The 11 Best Places to Eat in Culver City

Jordan Kahn's two-Michelin-star tasting menu operates inside a structure Culver City locals call "The Waffle," a red steel lattice that looks like it landed from somewhere with better architecture. The food inside is just as committed to the bit: courses that are visually theatrical and technically serious, edible flowers floating in tomato water, flavors that feel like they were calibrated rather than cooked. Dress accordingly; this is not a casual Tuesday.

1. Michelin Guide 2 Stars
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The patio at this Culver City contemporary French restaurant seats as many as the dining room, which tells you something about how the place pictures itself. Dinner is when the kitchen finds its stride, moving through chicken liver mousse in a delicate tart, clean fish preparations, and proper desserts. The wine list leans hard into by-the-glass options, which the room seems to appreciate.

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2. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

Jordan Kahn's daytime cafe in the architecturally eccentric Hayden Tract looks like a place that takes itself very seriously, and then the food shows up and you realize it has earned the silence. The interior is stripped to near nothing, which focuses you entirely on plates that are genuinely intricate without announcing it. A morning or lunch stop, but not a casual one.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant
2. Los Angeles Times #14 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles

The chef at this tiny omakase counter in Culver City handles everything, drinks included, which is either a red flag or a flex depending on your prior omakase experience. It's the latter. A handful of seats, two seatings a night, and a nigiri-forward menu where most pieces arrive simply dressed with nikiri and wasabi. Snag a reservation before someone else does, because they go fast.

1. Michelin Guide Selected Restaurant

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