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15 Best easygoing Restaurants in Los Angeles

The best 15 restaurants for easygoing in Los Angeles — curated by TastyPals editors.

The best easygoing restaurants in Los Angeles are Urban Plates, Castaway Burbank, Original Tommy's, and more. Start with Urban Plates if you want the strongest overall first pick.

By Carlos Mendez•15 ranked picks•Published July 15, 2026•Updated July 15, 2026
Methodology•Editorial team
Urban PlatesCastaway BurbankOriginal Tommy's
15 Best easygoing Restaurants in Los Angeles
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Top picks at a glance

#1Urban PlatesAmerican • Playa Vista • value#2Castaway BurbankSteakhouse • Burbank • moderate#3Original Tommy'sBurgers • Los Angeles • value

Who this guide is for

This guide covers the highest-rated restaurants for easygoing in Los Angeles, sorted by Google rating and editorial judgment. Picks span Playa Vista, Burbank and Los Angeles.

Quick picks

Urban Plates
American • Playa Vista
Urban Plates is an easy american option in Playa Vista in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Castaway Burbank
Steakhouse • Burbank
Castaway Burbank is a dependable steakhouse option in Burbank that a lot of diners already know and return to.
Original Tommy's
Burgers • Los Angeles
Original Tommy's keeps showing up in the right conversations when people want a reliable burgers plan.
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Editorial details
Published: July 15, 2026
Last updated: July 15, 2026

On this page

  1. 1. Urban PlatesView →
  2. 2. Castaway BurbankView →
  3. 3. Original Tommy'sView →
  4. 4. DeSano Pizzeria NapoletanaView →
  5. 5. PIZZANISTA! DTLA Arts DistrictView →
  6. 6. Cafe VidaView →
  7. 7. Bacari PDRView →
  8. 8. In-N-Out BurgerView →
  9. 9. Wood Ranch BurbankView →
  10. 10. GranvilleView →
  11. 11. Pasta SistersView →
  12. 12. Cassell's HamburgersView →
  13. 13. Runway Playa VistaView →
  14. 14. Baltaire RestaurantView →
  15. 15. BJ's Restaurant & BrewhouseView →

How the restaurants compare

Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Urban Plates
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Urban Plates
Playa Vista • American
9.0/10
TastyPals Score
4.7
Google
Price
value
Best for
Playa Vista lunch
Mood
Playa Vista
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Castaway Burbank
Google
Castaway Burbank
Burbank • Steakhouse
8.8/10
TastyPals Score
4.6
Google
Price
moderate
Best for
Burbank dinner
Mood
Burbank
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for Original Tommy's
Google
Original Tommy's
Los Angeles • Burgers
8.8/10
TastyPals Score
4.6
Google
Price
value
Best for
casual night
Mood
Casual
Editorial restaurant image stand-in for DeSano Pizzeria Napoletana
Google
DeSano Pizzeria Napoletana
West Hollywood • Pizza
8.7/10
TastyPals Score
4.6
Google
Price
value
Best for
casual night
Mood
West Hollywood

How we chose

We looked for restaurants that feel like a strong fit for the guide topic, not just the most obvious names in the city. The shortlist favors rooms with clear mood, dependable pacing, and enough distinction to help someone decide faster. Read our full methodology →

Room tone

Lighting, pace, and general energy all need to support the reason someone clicked this guide.

Food fit

We favored restaurants that feel best suited for the moment, not just restaurants with broad reputation.

Useful range

The final list tries to give readers enough variation in neighborhood, price, and style to compare real options.

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DeSano Pizzeria Napoletana — DeSano Pizza Bakery has built its reputation in West Hollywood on a straightforward premise: Neapolitan wood-fired pizza executed with enough fidelity that the Italian reference point holds up rather than serving as mere marketing. The format centers on long-fermented dough — a process diners and observers consistently credit with producing flavor complexity rather than simply providing structure — paired with a wood-fired oven reportedly run at the temperatures the style demands. Toppings across the menu are edited rather than maximalist, which is the correct instinct for a tradition that collapses quickly under excess weight. The Margherita is the benchmark order here, the pie that reveals whether the fundamentals are sound before anything else is considered. Beyond the Margherita, the menu offers a seasonal topping pie that rotates the kitchen's available combinations, and the wood-fired Neapolitan pie in its core form — both worth ordering at the same table so the group can assess range rather than committing to a single configuration. The pies are sized for sharing rather than individual consumption, which means two or three between a group of four is the practical approach. The house salad rounds out the order as a counterpoint to the richness of the cheese, and by most accounts the kitchen moves orders at a pace that supports a longer, relaxed evening without the table sitting idle. For a Los Angeles group dinner where the priority is quality without the formality — or the cheque — of a dedicated sit-down room, DeSano's price point makes the decision relatively uncomplicated. Walk-ins are reported to work for smaller groups on weeknights; for larger parties or weekend evenings, a reservation is the more reliable approach. View restaurant →
Cassell's Hamburgers — Cassell's Hamburgers has a backstory that's almost too good to be true: founded in 1948 by Alvin Cassell, shuttered, then brought back to life inside Koreatown's Hotel Normandie in 2014 by chef Christian Page, who reportedly kept the same-style Hobart meat grinder and the same 1940s crossfire broiler — a machine that cooks patties from both directions at 500 degrees — that defined the original. The roll call of people who've gone on record loving this place includes Jonathan Gold, Calvin Trillin, and David Chang, who once floated it for the World's 50 Best list. That's an unusually serious amount of credibility for a restaurant that sits comfortably at the dollar-sign end of the price scale. The menu centers on beef done correctly, no theater required. The Classic Burger 1/3 lb is the throughline — USDA Prime, ground in-house, cooked on that broiler, and widely regarded as the reason the place matters. The Patty Melt on rye, built with sautéed onions and dijon mayo, has a quieter reputation but diners consistently rank it as the move if you want something that goes a little harder than a straight burger. The Tuna Melt carries its own history: the LA Times reportedly called Cassell's tuna one of the city's best back in 1986, and the current version is made with freshly poached fish, which is not something most tuna melts can claim. The B'fast Burger signals that the kitchen doesn't clock out after the lunch rush. No reservations, no dress code, no complications. If you're coming with someone else, the Classic Burger and the Patty Melt split between two people is the approach most people seem to land on — and by most accounts, it's the right call. View restaurant →

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