Wine Spectator Award-Winning Restaurants in Los Angeles

Restaurants in Los Angeles that hold a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award are the focus of this list of 39 venues, including Kato, Mélisse and Providence. The awards come from Wine Spectator. Many restaurants also have recognition from Michelin, Opinionated About Dining or the LA Times.

We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries are in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.

How this list is chosen: Every restaurant here holds a Wine Spectator Restaurant Award. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

1 Pico
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Sitting inside Shutters on the Beach in Santa Monica, 1 Pico delivers seasonal Californian seafood with the Pacific Ocean as a constant backdrop. The kitchen runs a market-driven menu that shifts with local sourcing, while floor-to-ceiling windows kept open to the sea breeze make the setting as much a draw as the food. A cheese course drawing from domestic artisan producers adds an unexpected depth to what reads as a relaxed coastal room.
Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining
71above
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Positioned on the 71st floor of a downtown Los Angeles skyscraper, 71above serves New American cuisine under Chef Javier López with a wine program of more than 1,400 selections directed by Catherine Morel. Ranked among Opinionated About Dining's top North American restaurants in 2024, it operates lunch and dinner service through the week with a kitchen that draws from the intersecting culinary traditions that define contemporary American cooking.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Alba
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Alba on Melrose Avenue sits inside the tier of Los Angeles restaurants where the meal is structured as a deliberate progression rather than a collection of individual dishes. The address places it in West Hollywood's densest corridor of serious dining, where Italian-inflected fine dining has long competed with the city's expanding roster of Michelin-recognised counters and tasting-format rooms.
Antico Nuovo
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Opened in Koreatown and later settled on Beverly Boulevard, Antico Nuovo holds a Michelin Plate and ranked twelfth on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list for 2024. Chef Chad Colby works with whole-animal technique and preserved-food traditions that most of Los Angeles's Italian restaurants have abandoned, producing pasta and crudo that sit in a different register from the city's more cautious Italian mainstream.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, LA Times, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List
Avra
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Avra brings the Greek seafood tradition to Beverly Hills in a format that has grown considerably since its New York origins — 775-label wine list, Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025, and a ranking inside Opinionated About Dining's North America Casual list. The room sits at the intersection of Mediterranean simplicity and Los Angeles scale, making it one of the more serious Greek tables on the West Coast.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Baltaire
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Baltaire operates at the serious end of the West Side steakhouse tier, with a 4,695-bottle cellar weighted toward Burgundy, Bordeaux, and California, and a mid-century modern room that handles sun-soaked lunches and evening dinners with equal composure. Ranked #505 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list, it draws a Brentwood crowd that expects both the cut and the glass to deliver.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Steaks, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Bianca
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Bianca occupies a quiet stretch of Washington Boulevard in Culver City, serving Italian-inflected Mediterranean cooking across a daytime café format and a focused evening service. The wine program, directed by Sergio Golfo and recognised by Opinionated About Dining in both 2024 and 2025, draws on Mexico, Italy, and France with a 600-bottle inventory and a $21 corkage fee. A neighbourhood fixture.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Capo
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Grand Award
Capo on Ocean Avenue has been a Santa Monica institution for Italian-American dining since the 1990s, anchored by owner-chef Bruce Marder and a wine program of serious depth — 2,725 selections across 13,500 bottles of inventory, with particular strength in California, Burgundy, and Italy. Ranked #317 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it remains a reliable reference point for the city's Italian dining conversation.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List
Catch LA
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
A seafood and small-plates destination on Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, Catch LA draws a consistent crowd to its rooftop dining room with a wine list built around French and California selections. Ranked by Opinionated About Dining in 2025, it sits in the casual-upscale tier of Los Angeles seafood dining, where the format leans social and the kitchen operates under Chef Adrian Vela.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Delilah
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
On Santa Monica Boulevard in West Hollywood, Delilah operates as a dinner-only American restaurant with a wine list that runs to 2,530 bottles and a cellar weighted toward California and France. Ranked #309 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list, it draws a crowd that comes as much for the depth of the wine program as for the kitchen's output under Chef Antonio Domingo.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Fia Steak
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A Michelin Plate-recognised steakhouse on Wilshire Boulevard, Fia Steak positions itself at the sharper end of Santa Monica's dining market with a wine program spanning 4,280 bottles and a list weighted toward France, Italy, and California. Chef Tim Cardenas leads the kitchen under owner Michael Greco, with Wine Director Patrick Ney overseeing one of the more serious cellar operations in the Westside's steak tier.
Girl & the Goat Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Girl & the Goat Los Angeles brings Stephanie Izard's Chicago-born concept to the Arts District, where a Michelin Plate recognition and a wine list of 220 selections signal a serious kitchen operating at the $$$ price tier. Chef Joseph Ronquillo leads a contemporary American menu that ranges wider than the steakhouse framing suggests, with California-focused wine pricing that holds the list accessible against the food's ambition.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Hinoki & The Bird
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Hinoki & The Bird sits at the intersection of Japanese technique and California produce in Century City, drawing consistent recognition from Opinionated About Dining across multiple years. Chef Brandon Kida leads a menu that moves between Asian and Californian registers, backed by a wine list of 2,500 selections with particular depth in Burgundy, Bordeaux, and Italy. The two-course meal lands in the $40–$65 range, making it one of the more accessible entries in LA's Japanese-inflected dining tier.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Inn of the Seventh Ray
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Set along a creek in Topanga Canyon, Inn of the Seventh Ray has occupied an unusual position in Los Angeles dining since the 1970s: a nature-immersed restaurant that predates the city's current fixation on organic sourcing and outdoor atmosphere by decades. The canyon setting, open-air terraces, and a menu leaning on plant-forward and whole-ingredient cooking make it a reference point for a particular strand of California dining that the rest of the city is only now catching up to.
Kato
Los Angeles, United States
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Kato reads Los Angeles through Taiwanese American fine dining rather than through imported tasting-menu orthodoxy. Jon Yao's cooking carries the speed, heat, and precision of Chinese technique into a composed dinner format, while Ryan Bailey's beverage program has become a major part of the restaurant's national standing.
Also recognized by Chinese Restaurant Awards, James Beard Award, LA Times, Opinionated About Dining
La Boucherie
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Positioned on the 71st floor of a Wilshire Boulevard tower, La Boucherie occupies a tier of Los Angeles dining where altitude and ambition operate together. The restaurant draws on the intersection of classical French butchery tradition and the ingredient-forward sensibility that defines Southern California's best produce culture. For the city's premium dining circuit, it represents a specific argument about what a steakhouse-adjacent format can accomplish at elevation.
majordōmo
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Ranked #69 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list and holding a Michelin Plate, majordōmo has anchored the northern Chinatown industrial corridor since 2018. David Chang's Los Angeles flagship runs Korean-inflected California cooking through large-format dishes — smoked bo ssäm, whole short rib — in a warehouse space that draws a fashion-forward crowd. The wine list runs 515 selections across 3,175 bottles, with particular depth in France, California, and Italy.
Also recognized by LA Times, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List
Mastro's Ocean Club
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
The South Park address places it squarely in the city's downtown dining corridor, drawing pre-event crowds from the adjacent Crypto.com Arena as reliably as it draws destination diners on quieter nights.
Mélisse
Los Angeles, United States
2 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
A two Michelin-starred tasting counter inside Josiah Citrin's larger Citrin restaurant on Wilshire Boulevard, Mélisse operates at 14 seats with a menu that layers classic French technique over California seasonal produce. Recognized by La Liste (91pts, 2025), Les Grandes Tables du Monde, and the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants, it represents the city's most sustained argument for French fine dining on the Westside.
Also recognized by La Liste, LA Times, Les Grandes Tables du Monde, Opinionated About Dining
Musso & Frank Grill
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Hollywood's oldest restaurant, Musso & Frank Grill has operated at 6667 Hollywood Blvd since 1919, serving classic American fare from a menu that has changed little in a century. Ranked #752 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 Casual North America list and recognized by Esquire for its martinis, it occupies a category of its own: a working institution rather than a nostalgia act.
Also recognized by Esquire, OpenTable, Opinionated About Dining, World's Best Wine Lists Awards
Napa Rose
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Napa Rose, inside Disney's Grand Californian Hotel in Anaheim, operates at a different register than most theme-park dining. A 14,000-bottle wine inventory, a six-course Chef's Counter, and a seasonally driven California menu position it against Orange County's serious dining tier. Note: the restaurant is closed through early 2026 for renovations.
Also recognized by Forbes
Osteria Mamma
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
On Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, Osteria Mamma occupies the space where Italian regional tradition meets California's formidable produce infrastructure. The kitchen draws on imported technique and local ingredient depth to deliver a neighborhood Italian experience that reads more seriously than the address might suggest. Booking ahead is advised, particularly on weekends.
Osteria Mozza
Los Angeles, United States
1 Michelin star · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Open since 2007 on Melrose Avenue, Osteria Mozza holds a Michelin star and a James Beard Award in Nancy Silverton's corner, and it has shaped how Los Angeles understands Italian cooking at the table-cloth tier. The mozzarella bar anchors the room; handmade pasta and a wine list of serious depth do the rest. Ranked 30th on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list for 2024, it remains a benchmark in the city's Italian category.
Also recognized by Chef's Table, James Beard Award, LA Times, Opinionated About Dining
Petit Trois
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
At a marble counter in Hollywood, Petit Trois has spent a decade refining what a Parisian bistro can mean on the West Coast. Ranked #45 on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants 2024 and recognised by both Michelin and Opinionated About Dining, it operates at the intersection of French classicism and Los Angeles informality, serving escargot, steak frites, and a burger drowning in Bordelaise to a room that never quite quiets down.
Also recognized by LA Times, Opinionated About Dining, World Best Burgers
Providence
Los Angeles, United States
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Providence is Los Angeles fine dining at its seafood end: formal, sustainability-minded, and built around Michael Cimarusti's long commitment to precise contemporary cooking. Its 2026 James Beard Award for Outstanding Hospitality and OAD North America ranking place it in the city's serious dining bracket rather than its casual seafood lane.
Also recognized by AAA, Forbes, James Beard Award, La Liste
République
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Located in a 1928 building on La Brea Avenue, République operates as a French-inspired bakery, café, and formal dining room under chefs Walter and Margarita Manzke. The restaurant holds a 2023 James Beard Award for Outstanding Pastry Chef or Baker, a Michelin Plate, and ranked #4 on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list in 2024. The wine program runs to nearly 1,845 selections and 9,280 bottles of inventory.
Also recognized by James Beard Award, LA Times, Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List
Rustic Canyon
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Rustic Canyon has anchored the Santa Monica dining scene since its early days as a farmers' market-driven neighborhood restaurant, earning Michelin Plate recognition in both 2024 and 2025 alongside consistent placement on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list. The daily-changing menu tracks California's harvest calendar through local seafood, vegetables, and meats sourced from the Santa Monica Farmers' Market. Dinner runs nightly from 5 pm on Wilshire Boulevard.
Also recognized by LA Times, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report, Star Wine List
San Laurel
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
José Andrés elevates Spanish gastronomy to new heights at San Laurel Los Angeles, his Michelin-recognized tenth-floor restaurant in The Conrad Los Angeles. Here, innovative dishes like tomato "beefsteak" tartare and bone-in wagyu showcase California ingredients through Spanish techniques, all while overlooking Walt Disney Concert Hall's well-known curves.
Also recognized by Forbes
Scopa Italian Roots
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
On Washington Boulevard in Venice, Scopa Italian Roots has built a reputation as one of Southern California's most consistently ranked Italian tables, placing #258 on Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list. Chef Antonia Lofaso leads a kitchen rooted in Italian-American tradition, with evening service running Tuesday through Sunday and Sunday brunch rounding out the week.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Somni
Los Angeles, United States
3 Michelin stars · Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Somni, a 14-seat tasting counter in West Hollywood, holds three Michelin stars under Chef Aitor Zabala, whose training at El Bulli informs a menu that bridges Basque and Catalan technique with Californian produce. Wine Director Caroline Costarella oversees a 1,050-bottle list with particular depth in Spain, California, and France. La Liste placed Somni at 96 points in its 2026 ranking.
Also recognized by La Liste, LA Times, Opinionated About Dining, Robb Report
Sycamore Kitchen
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
On South La Brea Avenue, Sycamore Kitchen operates in the register that Los Angeles does particularly well: the serious all-day café that doubles as a neighbourhood anchor. Open daily from 9 or 10am through mid-afternoon, the Quinn and Karen Hatfield project has earned recognition from Opinionated About Dining's Cheap Eats list across three consecutive years, a signal of consistent, calibrated cooking at accessible price points.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Telefèric Barcelona Los Angeles
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Telefèric Barcelona brings the cooking traditions of Catalonia to Los Angeles's Brentwood neighborhood, operating from 11930 San Vicente Blvd as one of the city's more committed outposts of Spanish regional cuisine. The menu architecture draws on wood-fire technique and ingredient-forward preparation that characterizes serious Catalan cooking. For LA diners tracking the city's European-inflected dining options, it occupies a distinct position in a market that more often defaults to Italian or French references.
The Polo Lounge
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Open since 1941, The Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel has logged more Hollywood history than most film archives. The see-and-be-seen dining room draws a steady mix of industry figures, socialites, and international visitors who come as much for the atmosphere as for the McCarthy salad and Dutch apple pancakes that have anchored the menu for decades. Ranked #368 among North American restaurants by Opinionated About Dining in 2025.
Also recognized by Forbes, Opinionated About Dining
The Restaurant at Hotel Bel-Air
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Set on twelve acres of private gardens in Bel-Air, The Restaurant at Hotel Bel-Air occupies one of Los Angeles’s most architecturally considered dining rooms. The space trades on a specific register of California luxury: gardens visible from every angle, a Swan Lake at the perimeter, and a kitchen tradition that stretches back decades. For the Westside, it remains a reference point for formal occasion dining.
Tomat
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
A Michelin Plate-recognised Californian farm-to-table restaurant in Westchester, Tomat operates an all-day format built around seasonal ingredients and a distinctive British-Persian culinary crossover. With a rooftop terrace, urban garden, and event space on West 87th Street, it earned a spot on Resy's 2025 Hit List — making it one of the more quietly consequential openings near LAX in recent memory.
Also recognized by Esquire, LA Times, Resy
Toscana
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Toscana has anchored the Brentwood dining scene for decades, serving regional Tuscan cuisine at a price point ($$$) that reflects both its kitchen ambition and a wine program of serious depth. Ranked #217 in Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list for 2025, it carries a 305-selection Italian-and-California cellar of 3,000 bottles overseen by Wine Director Roberto Facciolla — a list that quietly sets it apart from most Italian restaurants in Los Angeles.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining
Verse
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence
Verse occupies a quieter register of Toluca Lake's dining scene, where the San Fernando Valley's residential character shapes a more considered pace than the city's high-profile corridors. The room rewards attention: its atmosphere is calibrated for conversation rather than spectacle, and the kitchen operates in a register where craft takes precedence over showmanship. For Los Angeles diners willing to cross the hill, it offers a counterpoint to the city's more visible fine-dining tier.
Wally’s
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Grand Award
Wally's on W Adams Blvd operates across the full day — lunch through late night, seven days a week — with a wine list of 1,600 selections and 18,000 bottles in inventory, weighted toward Burgundy, California, Bordeaux, and Italy. Recognised by Star Wine List with a White Star and ranked by Opinionated About Dining in 2024, it sits at the serious end of Los Angeles wine bar dining, with American-French cuisine priced in the upper tier.
Also recognized by Opinionated About Dining, Star Wine List
Wife & The Somm
Los Angeles, United States
Wine Spectator Award of Excellence
Wife & The Somm sits on Verdugo Road in Glassell Park, one of Los Angeles's quieter northeast neighbourhoods, where the combination of wine-forward programming and kitchen ambition has earned it a White Star recognition from Star Wine List. The name signals the format before you walk in: this is a restaurant shaped by the relationship between food and the bottle, in a city where that pairing is increasingly the editorial point.
Also recognized by Star Wine List

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