Restaurants
West
170 N. Church Ln., Los Angeles, CA, 90049
(310-481-7878
Perched atop the Hotel Angeleno (formerly the cylindrical Holiday Inn), this lively place attracts a mixed crowd…
Website: http://westatangeleno.com
Category: Restaurants, Steakhouse
Westside Tavern
10850 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90064
310-470-1539
This 300-seat behemoth of poured concrete, exposed I beams, and honey-colored wood at the Westside Pavilion is all about volume…
Website: http://westsidetavernla.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Westwood
Category: American, Restaurants
Wharo
4029 Lincoln Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90292
310-578-7114
This is Korean barbecue, upmarket style. After a little chop chae (glass noodles with beef), pajyun…
Website: http://www.wharo.com/
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Marina del Rey
Category: Korean, Restaurants
Wilshire
2454 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90403
310-586-1707
With its two bars, indoor dining room, patio, and cigar lounge all cleverly divided, Wilshire doesn’t feel as big as it is.
Website: http://wilshirerestaurant.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: Californian, Restaurants
Wolfgang Puck at Hotel Bel-Air
701 Stone Canyon Rd., Los Angeles, CA, 90077
A simple basket of sliced carbs won’t do at Wolfgang Puck at Hotel Bel-Air, where pastry chef Sherry Yard is behind this elaborate quartet that rises above the rest.
Website: https://hotelbelair.com
Neighborhood: Bel-Air
Category: Bakery/Bagel/Donut, Best of LA, Best of LA 2012: Eat, Best of LA: 2012, Best of LA: Eat, Restaurants
Wolfgang Puck Bar & Grill
800 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90015
213-748-97--
Wolfgang needs another restaurant like pizza needs caviar. The same goes for yet another corporate eatery at L.A. Live…
Website: http://wolfgangpuck.com
Neighborhood: Downtown, Los Angeles
Category: American, Restaurants
Woodlands
11833 Artesia Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90701
562-860-6500
Women not wearing saris stand out here, where families come for the weekend South Indian vegetarian buffet…
Neighborhood: Artesia, Los Angeles
Category: Indian, Restaurants
WP24
900 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90015
213-743-8800
Wolfgang Puck’s restaurant is not glitch free. Yet there is something thrilling about looking down on a knot of freeways from a dining room situated 24 stories above downtown’s L.A. Live.
Website: http://www.wolfgangpuck.com/restaurants/fine-dining/57129
Neighborhood: Downtown
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Xiang Wei Lou
227 W. Valley Blvd., Ste. 118A, Los Angeles, CA, 91776
Mao Zedong’s native province of Hunan is famous for its use of superspicy chilies. This spot offers classic peasant dishes such as…
Category: Chinese, Restaurants
Xiomara Melrose
6101 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90038
323-461-0601
For years, Xiomara Ardolina’s Cuban restaurant served as L.A.’s foremost example of the Nuevo Latino style that swept the east coast in the 1990s…
Website: http://xiomararestaurant.com
Neighborhood: Hollywood, Los Angeles
Category: Californian, Restaurants
Yabu
11820 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90064
310-473-9757
The name is hidden on one side of the building at this superlative noodle house…
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, West Los Angeles
Category: Japanese, Restaurants
Yamashiro
1999 N. Sycamore Ave., Los Angeles, CA, 90068
323-466-5125
This is the place to take out-of-towners for a drink and dazzle them with the lights of Hollywood…
Website: http://yamashirorestaurant.com
Neighborhood: Hollywood, Los Angeles
Category: Asian Fusion, Restaurants
Yamato
1099 Westwood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, 90024
310-208-0100
You want another eclectic Japanese dining experience on the Westside? Then welcome Yamato…
Website: http://yamatokura.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Westwood
Category: Japanese, Restaurants
Yang Chow
819 N. Broadway, Chinatown, CA, 90012
213 625 - 0811
Chinatown’s Yang Chow opened in 1977 and ensured the goopy guilty pleasure achieved citywide fame.
Website: http://www.yangchow.com/
Neighborhood: Chinatown
Category: Best of LA, Best of LA 2013: Eat, Best of LA 2014: Eat, Best of LA: 2013, Best of LA: 2014, Best of LA: Eat, Chinese, Restaurants
Yatai
8535 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90069
310-289-0030
The izakaya (Japanese tapas, basically) trend is building. At this outpost, Koji Miyamoto, formerly of Koi, creates small plates…
Website: http://yatai-bar.com
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, West Hollywood
Category: Japanese, Restaurants
Ye Old Kings Head
116 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-451-1402
This classic British pub is always crowded thanks to a killer bar staff and stiff drinks.
Website: http://yeoldekingshead.com/
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Category: Arts & Entertainment, Bars, British, Restaurants
Ye Olde King’s Head
116 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA, 90401
310-451-1402
Homesick for old English stomping grounds? Hankering for the liberal use of lard?..
Neighborhood: Los Angeles, Santa Monica
Category: British, Restaurants
