The best American restaurants in Los Angeles, sorted by rating and curated by TastyPals editors.
Fast answers for diners comparing american restaurants in Los Angeles. These first picks are sorted from live restaurant data and editorial fit.
Backbone is a sensible global call in Glendale in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well. Uni Waffle and Tuna Tartare also give you a decent sense of the menu.
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Long Beach hasn't exactly been swimming in white-tablecloth options, which makes Chez Bacchus something of a structural anomaly in the downtown dining scene — it bills itself, with apparent accuracy, as the first white-cloth intercontine…
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N17 The Lane landed in Culver City in 2024 with a concept that cuts against the usual either/or of sports bars: this is a place where five large TVs broadcasting soccer share real estate with an actual kitchen serious enough to make you…
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The MODERN Kitchen + Bar is an easy global option in Long Beach in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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The Green Room is a global restaurant in Burbank in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Melisse is Josiah Citrin's long-running tasting-menu room in Santa Monica, and its reputation — built over two decades of LA fine dining — rests on a specific and sustained premise: classical French technique applied to California's seas…
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Charcoal Venice is chef Josiah Citrin's wood-fire American grill on the Westside, positioned a few blocks from the beach in Venice and designed around a specific conviction: that live coals and ember heat should function as the primary k…
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The Reef on the Water is a sensible american restaurant call in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Eden On Brand is a global restaurant in Glendale in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Gjelina has anchored the Venice dining scene for well over a decade, which in a neighbourhood that cycles through openings and quiet closures with remarkable speed is itself a form of argument.
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Girl & the Goat Los Angeles suits a night out in Arts District when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Boathouse on the Bay is an easy contemporary option in Long Beach in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Nick's Pasadena suits a night out in Pasadena when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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The Curious Palate occupies a specific lane in the Santa Monica dining landscape and commits to it fully: a farm-sourced, scratch-made contemporary kitchen on the third-floor dining deck of Santa Monica Place, steps from where the old Ar…
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Home Restaurant is a sensible contemporary call in Echo Park in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Saint & Second is an easy contemporary option in Long Beach in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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BlaqHaus NoHo is a contemporary restaurant in North Hollywood in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Redbird is a contemporary pick in Arts District in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Russell's suits a night out in Pasadena when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Little Beast Restaurant is an easy contemporary option in Eagle Rock in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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The Attic is a sensible contemporary call in Long Beach in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Houston's suits a night out in Pasadena when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Granville is an easy contemporary option in Burbank in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Firefly is the kind of contemporary room in Studio City you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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GRANVILLE suits a night out in West Hollywood when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Manuela suits a night out in Arts District when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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The Henry is an easy contemporary option in Fairfax in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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The Six Social House suits a night out in Studio City when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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The Magnolia Grille is a contemporary restaurant in North Hollywood in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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BJ's Restaurant & Brewhouse is a contemporary restaurant in Burbank in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Smoke House Restaurant is an easy contemporary option in Burbank in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Yard House is an easy contemporary option in Burbank in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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The Raymond 1886 - Modern American Cuisine & Craft Cocktails in Pasadena is a contemporary pick in Pasadena in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Garden Cafe (of Sherman Oaks) is a sensible contemporary call in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Nalu Vida Venice Beach suits a night out in Venice when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Farmshop suits a night out in Brentwood when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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FIG RESTAURANT suits a night out in Santa Monica when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Fig Tree suits a night out in Venice when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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District is a sensible contemporary call in Downtown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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SUR Restaurant and Lounge is a contemporary pick in West Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Barney's Beanery is a contemporary restaurant in Westwood in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Annie's Soul Delicious is a sensible contemporary call in Fairfax in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Sweet Butter is an easy contemporary option in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Gulp Restaurant & Brew Co is a contemporary restaurant in Playa Vista in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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North Hollywood Diner is a sensible contemporary call in North Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Videre Rooftop Restaurant & Bar suits a night out in Mid-Wilshire when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Max & Helen's earns a weekend detour in Larchmont when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
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The Hideout is an easy contemporary option in Westwood in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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The top American restaurants in Los Angeles include Backbone, Chez Bacchus, N17 The Lane. TastyPals curates these picks based on Google ratings, review volume, and editorial judgment.
Backbone is among the highest-rated American restaurants in Los Angeles, with a 9.8 Google rating across 74 reviews.
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