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Filipino•Arts District•moderate
Sampa
Filipino food has long deserved a room this serious, and Sampa in the Arts District appears to be making that argument without apology.
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9.2
Based on 235 reviews
Best Restaurants in Arts District, Los Angeles: 15 Picks for 2026
A destination dining neighborhood where restaurants still feel tied to place instead of just trend cycles.
Strong for groups, stylish plans, and bigger dinners.
15 restaurantsAvg rating 5.8Updated July 2026
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Contemporary•Arts District•moderate
Arts District Brewing Company
Arts District Brewing Company is an easy contemporary option in Arts District in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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9.0
Based on 3770 reviews
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Italian•Arts District•moderate
De La Nonna - Art's District
De La Nonna - Art's District is an easy italian option in Arts District in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinnergroup dinner
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8.6
Based on 413 reviews
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Mexican•Arts District•moderate
Cha Cha Chá
Cha Cha Chá is a mexican restaurant in Arts District in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
dinnergroup dinner
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8.4
Based on 512 reviews
5
Contemporary•Arts District•moderate
Malbec Arts District
Malbec Arts District is the kind of contemporary room in Arts District you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Arts District dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.9
Based on 57 reviews
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American•Arts District•moderate
Girl & the Goat Los Angeles
First, a correction worth making loud: this isn't an Alhambra Chinese spot — Girl & the Goat lives at 555-3 Mateo Street in the Arts District, Stephanie Izard's West Coast follow-up to her Chicago original.
Arts District dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.8
Based on 3717 reviews
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Korean•Arts District•moderate
Baroo
Baroo is what happens when a chef refuses to let fine dining forget where it came from.
Arts District dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.8
Based on 423 reviews
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Italian•Arts District•moderate
Propaganda Wine Bar
What Claudio Villani and Yan have built in the Arts District is the specific kind of neighborhood wine bar that wine-literate cities spend decades wishing they had: a room shaped by serious credentials applied without pretension.
Arts District dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.8
Based on 181 reviews
9
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German•Arts District•moderate
Wurstküche
Wurstküche is the kind of german room in Arts District you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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4.6
Based on 5354 reviews
10
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Middle Eastern•Arts District•moderate
Bavel
Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis built something in the Arts District that the Los Angeles dining conversation has not been able to stop referencing since it opened — a soaring, high-ceilinged room that photographers and date-planners re…
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4.6
Based on 1900 reviews
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American•Arts District•moderate
Redbird
Redbird is a american pick in Arts District in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Arts District dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.6
Based on 1811 reviews
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Italian•Arts District•moderate
Bestia
Bestia arrived in the Arts District more than a decade ago and is widely credited with reorienting what Los Angeles expected from Italian cooking — not red-sauce nostalgia, not minimalist modernism, but something more aggressive and ingr…
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4.5
Based on 4027 reviews
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American•Arts District•moderate
Manuela
Manuela suits a night out in Arts District when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Arts District dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.5
Based on 1486 reviews
14
Italian•Arts District•moderate
BIB GOURMAND
The Factory Kitchen
Housed in a transformed DTLA warehouse — exposed brick, cement columns, garage doors flung open to the loft-like room — The Factory Kitchen has spent over a decade making the case that a trattoria can earn its keep without theatrics.
Arts District dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.5
Based on 1071 reviews
15
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Bar•Arts District•moderate
Death & Co Los Angeles
Death & Co Los Angeles is a bar pick in Arts District in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Cocktails and snackscocktailsdate night
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4.5
Based on 513 reviews
Guide • los angeles
Best Restaurants in Los Angeles 2026
Ten LA restaurants that have earned their reputations without needing the city's hype machine — from a Venice patio institution to a Palms kaiseki sanctuary, a Downtown Israeli-Middle Eastern destination, and the Mid-City all-day room that defines California dining in 2026.
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Common questions about dining in Arts District
What are the best restaurants in Arts District, Los Angeles?
The top restaurants in Arts District include Sampa, Arts District Brewing Company, De La Nonna - Art's District. TastyPals curates these picks based on Google ratings and editorial judgment.
What is the highest-rated restaurant in Arts District?
Sampa is among the highest-rated restaurants in Arts District with a 9.2 Google rating across 235 reviews.
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