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Italian•Los Angeles•$$
Palermo Italian Restaurant
Palermo Italian Restaurant is a italian pick in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.4
Based on 1845 reviews
Best Italian Restaurants in Los Angeles: 64 Picks for 2026
Los Angeles redefined Italian cooking on the West Coast, and Bestia remains the room that started the conversation — wood-fired, pasta-forward, and still one of the hardest tables in the city. The scene below it runs deep, from the neighbourhood trattorias to the modern Cal-Italian kitchens.
64 restaurantsAvg rating 5.6value – $$Updated July 2026
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Top Italian picks in Los Angeles
Fast answers for diners comparing italian restaurants in Los Angeles. These first picks are sorted from live restaurant data and editorial fit.
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Italian•Los Angeles•$$$
Locanda Veneta
Locanda Veneta has been doing the same thing since 1988, and that's precisely the point.
cocktailwine barhidden gem
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9.4
Based on 302 reviews
3
Italian•Glendale•value
Bacari GDL
Let's be clear about what Bacari GDL is pulling off at The Americana at Brand: it's a small act of defiance against mall-restaurant mediocrity.
dinner
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9.2
Based on 1016 reviews
4
Italian•Los Angeles•$$$$
Chi Spacca
Chi Spacca is the kind of italian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
date night
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9.2
Based on 518 reviews
5
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Italian•Venice•value
Felix Trattoria
Felix Trattoria is an easy italian option in Venice in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 1486 reviews
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Italian•Venice•value
Scopa Italian Roots
Scopa Italian Roots is an easy italian option in Venice in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 1450 reviews
7
Italian•Los Angeles•$$$
Angelini Osteria
Angelini Osteria suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
date night
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9.0
Based on 1230 reviews
8
Italian•Los Angeles•$$$
Cicada Restaurant and Lounge
Cicada Restaurant and Lounge is the kind of italian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
cocktailfine dininglate night
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9.0
Based on 412 reviews
9
Italian•Los Angeles•$$$
Culina Ristorante and Caffè
Culina Ristorante and Caffè is the kind of italian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
brunchcocktailfine dining
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9.0
Based on 404 reviews
10
Italian•Los Angeles•$$$
Antico Nuovo
Antico Nuovo is a italian pick in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
date night
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9.0
Based on 403 reviews
11
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Italian•Studio City•moderate
ROSETTA Osteria & Crudo Bar
ROSETTA Osteria & Crudo Bar is a italian pick in Studio City in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
dinnerdate night
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9.0
Based on 364 reviews
12
Italian•Burbank•value
Palma Ristorante
Palma Ristorante is an easy italian option in Burbank in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation. Royal Lobster Skewers - Citrus Chive Ponzu and Prime Steak Tartare also give you a decent sense of the menu.
dinner
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9.0
Based on 138 reviews
13
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Italian•Los Angeles•$$$
Il Cielo
Il Cielo is a italian pick in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
fine diningdate night
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8.8
Based on 820 reviews
14
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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Italian•Los Angeles•$$$$
Ristorante Per L’Ora
Ristorante Per L’Ora is a sensible italian call in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
cocktailhidden gem
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8.6
Based on 117 reviews
16
Italian•Hollywood•moderate
Mother Wolf
Mother Wolf is a sensible italian call in Hollywood in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well. Fiori di Zucca and Gamberi in Salsa Verde also give you a decent sense of the menu.
dinnerlate night
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8.4
Based on 891 reviews
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Italian•Los Angeles•moderate
Good Clean Fun
Good Clean Fun has quietly threaded together two things DTLA doesn't have enough of: a serious natural wine program and a kitchen that actually gives you a reason to stay past the second glass.
Cocktails and snackscocktailsmoody
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4.9
Based on 340 reviews
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Italian•Los Angeles•moderate
Trattoria Daly
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.
Italian dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.9
Based on 335 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
20
Italian•Los Angeles•moderate
Oste
Oste suits a night out when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Italian dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.7
Based on 1035 reviews
21
Italian•Culver City•moderate
Nardò Culver City
Nardò arrives in Culver City carrying something most Italian restaurants on the Westside only approximate: actual regional specificity.
Culver City dinnergroup dinnereasygoing
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4.7
Based on 188 reviews
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Italian•Downtown•moderate
BIB GOURMAND
Maccheroni Republic
Maccheroni Republic occupies a room on South Broadway in downtown Los Angeles that takes the trattoria idea seriously: tin ceilings, tiled walls, tall mirrors, the kind of interior that doesn't need a concept because it already has a cha…
Downtown dinnerdinnerbusiness dinner
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4.6
Based on 3098 reviews
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Italian•Mid-Wilshire•moderate
Andre's
Andre's is a italian pick in Mid-Wilshire in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Mid-Wilshire dinnerdate nightdinner
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4.6
Based on 2817 reviews
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Italian•Studio City•moderate
Ca Del Sole
Ca Del Sole suits a night out in Studio City when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Studio City dinnerdate nightdinner
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4.6
Based on 1369 reviews
25
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Italian•Playa Vista•value
Bacari PDR
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.
Playa Vista lunchlunchgroup dinner
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4.6
Based on 1025 reviews
26
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Italian•Westwood•value
Pomodoro Trattoria
Pomodoro Trattoria is a italian restaurant in Westwood in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Westwood dinnerlunchcasual night
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4.6
Based on 592 reviews
27
Italian•Eagle Rock•value
Hippo
Hippo is a italian restaurant in Eagle Rock in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Eagle Rock dinnerdinnercasual night
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4.6
Based on 556 reviews
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Italian•Hollywood•moderate
Jemma Hollywood
Jemma Hollywood suits a night out in Hollywood when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Hollywood dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.6
Based on 254 reviews
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Italian•Downtown•moderate
Bottega Louie
Bottega Louie is a dependable italian option in Downtown that a lot of diners already know and return to.
Downtown dinnerdinnerbusiness dinner
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4.5
Based on 7693 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…
Arts District dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.5
Based on 4027 reviews
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Italian•Culver City•moderate
Pasta Sisters
Pasta Sisters suits a night out in Culver City when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Culver City dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.5
Based on 2227 reviews
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Italian•Los Angeles•moderate
L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele
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.
Italian dinnergroup dinnerpasta
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4.5
Based on 2065 reviews
33
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Italian•Larchmont•value
Osteria La Buca
Osteria La Buca is a smart brunch call in Larchmont when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
Larchmont neighborhood dinnerbrunchdinner
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4.5
Based on 1156 reviews
34
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
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Italian•Downtown•moderate
Rossoblu
Rossoblu is a italian restaurant in Downtown in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Downtown dinnerdinnerbusiness dinner
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4.5
Based on 987 reviews
36
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Italian•Los Feliz•moderate
La Pergoletta
La Pergoletta is a strong brunch move in Los Feliz in Los Angeles when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
Los Feliz night outbrunch
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4.5
Based on 840 reviews
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Italian•Mid-Wilshire•moderate
Met Him At A Bar
Met Him At A Bar is the kind of italian room in Mid-Wilshire you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Mid-Wilshire dinnerdate nightdinner
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4.5
Based on 564 reviews
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Italian•Atwater Village•value
All'Acqua
All'Acqua earns a weekend detour in Atwater Village when you want brunch that beats the usual default.
Atwater Village dinnerbrunchdinner
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4.5
Based on 554 reviews
39
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Italian•Westwood•value
House of Meatballs
House of Meatballs is a italian restaurant in Westwood in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Westwood dinnerlunchcasual night
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4.5
Based on 532 reviews
40
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Italian•Larchmont•value
Louise's Trattoria - Larchmont
Louise's Trattoria - Larchmont is a smart brunch call in Larchmont when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
Larchmont neighborhood dinnerbrunchdinner
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4.5
Based on 452 reviews
41
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Italian•Westwood•value
Wolfsglen
Wolfsglen is a italian restaurant in Westwood in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Westwood dinnerlunchcasual night
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4.5
Based on 391 reviews
42
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Italian•Echo Park•value
Bacetti Trattoria
Bacetti Trattoria is an easy italian option in Echo Park in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Echo Park dinnercasual nightdinner
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4.5
Based on 297 reviews
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Italian•Beverly Hills•splurge
Bacari Beverly Hills
Bacari Beverly Hills is a italian restaurant in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Special occasionspecial occasionbusiness dinner
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4.5
Based on 269 reviews
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Italian•Atwater Village•value
Spina
Spina is a smart brunch call in Atwater Village when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
Atwater Village dinnerbrunchdinner
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4.5
Based on 201 reviews
45
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Italian•Beverly Hills•splurge
Il Pastaio
Il Pastaio is an easy italian option in Beverly Hills in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Special occasionspecial occasionbusiness dinner
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4.4
Based on 2692 reviews
46
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Italian•West Hollywood•splurge
Osteria Mozza
Osteria Mozza is a italian restaurant in West Hollywood in Los Angeles that is worth opening when you want a clearer read on the menu and the room.
Fine diningspecial occasionrefined
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4.4
Based on 1824 reviews
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Italian•Los Feliz•moderate
Little Dom's
Little Dom's is a smart brunch call in Los Feliz when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
Los Feliz night outbrunch
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4.4
Based on 1276 reviews
48
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Italian•West Hollywood•moderate
Bottega Louie WEHO
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.
West Hollywood night outdate nightgroup dinner
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4.4
Based on 1234 reviews
49
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Italian•Larchmont•value
Osteria Mamma
Osteria Mamma is a strong brunch move in Larchmont in Los Angeles when you want the meal to feel worth leaving the house for.
Larchmont neighborhood dinnerbrunchdinner
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4.4
Based on 874 reviews
50
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Italian•Studio City•moderate
Vitello's Restaurant
Vitello's Restaurant is the kind of italian room in Studio City you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Studio City dinnerdate nightdinner
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4.4
Based on 855 reviews
51
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Italian•Eagle Rock•value
Colombo's Italian Steakhouse & Jazz Club
Colombo's Italian Steakhouse & Jazz Club is an easy italian option in Eagle Rock in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Eagle Rock dinnerdinnercasual night
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4.4
Based on 797 reviews
52
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Italian•Mid-Wilshire•moderate
UOVO Mid-Wilshire
UOVO Mid-Wilshire suits a night out in Mid-Wilshire when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Mid-Wilshire dinnerdate nightdinner
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4.4
Based on 528 reviews
53
Italian•Studio City•moderate
UOVO - Studio City
UOVO - Studio City is a italian pick in Studio City in Los Angeles when you want dinner to feel a little more planned.
Studio City dinnerdate nightdinner
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4.4
Based on 386 reviews
54
Italian•Los Angeles•moderate
Settecento DTLA
Settecento DTLA is the kind of italian room you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Italian dinnerdate nightgroup dinner
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4.4
Based on 321 reviews
55
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Italian•Santa Monica•moderate
Élephante
Élephante is the kind of italian room in Santa Monica you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Santa Monica dinnerdate nightbrunch
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4.3
Based on 3186 reviews
56
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Italian•Fairfax•value
BIB GOURMAND
Jon & Vinny's Fairfax
Jon & Vinny's on Fairfax is the Italian-American project from Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo that landed on the Los Angeles restaurant map and stayed there — a tight, buzzy room that runs from morning pastries all the way through dinner past…
Fairfax lunchlunchcasual night
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4.3
Based on 1557 reviews
57
Italian•Burbank•moderate
The Stage
The Stage is a sensible italian call in Burbank in Los Angeles when you want something that usually lands well.
Burbank dinnerlunchdinner
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4.3
Based on 555 reviews
58
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Italian•Pasadena•moderate
Agnes Restaurant & Cheesery
Agnes in Pasadena operates as both a restaurant and a working cheese shop under one roof, and that dual identity is not a gimmick — it shapes the entire logic of how a meal here moves.
Pasadena dinnerfamily dinnercomfortable
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4.3
Based on 537 reviews
59
Italian•Sherman Oaks•value
Osteria La Buca - Sherman Oaks
Osteria La Buca - Sherman Oaks is an easy italian option in Sherman Oaks in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Sherman Oaks dinnerfamily dinnercasual night
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4.3
Based on 396 reviews
60
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Italian•Brentwood•splurge
Toscana Brentwood
Toscana Brentwood suits a night out in Brentwood when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Brentwood dinnerdate nightbusiness dinner
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4.3
Based on 316 reviews
61
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Italian•Pasadena•moderate
Mi Piace
Mi Piace is an easy italian option in Pasadena in Los Angeles to suggest without needing a long explanation.
Pasadena dinnerfamily dinnercomfortable
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4.2
Based on 2012 reviews
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Italian•Brentwood•splurge
Jon & Vinny's Brentwood
Jon & Vinny's Brentwood suits a night out in Brentwood when you want italian that feels grown-up without getting stiff.
Brentwood dinnerdate nightbusiness dinner
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4.2
Based on 749 reviews
63
Italian•Venice•value
Paloma Venice
Paloma Venice is the kind of italian room in Venice you reach for when the evening is meant to matter a little more.
Venice dinnerdate nightbrunch
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4.1
Based on 280 reviews
64
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Italian•Larchmont•value
La Bettola di Terroni
La Bettola di Terroni is a smart brunch call in Larchmont when the morning is supposed to feel a little more like an occasion.
Larchmont neighborhood dinnerbrunchdinner
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4.0
Based on 101 reviews
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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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Best Date Night Restaurants in Los Angeles
Los Angeles date-night restaurants that feel intimate, composed, and worth crossing town for — from a Middle Eastern Arts District room to a French-Californian gem in Hollywood.
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Common questions about Italian in Los Angeles
What are the best Italian restaurants in Los Angeles?
The top Italian restaurants in Los Angeles include Palermo Italian Restaurant, Locanda Veneta, Bacari GDL. TastyPals curates these picks based on Google ratings, review volume, and editorial judgment.
What is the highest-rated Italian restaurant in Los Angeles?
Palermo Italian Restaurant is among the highest-rated Italian restaurants in Los Angeles, with a 9.4 Google rating across 1,845 reviews.
How much does Italian food cost in Los Angeles?
Italian restaurants in Los Angeles range from value to $$. Most mid-range options fall in the value range.
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