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Why Spago Beverly Hills Is on Our Top 50 Italian Outside Italy
Spago Beverly Hills, under Wolfgang Puck's direction, is ranked #36 on our Top 50 Italian Restaurants Outside Italy. The regional Italian register: Modern California Italian (Tuscan and Northern lineage).
The pasta-making method: Hand-rolled, fresh, daily. The signature dish: Smoked salmon pizza, fresh agnolotti, veal Milanese.
The wine program: Italian-only; Tuscany, Piedmont, Sicily verticals.
The chef pedigree: Wolfgang Puck flagship; James Beard Outstanding Restaurant 1995. The family lineage: Puck trained at Maxim's de Paris and at L'Oustau de Baumaniere; Austrian roots, Italian register.
How to Book Spago Beverly Hills
The booking lead time: 8 to 12 weeks for prime time. Reserve through OpenTable, Resy, or the restaurant's own booking portal where applicable; many of the best Italian restaurants outside Italy require dedicated concierge or hotel-based bookings during peak season.
Order the regional pasta. The kitchen's strongest expression at Spago Beverly Hills is the Smoked salmon pizza, paired with a producer from the chef's training region.
The dress code: Smart elegant; the Hollywood industry dress code. The dinner spend: 200 to 320 USD per person at dinner. The kitchen at Spago Beverly Hills is rated 9/10 for food and 10/10 for ambience in our editorial scoring.
Why Spago Beverly Hills Is Worth the Pilgrimage
"Wolfgang Puck's Beverly Hills flagship since 1997. The Italian-influenced California fine-dining institution that defined Hollywood Italian dining for two decades."
Our editorial scoring places the food at 9/10, ambience at 10/10, and value at 7/10. The Modern California Italian (Tuscan and Northern lineage) register is structural; the chef lineage and the kitchen's calibration produce the dinner that rewards the booking effort.
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