Explore our curated restaurants, hotels, bars, and wineries in Sherman Oaks.
Accolades in Sherman Oaks
These are the restaurants in Sherman Oaks where the wine program is a defining part of the room.
A timeless French bistro in Sherman Oaks with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and an exceptional wine program. The list is extensive, and the room serves traditional French cooking in a romantic setting.
A French bistro in Sherman Oaks with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence and a curated wine program. The list is extensive, corkage is allowed, and the room works with classic brasserie cooking and counter service.
An intimate Italian restaurant in Sherman Oaks with a curated wine program and an extensive wine list. Handmade pastas and family recipes anchor the kitchen, and the room lists Italian wines.
These restaurants keep the menu a la carte and pair it with wine programs that fit the room.
A cozy Italian and Sicilian restaurant from the Drago family with a curated wine program and an extensive wine list. It is a long-running Sherman Oaks room, built for repeat visits and a familiar dining rhythm on Ventura Boulevard.
A family-owned Italian trattoria in Sherman Oaks on Van Nuys Boulevard with a curated wine program and both a la carte and family-style service. The menu includes house-made pasta, Italian brisket, and classic brick-oven pizzas.
A Pacific fusion seafood restaurant in Sherman Oaks with a curated wine program, craft cocktails, and a sake program. The intimate room on Ventura Boulevard serves a la carte and small plates, with fresh seafood and Hawaiian, Japanese, Southeast Asian, Mexican, and California flavors.
Sherman Oaks itself is the key neighborhood in our guide, and Ventura Boulevard is where the strongest wine-led restaurants cluster. That is where you find the city’s two Wine Spectator Award of Excellence holders and the most focused cellar-driven dining rooms.
There are 0 Michelin-starred restaurants in our Sherman Oaks guide, and the citywide total of Michelin stars is 0. The Michelin-starred restaurant count is a citywide figure of 0 in our Sherman Oaks guide, and the Michelin stars total is a citywide figure of 0.
Two Sherman Oaks restaurants in our guide hold Wine Spectator Award of Excellence honours: Mistral and Petit Trois le Valley. Both are French bistros in Sherman Oaks, and both have extensive wine lists.
Mistral, Petit Trois le Valley, and IL NIDO are the main cellar-led options in our Sherman Oaks guide. Mistral has an exceptional wine program and an extensive list, Petit Trois le Valley has corkage allowed and an extensive list, and IL NIDO has a curated wine program with an extensive wine list.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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Selected entries from the current guide for Sherman Oaks.
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On Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, Boneyard Bistro occupies a distinct position among the San Fernando Valley's casual dining options. The restaurant draws on American barbecue and bistro traditions, offering a setting that reads more neighborhood anchor than passing stop. It sits within a corridor where diners can also find everything from Bamboo Cuisine to Casa Vega.
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Mistral sits on the Ventura Boulevard dining corridor in Sherman Oaks, a stretch that has quietly accumulated some of the San Fernando Valley's more considered restaurant options. The address places it among a mix of long-standing neighborhood institutions and newer arrivals, making it a useful reference point for anyone mapping the Valley's mid-to-upper dining tier.
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Petit Trois le Valley brings the stripped-down French bistro format of its Hollywood predecessor to Ventura Boulevard, operating in a room designed around counter service and close quarters. The Valley outpost holds its own against Sherman Oaks dining options with a focused menu rooted in classic brasserie cooking, positioned as a neighborhood alternative to the more sprawling San Fernando Valley dining scene.
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Bamboo Cuisine on Ventura Boulevard sits within Sherman Oaks' well-established stretch of neighborhood dining, where Chinese-American cooking traditions have maintained a steady presence alongside the corridor's broader mix of cuisines. The restaurant occupies a part of the Valley dining scene defined less by trend cycles and more by consistent, returning-customer culture. For those exploring the area, our full Sherman Oaks restaurants guide maps the wider context.
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Carnival Restaurant on Woodman Avenue sits in Sherman Oaks' mid-Valley dining corridor, where neighbourhood regulars and local families have long found a consistent table. The room operates on a rhythm shaped by years of repeat custom rather than trend-chasing, placing it in a different register from the Valley's more ambitious openings. For visitors building a Sherman Oaks itinerary, it anchors the casual, familiar end of the local dining spectrum.
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Casa Vega has anchored the Ventura Boulevard dining corridor in Sherman Oaks since 1956, making it one of the San Fernando Valley's most enduring Mexican restaurants. The red-booth interior and steady margarita program have built a loyal multigenerational following that positions it apart from the Valley's newer fast-casual and taqueria formats. For a read on the neighbourhood's dining character, see our full Sherman Oaks restaurants guide.
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It sits in a neighborhood dining corridor with strong local competition from places like Boneyard Bistro and Casa Vega.
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On Burbank Boulevard in Van Nuys, Grandma's Thai Kitchen operates in the register that defines the San Fernando Valley's Thai dining culture: direct, ingredient-focused, and shaped by the kind of institutional knowledge that rarely advertises itself. The menu reads as a survey of central and regional Thai cooking, priced and paced for a neighborhood that has been eating Thai food seriously for decades.
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Hugo's Tacos on Coldwater Canyon Avenue occupies a specific register in the San Fernando Valley's casual dining scene: counter-service taco culture delivered with enough consistency to build a loyal neighbourhood following. The format is quick, the etiquette is informal, and the proposition sits squarely in the accessible end of the Valley's Mexican food spectrum, making it a practical reference point for the area.
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A Sherman Oaks fixture on Van Nuys Boulevard, Humphrey Yogart sits at the casual end of the Valley's dining spectrum, where neighborhood regulars outnumber destination visitors. The format centers on frozen yogurt and light fare in a low-key, accessible setting that reflects the everyday food culture this stretch of the San Fernando Valley has long favored.
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IL NIDO sits on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, positioning itself within the San Fernando Valley's most active dining corridor. The name — Italian for 'the nest' — signals a certain domestic warmth that separates it from the Valley's more casual strip-mall formats. For diners working through the area's Italian options, it occupies a distinct register from the neighbourhood's broader mix of cuisines.
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Kaiju Sushi belongs to the Ventura Boulevard sushi belt, where Sherman Oaks dining leans practical, neighborhood-driven, and ingredient-sensitive rather than ceremony-heavy. The useful lens is sourcing: sushi in this part of the Valley lives or dies on fish turnover, rice discipline, and how carefully a room handles the gap between casual service and serious product.
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A quietly serious French-inflected neighborhood restaurant on Ventura Boulevard, Le Petit Restaurant operates in the space between accessible and ambitious that Sherman Oaks does well when it's at its most interesting. The format suits the Strip's rhythm without pandering to it, placing it in a distinct tier among the boulevard's dining options for those who pay attention to what's actually on the plate.
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Malama Pono Restaurant occupies a spot on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, the Valley's primary dining corridor where Hawaiian and Pacific-influenced concepts have carved a quiet foothold alongside the area's longer-established cuisines. The name itself signals intent: 'malama pono' translates roughly to 'take good care' in Hawaiian, framing the restaurant within a tradition that treats hospitality as obligation rather than flourish.
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A neighborhood trattoria on Van Nuys Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, Oliva brings Italian dining to the San Fernando Valley's most active restaurant corridor. The format suits the area's appetite for approachable, room-temperature Italian cooking — shared plates, house-made pasta, and a wine list calibrated to the table rather than the cellar. Reservations are advisable on weekends.
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A Sherman Oaks fixture on Ventura Boulevard, Panzanella draws a loyal neighborhood following with Italian-leaning cooking that has made it one of the Valley's more enduring dining addresses. The room rewards repeat visits, where familiarity with the menu and the staff tends to shape the experience as much as what arrives on the plate.
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Puchica on Sepulveda Boulevard puts Sherman Oaks in conversation with Los Angeles's broader Central American dining scene, offering a meal that moves through distinct registers rather than sitting still. The setting rewards attention paid to sequence and pacing, where the progression of dishes tells more than any single plate. For the San Fernando Valley, that kind of editorial through-line is still relatively rare.
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Sharky's on Burbank Boulevard sits within Sherman Oaks' casual dining corridor, a neighbourhood where the gap between a neighbourhood regular and a destination restaurant is often just a wine list and a kitchen with conviction. The address draws a local crowd looking for something more considered than the strip's average offer, making it a reliable reference point for the area's mid-register dining scene.
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Spumoni on Ventura Boulevard sits within Sherman Oaks' established dining corridor, where Italian-leaning neighborhood restaurants have long anchored the Valley's special-occasion circuit. The address at 14533 Ventura Blvd places it among a stretch of long-running independents that residents return to for birthdays, anniversaries, and milestone gatherings rather than one-off visits.
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On Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, Trattoria del Sole & Market del Sole occupies a dual format that relatively few Italian concepts on the San Fernando Valley's main dining corridor attempt: a sit-down trattoria paired with a retail market under one roof. The combination positions it differently from the area's other Italian options, making it a reference point for both everyday eating and casual provisioning.
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Selected entries from the current guide for Sherman Oaks.
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Sherman Oaks
Selected entries from the current guide for Sherman Oaks.
No venues found.
Sherman Oaks
Selected entries from the current guide for Sherman Oaks.
Sherman Oaks, United States
Anajak Thai puts Sherman Oaks into Southern California’s serious wine conversation through a list that runs to hundreds of bottles, spanning natural producers, established vintages, and lesser-known names. The draw is the range: Mosel, Champagne, Burgundy, and Italy appear not as status labels, but as a map of climate, soil, and cellar culture alongside Thai cooking.
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