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Los Angeles
Cinefamily is one of Los Angeles.

1. Cinefamily

611 N Fairfax Ave (at Melrose Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Indie Movie Theater · Mid-City West · 45 tips and reviews
Tom's Super Burger is one of Los Angeles.

2. Tom's Super Burger

1710 S Robertson Blvd (Airdrome), Los Angeles, CA
American Restaurant · South Robertson · 2 tips and reviews
Spago Beverly Hills is one of Los Angeles.

3. Spago Beverly Hills

8.8
176 N Canon Dr (at Wilshire Blvd.), Beverly Hills, CA
New American Restaurant · 123 tips and reviews
Hannosuke is one of Los Angeles.

4. Hannosuke

8.7
3760 S Centinela Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Japanese Restaurant · Mar Vista · 23 tips and reviews
Bestia is one of Los Angeles.

5. Bestia

9.3
2121 E 7th Pl (at Santa Fe Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · Downtown Los Angeles · 249 tips and reviews
BierBeisl is one of Los Angeles.

6. BierBeisl

9669 Santa Monica Blvd (btwn Bedford & Camden Dr), Beverly Hills, CA
German Restaurant · 15 tips and reviews
Patina Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

7. Patina Restaurant

141 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA
French Restaurant · Bunker Hill · 24 tips and reviews
The Apple Pan is one of Los Angeles.

8. The Apple Pan

8.8
10801 W Pico Blvd (at Glendon Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Burger Joint · Westside · 334 tips and reviews
Mo-chica is one of Los Angeles.

9. Mo-chica

514 W 7th St (at Grand Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Peruvian Restaurant · Financial District · 84 tips and reviews
Dae Bok Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

10. Dae Bok Restaurant

6.3
2010 James M Wood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Korean Restaurant · Westlake South · 4 tips and reviews
Chichen Itza Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

11. Chichen Itza Restaurant

8.6
3655 S Grand Ave #C6 (inside Mercado La Paloma), Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Restaurant · South LA · 59 tips and reviews
Spice Table is one of Los Angeles.

12. Spice Table

114 S Central Ave (at E 1st St), Los Angeles, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · Little Tokyo · 59 tips and reviews

13. Shunji Japanese Cuisine

8.3
3003 Ocean Park Blvd (at Bundy Dr), Santa Monica, CA
Japanese Restaurant · 28 tips and reviews
Guelaguetza Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

14. Guelaguetza Restaurant

8.8
3014 W Olympic Blvd (at Normandie Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Wilshire Center - Koreatown · 94 tips and reviews
A.O.C. is one of Los Angeles.

15. A.O.C.

8.9
8700 W 3rd St (at S Hamel Rd), Los Angeles, CA
Wine Bar · Mid-City West · 123 tips and reviews
Mariscos Jalisco is one of Los Angeles.

16. Mariscos Jalisco

9.0
3040 E Olympic Blvd (at Dacotah St), Los Angeles, CA
Food Truck · 46 tips and reviews
Hinoki & The Bird is one of Los Angeles.

17. Hinoki & The Bird

8.9
10 W Century Dr, Los Angeles, CA
Japanese Restaurant · Century City · 89 tips and reviews
Sqirl Kitchen is one of Los Angeles.

18. Sqirl Kitchen

8.9
720 N Virgil Ave (at Marathon St), Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · East Hollywood · 203 tips and reviews
ink. is one of Los Angeles.

19. ink.

8360 Melrose Ave (at Kings Rd), Los Angeles, CA
American Restaurant · Mid-City West · 186 tips and reviews
Meals By Genet is one of Los Angeles.

20. Meals By Genet

9.2
1053 S Fairfax Ave (btwn W Olympic & Witworth Dr), Los Angeles, CA
Ethiopian Restaurant · PICO · 37 tips and reviews
Pizzeria Mozza is one of Los Angeles.

21. Pizzeria Mozza

9.1
641 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Pizzeria · Hancock Park · 292 tips and reviews
Vincenti Ristorante is one of Los Angeles.

22. Vincenti Ristorante

8.0
11930 San Vicente Blvd (at Montana Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · Brentwood · 18 tips and reviews
Church & State is one of Los Angeles.

23. Church & State

1850 Industrial St Apt 100 (at Mateo St), Los Angeles, CA
French Restaurant · Arts District · 92 tips and reviews
Drago Centro is one of Los Angeles.

24. Drago Centro

8.7
525 S Flower St (at 4th St), Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · Financial District · 87 tips and reviews
Sotto is one of Los Angeles.

25. Sotto

9575 W Pico Blvd (at Edris Dr), Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · South Robertson · 82 tips and reviews

26. Kiriko Sushi

11301 W Olympic Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Sushi Restaurant · West Los Angeles · 27 tips and reviews
El Parian is one of Los Angeles.

27. El Parian

7.9
1528 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Latin American Restaurant · Pico Union · 15 tips and reviews
Ciros is one of Los Angeles.

28. Ciros

705 N Evergreen Ave (Malabar St), Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Boyle Heights · 15 tips and reviews

29. Cacao Mexicatessen

8.5
1576 Colorado Blvd (at Townsend Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Eagle Rock · 87 tips and reviews
Little Dom's is one of Los Angeles.

30. Little Dom's

8.8
2128 Hillhurst Ave (at Avocado St), Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · Los Feliz · 176 tips and reviews
The Bazaar by José Andrés is one of Los Angeles.

31. The Bazaar by José Andrés

465 S LA Cienega Blvd (at San Vicente Blvd), Los Angeles, CA
Tapas Restaurant · Mid-City West · 255 tips and reviews
Bäco Mercat is one of Los Angeles.

32. Bäco Mercat

408 S Main St (at 4th St), Los Angeles, CA
Gastropub · Downtown Los Angeles · 146 tips and reviews
Lucques is one of Los Angeles.

33. Lucques

8474 Melrose Ave (at Clinton St), Los Angeles, CA
Mediterranean Restaurant · 66 tips and reviews
Rivera Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

34. Rivera Restaurant

1050 S Flower St (at W 11th St), Los Angeles, CA
Latin American Restaurant · South Park · 65 tips and reviews
Plan Check Kitchen + Bar is one of Los Angeles.

35. Plan Check Kitchen + Bar

8.4
1800 Sawtelle Blvd (at Nebraska Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Gastropub · West Los Angeles · 168 tips and reviews
Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

36. Langer's Delicatessen-Restaurant

9.1
704 S Alvarado St (at 7th St), Los Angeles, CA
Deli · Westlake South · 176 tips and reviews
Cooks County is one of Los Angeles.

37. Cooks County

8009 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Southern Food Restaurant · Mid-City West · 41 tips and reviews
Guisados is one of Los Angeles.

38. Guisados

9.0
2100 E Cesar E Chavez Ave (at N St Louis St), Los Angeles, CA
Taco Restaurant · Boyle Heights · 107 tips and reviews
Tsujita LA Artisan Noodle is one of Los Angeles.

39. Tsujita LA Artisan Noodle

8.8
2057 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Ramen Restaurant · West Los Angeles · 208 tips and reviews
Post & Beam is one of Los Angeles.

40. Post & Beam

8.5
3767 Santa Rosalia Dr (Marlton Ave), Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · Crenshaw · 42 tips and reviews
The Sycamore Kitchen is one of Los Angeles.

41. The Sycamore Kitchen

9.0
143 S LA Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Restaurant · Mid-City West · 112 tips and reviews
Hatfield's is one of Los Angeles.

42. Hatfield's

8.4
6703 Melrose Ave (at Citrus), Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · 35 tips and reviews
Gjelina is one of Los Angeles.

43. Gjelina

9.2
1429 Abbot Kinney Blvd (at Millwood Ave), Venice, CA
New American Restaurant · 618 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Gjelina is cheerful, boozy & known for both its good-looking customers & Travis Lett's decent organic-fetish Italian food. The scene may be as crunchy as the pizza crust, but relax: It's Abbot Kinney. Read more.

Ración is one of Los Angeles.

44. Ración

119 W Green St (at Delacey Ave), Pasadena, CA
Spanish Restaurant · Old Pasadena · 28 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: A nice place to drop in for Basque-inspired tapas: crisp, gooey chicken croquettes; lamb meatballs glazed with caramelized tomato sauce; tiny squid stuffed with duck sausage; or Spanish cured meats. Read more.

Mayura Indian Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

45. Mayura Indian Restaurant

8.2
10406 Venice Blvd (Motor), Culver City, CA
Indian Restaurant · 48 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Specializes in cooking Kerala: saucer-shaped rice-flour saucers called appam; an obscurely flavored fish curry with undernotes of tamarind and garlic; the peppery, buttery cashew-rice dish ven pongal. Read more.

Rocio's Mole De Los Dioses is one of Los Angeles.

46. Rocio's Mole De Los Dioses

8255 Sunland Blvd, Sun Valley, CA
Mexican Restaurant · 14 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Get the mole sampler and spend the evening comparing Oaxacan black mole with mellower mole Poblano; with the spicy, smoky mancha manteles; or with the signature mole de los dioses. Read more.

Nickel Diner is one of Los Angeles.

47. Nickel Diner

524 S Main St (btwn 5th & 6th St), Los Angeles, CA
Diner · Central City East · 180 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Nickel Diner bakes its own bread, prepares elaborate cakes and maple-bacon doughnuts and makes delicious fried catfish with corn cakes. Don’t miss the Lowrider Burger. Read more.

Musso & Frank Grill is one of Los Angeles.

48. Musso & Frank Grill

9.0
6667 Hollywood Blvd (at N Cherokee Ave), California
American Restaurant · Hollywood · 131 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Musso's, if you look at it a certain way, is a living museum of 1920s American cuisine: avocado cocktails, crab Louie, jellied consommé, grilled lamb kidneys and Wednesday sauerbraten. Read more.

Fab Hot Dogs is one of Los Angeles.

49. Fab Hot Dogs

8.6
19417 Victory Blvd (at Tampa Ave), Tarzana, CA
Hot Dog Joint · 79 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Get your Carolina-style slaw dogs, Italian dogs, rippers, cremators, Hatch chile dogs—made with artisanal, natural-skin, small-production franks imported from New Jersey. Read more.

Trois Mec is one of Los Angeles.

50. Trois Mec

716 N Highland Ave,Los Angeles, CA 90038, USA, Los Angeles, CA
American Restaurant · 44 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Ludovic Lefebvre is one of the greatest pure chefs ever to cook in Los Angeles. Trois Mec is the first place that has ever been his own, like a private club that happens to serve delicious cuisine. Read more.

CUT by Wolfgang Puck is one of Los Angeles.

51. CUT by Wolfgang Puck

8.4
9500 Wilshire Blvd ((at the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel)), Beverly Hills, CA
Steakhouse · 84 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: There’s some delicious meat and seafood here: Wagyu sashimi, bone marrow flan, thinly sliced veal tongue in salsa verde, and real Kyushu beef. Read more.

Salt's Cure is one of Los Angeles.

52. Salt's Cure

8.2
1155 N Highland Ave (at Lexington Ave), West Hollywood, CA
American Restaurant · 88 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: You’re here for an astonishing quantity of meat, charcuterie ranging from potted duck with blueberries to the intense house-cured bacon, and a menu of simple, butcher’s food. Read more.

Red Medicine is one of Los Angeles.

53. Red Medicine

8400 Wilshire Blvd (at Gale Dr.), Beverly Hills, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · 90 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Chef Jordan Kahn keeps it weird and proud with nominally Vietnamese-based cuisine, and the results are often as delicious as they are startling. Read more.

Jar is one of Los Angeles.

54. Jar

8.2
8225 Beverly Blvd (at Harper Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Steakhouse · Mid-City West · 50 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Specialties include pot roast, Kansas City steaks and an iceberg wedge salad frosted with blue cheese. Don’t forget to try the chicken with kaffir lime leaf, either. Read more.

Mélisse is one of Los Angeles.

55. Mélisse

1104 Wilshire Blvd (at 11th St), Santa Monica, CA
French Restaurant · 45 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: The luxury ingredients and luxury prices seem not to dissuade diners who are happy to face down $175 asparagus dinners, showers of truffles and caviar, and even the standard $125 prix fixe. Read more.

Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

56. Sea Harbour Seafood Restaurant

7.6
3939 Rosemead Blvd (Valley Blvd), Rosemead, CA
Dim Sum Restaurant · 39 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Delivers in every way a seafood house can deliver, with tanks full of spider crabs, exotic reef fish and Santa Barbara spot prawns, and a kitchen prepared to braise sea cucumber and sun-dried abalone. Read more.

Night + Market is one of Los Angeles.

57. Night + Market

8.9
9043 W Sunset Blvd (at N Doheny Dr), West Hollywood, CA
Asian Restaurant · 73 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Try the Rotgut Mekong whisky, stinky natural Gamays from the Loire, fearsome yet delicious nam prik, or pounded salads from the area around Chiang Mai. Read more.

Hunan Mao Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

58. Hunan Mao Restaurant

7.6
8728 Valley Blvd (Walnut Grove), Rosemead, CA
Chinese Restaurant · 9 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: The house-smoked Hunan ham has the smoky punch of first-rate barbecue, coarsely chopped and sautéed with dried long beans, garlic cloves, chopped chiles. Read more.

The Tasting Kitchen is one of Los Angeles.

59. The Tasting Kitchen

8.4
1633 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA
New American Restaurant · 179 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: The basic impression is of Italian cooking translated into an odd American dialect, in which grilled anchovies are laid so beautifully on the plate that you suspect there's an art director. Read more.

Urasawa is one of Los Angeles.

60. Urasawa

8.2
218 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA
Sushi Restaurant · 21 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: You will eat beef and chawan mushi and other things you may not associate with sushi because this is less a sushi bar than a kind of kaiseki restaurant, exquisitely seasonal, exquisitely Japanese. Read more.

Corazon Y Miel is one of Los Angeles.

61. Corazon Y Miel

6626 Atlantic Ave, Bell, CA
Latin American Restaurant · 31 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Try the chefly interpretation of Mexican bar snacks, including seared slices of carnitas terrine with cubes of Coca-Cola gelee and pigskin two ways. Read more.

Shanghai No. 1 Seafood Village is one of Los Angeles.

62. Shanghai No. 1 Seafood Village

6.9
250 W Valley Blvd (btwn Abbot & Prospect Ave), San Gabriel, CA
Chinese Restaurant · 30 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Go straight for the crabs fried with chile and garlic; the crocks of Old Alley Pork, braised into pig candy; the smoked fish; the stone-pot fried rice; or the pan-fried pork buns. Read more.

Park's BBQ is one of Los Angeles.

63. Park's BBQ

9.2
955 S Vermont Ave (at W Olympic Blvd), Los Angeles, CA
Korean BBQ Restaurant · Wilshire Center - Koreatown · 82 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Park's pretty much has the top end of K-Town barbecue to itself. The quality of the galbi, the pork belly and the spicy galbi soup is superb. Read more.

Bulgarini Gelato is one of Los Angeles.

64. Bulgarini Gelato

8.1
749 E Altadena Dr, Altadena, CA
Gelato Shop · 44 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Some delicious examples: pistachio flavored with nuts hand-carried back from the Sicilian pistachio village Bronte, or rich goat's milk gelato spiked with roasted cacao nibs Read more.

Krua Thai is one of Los Angeles.

65. Krua Thai

7.8
13130 Sherman Way, North Hollywood, CA
Thai Restaurant · 53 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: The ultra-spicy, tamarind-soured, fish-sauce-laced house-special version of pad thai here is about as good as it gets, a powerful dish, truly exotic, sweet and squiggly and delicious. Read more.

Golden Deli Vietnamese Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

66. Golden Deli Vietnamese Restaurant

8.9
815 W Las Tunas Dr (at Mission Dr), San Gabriel, CA
Vietnamese Restaurant · North San Gabriel · 74 tips and reviews
Coni'seafood is one of Los Angeles.

67. Coni'seafood

8.0
3544 W Imperial Hwy (at Yukon Ave), Inglewood, CA
Seafood Restaurant · 30 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Chef Sergio Peñuelas is a master of pescado zarandeado, marinated snook cooked by shaking over charcoal until the flesh caramelizes but does not char. Also recommended: the fiery shrimp aguachile. Read more.

Matsuhisa is one of Los Angeles.

68. Matsuhisa

8.7
129 N La Cienega Blvd, Beverly Hills, CA
Sushi Restaurant · 90 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Nobu Matsuhisa is one of the one or two most important chefs ever to come out of Los Angeles, combining izakaya cooking and Peruvian flavors into a style that inspired chefs all around the world. Read more.

Superba Snack Bar is one of Los Angeles.

69. Superba Snack Bar

533 Rose Ave, Venice, CA
New American Restaurant · 71 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Specialty: pasta, handmade, whole-wheat rigatoni more or less in the style of cacio e pepe, cooked extremely al dente and tossed with cheese and a punishing handful of black pepper. Read more.

N/Naka is one of Los Angeles.

70. N/Naka

9.1
3455 Overland Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Japanese Restaurant · Mar Vista · 37 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: It is occasionally difficult to ascertain whether the most impressive bit of a dish is the chewy slab of Japanese halibut fin or the thimble-sized cucumber garnishing the fish. Read more.

Din Tai Fung Dumpling House is one of Los Angeles.

71. Din Tai Fung Dumpling House

1108 S Baldwin Ave (at Arcadia Ave), Arcadia, CA
Dumpling Restaurant · 233 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Din Tai Fung really does have good soup dumplings, tender and swollen with hot broth, zapped with fresh ginger, perfectly elastic and almost engineered. Read more.

FIG Santa Monica is one of Los Angeles.

72. FIG Santa Monica

8.3
101 Wilshire Blvd (at Fairmont Miramar Hotel), Santa Monica, CA
Mediterranean Restaurant · Wilshire-Montana · 80 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: The menu includes both spinach-leaf lasagna and bacon-wrapped bacon, a salad of beets and oranges and a plate of tongue with tomatillo. Read more.

The Hart + The Hunter is one of Los Angeles.

73. The Hart + The Hunter

7950 Melrose Ave (at N Hayworth Ave), Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · Mid-City West · 82 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: The South filtered through the not-South: fried chicken skin served with hand-made Tabasco, a hot biscuit with a spoonful of pimento cheese or a steaming bowl of black-eyed peas. Read more.

La Casita Mexicana is one of Los Angeles.

74. La Casita Mexicana

8.4
4030 Gage Ave, Bell, CA
Mexican Restaurant · 47 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Have you ever found transcendence in a plate of chilaquiles? This is a good place to try. Read more.

Son of a Gun is one of Los Angeles.

75. Son of a Gun

8.5
8370 W 3rd St (at S Orlando Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Seafood Restaurant · Mid-City West · 162 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: The most popular dish? Definitely the fried chicken sandwich, with coleslaw and what must be the only aioli on the planet spiked with Rooster hot sauce. Read more.

Angelini Osteria is one of Los Angeles.

76. Angelini Osteria

9.2
7313 Beverly Blvd (btwn N Fuller Ave & N Poinsettia Pl), Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · Mid-City West · 92 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Some people arrange their weekly schedules around Angelini's specials: kidney stew on Tuesdays; braised oxtails on Wednesdays, liver alla Veneziana on Thursdays. Read more.

Alma is one of Los Angeles.

77. Alma

952 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · Fashion District · 31 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Try the seaweed-tofu beignets, spare arrangements of foraged greens, scallops with nightshade berries or shriveled, butter-soaked carrots that somehow manage to taste better than meat. Read more.

Rustic Canyon is one of Los Angeles.

78. Rustic Canyon

8.2
1119 Wilshire Blvd (at 11th Ct.), Santa Monica, CA
Wine Bar · Wilshire-Montana · 86 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Under new chef Jeremy Fox, Rustic Canyon has jolted the superb produce into something resembling a cuisine; try the asparagus with fried pheasant egg and ultra-dense bone-marrow gravy. Read more.

Lukshon is one of Los Angeles.

79. Lukshon

3239 Helms Ave (btwn Venice & Washington Blvd), Culver City, CA
Asian Restaurant · 70 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Pan-Asian perfected in a hundred little ways, including the precise acidity of the sticky Chinese pork ribs, the aromatics in the reinvented Singapore Sling and the deconstructed shrimp toast. Read more.

Kobawoo House is one of Los Angeles.

80. Kobawoo House

8.5
698 S Vermont Ave (at W 7th St), Los Angeles, CA
Korean Restaurant · Wilshire Center - Koreatown · 40 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Most famous for its version of bossam: boiled pork belly you wrap up into leaves with raw garlic, sliced chiles and a salty condiment made from tiny fermented fish. Read more.

Newport Tan Cang Seafood Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

81. Newport Tan Cang Seafood Restaurant

8.7
518 W Las Tunas Dr, San Gabriel, CA
Chinese Restaurant · Mission District · 72 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Even strong men are defeated by the parade of sautéed pea shoots with garlic, crunchy salt-and-pepper squid and the gargantuan house-special lobster, fried with chile, black pepper and scallion. Read more.

101 Noodle Express is one of Los Angeles.

82. 101 Noodle Express

7.9
1408 E Valley Blvd. (at New Ave.), Alhambra, CA
Chinese Restaurant · 72 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Go for the beef roll: that brawny, steroidal composition of crisp, flaky Chinese pancakes with cilantro and sweet, house-made bean sauce rolled around fistfuls of long-braised beef. Read more.

Mantee Cafe is one of Los Angeles.

83. Mantee Cafe

8.5
10962 Ventura Blvd (Vineland Ave), Studio City, CA
Mediterranean Restaurant · 25 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Mantee brings a different kind of edge to Lebanese-Armenian cuisine. Try the platter of beef dumplings sizzling in a bath of garlicky yogurt. Read more.

Attari Sandwich Shop is one of Los Angeles.

84. Attari Sandwich Shop

1100 Westwood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Sandwich Spot · Westwood · 33 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Everyone is here for Attari's sandwiches: lengths of toasted French bread dressed with fresh tomatoes, lettuce and a smattering of spiced, super-tart Iranian pickles. Read more.

Valentino Italian Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

85. Valentino Italian Restaurant

3115 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
Italian Restaurant · 22 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Jonathan Gold says: I will never forget my first taste of Quintarelli Amarone here, which is as close as I had gotten to a sweet, musky taste of heaven. Read more.

The Grill on the Alley is one of Los Angeles.

86. The Grill on the Alley

8.0
9560 Dayton Way (at Wilshire Blvd.), Beverly Hills, CA
Steakhouse · 26 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: L.A.’s essential rice pudding: touched with cinnamon, drizzled with heavy cream, coaxing the nutty, rounded essence out of every grain of rice. Read more.

Soban is one of Los Angeles.

87. Soban

8.7
4001 W Olympic Blvd (at S Norton Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Korean Restaurant · 13 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Don’t miss the ganjang gaejang, raw blue crabs marinated in an elixir of what seems to be a distillation of the animal's sweet juices. Read more.

Picca Peruvian Cantina is one of Los Angeles.

88. Picca Peruvian Cantina

9575 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Peruvian Restaurant · South Robertson · 91 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Chef Ricardo Zarate is filtering Peruvian cooking through the aesthetics of the izakaya--meals you've been used to eating in L.A. Peruvian restaurants become plates meant to be shared. Read more.

Manhattan Beach Post is one of Los Angeles.

89. Manhattan Beach Post

9.0
1142 Manhattan Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA
New American Restaurant · Downtown Manhattan Beach · 148 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: You're probably there for a crack at the impossibly rich bacon cheddar biscuits, and we can't say that we blame you. Read more.

Le Comptoir at The Wine Vault is one of Los Angeles.

90. Le Comptoir at The Wine Vault

7.5
929 S Brand Blvd, Glendale, CA
American Restaurant · 3 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: His signature dish is a perfectly fried egg with greens, and fried doughnuts for dessert. Read more.

Tar & Roses is one of Los Angeles.

91. Tar & Roses

8.9
602 Santa Monica Blvd (at 6th St.), Santa Monica, CA
American Restaurant · 82 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Tar & Roses, which also has a terrific, mostly Italian, wine list, may also mark the first time in our nation's history when cauliflower became more delicious than prime steak. Read more.

92. Bottega Louie

9.1
700 S Grand Ave (at 7th St), Los Angeles, CA
Italian Restaurant · Financial District · 782 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: The kitchen gets the food out fast, which is why the restaurant can feed 800 on a weekend night. Who wouldn't gawk at the sight of so many people eating so much food, trying to shout above the fray? Read more.

85C Bakery Cafe is one of Los Angeles.

93. 85C Bakery Cafe

7.9
2700 Alton Pkwy., Ste. 123 (at Jamboree Rd), Irvine, CA
Bakery · 224 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: To get the full effect of 85C's salted latte, it's important to sip directly from the cup, not the straw. They also have have Mochi-filled coffee bread and squid-ink garlic cheese buns . Read more.

Comme Ça is one of Los Angeles.

94. Comme Ça

8479 Melrose Ave (at La Cienega Blvd), West Hollywood, CA
French Restaurant · 61 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Comme Ça is more or less a classic brasserie, with plateaux of chilled seafood, escargots persillade & sautéed skate Grenoblois, except that you can also get a nicely turned Aviation No. 1. Read more.

Basement Tavern is one of Los Angeles.

95. Basement Tavern

8.1
2640 Main St (at Ocean Park Blvd.), Santa Monica, CA
Speakeasy · Ocean Park · 61 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: To find Basement Tavern, you'll have to enter in back, pass by the wafting stench of trash bins, navigate through a loading dock and then descend a flight of stairs, and that's just to get inside. Read more.

Border Grill Santa Monica is one of Los Angeles.

96. Border Grill Santa Monica

1445 4th St (at Broadway), Santa Monica, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Downtown Santa Monica · 80 tips and reviews

Los Angeles TimesLos Angeles Times: Border Grill is the rare mainstream restaurant whose tacos don't make you yearn for a truck parked by an auto-parts junkyard somewhere in East L.A. Read more.

Tamales Elena is one of Los Angeles.

97. Tamales Elena

10900 Wilmington Ave (at 110th St), Los Angeles, CA
Food Truck · Watts · 2 tips and reviews
Tacos Punta Cabras is one of Los Angeles.

98. Tacos Punta Cabras

2311 Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA
Mexican Restaurant · 43 tips and reviews
Gish Bac is one of Los Angeles.

99. Gish Bac

7.1
4163 W Washington Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Mexican Restaurant · Arlington Heights · 8 tips and reviews
George's at The Cove is one of Los Angeles.

100. George's at The Cove

8.9
1250 Prospect St (at Ivanhoe Ave), La Jolla, CA
New American Restaurant · Village · 221 tips and reviews
Animal is one of Los Angeles.

101. Animal

435 N Fairfax Ave, Los Angeles, CA
New American Restaurant · Mid-City West · 232 tips and reviews
The Happy Ending Bar & Restaurant is one of Los Angeles.

102. The Happy Ending Bar & Restaurant

7038 W Sunset Blvd (at Sycamore Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Karaoke Bar · Central Hollywood · 95 tips and reviews
Young Dong is one of Los Angeles.

103. Young Dong

541 S Normandie Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Karaoke Bar · Wilshire Center - Koreatown · 2 tips and reviews
Mom's Bar & Lounge is one of Los Angeles.

104. Mom's Bar & Lounge

7.5
12238 Santa Monica Blvd (at Wellesley Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Dive Bar · West Los Angeles · 67 tips and reviews
Max Karaoke Studio is one of Los Angeles.

105. Max Karaoke Studio

7.5
333 S Alameda St (at E 3rd St), Los Angeles, CA
Karaoke Bar · Little Tokyo · 35 tips and reviews

106. Braille Cafeteria

Los Angeles, CA
College Cafeteria · East Hollywood · 3 tips and reviews
Baby Blues BBQ - West Hollywood is one of Los Angeles.

107. Baby Blues BBQ - West Hollywood

7953 Santa Monica Blvd (at Hayworth Ave), West Hollywood, CA
BBQ Joint · 96 tips and reviews
Saddle Ranch Chop House is one of Los Angeles.

108. Saddle Ranch Chop House

7.9
8371 W Sunset Blvd (at Kings Rd.), Los Angeles, CA
BBQ Joint · West Los Angeles · 185 tips and reviews
Bludso's Bar & Que is one of Los Angeles.

109. Bludso's Bar & Que

8.9
609 N LA Brea Ave, Los Angeles, CA
BBQ Joint · Mid-City West · 100 tips and reviews
The Oinkster is one of Los Angeles.

110. The Oinkster

8.7
2005 Colorado Blvd (at Shearin Ave), Eagle Rock, CA
American Restaurant · 188 tips and reviews
Spring Street SmokeHouse is one of Los Angeles.

111. Spring Street SmokeHouse

8.7
640 N Spring St (at E. Cesar Chavez Ave), Los Angeles, CA
BBQ Joint · Chinatown · 40 tips and reviews
Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill is one of Los Angeles.

112. Wood Ranch BBQ & Grill

8.5
9301 Tampa Ave (at Nordhoff St), Northridge, CA
BBQ Joint · 33 tips and reviews
Poketo is one of Los Angeles.

113. Poketo

820 E 3rd St (Traction), Los Angeles, CA
Furniture and Home Store · Arts District · 17 tips and reviews
DK's Donuts and Bakery is one of Los Angeles.

114. DK's Donuts and Bakery

8.6
1614 Santa Monica Blvd (at 16th St), Santa Monica, CA
Donut Shop · 92 tips and reviews
SoCo Farmers Market is one of Los Angeles.

115. SoCo Farmers Market

8.0
3315 Hyland Ave (at Sunflower Ave.), Costa Mesa, CA
Farmers Market · 6 tips and reviews
Bolsa Chica State Beach is one of Los Angeles.

116. Bolsa Chica State Beach

8.4
18000 Pacific Coast Hwy (btwn Seapoint St. & Warner Ave.), Huntington Beach, CA
Beach · 73 tips and reviews
Firing Line is one of Los Angeles.

117. Firing Line

8.3
17921 Jamestown Ln (at Talbert Ave.), Huntington Beach, CA
Gun Range · 5 tips and reviews

118. Dogzilla Hot Dogs Truck

8.5
(Greater OC/LA Area), Orange County, CA
Food Truck · 12 tips and reviews
320 Main is one of Los Angeles.

119. 320 Main

8.3
320 Main St, Seal Beach, CA
American Restaurant · 55 tips and reviews
Lemon Frog is one of Los Angeles.

120. Lemon Frog

7.0
1202B N Alvarado St (Sunset Blvd.), Los Angeles, CA
Clothing Store · East LA · 7 tips and reviews

Lucky MagazineLucky Magazine: Packed from ceiling to floor with fabulous clothing, shoes, boots, and jewelry.

Jet Rag is one of Los Angeles.

121. Jet Rag

7.4
825 N LA Brea Ave (at Willoughby Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Vintage and Thrift Store · Mid-City West · 27 tips and reviews

Lucky MagazineLucky Magazine: This massive warehouse should be considered a treasurehunt rather than a curated experience. Don’t miss their outdoor $1 sale on Sundays, especially if you like digging through heaps of vintage!

entre nous is one of Los Angeles.

122. entre nous

8430 W 3rd St (La Cienga Blvd.), Los Angeles, CA
Vintage and Thrift Store · Mid-City West · 1 tip

Lucky MagazineLucky Magazine: The incredible vintage shoe selection incluses not just the Chanel but flawless Christian Louboutines and Pradas in this packed-to-theceiling resale shop.

Decades is one of Los Angeles.

123. Decades

8.7
8214 Melrose Ave (at Harper Ave), Los Angeles, CA
Women's Store · Mid-City West · 19 tips and reviews

Lucky MagazineLucky Magazine: This shop is filled with pristine contemporary castoffs. Expect Stella McCartney jackets, Mayle dresses, Chloé blouses, new Hermès bags, and Prada shoes from a few seasons ago.

Sielian's Vintage Apparel is one of Los Angeles.

124. Sielian's Vintage Apparel

9013 Melrose Ave (btw Santa Monica Blvd. & Almont Dr.), West Hollywood, CA
Vintage and Thrift Store · 2 tips and reviews

Lucky MagazineLucky Magazine: Sielian’s stocks flawless, iconic pieces from bigname designers in a slick, colorful space.

Melrose Trading Post is one of Los Angeles.

125. Melrose Trading Post

8.7
7850 Melrose Ave (at N Fairfax Ave.), Los Angeles, CA
Flea Market · Mid-City West · 56 tips and reviews

Lucky MagazineLucky Magazine: A cool mix of vintage clothing, artworks and covetable home goods.

Scout is one of Los Angeles.

126. Scout

8021 Melrose Ave (at Laurel), Los Angeles, CA
Women's Store · Mid-City West · 2 tips and reviews

Lucky MagazineLucky Magazine: Owner Joey Grana has such an exacting eye that his selection could easily read as one designer's collection. It has the best vintage selection in a non-exclusively vintage store.

MAXFIELD is one of Los Angeles.

127. MAXFIELD

8.5
8825 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Boutique · 23 tips and reviews

Lucky MagazineLucky Magazine: This West Hollywood landmark has incredibly beautiful clothes, by brands like Balmain and Rick Owens.

Blum & Poe is one of Los Angeles.

128. Blum & Poe

8.9
2727 S LA Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA
Art Gallery · South Robertson · 1 tip