For more than 15 years, the Eater LA heatmap has served as a resource for answering the age-old question, “Where should I eat tonight?” Despite the fact that the scene has faced significant problems in the last almost two years, the city’s spirit of breaking ground and trying new cuisines continues to grow with each month’s new openings.
The establishments on this list are usually less than six months old, so it gives you an idea of what’s new. Check out our list of the greatest restaurants for eateries that have established themselves as one of the city’s must-visit destinations.
Ka’Teen
At the largely outside Tulum-inspired Hollywood restaurant on the ground level of the new Tommie hotel, Chef Wes Avila is drawing large audiences. The tastes aren’t as bold as at his Chinatown eatery Angry Egret Dinette, but the broader appeal means dishes like cochinita pibil, guacamole, and ceviche are more predictable and palatable.
It’s also a whole eating experience thanks to the beautiful ambiance, booming sounds, and excellent service. One of the hit list restaurants in the arts district in West Hollywood.
It offers awesome pasta dishes and an extraordinary cocktail program. It also features a Mexico city tradition of breakfast burritos and also other popular dishes on the dessert menu. Definitely, a worthy restaurant to check out.
Grandmaster Recorders
Botanical Hospitality, the company behind E.P. and L.P., has finally launched Grandmaster Recorders, a gigantic Hollywood restaurant. Begin with a selection of raw seafood, such as sea urchin with orange and chives or Baja tuna tiradito with pickled persimmon.
Pasta, robust mains like bone-in porterhouse or Maine lobster stew, and music industry-inspired desserts from pastry chef Jaci Koludrovic are also on the menu. This three-story, 15,000-square-foot lounge, bar, rooftop area, and full-service restaurant is a maximum space dialed up to 11 for Hollywood’s new eating period.
We recommend chic cocktails which are made of quality ingredients. We also recommend the newest option of the culinary director there which are steak options from all around the world.
Cento Pasta Bar
For years, Chef Avner Lavi created some of the city’s most adventurous pastas at Mignon in Downtown LA before settling down in West Adams. Pasta connoisseurs flock here for beet spaghetti, saffron-tinted uni and burrata-topped pasta, and squid ink mafaldine.
Following the pasta stages, bigger meals such of beef osso buco, grilled orata, and cedar-smoked salmon are available to share.
Caribbean Gourmet
Yonette Alleyne, the owner, comes from a long line of home chefs and bakers and has been actively preparing Guyanese and Caribbean classics since she was 11 years old when she requested her mother for a cookbook. Since 2015, she’s been selling her wares at local farmers’ markets, and now you can try Oxtail Stew, Jerk Chicken, and Vegan Curry and Roti at the newly built Blossom Market Hall, which is housed in the old San Gabriel Masonic Lodge.
Burnt Belly, a Southern barbecue joint, and Rori’s Artisanal Creamery, which serves small-batch ice cream in vegan and non-dairy varieties, are two noteworthy ideas in the food hall.
Mother Wolf
Evan Funke has been secretly preparing Roman dishes at his Venice restaurant Felix in order to create a menu that is entirely centered on the Italian capital. Mother Wolf is now open, and the waiting list for a place inside the opulent, royal dining room is long.
The early word on the meal is nearly all excellent, with Instagram images including ricotta-filled squash blossoms, rigatoni all’amatriciana, and thin-crusted mortadella pizza.
They also feature a lot of dishes from the local LA night market. This one is the for the South American night owls, as it is most vibrant at night.
Kinn
Chef Ki Kim joins the team behind Hanchic in this minimalist Koreatown venue with a long history of serving innovative Korean dishes in New York City. To get things off, Kim is offering a five-course meal for $60 (before tax, tip, or beverages) that pairs well with the great range of easy-drinking wines.
The octopus, Norwegian mackerel, and beef tartare will make you think of Trois Mec or Orsa and Winston in their early days, but through a Korean American viewpoint.
You can enjoy the best sushi or fried chicken sandwiches, just make sure you get a place in the reservations book on time. Also check out the Koreatown Instagram for inspiration for insta pictures of timeless food.
Todo Bien
This pop-up turned restaurant, with a moniker that translates to “All good” in Spanish, joins the city’s expanding birria scene at the bustling junction of La Brea and Sunset, replete with old-school arcade games to persuade you to stay a long.
While working under the leadership of Raymundo, Jon & Vinny’s sous chef, Alex Arutyunyan fell in love with birria. Following the adoption of Raymundo’s family recipe, which puts a Pueblo twist on the Jalisco dish, Arutyunyan started serving it at festivals and later pop-ups to rave reviews, leading to the chance to launch his first brick-and-mortar in Hollywood’s heartland.
The heritage-driven street food menu is basic and uncomplicated, with juicy, well-stewed beef birria or chicken in tacos, tostadas, burritos, quesadillas, and quesa tacos, or a 16-ounce cup of consomme with beef. If you’re in the mood for seafood, get the Ceviche Tostada, and don’t forget to order the Esquites, which are street-style corn with cotija cheese, lime, garlic, chile, and cilantro.
Tuesdays are Taco Tuesdays, which feature $2 tacos all day. The bar food and shareable plates and the Italian approach to the pasta aficionados and pizzeria make the Todo Bien an awesome restaurant.
Tommy’s Beverly Hills
The upstairs at Tommy’s, the takeover operation situated in the former Bouchon in Beverly Hills, is now open. Chef Vartan Abgaryan is in charge of the restaurant, which serves white tablecloth meals to the upper crust, while the café and bar below provide bright daytime versions of LA favorites.
According to latest data the Tommy’s in the top 5 most visited locations in Beverly Hills. Enjoy a sea bream or Japanese whiskey. Also another great option is pasta with green garlic as one of the vegan options.
Pizzeria Sei
Before launching this elegant, minimalist pizzeria in Pico-Robertson with his wife and partner Jennifer So, William Joo received training at Providence, Pizzana, and Ronan.
It’s now one of the city’s few Tokyo-style Neapolitan pizza joints, serving blistering wood-fired pizzas and a variety of Italian appetizers.
UNCOOL Bar
Half corner bar, part burger destination, and all hip, West Hollywood’s newest alternative is part corner bar, part burger destination, and all cool (despite the name).
Stop by now that the early-bird crowds have thinned for retro-chic drinks, bar food, and vegan choices in a tiny bar area adjacent to Whole Foods on Santa Monica Boulevard, complete with a terrace.
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