The Best Restaurants in Temple City, by the Record
The best restaurants in Temple City, by the professional record: Eater, Los Angeles Times, and Michelin Guide have all weighed in, and their honors are what rank this list. Bistro Na's comes out on top.
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Rank 1. Bistro Na's
Manchu Chinese
The strip-mall facade on Las Tunas gives nothing away, but inside, the room goes full imperial, red and gold and blue, with the kind of scale that makes you feel a dinner party is the minimum viable unit. This is fine dining rooted in royal Manchu cuisine from the Qing court, so luxury ingredients arrive without apology. Come with a crowd and order widely; the menu rewards the ambitious table. A Michelin Guide selected restaurant.
- Eater The 38 Essential Restaurants in Los Angeles
- Los Angeles Times #88 · The 101 best restaurants in Los Angeles
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Rank 1. Dai Ho
Taiwanese Chinese
Doors open at 11:30 and close a few hours later, which tells you everything: this small Taiwanese restaurant in Temple City operates on its own terms, and the lines that form before opening tell you the neighborhood is fine with that. The menu hangs above the cash register, so you read it standing up. Tea arrives in a Styrofoam cup without asking. Expect to be out in twenty minutes, holding a Michelin Bib Gourmand memory.