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Glendale

Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Glendale from the En Primeur Club guide.

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Glendale has one Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and one exceptional wine program citywide in our guide. Raffi's Place in Downtown Glendale pairs a wine list with Persian grilled kabobs and saffron rice. Armenian, Persian, Lebanese, Cuban, and Japanese kitchens feature across a dining scene that includes family-style meals, small plates, set menus, and omakase. Glendale and Downtown Glendale have the largest concentrations of venues in our guide. Carousel in Glendale serves Lebanese and Armenian cooking with mezze and family-style plates. Adana Restaurant in Rancho Adjacent serves kebabs and flatbreads and holds Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition. KATSIN in Downtown Glendale combines modern Armenian fusion grill cooking with a set menu and live entertainment. Sushi Nishi Ya in Victory Blvd area serves omakase and à la carte sushi with a sake program.

Persian, Lebanese and Armenian restaurants

Raffi's Place serves Persian kabobs and has a wine list. Carousel serves Lebanese and Armenian family-style meals, and Adana Restaurant serves kebabs and meze with Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition.

  • Raffi's Place

    Raffi's Place in Downtown Glendale has a wine list and serves Persian cooking à la carte. Grilled kabobs include barg and lule koobideh, served in large portions with fluffy saffron rice.

  • Carousel

    Carousel in Glendale is a family-owned restaurant serving Lebanese and Armenian dishes from generations-old recipes. The menu includes mezze and family-style meals. The restaurant serves beer and hosts entertainment on weekends.

  • Adana Restaurant

    Adana Restaurant in Rancho Adjacent holds Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition for 2026. The kitchen serves kebabs and meze combining Armenian, Persian, and Middle Eastern flavors, with generous family-style portions of grilled meats and flatbreads.

Restaurants serving à la carte meals

KATSIN and Sushi Nishi Ya serve à la carte meals alongside set menus and omakase, respectively. Din Tai Fung serves Taiwanese soup dumplings à la carte, made fresh in view of guests.

  • KATSIN

    KATSIN in Downtown Glendale serves modern Armenian fusion cooking from a charcoal oven, with a set menu, à la carte dishes, and craft cocktails. The decor includes a golden tree centerpiece. Live entertainment includes DJ sets, jazz, burlesque, dancers, and singers.

  • Sushi Nishi Ya

    Sushi Nishi Ya in Victory Blvd area is a sushi bar in a strip mall serving omakase and à la carte sushi. It has a sake program and serves Santa Barbara uni and smoked salmon kelp nigiri.

  • Din Tai Fung

    Din Tai Fung in Glendale Galleria serves Taiwanese soup dumplings à la carte and has a sake program. Its xiao long bao are made fresh in an open kitchen, where guests can watch the dumplings being folded.

Planning FAQ

Which Glendale neighborhoods have the largest concentrations of venues in your guide?

Glendale and Downtown Glendale have the largest concentrations of venues in our guide, with 12 and 8 respectively. Carousel serves Lebanese and Armenian cooking in Glendale, while Raffi's Place serves Persian grilled kabobs in Downtown Glendale.

How many Michelin-starred restaurants does Glendale have in your guide?

There are no Michelin-starred restaurants in our Glendale guide. Adana Restaurant in Rancho Adjacent holds Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition for 2026, following its earlier Bib Gourmand awards in 2024 and 2025.

Where should a wine-minded reader start in Glendale?

Raffi's Place in Downtown Glendale has a wine list. It serves Persian cooking built around grilled kabobs and saffron rice, including barg and lule koobideh in large portions, with an à la carte menu.

How many Wine Spectator awards and exceptional wine programs are in your Glendale guide?

Our Glendale guide includes one Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence and one exceptional wine program citywide. Raffi's Place in Downtown Glendale serves Persian cooking with a wine list.

By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards

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Adana Restaurant restaurant in Glendale

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Adana Restaurant

Back-to-back Michelin Bib Gourmand recognition in 2024 and 2025 puts Adana Restaurant among the more consistent value addresses in the Los Angeles Middle Eastern dining scene. Operating out of Glendale's dense Armenian corridor on San Fernando Road, the kitchen under Chef Edward Khechemyan draws on Turkish and Armenian culinary traditions with a focus on grilled meats, flatbreads, and the kind of unhurried hospitality that defines the neighbourhood's best tables.

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Mambo's Cafe 🇨🇺 restaurant in Glendale

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Mambo's Cafe 🇨🇺

Mambo's Cafe brings Cuban-influenced cooking to Victory Boulevard in Glendale, occupying a slice of the city's increasingly varied dining corridor. The address at 1701 Victory Blvd places it within reach of Glendale's broader restaurant scene, where Latin American traditions sit alongside Armenian, Turkish, and pan-Asian kitchens. For a neighbourhood that rewards exploration, it represents another entry point into the kind of everyday cultural cooking that defines the area.

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Carousel restaurant in Glendale

Glendale, United States

Carousel

Carousel on North Brand Boulevard sits inside Glendale's Lebanese dining corridor, where Middle Eastern cooking traditions run deep across the San Fernando Valley. The restaurant draws a regular crowd of Armenian and Arab diaspora communities alongside Glendale newcomers looking for the kind of mezze spread that rewards the table rather than the individual plate. It occupies a particular position in the neighborhood's Middle Eastern scene, substantial, established, and built around communal eating.

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Elena's Greek Armenian Cuisine restaurant in Glendale

Glendale, United States

Elena's Greek Armenian Cuisine

Elena's Greek Armenian Cuisine on South Glendale Avenue sits at the intersection of two culinary traditions that have shaped this city's identity more than almost any other. In a neighborhood with one of the largest Armenian American populations in the country, the restaurant draws regulars who measure authenticity against home kitchens, not restaurant guides. That is a demanding standard, and Elena's has held its address for good reason.

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Karas Dine-In restaurant in Glendale

Glendale, United States

Karas Dine-In

Karas Dine-In occupies a street-level address on South Brand Boulevard in Glendale, California, placing it along one of the San Fernando Valley's most active dining corridors. The restaurant draws from a neighborhood that has grown considerably more competitive in recent years, with a mix of Armenian, Mexican, and pan-Asian operators setting the commercial tone along Brand. Visitors looking for a sit-down option in central Glendale will find it within easy walking distance of the area's main retail and transit anchors.

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La Cubana restaurant in Glendale

Glendale, United States

La Cubana

La Cubana sits on South Glendale Avenue in a city whose dining scene draws heavily from its Armenian, Latino, and East Asian communities. Cuban cuisine occupies a specific niche in Greater Los Angeles, where the tradition of slow-cooked meats, black beans, and fried plantains connects diaspora cooking to a broader Southern California appetite for bold, layered flavors. Located at 801 S Glendale Ave, La Cubana is a reference point for that tradition in this part of the San Fernando Valley corridor.

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