West Hollywood & Mid-City
An LA-scene extraordinaire. You may well find sidewalk paparazzi stalking celebrity guests and a doorman to check your reservation, but all that's…
Must-see restaurants in West Hollywood & Mid-City
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Gracias Madre shows just how tasty – and chichi – organic, plant-based Mexican cooking can be. Sit on the gracious patio or in the cozy interior and feel…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
At this modernized version of a New England seafood shack by acclaimed chef Michael Cimarusti, there are always up to a dozen oyster varieties at the raw…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A design gem with the gourmet ambition to match. The old interior of LA's dearly departed Campanile is still an atrium restaurant with stone arches, a…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Seldom does a restaurant blessed with as golden a location as this one – on the plaza of LACMA – live up to the address. Ray's does. Menus change…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Set behind Talésai, a long-running Thai joint, this related kitchen pumps out outstanding Thai street food and Thai-inspired hybrids such as catfish…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Tal Ronnen didn't get to be a celebrity chef (Oprah, Ellen) by serving ordinary vegan fare. Instead, seasonal creations include 'crab cakes' made from…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Expect a happy buzz despite line-out-the-door crowds at the indoor-outdoor LA outpost of New York superchef Danny Meyer's burger ‘n’ dog joint. Crowds…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Dinner at this airy eatery by Moroccan-Japanese-Israeli chef Danny Emaleh might begin with crispy artichoke hummus, spicy beef 'cigars,' saganaki cheese…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Louis Tikaram, one-time Australian Chef of the Year, has brought the creative, bold flavors of his Fijian-Chinese heritage – kakoda (Fijian-style ceviche)…
Butcher, the Baker, the Cappuccino Maker
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Literally and spiritually at the heart of the Sunset Strip, bright, airy indoor-outdoor BBCM does Instagram-ready comfort food: eggs Benedict, bananas…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
As old-school delis go, Canter's is hard to beat. A fixture in the traditionally Jewish Fairfax district since 1931, seen-it-all waitresses serve up the…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Carnivorous foodies pray at the altar of Animal, the restaurant that put food bros Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo on the map. Begin with chicken-liver toast…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
This unpretentious yet gourmet taco stand in the Original Farmers Market is often credited with starting LA's boom in authentic, regional Mexican cooking…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
The Farmers Market is a great spot for a casual meal any time of day, especially if the rug rats are tagging along. Its narrow walkways are lined with…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
It's a veritable scene at the crossroads of WeHo, where reality TV's Vanderpump Rules star Lisa Vanderpump has opened this showplace. There's always a…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
One of the first market cafes in the LA area, Joan’s on Third is still one of the best. The coffee and pastries are absurdly good, and the deli churns out…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Amid the modeling agencies and couture boutiques, and with a long history of celebrity power lunches, this flower-festooned and cushioned cottage is where…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Upscale Southern cooking comes to one of SoCal's highest profile corners, in the massive Beverly Center. Come hungry for devilish deviled eggs and mama's…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Some restaurants have an executive chef; Farmhouse has an 'executive farmer,' Nathan Peitso, who sources sustainable ingredients 'seed-to-plate' style…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Marix is barely more than a glassed-in patio with a retractable roof, but it's been a party place for a generation of LGBT Angelenos and those who love…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Down-home Southeast Asian cooking stars at this two-generation, family-run stall inside the Original Farmers Market. Try laksa, Singapore's national dish,…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A big, funky, reimagined taco joint with raw-light-bulb chandeliers, a pounded-metal bar, bright-pink-paper menu and handmade, fresh-grilled tortillas…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A delightful Turkish cafe where tables spill from a whitewashed interior (with colorful handprints on the walls) onto the sidewalk. Gyros are wrapped in…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Based at the Palihotel, this spare, Southern-inspired kitchen offers a rotating menu mixing share plates (avocado toast with smoked olive tapenade) and…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
This sunny counter-service vegan chain serves dishes that herbivores will love and carnivores will more than merely endure. That's thanks to proteins that…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Terrific nuevo Mexican food served in whitewashed brick environs, with dangling bird-cage chandeliers and a terrific marble tequila bar. The slow-cooked…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
It's a classic LA success story: cousins Jim and Sabin moved to LA with a dream of a business drawing on their New England heritage. They started with a…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Like its home, the Standard Hotel, Alma's a hub of millennial cool. Menus feature hipster standards during the day – think avocado toast, chicken club or…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
This brightly painted, artsy-adorable Japanese-fusion cafe (enter just south of Wilshire Blvd) serves sashimi salads, udon, rice bowls piled with miso…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
The guys behind Animal also operate this creative fish and seafood kitchen festooned with beach-shack decor. The menu changes daily, but you might find…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A buttery and delightfully aromatic cake shop doing a brisk business in mini red-velvet cheesecakes, banana cake smothered with chocolate buttercream, and…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
A fantastic, fresh, all-natural counter-service joint with affordable grilled-veggie salads, pastas, semi-authentic tacos, pizzas (the grilled chicken is…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Simply put, this is some of the best Japanese food available in Los Angeles, served izakaya style with fusion sushi. Order any of its small plates, but…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Traditional southern Italian cuisine, by way of, um…Toronto? Facts is facts, and you will love the carpaccio di tonno, the thin-crust pizze and exquisite…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
This tasteful kitchen began life as Coach and Horses, one of Hollywood's favorite dives, before it was reimagined into a place where you can get buffalo…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Once the one-and-only tasty option for vegans, this famous kitchen from chef and cookbook author Ann Gentry still satisfies even devout carnivores with…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
An upscale, new-school taqueria. Vegetarians may opt for the roasted poblano and jack cheese tacos; fish heads will dig the branzino, shrimp or lobster …
West Hollywood & Mid-City
Let the bossa nova grooves flow at this ever-so-cute French cafe set in the American Rag complex. There are tables on the sidewalk, but we like the sofa…
West Hollywood & Mid-City
This neighborhood Italian joint feels like it's belonged here since forever, though it opened in 2012. That's when it was named one of Esquire's best new…
