Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Los Angeles from the En Primeur Club guide.
Accolades in Los Angeles
Providence, Somni, Kato, Mélisse, and Hayato each hold a Michelin star in the latest dated award and serve a tasting menu. They sit in Hollywood, Norma Triangle, Downtown, and Santa Monica.
Providence in Hollywood holds three Michelin stars for 2026 and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Michael Cimarusti's seafood tasting menu focuses on sustainable, wild-caught fish and precise California cooking. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list. The same year brought a James Beard Award for Outstanding Hospitality.
Somni in Norma Triangle holds three Michelin stars for 2026 and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Aitor Zabala's 14-seat counter serves an avant-garde tasting menu using Catalan and Basque technique and California ingredients. Caroline Costarella oversees a 1,050-bottle list with particular depth in Spain, California, and France.
Kato in Downtown holds two Michelin stars for 2026. Jon Yao's tasting menu brings Taiwanese cooking together with Southern California influences. The wine program is exceptional, with an extensive list, craft cocktails, and a sake program. Ryan Bailey's beverage program is a major part of the restaurant's standing, and the restaurant holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence.
Mélisse in Santa Monica holds two Michelin stars for 2026 and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Josiah Citrin's 14-seat tasting counter sits inside the larger Citrin restaurant and layers classic French technique over California seasonal produce. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list. The formats are a tasting menu and a prix fixe.
Hayato in Downtown holds two Michelin stars for 2026. Brandon Hayato Go runs a seven-seat kaiseki counter and prepares seasonal seafood and vegetables in view of diners. Sake is the drinks program. The restaurant ranked second on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list in 2024.
Capo, République, Baltaire, Osteria Mozza, and Manuela are restaurants in this guide with a Wine Spectator award or a stated cellar size.
Capo in Ocean Park holds a Wine Spectator Grand Award for 2026. The cellar runs to 2,725 selections across 13,500 bottles, with particular strength in California, Burgundy, and Italy. Bruce Marder serves wood-fired Italian dishes. Diners enter through a red velvet curtain, and the room has an almond wood fireplace. The wine program is exceptional, built on an extensive list.
République in Hancock Park holds a Michelin Plate for 2026 and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Walter and Margarita Manzke run a French-inspired bakery, café, and formal dining room in the same restaurant. The wine program runs to nearly 1,845 selections and 9,280 bottles of inventory.
Baltaire in Brentwood holds a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence for 2026. The cellar is 4,695 bottles, weighted toward Burgundy, Bordeaux, and California. The restaurant is a classic American steakhouse with an extensive list and a wine list. It appears on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list for 2025.
Osteria Mozza in Hancock Park holds one Michelin star for 2026 and a Wine Spectator Best of Award of Excellence. Nancy Silverton, a James Beard Award-winning chef, serves handmade pasta and seasonal Italian cooking, with a Carrara marble mozzarella bar in the room. The wine program is sommelier-led, with an extensive list. Formats include a la carte, family-style dishes, and a tasting menu.
Manuela in the Arts District holds a Michelin Plate and a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026. The cooking is farm-to-table American with Southern influences, grilled over charcoal, and the kitchen is led by Sean Froedtert. An on-site garden supplies the restaurant. The cellar holds 4,000 bottles and 400 selections spanning France, Italy, California, and Spain.
Sushi Kaneyoshi, Mori Nozomi, n/naka, Nozawa Bar, and Morihiro each hold one Michelin star for 2025 or 2026. They serve omakase or kaiseki and pour sake.
Sushi Kaneyoshi in Little Tokyo holds one Michelin star for 2026. Yoshiyuki Inoue runs a 10-seat Edomae omakase at a basement counter, with cured and aged fish, a focus on rice, and seasonal seafood. The wine program is minimal. Sake is the drinks program, and the technique includes hikarimono.
Mori Nozomi in Sawtelle holds one Michelin star for 2026. Nozomi Mori leads an eight-seat counter and an all-female team through a kaiseki-inflected Edomae omakase with farmers market pickles, fresh wagashi, and seasonal Japanese seafood. The wine program has a sake program. The restaurant opened in March 2024.
n/naka in Westside Village holds one Michelin star for 2026. Niki Nakayama and Carole Iida-Nakayama cook a 13-course modern kaiseki with California seasonal produce and a kitchen garden they grow. The wine program includes sake. Abalone spaghetti with truffle and cod roe is the menu's highlighted dish.
Nozawa Bar in the Golden Triangle holds one Michelin star for 2026. Osamu Fujita runs a 10-seat omakase counter and prepares more than 20 courses from Los Angeles fish markets, pairing warm sushi rice with cool fish. The wine program has a sake program and a sommelier.
Morihiro in Chinatown holds one Michelin star dated 2025. It is a four-seat counter. The rice is from Iwate Prefecture, milled in-house and seasoned with red vinegar, and it is served on ceramic dishware he makes. The wine program has sake, craft cocktails, and a sommelier. The LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list placed the restaurant sixth for 2024.
Stir Crazy, Bar Covell, Tabula Rasa, Augustine Wine Bar, and La Pharmacie du Vin pour natural, vintage, or low-intervention wine. Stir Crazy is the one in this group with a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence.
Stir Crazy in Hollywood holds a Wine Spectator Award of Excellence for 2026 and a Star Wine List. The wine program is exceptional and natural, with an extensive list, and the kitchen serves Euro-Californian small plates. The room is small and had been a coffeehouse for roughly three decades. The bar also appears on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list.
Bar Covell in East Hollywood holds a Star Wine List for 2026. The bar has no printed menu and pours 150 or more rotating wines by the glass, with bartenders choosing bottles for the table. The wine program is exceptional and includes natural and conventional wine. It has been pouring in East Hollywood for nearly fifteen years.
Tabula Rasa in Thai Town holds a Star Wine List for 2026. The bar pours an extensive selection of natural, low-intervention, and orange wines. Conventional wine and craft beer are poured as well. The room is dim, and an events calendar runs alongside the list.
Augustine Wine Bar in Sherman Oaks pours rare vintage wines by the glass, including 1994 Domaine Weinbach Gewurztraminer and 1967 Grand Puy-Lacoste Bordeaux. The wine program is exceptional and covers natural and conventional wine. The format favors wine, and cocktails are still poured in the same room.
La Pharmacie du Vin in Silver Lake is a wine bar and restaurant styled like a vintage French pharmacy. The list includes rare and vintage wines, and the kitchen serves French food. A flower-lined courtyard is part of the room. The wine program includes natural and conventional wine.
Vespertine holds two Michelin stars for 2026; Meteora, Seline, and Holbox each hold one Michelin star for 2026. The formats include an avant-garde tasting menu, live-fire cooking, a California tasting menu, and Mexican seafood.
Vespertine in Hayden Tract holds two Michelin stars for 2026. Jordan Kahn's tasting menu draws on wild-foraged and regenerative ingredients mapped to California's four regions. The wine program has an extensive list, craft cocktails, and a sommelier. The restaurant occupies the steel-and-glass structure known as the Waffle, designed by Eric Owen Moss.
Meteora in Hollywood holds one Michelin star for 2026. Jordan Kahn cooks with live fire, a zero-waste approach, and sustainably sourced wild ingredients, in tasting-menu, a la carte, and small-plate formats. Opinionated About Dining ranked the restaurant 197th in North America in 2025.
Seline in Ocean Park holds one Michelin star for 2026. Dave Beran's tasting menu runs 15 to 18 courses, inspired by Southern California, and uses flash-frozen preparations and braised dishes. The wine program is exceptional and sommelier-led, with an extensive list. A James Beard Award for Best Chef: California was given in that same year.
Holbox in South Central holds one Michelin star for 2026. Gilberto Cetina Jr. cooks Mexican coastal seafood at a counter in a food hall, including ceviches, tacos on house-made heirloom corn tortillas, tostadas, and aguachiles. A tasting menu is also served. The wine program is minimal. The awards include a James Beard Award nomination.
Our guide counts 25 Michelin-starred restaurants in Los Angeles, holding 33 Michelin stars citywide. Tasting menus, kaiseki, and omakase counters are part of that restaurant total, including Providence in Hollywood, Somni in Norma Triangle, Hayato in Downtown, and Sushi Kaneyoshi in Little Tokyo.
Napa Rose in Anaheim, Capo in Ocean Park, and République in Hancock Park have the highest bottle counts stated in this guide. Napa Rose lists a 14,000-bottle wine inventory. Capo lists 13,500 bottles, with particular strength in California, Burgundy, and Italy. République lists 9,280 bottles of inventory.
Tasting menus in our guide include Providence in Hollywood, Somni in Norma Triangle, Kato in Downtown, Mélisse in Santa Monica, and Hayato in Downtown. Providence and Somni hold three Michelin stars. Kato, Mélisse, and Hayato hold two Michelin stars. Hayato is a seven-seat kaiseki counter. Somni is a 14-seat counter with a list of 1,050 bottles.
Our guide counts 2 Wine Spectator Grand Awards in Los Angeles, citywide. Capo in Ocean Park holds a Grand Award, with 2,725 selections across 13,500 bottles and particular strength in California, Burgundy, and Italy. The wine program at Capo is exceptional and the list is extensive.
Several wine bars in our guide pour natural wine. Tabula Rasa in Thai Town also pours low-intervention and orange wines. Bar Covell in East Hollywood pours 150 or more rotating wines by the glass, both natural and conventional. Stir Crazy in Hollywood pours natural wine. Augustine Wine Bar in Sherman Oaks pours rare vintage wine by the glass.
By Emmett Haley · Updated October 8, 2026 · Editorial standards
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Holbox makes Los Angeles seafood feel inseparable from the city’s market culture: counter service, Mexican coastal technique, Southern California sourcing, and serious national recognition in a room shared with other vendors. Chef Gilberto Cetina Jr’s cooking has drawn James Beard attention and OAD ranking, but the draw is the way ceviches, tacos, tostadas, aguachiles, dry-aged fish, and a weekly tasting format make a market stall operate at restaurant-review gravity.
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A seven-seat kaiseki counter in Downtown L.A.'s Row DTLA, Hayato holds two Michelin stars and ranked second on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list in 2024. Reservations open at the start of each month and close within minutes. Chef Brandon Hayato Go prepares each course in full view of diners, with commentary on provenance and seasonality that turns the counter into something closer to a seminar than a service.
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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.
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Vespertine occupies architect Eric Owen Moss's steel-and-glass Culver City structure known as the Waffle, where Jordan Kahn's two-Michelin-starred menu unfolds over roughly four hours. The cooking draws on wild-foraged and regenerative ingredients mapped to California's four regions, producing a dining format that sits closer to performance art than conventional tasting menu. Ranked #98 in North America by Opinionated About Dining in 2025 and awarded 76 points by La Liste in 2026.
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A two-Michelin-star kaiseki counter in Culver City, n/naka translates a centuries-old Japanese dining tradition through California's seasonal produce and a kitchen garden grown by the chefs themselves. Niki Nakayama and Carole Iida-Nakayama have held their stars since 2011, ranking ninth on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants 2024 list and drawing a reservation queue that rivals any tasting-menu address in the country.
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Pizzeria Sei on Pico Boulevard has built among the more discussed pizza programs in Los Angeles by fusing Neapolitan technique with Japanese precision. The almond wood-fired oven produces a crust that is simultaneously airy, chewy, and leopard-spotted, landing the restaurant at #2 on 50 Top Pizza USA 2025 and a Michelin Plate. The monthly omakase format sells out almost immediately after dates are announced.
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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.
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Los Angeles's first craft molino operates inside Mercado La Paloma, nixtamalizing 100% Mexican heirloom corn daily to produce masa for a focused menu of antojitos rooted in Mexico City street-food tradition. Awarded a 2025 Michelin Bib Gourmand and ranked 38th on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants 2024, Komal delivers particularly technically grounded tortillas in the city at single-dollar price points.
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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.
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A ten-seat chef's counter in Little Tokyo, Restaurant Ki earned a Michelin star in 2025 within its first full year of operation. Chef Ki Kim, trained at Atomix and Jungsik in New York, delivers a seafood-centric tasting menu that draws on both Korean tradition and French technique.
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A 44-year-old Sherman Oaks institution that became one of Los Angeles's most-discussed restaurants after James Beard Award-winning chef Justin Pichetrungsi reimagined its menu from 2019 onward. The à la carte menu runs from wok-fired classics and deep curries to dry-aged fish, with a wine program that draws serious attention. Ranked #11 on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list for 2024 and a consistent presence on Opinionated About Dining's North America rankings.
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The tasting menu format and à la carte option place it in a price and format bracket alongside LA's most credentialed fine-dining rooms, with Opinionated About Dining ranking it among the leading 250 restaurants in North America in 2025.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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A Glassell Park dining room defined by faded brick, amber light, and a central wood-burning hearth, Dunsmoor translates Southern American cooking through a California seasonal lens. Chef Brian Dunsmoor earned a Michelin Plate in both 2024 and 2025, and the LA Times ranked the restaurant tenth on its 2024 list of 101 best restaurants. The menu shifts with the calendar but stays rooted in smoke, heirloom produce, and American heritage technique.
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Inside the Farmers and Merchants Bank Building in downtown Los Angeles, Orsa & Winston holds a Michelin star and a top-20 place on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants list for its five-course pescatarian tasting menu that draws equally from Japanese and Italian traditions. At $150 per person, it sits at the more accessible end of the city's fine-dining tier, with dishes built around peak-season California produce and a counter format that puts the kitchen on full display.
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A 10-seat Edomae omakase counter in the basement of a Little Tokyo office building, Sushi Kaneyoshi holds a Michelin star and ranked #78 in Opinionated About Dining's 2025 North America list. Chef Yoshiyuki Inoue's focus on hikarimono and Edomae technique draws serious connoisseurs to one of Los Angeles's most demanding reservations.
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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.
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Chi Spacca on Melrose Ave operates at the intersection of Italian butchery tradition and Los Angeles carnivore culture, holding a Michelin Plate, Opinionated About Dining Casual North America ranking, and a spot on the LA Times 101 Best Restaurants 2024. The format centers on cured meats, wood-fired cuts, and a focaccia di Recco that earns its own reputation. At the summit tier of LA Italian, the value relative to price is one of its clearest arguments.
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On Abbot Kinney Boulevard in Venice, Gjelina has held a consistent position in Opinionated About Dining's North America Casual rankings since 2023 and carries a Michelin Plate for 2024 and 2025. The kitchen works a produce-forward California register with Italian structural references, open seven days from 9am to 11pm at a mid-range price point that puts it well below the city's Michelin-starred tier.
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The Beverly Hills Hotel is Los Angeles hospitality as theatre: pink façade, red-carpet arrival, palm-framed pool culture, and a service style built around recognition before request. Its Dorchester Collection polish, long Hollywood history, and recent global hotel recognition place it in a smaller Beverly Hills tier where ceremony, discretion, and continuity matter as much as room product.
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Sitting at the centre of Beverly Hills' Golden Triangle, The Maybourne Beverly Hills brings the service standards of London's Claridge's and The Connaught to a distinctly Californian setting. Michelin 2 Keys (2024), a 96.5-point La Liste rating, and the 2025 World Travel Award for California's Leading Luxury Hotel place it firmly in the upper tier of West Coast luxury hotels. Rooms from $1,434 per night across 201 keys.
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L'Ermitage Beverly Hills holds the Forbes Five-Star rating as the longest-tenured all-suite hotel with that designation worldwide, alongside Michelin Two Keys and AAA Five Diamonds recognition. A 116-suite independent property on a residential stretch of Burton Way, its 2024 renovation introduced Costa Covo Osteria and a rooftop expansion. Rates from $940 per night.
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Set on eighteen acres in the hills above Sunset Boulevard, Hotel Bel-Air has held its position among Los Angeles's most closely guarded addresses since 1946. The rose-colored Mediterranean bungalows, the swan-dotted lake, and the discretion of the staff have made it a fixture for those who prefer to disappear rather than be seen. Ranked 42nd on the World's 50 Best Hotels list in 2025 and awarded three Michelin Keys in 2024, its credentials are as settled as its reputation.
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The Peninsula Beverly Hills has held both AAA Five Diamond and Forbes Five Star ratings continuously since 1991, a dual-accreditation record unmatched elsewhere in Southern California. Across 195 rooms, 38 suites, and 18 private villas set among tropical gardens on South Santa Monica Boulevard, the property operates at the intersection of old-money service discipline and quietly current amenities. The Belvedere restaurant has maintained AAA Five Diamond status for 21 consecutive years.
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The Sun Rose West Hollywood sits at 8430 Sunset Blvd, where Montage International's California modernism meets the Sunset Strip's film and music heritage. With 149 rooms earning Michelin 2 Keys (2024) and a Condé Nast Best Hotels ranking of #11 (2025), the hotel anchors Wolfgang Puck's return to the boulevard that made his reputation. It is as much a cultural venue as a place to sleep.
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One of only two hotels in Los Angeles to sit directly on the sand, Casa del Mar occupies a restored 1926 Italian Renaissance Revival building on the Santa Monica waterfront. Its 129 rooms, three two-story penthouses, Star Wine List recognition (2026), and Michelin Key (2024) place it in a narrow tier of LA properties where historic architecture and genuine beachfront access coexist. The wine program and Terrazza restaurant add dining substance to a location most competitors can only approximate.
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Positioned directly on the Santa Monica sand, Shutters on the Beach is one of the few Los Angeles luxury hotels with genuine beachfront access. The 198-room property holds a Michelin Key (2024) and a Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star rating, with interiors by designer Michael S. Smith and dining anchored by the market-driven 1 Pico Restaurant. Rates from approximately $640 per night.
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Santa Monica Proper earned a Michelin 1 Key in 2024, placing it in a tier defined by design-led boutique hotels rather than full-service resort chains. Kelly Wearstler's interiors span 267 rooms across a new build and a restored 1920s Spanish Colonial landmark on Wilshire Boulevard. Rooftop pool access, an Ayurvedic spa, and two distinct dining formats make it one architecturally coherent option in its Santa Monica price bracket.
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A turquoise-and-gold Art Deco fixture on Santa Monica's Ocean Avenue blufftop since 1933, The Georgian was thoughtfully restored in 2023 and now holds a Michelin Key and Leading Hotels of the World membership. Its 84 rooms, ocean-facing Sunset Terrace, and live music programming in the Georgian Room position it as one of the California coast's most architecturally distinctive addresses at rates from $659 per night.
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A 1926 California Renaissance Revival building on Broadway Corridor, Downtown LA Proper Hotel converts 148 rooms across one of DTLA's most architecturally significant addresses. A Michelin Key recipient with restaurants from James Beard Award winners Suzanne Goin and Caroline Styne, it sits in a different competitive tier from the canyon-side and Westside luxury properties that dominate the Los Angeles hotel conversation.
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Chateau Marmont has occupied its perch above Sunset Strip since 1929, accumulating a mythology no hotel decorator can manufacture. With 63 rooms modelled on Loire Valley architecture, a Michelin 2 Keys designation in 2024, and rooms from $985 per night, it sits in a distinct tier of LA luxury where privacy and history carry more weight than amenity count.
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A 1939 Hollywood Regency building on N Cherokee Avenue, The Prospect Hollywood brings 24 individually styled rooms to a neighbourhood better known for its mythology than its hotels. Designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard's maximalist interiors earned a Michelin Key in 2024, placing the property in a distinct tier among Los Angeles boutique options. Rates from $249 per night.
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A Michelin Key-awarded boutique hotel in West Hollywood built around 14 restored English-style bungalows on land once owned by Charlie Chaplin. Rates from $394 per night. The property trades scale for privacy, with cottage-style rooms bearing names tied to the Golden Age stars said to have lived here, and a service approach that keeps guests largely left to their own devices.
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Regent Santa Monica Beach occupies 167 rooms along Ocean Avenue, placing guests at the intersection of Los Angeles waterfront history and contemporary luxury. The property carries a 2026 Star Wine List recognition, houses cuisine by Chef Michael Mina, and partners with Guerlain for its wellness program. Rates are available on request, positioning the hotel firmly in the upper tier of California coastal accommodation.
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A 23-room residential-style boutique hotel on San Vicente Boulevard, Hotel 850 SVB sits at the quieter edge of West Hollywood without sacrificing proximity to the Sunset Strip or Pacific Design Center. Awarded a Michelin Key in 2024, it operates in the tradition of Europe's intimate private-house hotels, where scale is a deliberate restraint rather than a limitation. Rates from $372 per night.
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Positioned at the intersection of Wilshire and Santa Monica Boulevards, the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills is the brand's first West Coast property, earning a La Liste Top Hotels score of 96.5 points in 2026. Pierre-Yves Rochon's design spans 170 rooms and suites, a La Prairie spa, and a 12th-floor rooftop lounge that draws both hotel guests and locals who know to book ahead.
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Designed in 1929 by Leland A. Bryant, the Sunset Tower Hotel is an Art Deco landmark on the Sunset Strip awarded a Michelin Key in 2024. Its 81 rooms and suites carry floor-to-ceiling views of the Hollywood Hills, while the Tower Bar, administered by maître d' Gabe Doppelt, remains one of West Hollywood's most deliberate dining rooms. Rates from $425 per night.
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Conrad Los Angeles sits inside The Grand LA development on Grand Avenue, flanked by Frank Gehry's Walt Disney Concert Hall and The Broad museum. Its 305 rooms, tenth-floor restaurant San Laurel, biohacking-equipped spa, and suite terraces with 180-degree downtown views make it the cultural district's most critically recognized address.
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Operating from a 23-acre estate in Pasadena since 1914, The Langham Huntington sits in a tier of California grand hotels defined by architectural permanence rather than design novelty. With 379 rooms, three restaurants, Chuan Spa, and a Star Wine List 2026 recognition, it draws guests who want proximity to the Rose Bowl and the Huntington Library without sacrificing the formality of a historic property.
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A 1970s apartment building on a quiet West Hollywood residential street that earns a Michelin Key without announcing itself. The Chamberlain's 115 rooms run toward modern-luxe interiors, gas fireplaces, and a rooftop pool with Hollywood Hills views, a property that lets the neighbourhood do the talking while it handles the comfort. At around $303 per night, it sits in the mid-premium tier for WeHo.
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Soho House Holloway is a 34-room members' hotel on Holloway Drive in West Hollywood, awarded a Michelin Key in 2024. Rates from $610 place it in a competitive bracket with West Hollywood's most closely watched boutique properties.
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A Michelin Key-recognised private members' club at Hollywood and Vine, The Aster opens its 35 suites to overnight guests alongside a wellness program and the Lemon Grove restaurant and bar. At $368 per night, it occupies a specific niche in the Hollywood hotel market: smaller and more atmospherically cohesive than the neighbourhood's larger properties, with a members' club format that shapes the social texture of every common space.
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Reopened in 2021 after a $2.5 billion transformation, Fairmont Century Plaza occupies a storied address on the Avenue of the Stars in Century City. The property pairs French brasserie dining at Lumière with one of Los Angeles's largest hotel spas, a Fairmont Gold members floor, and every room's private balcony, a configuration that places it firmly in the upper tier of Los Angeles luxury hotels.
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Mírate puts Los Angeles agave culture in a sharper, more ambitious frame: pre-Hispanic ferments, producer-led spirits, and technique-heavy cocktails rather than generic tequila-bar shorthand. Its 2026 Tales Spirited Awards Top 10 nominations, World’s 50 Best Bars placements, and Top 500 Bars ranking make the case for a bar program operating inside the city’s serious cocktail conversation.
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A technique-driven cocktail bar on West Temple Street, Thunderbolt has held a place in the World's 50 Best Bars global list four consecutive years running, most recently ranking #64 globally in 2024. The format is deliberately low-key: a neighbourhood-bar atmosphere that sits in sharp contrast to the precision of what arrives in the glass. R&D is the engine here, with original ingredients driving a program that consistently earns global recognition.
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On Hillhurst Avenue in Los Feliz, Vandell occupies a stretch of the city where neighbourhood dining has quietly grown more ambitious over the past decade.
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Bar Next Door on Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood occupies a precise position in Los Angeles's cocktail hierarchy: ranked #100 on North America's 50 Best Bars in 2025, a recognition that signals serious program depth. For West Hollywood, it reads as a benchmark address for considered drinking.
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Ranked #86 on the LA Times 2024 list of 101 Best Restaurants, Stir Crazy occupies a 500-square-foot room on Melrose Avenue where a coffeehouse stood for roughly three decades. The Euro-Californian menu is deliberately unhurried, and the wine program punches well above the room's modest footprint. It is the kind of neighbourhood restaurant Los Angeles rarely produces with this much intention.
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The bar occupies the industrial corridor along East 7th Street, where the drinking culture runs more deliberate than the cocktail-theatre venues further west.
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Death & Co's Los Angeles outpost on East 3rd Street carries the technical credibility of the New York original into the Arts District's after-dark scene. The room delivers both.
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Daisy sits on Ventura Boulevard in Sherman Oaks, occupying a stretch of the San Fernando Valley where neighbourhood dining has quietly grown more serious over the past decade. Our full Los Angeles restaurants guide provides broader context on where Daisy fits within the city's current dining picture.
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Bar Covell has anchored the Los Feliz wine bar scene for nearly fifteen years, operating on a stretch of Hollywood Boulevard that most LA bar-goers have historically overlooked. The format is deliberately low-key: no cocktail theatrics, no reservations pageantry, just a considered list of natural and European wines in a room that rewards slowing down. It remains one of the neighbourhood's most consistent reference points for the category.
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Buvons sits on Loma Avenue in Long Beach, operating at a remove from the main current of LA's bar scene, which, for the right visitor, is precisely the point. The drive from central LA runs anywhere from 30 minutes to well over an hour depending on traffic, and the neighbourhood context shapes the experience before you even walk in. It belongs to a category of destination bars that reward the effort of getting there.
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Cana Rum Bar on West Olympic Boulevard is one of Los Angeles's most focused spirits programs, built around rum in a city where whiskey and mezcal tend to dominate the back bar.
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On Fairfax Avenue, Canter's Deli has held its position in Los Angeles's Jewish deli tradition since long before the neighbourhood became a destination. Open around the clock, it draws a cross-section of the city, late-night regulars, daytime locals, visiting out-of-towners, to a room that operates on its own unhurried logic. The address is 419 N Fairfax Ave, and no reservation is required.
Los Angeles, United States
On Franklin Avenue in Hollywood, Lily's Bar earned a Star Wine List recognition in 2026, placing it among a small tier of Los Angeles bars where the wine program carries as much weight as the spirits list. The address puts it in the thick of Hollywood's mid-century bar corridor, a stretch that rewards those who plan ahead.
Los Angeles
Selected entries from the current guide for Los Angeles.
Los Angeles, United States
The property functions as a working winery, tasting room, and retail destination in a part of the city better known for light industrial blocks than for viticulture. For wine drinkers based in Los Angeles, it remains a point of reference for California wine in an urban context.
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