Los Angeles's Most Iconic Restaurants

by The OpenTable team

Updated 15 December 2023

Seasons change, trends come and go, but these restaurants have withstood the test of time—and have become integral parts of the Los Angeles dining scene. Here are Los Angeles’s OpenTable Classics: the places that continue to excel after 10+ years. There’s a reason they’re still around: they keep giving us a reason to come back.

AOC - 3rd Street

4.7

4.7 (5100)

$30 and under

Californian

Beverly / Fairfax / La Brea / Third St.

About the restaurant

Chef Suzanne Goin is one of the most important figures in the Los Angeles food scene, and her restaurant AOC helped define the laid-back, stylish, ingredients-focused cooking that defines the city today. Get the meats and cheeses, the farmer’s plate, the arroz negro, and the roasted chicken, and you’re in for a memorable evening.

Top review

Carrie

Dined 2 days ago

Excellent food and the service is always exceptional! I was given the pleasure of the table next to me celebration a birthday. The server sang to the family in Italian. It was unbelievable and so beautiful. What a treat!

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Experience

New Year's Eve Dinner

Pizzeria Mozza

4.7

4.7 (6812)

$31 to $50

Pizzeria

Hollywood

About the restaurant

Chef Nancy Silverton certainly knows her way around a pizza—and her expertise is always on show at Pizzeria Mozza, where she churns out consistently delicious pizzas and Italian food that never ceases to delight. Our favorite dish, though, is Nancy’s Chopped Salad: a towering tangle of lettuces, tomatoes, cheese, and salami that’s worth the visit alone.

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Dined 2 days ago

Sat at the counter by all the action. It was great! Great service. Great food!

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4.7

4.7 (7390)

$50 and over

Italian

Hollywood

About the restaurant

Chef Nancy Silverton has created a Los Angeles restaurant empire, and Osteria Mozza is the crown jewel. Get anything from the in-house mozzarella bar, and you can’t go wrong with any of the pastas—just make sure to save room for dessert.

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SimonVIP

Dined on 17 Dec 2024

One of the best all around restaurant experiences I have ever had. It’s not cheap, but it’s also not crazy expensive. Will try to go back whenever I am visiting LA

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Spago - Beverly Hills

4.8

4.8 (5827)

$50 and over

Contemporary American

Beverly Hills

About the restaurant

There is nobody in the world quite like Wolfgang Puck, the international celebrity chef with restaurants all over the globe—and there’s no restaurant quite like Spago, the place where everything started. Spago was where the concept of Los Angeles fine-dining was born, and to this day, it continues to serve some of the best food in the city. And yes, the smoked-salmon pizza is just as good as ever.

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nancySVIP

Dined 7 days ago

All on the staff helped to make for a wonderful experience.

Jar

4.8

4.8 (3292)

$50 and over

American

Beverly / Fairfax / La Brea / Third St.

About the restaurant

Jar is a Los Angeles classic, a chophouse serving simply prepared meats and fish accompanied by a wide range of sauces (think bearnaise, creamy horseradish, green peppercorn, etc.). They’re most famous for their pot roast: a rich mess of beef cooked down with carrots and onions, the kind of dish that you wish you grew up on.

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Anna

Dined 2 days ago

Lovely Christmas Eve dinner. Get the banana cream pie dessert!

Providence

4.9

4.9 (4392)

$50 and over

Seafood

Hollywood

About the restaurant

There are few restaurants in Los Angeles as lauded as Michael Chimarusti’s Providence, and it’s not hard to see why. In a city where true fine-dining restaurants are rare, Providence is a shining example, and chef Chimarusti does things with seafood that will leave you thinking about your dinner long after you return home.

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JeffreyVIP

Dined 7 days ago

I doubt you can have a finer meal in Los Angeles. The care in the selection, preparation and presentation of the food, is obvious. It really doesn't get any better. The friendly, informative and very attentive service takes it all over the top. If you can afford the extravagance, do it! I promise you will not be disappointed.

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Experience

New Year's Eve Celebration

AKASHA

4.6

4.6 (3827)

$31 to $50

Contemporary American

Culver City

About the restaurant

AKASHA could easily be a caricature of a Los Angeles restaurant: everything down to the takeout containers is sustainable. But chef Akasha Richmond keeps it real with her menu, which feels at once wholesome, elegant, and special—and the space, which mixes wood, steel, brick, and concrete, feels both urban and inviting.

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PamelaVIP

Dined 3 days ago

Great place. Food is always good and the service was great!

The Tower Bar

4.7

4.7 (1997)

$50 and over

Californian

West Hollywood

About the restaurant

There are few places as Los Angeles as The Tower Bar, found in the Sunset Tower Hotel. The menu, which feels distinctly Californian, takes cues from France and Italy—but you’re here for the star-studded clientele, the old-world glamour, the sense of privacy and luxury and grandeur. Order a cocktail and be whisked away.

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DianaVIP

Dined 2 days ago

We love this place for breakfast! Great waitstaff. Great food!

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Popular dish

Chicken Pot Pie

Experience

New Year's Eve at the Historic Tower Bar 2024

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