The Best Restaurants in Beverly Hills, by the Record
The best restaurants in Beverly Hills, by the professional record: AAA, Forbes Travel Guide, and Time Out have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. The Belvedere comes out on top.
Spago and IMA hold the next two places. AAA and Michelin Guide show up on more of this list than any other guide.
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Rank 1. The Belvedere
French
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Rank 2. Spago
Californian New American
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Rank 3. IMA
Japanese
Sukiyaki and shabu-shabu get equal billing here, with A5 Wagyu as the through-line and a table grill waiting at every seat. The room pulls off cool and intimate at once, blonde wood and bamboo blinds keeping things calm while the beef stays the main event. It's the kind of Japanese hot-pot spot that makes Beverly Hills feel less Beverly Hills, if only for the hour or so it takes to cook through three cuts of premium beef.
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Rank 3. Tempura Endo
Tempura Japanese
Tempura Endo is a counter-focused omakase in Beverly Hills devoted entirely to the art of frying things in hot cottonseed oil, which sounds reductive until you're watching each piece emerge with a coating so lacy it barely registers as batter. Sit at the copper cauldron, not the tables. The tasting menu runs expensive, and the chef places each item in front of you one at a time, the way a ritual should go. A Michelin Selected Restaurant.
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Rank 5. Marea
Coastal Italian
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Rank 6. Lorenzo California
Florentine Italian