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Where to eat in Los Angeles

75 hand-picked places in Los Angeles, chosen for people who are in town for something and have one night to get dinner right.

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Top Tables in Los Angeles

Giorgio Baldi Italian restaurant · $$$$ · Santa Monica
Rihanna's second home. Paparazzi outside, perfect langoustine pasta inside.
114 W Channel Rd, Santa Monica, CA 90402
n/naka Kaiseki restaurant · $$$$ · Palms
Niki Nakayama's modern kaiseki. Books out in minutes; a concierge job, not a phone job.
3455 Overland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90034
Providence Seafood restaurant · $$$$ · Hollywood
Two Michelin stars of seafood serenity on Melrose. The special-occasion default for two decades.
5955 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Funke Italian restaurant · $$$$ · Beverly Hills
Evan Funke's pasta temple with a rooftop. The current see-and-be-seen splurge.
9388 S Santa Monica Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Chaaste Family Market Restaurant
Restaurant in Los Angeles, CA.
296 N Allen Ave #3, Pasadena, CA 91106
Manila Inasal Asian (other)
Asian (other) in Los Angeles, CA.
240 N Virgil Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004

Pizza in Los Angeles

Pizzeria Mozza Pizza restaurant · $$ · Melrose
Nancy Silverton's chewy-crusted institution. The butterscotch budino closes the show.
641 Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Quarter Sheets Pizza restaurant · $$ · Echo Park
The eastside's cult Detroit-style squares. Get the princess cake if it hasn't sold out.
1305 Portia St, Los Angeles, CA 90026
Prime Pizza Pizza restaurant · $ · Fairfax
The late-night slice that saves comics stumbling out of the Improv lot.
446 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Joe's Pizza $ · Santa Monica
Dave Portnoy rated it 8.3. The Greenwich Village original's California outpost, the same crisp foldable plain slice.
Apollonia's Pizzeria Pizza restaurant · $$ · Miracle Mile
Dave Portnoy rated it 8.2. New Haven style apizza in Los Angeles, heavy char on a thin base and a real clam pie.
5176 Wilshire Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90036
Vito's Pizza $$ · Santa Monica
Dave Portnoy rated it 8.2. Long-running Santa Monica room with a thin, crisp crust and a proper New York attitude.

Trendy in Los Angeles

Bad Roman Restaurant · $$$$ · Beverly Hills
NYC's maximalist Italian just landed in the old Palm space. Garlic babka and caviar towers pull the Beverly Hills scene nightly.
267 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
San Damián Seafood restaurant · $$$ · Venice
Enrique Olvera's new Abbot Kinney mariscos room. Dungeness crab tostadas for the Venice crowd.
1025 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA 90291
Sushi Nakazawa Restaurant · $$$$ · Beverly Grove
The Michelin-starred NYC omakase temple's long-awaited LA outpost. Books out fast.
145 S Robertson Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Lielle Restaurant · $$$$ · Pico-Robertson
A 42-seat Californian tasting room where the 36-hour bread course is the signature.
9575 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90035
Pizzeria Sei $$ · Palms
One of America's best pizzerias, graduated from a tiny storefront to a real dining room.
The Tower Bar Bar · $$$$ · Sunset Tower
Old-Hollywood service, industry booths, the maitre d' knows everyone's real agent. THE power dinner.
8358 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Members Clubs in Los Angeles

San Vicente Bungalows Club · West Hollywood
The industry's real clubhouse. Sticker on the phone, deals in the garden. Adam has probably been; now his food guy has too.
845 N San Vicente Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Bird Streets Club Club · Doheny
The quieter power alternative above Sunset. Heavier on moguls, lighter on scene.
9145 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Soho Warehouse Social club · DTLA
The downtown House: rooftop pool, recording studio, arts-district energy.
1000 S Santa Fe Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021
The Magic Castle Hollywood
The magicians' private mansion. A comedian's dream field trip: close-up rooms, a ghost pianist, jackets required. Access via any magician member or a Magic Castle Hotel booking.

Sushi in Los Angeles

Sushi Park Sushi restaurant · $$$$ · WeHo strip mall
Second-floor strip mall, no California rolls, every celebrity in the city upstairs eating in silence.
8539 Sunset Blvd #20, West Hollywood, CA 90069
Nozawa Bar Sushi restaurant · $$$$ · Beverly Hills
Ten seats behind Sugarfish's original master's lineage. Trust-me omakase at its purest.
212 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
Sugarfish $$ · Everywhere
The reliable no-thinking option when it's a Tuesday and you just want it done right.
Uchi West Hollywood Sushi restaurant · $$$$ · West Hollywood
Texas sushi transplanted to Santa Monica Blvd, with valet out front and a $35 corkage if you bring wine.
9001 Santa Monica Blvd Ste 101, West Hollywood, CA 90069