug about it. Sharing plates are the move, and the duck is genuinely worth the trip. Casual enough for a weeknight, good enough to bring someone you want to impress.
- 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 72. Antico Nuovo
Italian
Italian food that actually feels like a night out, not a museum piece. Antico Nuovo is a proper sit-down spot in East Larchmont Village where the centerpiece is a hand-cranked rotisserie and the booths are deep enough to linger in for hours. The crowd skews creative-industry cool, dressed casually enough to eat pasta with their hands if it came to that. Hearty pastas, big proteins, and vegetables that actually earn their place on the table.
- James Beard Awards 2026 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurant
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
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Rank 73. Zira Uzbek Kitchen
Uzbek Middle Eastern
Uzbekistan doesn't get nearly enough hype in the LA food conversation, and Zira is quietly fixing that. It's a casual sit-down spot on Melrose with tiled floors, ikat fabrics, and a room full of people who either grew up eating this food or are very glad they stumbled in. The menu hits hand-pulled noodle soups, grilled skewers, and dumplings, all rooted in the kind of cooking that fed traders crossing Central Asia for centuries.
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Rank 74. The Serving Spoon
Southern
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Angelini Osteria has been around forever, which in Los Angeles is basically a miracle. This cozy osteria on Beverly draws a loyal crowd of regulars who've claimed their tables for years, mixed with first-timers who finally took someone's advice. The menu is long, the service is warm without being fussy, and the cooking feels genuinely homemade rather than performed. In a city that chases the new thing constantly, the fact that nobody's moved on says everything.
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Rank 77. Harriet's Rooftop
Asian-Inspired
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Rank 78. Meals by Genet
Ethiopian
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Rank 79. Leo's Tacos Truck
Mexican
- Time Out #17 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
- Los Angeles Times 2024 · Al pastor taco · The 101 Best Tacos in Los Angeles
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Rank 80. Mae Malai Thai House of Noodles
Thai Noodles
A Michelin Bib Gourmand noodle shop tucked into a Hollywood strip mall, Mae Malai is the kind of low-key spot that earns its rep without trying. The move is the boat noodles, built on a thick, deeply savory broth, with enough customization that ordering two bowls instead of one is basically mandatory. The crowd runs toward regulars who know exactly what they want and newcomers who need a minute but leave very happy.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Esquire 2024 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
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Rank 81. Cosetta
New-School Italian
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Rank 82. ALTO Fire to Table
Pampas
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Rank 83. El Bacano
Dominican Caribbean
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Rank 84. Ayara Thai
Thai
A family-run Thai spot in Westchester that doesn't dial anything down for the crowd. The menu covers the classics but the kitchen clearly has a point of view, right down to desserts with a French pastry lean that somehow make total sense here. It draws a loyal neighborhood mix who know exactly what they want, plus newcomers figuring that out fast. Cash in the parking lot energy, serious food inside.
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Rank 85. Two Hommés
West African/Californian
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #29 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 86. Jitlada
Southern Thai
Jitlada is a Southern Thai institution tucked into a beat-up strip mall on Sunset, and it's been pulling in devoted regulars for years. The menu is almost comically massive, but the southern Thai specialties are why you're here: fiery curries, bold spice levels that mean business, and flavors you won't find at your average pad thai spot. Matt Groening is a super-fan, which feels about right for an L.A. legend hiding in plain sight.
- James Beard Awards 2022 · Nominee · Best Chef: California · Sarintip “Jazz” Singsanong
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Time Out #8 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
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Rank 87. Bar Etoile
New American
A cozy wine bar and bistro on Western Ave where the wine list leans heavily French and the food actually keeps up with it. The menu is short and seasonal, the kind of place where everything on the plate earns its spot. Regulars look like they walked over from a good bookshop, which feels right. Order whatever looks fresh that week and let someone else pick the bottle.
- Wine Enthusiast 2025 · Top 50 New Restaurants
- Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #59 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 88. Jones
Italian American
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Rank 89. Dulan's Soul Food Kitchen
Soul Food Southern
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Outstanding Restaurateur · Greg Dulan
- Time Out #25 · The 40 best restaurants in Los Angeles you need to try right now
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Restaurateur · Greg Dulan
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Rank 90. Cento Pasta Bar
Contemporary Italian
West Adams is having its moment, and Cento Pasta Bar is a big reason why. It started as a pop-up and grew into a proper Italian-leaning pasta spot with a courtyard so pretty, under a big tree strung with lights, that you'll want to linger way past the last bite. The crowd is relaxed and neighborhood-y, the kind of place where nobody's trying too hard. The pasta is the reason to come, and it absolutely delivers.
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Rank 91. Lorenzo California
Florentine Italian
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Rank 92. Flavors From Afar
International
This vegetarian spot on Hollywood Blvd is part community project, part culinary passport. The kitchen works with refugees and immigrants, rotating the menu through cuisines most Angelenos have never tried, from Eritrean to Haitian to Indo-Fijian. The cooking is genuine home-style stuff, not restaurant-ified, which makes it special. It's earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand, and a cut of every meal goes to immigrant support. Come hungry and curious.
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Rank 93. Kismet
Persian Middle Eastern
Kismet is the kind of neighborhood restaurant that makes you wish you lived closer, a bright, vegetable-forward Persian and Middle Eastern spot that earned a Michelin Bib Gourmand and keeps earning it. The seasonal menu leans light and sharp, and nothing feels heavy even when you've overdone it. The crowd is casually stylish Los Feliz locals who actually know their server's name. Bring friends, then immediately regret having to share.
- Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #27 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles Right Now
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 95. Lugya’h
Mexican
Lugya'h is a counter-order stall inside Maydan Market, and it's the kind of casual spot that quietly outclasses places twice its size. The tlayudas are the move, hand-pressed tortillas cooked over live fire and loaded up right in front of you. The crowd is a mix of market regulars and people who just figured out what they've been missing. Get the moronga if you're feeling adventurous, and bring a friend because the portions are generous.
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Rank 96. Borit Gogae
Korean
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · The 101 Best Restaurants in California
- The New York Times The 25 Best Restaurants in Los Angeles Right Now
- Los Angeles Times 2025 · #66 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 97. Liu's Cafe
Chinese
A Bib Gourmand Chinese diner tucked into a half-address on 6th, which tells you everything about its vibe before you even walk in. Order at the wood counter, steal a look into the kitchen, and try not to eat three things you didn't plan on. The pastries up front will get you, and the chili oil noodles will keep you coming back. The crowd figures it out fast, so get there early.
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Rank 99. Bridgetown Roti
American Caribbean
- James Beard Awards 2023 · Nominee · Emerging Chef · Rashida Holmes
- Eater 2021 · The Best New Restaurants in America
- James Beard Awards 2024 · Semifinalist · Outstanding Chef · Rashida Holmes
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Rank 100. Beethoven Market
Italian