You'll have to make only one choice at this longstanding French favourite - five courses or seven? Chef Paul Shoemaker's food isn't quite as pyrotechnical...
8475 Melrose PlaceAmerican fare is delivered by Frenchman Laurent Tourondel at BLT (short for Bistro Laurent Tourondel), a 2008 opening. The steaks (including Kobe beef) and...
8720 W Sunset BoulevardA high-powered steakhouse by celebrity chef Wolfgang Puck.
Beverly Wilshire Hotel, 9500 Wilshire BoulevardMost Brazilian barbecues supplement good meat with carelessly prepared side dishes that are an obvious afterthought. Fogo de Chao is different: the...
133 N La Cienega BoulevardThe food is good, but that's not actually the reason why most people come here: along with Mastro's Steakhouse (246 N Canon Drive, 1-310 888 8782,...
9560 Dayton Way
It's one of the most famous hotels in the country, a place of almost legendary Californian refinement, but somehow many Angelenos never think of eating at...
701 Stone Canyon RoadThe food at Il Sole is authentically Tuscan and very good, but it's served with a dose of attitude - if you're a celebrity, or easily mistaken for one,...
8741 W Sunset BoulevardJean François Meteigner has some unusual ideas about French cuisine that fit well with LA ideals - luxurious but low-fat, with almost no use of butter and...
10506 Little Santa Monica BoulevardJosiah Citrin is one of the best chefs in Los Angeles, and the long, expensive meals he serves at this white-tablecloth operation are the stuff of both...
1104 Wilshire BoulevardThe most talked-about restaurant in Los Angeles is, in fact, a modern but nonetheless cosy place on a rather dull stretch of Melrose Avenue. Chef Michael...
5955 Melrose AvenueThis upscale lodge at the end of a country road was a Hollywood star retreat in the 1920s, and retains an Old West feel. The speciality is game: partridge,...
419 Cold Canyon Road
Influential California-cooking eaterie, a sister to the now-closed Sunset Strip original.
176 N Canon DriveCelebrated chef Michael Mina offers up his twist on modern tavern fare (the term is used in its lightest sense), employing seasonal products of the highest...
St Regis Monarch Beach Resort, 1 Monarch Beach Resort
LA is awash with sushi bars, but Urasawa is at the top of the heap. Flown in daily, the fish is prepared by chef Hiroyuki Urasawa and one assistant. Meals...
218 N Rodeo Drive