If it’s your first time at Botanica, avoid the weekend brunch and pretend you’re a regular: go for a weekday breakfast or an ‘apéro’. Sit on the patio, and you’ll be at the epicenter of the Silverlake trend: millennial pink...
Forget Sugarfish, Jinpachi has the best sushi deal in town: order a sushi moriawase ($22 for lunch, $32 for dinner) and you shall receive an eight-piece sushi platter, a full roll, soup and salad. If you’re in luck, you might...
Marvin is a restaurant open until midnight (a rare thing in LA), but you want to treat it as a wine bar, the way French people do apéro: meet friends on their sidewalk red tables, order a bottle of wine...
The Exchange, aka the restaurant at the bottom of the very-very-cool Freehand Hotel, could have been a simple lobby restaurant serving club sandwiches all day and club sodas all night. But when the Sino-Mexican chef Alex Chang meets the Israeli...
Otium is the stunning cube of wood and steel right by the Broad on Brand Avenue, aka LA’s very own museum row. At the helm of this giant art piece (filled with natural light, Damien Hirst paintings and an olive...
Lalibela has the most charming terrace on Little Ethiopia, with three mosaic tables, small trees and a few string lights. Choose the ‘veggie utopia’ to share (a mix of lentils, potatoes, and some greens…) and meat dishes to add on...
A lot of people love Korean BBQ but dread the meat they use, chances are you’re one of them. Parks BBQ is one of the best Korean BBQs in Los Angeles, and it certainly sources its meat well. Come with...
Indian food may very well be the last thing you want to eat before or after a long flight, but Al-Noor is here to change your mind. Get two orders of that garlic naan, keep one to eating by itself...
Could one of the best Italian restaurants not have a single pasta or pizza dish on the menu? Meet Chi Spacca. If you’ve had the chance of visiting Dario Cecchini’s Antica Macelleria, this is the closest you’ll come to carnivore’s...
Shunji is an institution, just like the Venice Pier or a hike at Runyon Canyon. This is the restaurant of Shunji Nakao, the original Matsuhisa sushi chef — although a meal at Shunji may sometimes not offer sushi at all....
