15 editor picks in Los Angeles.
15 splurge places in Los Angeles, editor-picked. tasting menus and the full big-night-out treatment in Los Angeles. All Los Angeles food.
Niki Nakayama's modern kaiseki house in Palms, Los Angeles, runs a 13-course tasting menu that changes by season and books months in advance.
OrderThe 13-course modern kaiseki, including chef Niki Nakayama's spaghetti course.
TipBookings open at midnight Pacific on the first of the month for three months out. Refresh the page; tables go in 30 seconds.
Michael Cimarusti's Providence on Melrose has been LA's two-Michelin-star seafood room since 2005. The tasting menu builds around West Coast producers.
OrderThe full tasting menu; the spot prawn course in season is the one to remember.
TipBar seats serve a shorter four-course at half the price; book those a week ahead instead of a month.
Niki Nakayama's modern kaiseki house in Palms, Los Angeles, runs a 13-course menu that changes with the season and books out three months ahead.
Jonathan Yao's Kato in Row DTLA serves a Taiwanese-American tasting menu and earned a Michelin star in 2022. The 12 courses change every six weeks.
OrderWhatever beef noodle course is on the tasting menu that month.
TipThe bar at Kato pours a tight Loire-and-Riesling list; sit there even if dining in the main room.
Michael Cimarusti's Providence on Melrose, Los Angeles holds two Michelin stars for a seafood tasting menu that builds around West Coast producers.
Brandon Go's Hayato in Row DTLA, Los Angeles runs a strict Kyoto kaiseki at a single seven-seat counter, ingredients flown in twice weekly from Tokyo.
Jonathan Yao's Kato in Row DTLA, Los Angeles runs a 12-course Taiwanese-American tasting that earned a Michelin star in 2022 and shifts every six weeks.
Jordan Kahn's Vespertine in Culver City, Los Angeles serves a four-hour, multi-floor tasting in a Eric Owen Moss building. Two Michelin stars since 2018.
Nobu Matsuhisa's original Beverly Hills, Los Angeles room from 1987 invented black cod miso and yellowtail jalapeno. Matsuhisa is the source.
OrderBlack cod miso and a round of yellowtail jalapeno.
TipSit at the omakase counter for the strongest meal; the dining room serves the same a la carte but with no chef interaction.
Aitor Zabala's Somni in West Hollywood, Los Angeles serves a 22-course Catalan-influenced tasting at a 10-seat counter built around playful technique.
Sushi Note on Ventura Boulevard, Sherman Oaks, pairs traditional edomae sushi with a 90-deep natural-wine list, a Valley counter that books two weeks ahead.
OrderChef-selection omakase with a pour of grower Champagne from the deep wine list.
TipThe 90-bottle natural-wine list is the real reason to choose Sushi Note over its peers; ask the server for guidance.
Sushi Tama on Robertson Boulevard, Beverly Grove, is Chef Hideyuki Yoshimoto's Tsukiji-trained omakase room serving fish flown in from Japan three times.
OrderThe omakase with hirame, kinmedai, uni and toro flown in from Toyosu market three times a week.
TipChef Yoshimoto trained at Tsukiji; the omakase is shorter than the chef-counter rivals but the fish is unmatched.
Morihiro Onodera's sushi counter on Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park, Los Angeles serves Edomae omakase on ceramics the chef throws himself. Tasting menu $385.
Josiah Citrin's Melisse and Citrin in Santa Monica, Los Angeles share one room with two menus, a long-running tasting house that earned its star in 1999.
Wolfgang Puck's Spago in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles has cooked California-Austrian since 1982 and still pulls power lunches. One Michelin star since 2019.
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