Clementin (¢)
At lunchtime, there may be no happier place in ...
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Alcazar ($)
A fragrant slice of coastal Lebanon, Alcazar is...
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Bluebird Cafe ($$)
Let Beacon and Ford’s hog the credit: A few blo...
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Beacon: An Asian Cafe ($$$)
Beacon marks the triumphant return to form of K...
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Wat Thai ($$)
At the northern end of drab, endless Coldwater ...
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Alegria ($)
Alegria is the kind of Mexican bohemian hangout...
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Al-Watan ($$)
A bare, smoky dining room adjacent to a Muslim ...
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Angeli Caffe ($$)
Before Angeli, Angelenos had no idea how much t...
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Antequera de Oaxaca ($)
The place specializes in botanas — bar munchies...
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A.O.C. ($$)
If Suzanne Goin’s wine bar weren’t quite so pop...
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Asanebo ($$)
For a while, Asanebo was famous as the No-Sushi...
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Attari ($)
If you grew up in pre-revolution Tehran, this l...
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Babita ($)
Babita may be the platonic ideal of a Southern ...
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Beechwood ($$)
Only in the 21st century could you find a resta...
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Bistro K ($$$)
To put it plainly, Bistro K is a restaurant out...
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Border Grill ($$)
Mary Sue Milliken and Susan Feniger don’t redef...
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Bridge Restaurant & Lounge ($$$)
Bridge is the newest restaurant from the group ...
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Caioti Pizza Cafe´ ($)
When the secret history of California pizza is ...
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Campanile ($$$)
If it’s been a while since you visited Campanil...
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Casa Bianca ($)
Of all the neighborhood pizza parlors in Los An...
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Chameau ($$$)
Chameau may describe itself as French-Moroccan,...
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Chiche´n Itza´ ($$)
The community-run market La Paloma is everythin...
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Chosun Galbi ($$)
For decades, Woo Lae Oak on Western was the fav...
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Citizen Smith ($)
Your opinion of Citizen Smith probably has a lo...
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Cobras & Matadors ($)
Steven Arroyo is the Bill Graham of tapas in L...
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Cora’s Coffee Shoppe ($)
An artfully rusted pergola, a patio shaded with...
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Daikokuya ($)
Sooner or later, all ramen lovers end up at Dai...
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Europane (¢)
A good croissant is a joy forever, crisp, airy ...
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Fogo de Chao ($$$)
Churrascarias, southern Brazilian steak houses,...
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Ford’s Filling Station ($)
Ford’s, whose chef-owner is Benjamin Ford, form...
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Golden Triangle ($)
Possibly the most compelling culinary reason to...
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Grace ($$)
If Los Angeles restaurants are like rock bands,...
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The Griddle ($)
The Griddle is an instant Hollywood institution...
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Guelaguetza ($)
Are you in the mood for fried grasshoppers with...
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Haru Ulala ($$)
Los Angeles is in the middle of an izakaya rena...
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Hatfield’s ($$)
In restaurants as in actresses, forced quirkine...
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Jar ($$)
Any place in town can serve you a grilled T-bon...
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JiRaffe ($$)
JiRaffe is a pleasant space in a bright corner ...
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Josie ($$)
Josie LeBalch, who spent her 20s as the chef of...
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Kagaya ($)
Shabu shabu is pretty basic: a slice of prime m...
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Kiriko ($$)
Kiriko may be the great undiscovered sushi bar ...
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Koi ($$)
Koi’s warren of intimate patios and forested co...
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Krua Thai ($)
Like any respectable Thai joint in this part of...
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Krua Thai ($)
Like any respectable Thai joint in this part of...
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Langer’s (¢)
A short subway ride away from practically anywh...
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La Terza ($$)
There is an entire school of cooking sometimes ...
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Lawry’s the Prime Rib ($$)
When Italian gourmets hit Los Angeles, do they ...
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Lodge ($$)
A waitress will try to sell you a third or four...
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Lucques ($$)
The California-Mediterranean cooking of Suzanne...
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Mama’s Hot Tamales Cafe´ ($)
On weekends, a line of wooden tamale carts runs...
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Mama Voula’s ($)
Mama Voula, who commands her namesake kitchen a...
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Marouch ($)
If you wanted to imagine you were in Beirut, yo...
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Matsuhisa ($$$)
Nobu Matsuhisa, the baron of a sushi empire tha...
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Max ($$)
Fusion chefs, even the best of them, tend to fa...
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Meals by Genet ($$)
At the heart of Fairfax Avenue’s Little Ethiopi...
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M Cafe´ de Chaya ($)
We hope you will humor us when we admit that we...
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Metro Cafe´ ($$)
At first glance, Metro Café might be one of the...
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Lou ($$)
If pigs had their way, pig candy would be made ...
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Los Balcones del Peru ($$)
A scant block below the glowing Sunset + Vine c...
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Michael’s ($$$)
Back in its Nouvelle Cuisine days, Michael’s ma...
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Mimosa ($$)
In an era when two splashy new restaurants out ...
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Mission 261 ($)
Mission 261 may be the most ambitious Chinese r...
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New Concept ($$$)
From the week it opened, New Concept was celebr...
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Norman’s ($$)
Norman Van Aken’s style of cooking, sometimes c...
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O-Dae San ($$)
This is the grandest fish restaurant in Koreat...
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101 Noodle Express ($)
You could drive by this mini-mall café place a ...
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Orris ($$)
Is Orris in any sense a sushi bar? No. It is a ...
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Ortolan ($$$)
While L’Orangerie is straggling, Bastide is clo...
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Phillips’ Barbecue ($)
Crusted with black and deeply smoky, the sparer...
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Pie ’n Burger ($)
Even in Los Angeles . . . where it is possible ...
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Pink’s (¢)
Consider the Pink’s dog, uncouth and garlicky, ...
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Musso & Frank Grill ($$)
Before Musso & Frank Grill became a martini-fue...
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Providence ($$$)
Ever since Michael Cimarusti left the stoves at...
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Red Corner Asia ($$$)
The signature attraction at Red Corner Asia is ...
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Sapp Coffee Shop ($)
Sapp may be the best lunchroom in Hollywood, a ...
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Spago ($$$)
Wolfgang Puck long ago re-defined Americans’ id...
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Susina Bakery and Cafe´ (¢)
Crackling croissants, ultrarich café au lait an...
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Table 8 ($$$)
At this painfully hip, house-music-blasting res...
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Tacos Baja Ensenada (¢)
In most of Mexico, the words estilo Ensenada si...
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Tiara ($$)
Its giant range hood tricked out to resemble th...
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Torafuku ($$)
Devoted to the Japanese cult of perfect rice, T...
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Trattoria Tre Venezie ($$)
Tre Venezie, a tiny Italian restaurant in Pasad...
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Urasawa ($$$)
This tiny, luxurious sushi bar is famously the ...
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Vincenti ($$)
The mastery of the wood-burning oven at Vincent...
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Wilshire ($$$$)
Wilshire is an odd place, a handsome patio rest...
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Woodlands ($$$)
In the afternoons, Woodlands is strictly a buff...
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Woodlands ($$$)
In the afternoons, Woodlands is strictly a buff...
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Geisha House ($$)
Geisha House is a monument of conspicuous consu...
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Pollo a la Brasa (¢)
If you are anywhere near Koreatown when the nee...
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Angelini Osteria ($$)
A loud Italian trattoria with reasonable versio...
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Cut ($$$)
Have you ever tasted Kobe beef — not the admitt...
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Magnolia ($$)
Magnolia is the very model of a useful restaura...
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Hungry Cat ($$)
The best hamburger in Los Angeles? It may be th...
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Ciudad ($)
Cuchifritos at happy hour. Fatally strong mojit...
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Father's Office
Father's Office (310) 393-2337
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The Grill on the Alley ($$)
Yes, the steaks are good; yes, the martinis are...
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Literati II ($$)
This is the other kind of California restaurant...
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Philippe the Original
Philippe the Original (213) 628-3781
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Vietnam House ($$)
Golden Deli, you may not need to be told, has t...
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