Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Wilshire steakhouse — the LA fine-dining steakhouse that reset the category in 2006 and hasn't let up since. Japanese A5 wagyu flights, bone-marrow flan amuse-bouches, and one ...
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Matsuhisa Beverly Hills
Japanese / Peruvian · Beverly Hills
Chef Nobu Matsuhisa's 1987 original — the restaurant that invented the Japanese-Peruvian fusion that became the Nobu global empire. Black cod miso was introduced at this counter; so was the new-style ...
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Mírate
Mexican / Cocktail Bar · Los Feliz · North America's 50 Best Bars 2025 (#28)
Sibling to Michelin-recognized Mírame in Beverly Hills, Mírate is Chef Joshua Gil's Alta California take on regional Mexican cuisine spread across a multi-level Los Feliz space designed by Alexa Nafis...
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Mastro's Steakhouse
Steakhouse · Downtown LA · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A Beverly Hills steakhouse where $200 tomahawks arrive on 400-degree plates that keep cooking until you tell them to stop. The piano player never stops, the martinis are cold as a Hollywood divorce, a...
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Funke
Italian / Pasta · Beverly Hills
Evan Funke's multi-level Beverly Hills headquarters for handmade pasta — the fresh-pasta temple he's spent a career building, now with a rooftop bar and prices to match the zip code. Rigatoni vodka, c...
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Mother Wolf
Roman Italian · Hollywood
Evan Funke's Hollywood Roman-pasta temple and one of the hardest reservations to land in LA. The room is cinematic — velvet booths, Roman statuary, a pasta station in the dining room — and the four bi...
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Hippo
Californian · Highland Park
Highland Park's fine-ish dining gem from chef Matthew Kang. Seasonal Californian tasting menus with Korean influences in a former auto-body shop.
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Majordomo
Asian-American · Chinatown
David Chang's LA outpost blending Korean, Chinese, and American flavors in a converted warehouse. The short rib ssam is reason enough to visit.
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Horses
Californian · Hollywood
Chef Lexie Park's Hollywood dining room serving ambitious, produce-driven California cooking. An instant hit since opening, with a coveted patio.
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A.O.C.
Californian / Wine Bar · Beverly Grove · LA Times 101 | James Beard Award
Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne's long-running wine bar and seasonal California kitchen — a West 3rd Street institution.