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The Dae-Mun is a sensible chinese call in Alhambra in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Los Angeles restaurants that reward ordering widely and staying for a while.
Fast answers for diners searching for group dinner restaurants in Los Angeles. These first picks make the occasion easier to compare.

The Dae-Mun is a sensible chinese call in Alhambra in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Auntie Qiu Kitchen 裘家生煎 is a sensible chinese call in Alhambra in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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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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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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The Boiling Crab is an easy chinese option in Alhambra in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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38 Degrees Ale House & Grill is an easy chinese option in Alhambra in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Yang's Kitchen is a chinese restaurant in Alhambra in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Ipoh Kopitiam is an easy chinese option in Alhambra in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Enchant LA is a korean restaurant in Koreatown in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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De La Nonna - Art's District is an easy italian option in Arts District in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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What Luyixian is doing in Alhambra is more precise and more personal than most of what's opening on Valley Blvd right now.
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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.
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Anju House is a sensible korean call in Koreatown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well. If Anju House Signature Appetizer is your kind of order, that is a good sign.
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Before Jenny Engel and Heather Golden Ray opened Hey, Sunshine Kitchen in Culver City's Overland strip mall in 2023, they spent fifteen years running a plant-based cooking school — and that background is legible in how the menu is built.
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Lincoln Heights doesn't get nearly enough credit as a dining neighborhood, and Trattoria Daly — a Latinx-owned Italian kitchen on Daly Street — is a useful corrective to the idea that Italian food in L.A.
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Mala Class arrived on York Boulevard in mid-2024 as a self-funded fast-casual bet on the idea that Highland Park was ready for Sichuan done with real conviction — not toned down, not Americanized, and not expensive.
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CULVER&MAIN is the kind of contemporary room in Culver City you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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BETTY MARKET & RESTAURANT is a sensible ethiopian call in Fairfax in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Ethio Kitchen & Coffee is a ethiopian restaurant in Fairfax in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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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.
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Naar Kitchen is a sensible persian call in Westwood in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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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.
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Holbox occupies a counter stall inside Mercado La Paloma in South Central Los Angeles, and its reputation has grown steadily and without apparent effort into something that commands serious attention across the city's dining conversation.
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Mini Kabob occupies a residential side street in Glendale at 313½ Vine — the address itself signals the scale.
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Mom, Please is a Ukrainian home-cooking café in Playa Vista with an origin story that reframes every bowl of borscht on the menu.
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Baroo is what happens when a chef refuses to let fine dining forget where it came from.
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Hengry is doing something specific enough that it's worth understanding before you go: this is a fine-dining interpretation of Guizhou cuisine, a culinary tradition from China's southwest that remains genuinely underrepresented in the Sa…
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Glendale's Little Armenia is saturated with Armenian restaurants, which makes Tava House's staying power at 1110 S Glendale Ave genuinely meaningful.
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Mezzo Garden sits on Colorado Boulevard in Eagle Rock at the edge of LA's densest Armenian-American corridor, and it operates like a restaurant that genuinely knows its audience.
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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.
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Kar Son is an easy chinese option in Chinatown in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Cow Belly Modern Dining (Restaurant) is a sensible steakhouse call in Highland Park in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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K-TOWN RESTAURANT is a sensible korean call in Koreatown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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The Butcher, The Baker, The Cappuccino Maker is a sensible californian call in Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Urban Plates is an easy american option in Playa Vista in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Providence suits a night out in Hollywood when you want seafood that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Oste suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Glendale's Armenian corridor on Broadway has no shortage of kebab houses and lavash bakeries, but Zhengyalov Hatz occupies a lane entirely its own: it is, functionally, a one-dish restaurant built around zhengyalov hatz, the herb-stuffed…
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Rahel Ethiopian Vegan Cuisine on South Fairfax Avenue holds a genuinely singular position in Los Angeles dining: it is the only all-vegan restaurant inside Little Ethiopia, a distinction its founder built by design, not accident.
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Buna Ethiopian Restaurant & Market on South Fairfax Avenue is doing something specific and genuinely rare: it's functioning simultaneously as a neighborhood restaurant, a cultural artifact, and a working marketplace — all out of a space…
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여기요 YeoGiYo 한식전문 | Premium Korean Restaurant is a sensible korean call in Koreatown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Loqui's origin story is the clearest signal of what it's about: a Mexican taco counter that grew out of the Tartine orbit in San Francisco before landing at the Platform development in Culver City in 2016, then migrating further west to…
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Nardò arrives in Culver City carrying something most Italian restaurants on the Westside only approximate: actual regional specificity.
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SUSHISAMBA's return to American dining after a decade-plus absence abroad — London, Dubai, Singapore — lands in West Hollywood with the kind of architectural statement that makes the concept legible from the valet line: 11,000 square fee…
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Philippe The Original is one of the better-known chinese spots in Chinatown in Los Angeles, which makes it a practical place to start.
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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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Musso & Frank Grill is the kind of steakhouse room in Hollywood you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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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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Redbird is a american pick in Arts District in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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David Chang's Los Angeles outpost lands in Chinatown with a concept that is structurally, almost philosophically, a group-dining proposition.
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Cafe Vida is the kind of contemporary room in Culver City you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Soho House West Hollywood is the kind of contemporary room in West Hollywood you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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There is a particular irony in a critic who measures tasting menus against the cheque finding himself at a picnic table outside a Highland Park taqueria.
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Bacari PDR is a italian 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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Tasty Dining is a chinese restaurant in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Running Goose is a contemporary pick in Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Awash is a ethiopian restaurant in Fairfax in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Checker Hall is a sensible contemporary call in Highland Park in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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The Rooftop at The Sun Rose is a californian pick in Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Cafe Jane is a contemporary restaurant in Highland Park in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Jemma Hollywood suits a night out in Hollywood when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Meals By Genet is an easy ethiopian option in Fairfax in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Playa Vista House | P.V. House is an easy contemporary option in Playa Vista in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Raffi's Place has held its ground as a Glendale institution long enough that regulars measure newcomers against it — and by most accounts, the comparison lands in Raffi's favor.
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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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Hae Jang Chon Korean BBQ Restaurant is an easy korean option in Koreatown in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Park's BBQ is an easy korean option in Koreatown in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Pasta Sisters suits a night out in Culver City when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele is a italian restaurant in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Yang Chow Restaurant is a sensible chinese call in Chinatown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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GRANVILLE suits a night out in West Hollywood when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Manuela suits a night out in Arts District when you want american that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Runway Playa Vista 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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Elena's Greek Armenian Restaurant is an easy armenian option in Glendale in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Foo-Chow Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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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.
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Kobawoo House is a korean restaurant in Koreatown in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Lalibela is a ethiopian restaurant in Fairfax in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Hui Tou Xiang is an easy chinese option in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Rosalind's is an easy ethiopian option in Fairfax in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Laurel Grill is a contemporary pick in Culver City in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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The Hollywood Rooftop Restaurant & Bar by Madame Tussauds is a contemporary pick in Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Amiga Amore is an easy contemporary option in Highland Park in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Veranda Restaurant is a sensible armenian call in Glendale in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Bacari Culver City is a contemporary pick in Culver City in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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YICHA is a korean restaurant in Highland Park in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Sun Nong Dan has been a fixture on Western Avenue for over a decade, and its around-the-clock hours have made it one of Koreatown's defining late-night destinations.
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Newport Seafood Restaurant is a sensible chinese call in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Dan Sung Sa is a korean restaurant in Koreatown in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Cecconi's West Hollywood is the kind of contemporary room in West Hollywood you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Hangari Kalguksu is a sensible korean call in Koreatown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Destroyer suits a night out in Culver City when you want contemporary that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
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Full House Seafood is an easy chinese option in Chinatown in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Bottega Louie WEHO is the kind of italian room in West Hollywood you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Khinkali House is a armenian 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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Merkato is a sensible ethiopian call in Fairfax in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Chong Qing Special Noodles is a sensible chinese call in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Golden Tree Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Diplomat Restaurant is an easy persian option in Westwood in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Settecento DTLA is the kind of italian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Broadway Cuisine is a sensible chinese call in Chinatown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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HanEuem by Chef Kang is a sensible korean call in Koreatown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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JAAAAAN RESTAURANT is a sensible armenian call in Glendale in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Perse Restaurant is a persian 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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BCD Tofu House is a dependable korean option in Koreatown that a lot of diners already know and return to.
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Yamashiro Hollywood is a japanese pick in Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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SOL Mexican Cocina is a mexican 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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Messob Ethiopian Restaurant is an easy ethiopian option in Fairfax in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Chengdu Taste is an easy chinese option in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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MIAN is an easy chinese option in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Taste of Tehran Restaurant is a sensible persian call in Westwood in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Karas Dine-In is an easy armenian option in Glendale in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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Simonette Restaurant is a french pick in Culver City in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Mel's Drive-In Hollywood is a burgers pick in Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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SUR Restaurant and Lounge is a american pick in West Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
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Gulp Restaurant & Brew Co is a american 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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Xiang La Hui is a chinese restaurant in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Highly Likely Highland Park is a contemporary restaurant in Highland Park in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Catch is the kind of seafood room in West Hollywood you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Won Kok Restaurant is a sensible chinese call in Chinatown in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Toranj Restaurant is an easy persian option in Westwood in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
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JULIET is the kind of contemporary room in Culver City you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
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Golden Dragon Restaurant is a chinese restaurant in Chinatown in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
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Five Star Seafood Restaurant is a sensible chinese call in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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Shaherzad Restaurant is a persian 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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Lu's Garden is a sensible chinese call in San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
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The top restaurants for group dinner in Los Angeles include The Dae-Mun, Auntie Qiu Kitchen 裘家生煎, Sampa. TastyPals curates these picks based on occasion tags, Google ratings, and editorial judgment.
The Dae-Mun is among the top-rated options for group dinner in Los Angeles, with a 9.8 Google rating and 27 reviews.
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