At N/Naka, kaiseki chef Niki Nakayama's 13-course prix fixe menu ($185 per person) features a stunning procession of seasonal creations almost too beautiful to wreck with silverware.
N/Naka —
At N/Naka, kaiseki chef Niki Nakayama's 13-course prix fixe menu ($185 per person) features a stunning procession of seasonal creations almost too beautiful to wreck with silverware.
Zen Sekizawa
Dishes, paired with wine or sake, might include a traditional unagi (eel) with daikon and foie gras or (a house favorite) spaghettini with abalone, truffles and ponzu.
N/Naka —
Dishes, paired with wine or sake, might include a traditional unagi (eel) with daikon and foie gras or (a house favorite) spaghettini with abalone, truffles and ponzu.
Zen Sekizawa
Ink., helmed by "Top Chef" champion Michael Voltaggio, serves modern Californian cuisine. The six-seat counter offers the best views of the open-kitchen crew at work.
Ink. —
Ink., helmed by "Top Chef" champion Michael Voltaggio, serves modern Californian cuisine. The six-seat counter offers the best views of the open-kitchen crew at work.
Ed Anderson
At Tempura Endo, guests experience haute Kyoto-style tempura cooking close-up by taking a seat at the omakase bar. Three tasting menus are on offer.
Tempura Endo —
At Tempura Endo, guests experience haute Kyoto-style tempura cooking close-up by taking a seat at the omakase bar. Three tasting menus are on offer.
Kani Hahn
Tempura Endo is tucked in a quiet space on the edge of downtown Beverly Hills and is the first US outpost of Kyoto-based tempura restaurateur Koichi Endo.
Tempura Endo —
Tempura Endo is tucked in a quiet space on the edge of downtown Beverly Hills and is the first US outpost of Kyoto-based tempura restaurateur Koichi Endo.
Kani Hahn
The 10-seat counter restaurant Le Comptoir is located in Koreatown's Hotel Normandie. The menu features French California cooking with a focus on seasonal vegetables sourced from the chef's own organic urban garden.
Le Comptoir —
The 10-seat counter restaurant Le Comptoir is located in Koreatown's Hotel Normandie. The menu features French California cooking with a focus on seasonal vegetables sourced from the chef's own organic urban garden.
courtesy Le Comptoir
Bestia serves Cal-Italian comfort food and is housed inside a repurposed warehouse on the outskirts of L.A.'s Downtown Arts District. There are counter seats available by the pizza oven.
Bestia —
Bestia serves Cal-Italian comfort food and is housed inside a repurposed warehouse on the outskirts of L.A.'s Downtown Arts District. There are counter seats available by the pizza oven.
Sierra Prescott
Bestia is busy, boisterous and bustling with chefs turning out burrata pizzas, housemade pastas and addictive ricotta dumplings with pork sausage and black truffle.
Bestia —
Bestia is busy, boisterous and bustling with chefs turning out burrata pizzas, housemade pastas and addictive ricotta dumplings with pork sausage and black truffle.
Sierra Prescott
Hidden in an unassuming location, Ludovic Lefebvre's Trois Mec -- tapped repeatedly in its three years as one of L.A.'s best restaurants -- is easy to drive right past.
Trois Mec —
Hidden in an unassuming location, Ludovic Lefebvre's Trois Mec -- tapped repeatedly in its three years as one of L.A.'s best restaurants -- is easy to drive right past.
Wonho Frank Lee
Revolving five-course tasting menus are unpretentiously served in an open-kitchen setting, if you're lucky enough to snag an online prepaid dining ticket.
Trois Mec —
Revolving five-course tasting menus are unpretentiously served in an open-kitchen setting, if you're lucky enough to snag an online prepaid dining ticket.
Krissy Lefebvre
At Curtis Stone's Maude, prix fixe menus inspired by a single seasonal ingredient revolve monthly, featuring a lineup of nine thematic dishes you'll never have anywhere else.
Maude —
At Curtis Stone's Maude, prix fixe menus inspired by a single seasonal ingredient revolve monthly, featuring a lineup of nine thematic dishes you'll never have anywhere else.
Clay Larsen