Beverly Hills' Greatest Tables
14 restaurants reviewedBeverly Hills holds three Michelin stars across two rooms: two at Urasawa, the eighteen-seat sushi counter on North Rodeo Drive, and one behind a Gucci storefront a block away at Gucci Osteria. Everything else here is fighting for the same thing the stores are: to be looked at. The good news for a diner is that the competition has produced fourteen tables genuinely worth an evening, from a Venetian bacaro pouring open-bar wine for ninety minutes to the steak rooms where studio business gets done out loud.
How Beverly Hills Eats
Almost everything that matters sits inside the Golden Triangle, the wedge bounded by Wilshire Boulevard, Santa Monica Boulevard and the foot of Cañon. Rodeo Drive is the spine; the restaurants spread one and two blocks east onto Cañon, Camden and Beverly. You will valet. Street parking is scarce and metered tight, and the city-run garages on Beverly and Cañon are the local move because the first two hours are free. Budget the valet either way: ten to twelve dollars plus tip at the casual rooms, more at the hotels.
This is a daytime town as much as a nighttime one. The talent agencies and studios keep the lunch table as serious as dinner, which is why a booth at Spago or The Belvedere at one in the afternoon is harder to land than the same booth at eight. Dinner runs early by coastal standards: the room fills between seven and eight-thirty, and most kitchens are winding down by ten. Tipping is standard American, eighteen to twenty-two percent, and a handful of rooms now add a service charge, so read the check before you double it.
Dress is Los Angeles smart, which means no jacket is required almost anywhere, though Cipriani and the hotel dining rooms reward one. Booking splits sharply: Urasawa, Gucci Osteria and Funke want weeks of notice on Resy or Tock, while the small-plates and casual rooms take walk-ins or a same-week call. If you want a specific night on Rodeo, treat it like theatre tickets and book the month before.
Best Neighbourhoods for Dinner
Rodeo Drive and the Golden Triangle hold the trophy tables. Urasawa's counter sits at 218 North Rodeo and Bottura's Gucci dining room at 129, the two Michelin addresses within a three-minute walk of each other.
Cañon Drive is the restaurant street proper. Wolfgang Puck's flagship anchors it at 176, with the Drago family's pasta room at 400 and Joshua Gil's heirloom-corn kitchen a few doors up at 419.
Camden and Beverly run parallel and a notch quieter. Cipriani's green-velvet room is at 362 North Camden; AVRA's fish display glitters at 233 North Beverly.
The Wilshire corridor is where the hotels and the deal-steak live. The Peninsula's brasserie sits on South Santa Monica, Wolfgang Puck's CUT inside the Beverly Wilshire, and Steak 48 at the corner of Wilshire and Roxbury.
South Beverly Drive and Burton Way carry the easygoing end: Hillstone's Honor Bar on South Beverly, Bacari's small plates on Brighton Way, and the garden romance of Il Cielo on Burton Way.
The RFK Beverly Hills Top 10
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Rodeo Drive · Omakase Sushi · $$$$ per personTwo Michelin stars and eighteen seats of millimetre-precise omakase on Rodeo Drive. Reserve months ahead for solo diners who want silence.
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Cañon Drive · California Modern · $150–250 per personWolfgang Puck's forty-year flagship still writes the rules of California cooking. Take the table you want to be seen at.
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Santa Monica Blvd · Handmade Pasta · $130–200 per personEvan Funke makes pasta behind glass under a Basquiat. Spend $150 a head on the carbo-loaded power dinner.
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North Beverly Drive · Greek Mediterranean · $90–160 per personWhole Aegean fish on ice at 233 North Beverly, priced by the pound. Bring the table that closes deals over branzino.
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The Peninsula · European Brasserie · $120–200 per personThe Peninsula's Five-Diamond brasserie runs European precision under California light. Book it when the client must feel singular.
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North Camden Drive · Italian · $120–180 per personCarpaccio alla Cipriani, Bellinis and live jazz on North Camden. Reserve a banquette for a birthday worth retelling.
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Cañon Drive · Italian Pasta · $$$ per personThe Drago family turns twenty handmade pasta shapes into a first date that earns a second. Walk in early or call ahead.
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Cañon Drive · Contemporary Mexican · $90–160 per personJoshua Gil grinds heirloom-corn masa into Beverly Hills's most serious Mexican kitchen. Try it to surprise a steak crowd.
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Wilshire Corridor · Modern Steakhouse · $$$$ per personUSDA Prime, A5 Wagyu and a six-thousand-bottle cellar at Wilshire and Roxbury. Book it to sign the deal out loud.
Best for Each Occasion
Best for a First Date
A first date here wants a room you can talk across and a menu that gives you something to point at. Pasta and small plates beat a tasting menu when the goal is conversation, not concentration. Try the Drago family's Canon Drive pasta bar, the jazz and Bellinis at Cipriani's velvet room, the garden alcoves of Il Cielo on Burton Way, AVRA's whole-fish counter, or the open-bar buzz of Bacari on Brighton Way. See more first date restaurants worldwide.
Best for Closing a Deal
Deal dinners need a room calibrated to be overheard at the right volume and a kitchen that never makes you wait on the conversation. Steak and a deep cellar do the work. Book the cellar and corner volume at Steak 48's Wilshire room, the hush of The Peninsula's brasserie, the fish-by-weight theatre at AVRA, CUT inside the Beverly Wilshire, or the pasta power-dinner at Evan Funke's Art Deco room. More tables for closing a deal over dinner.
Best to Impress Clients
To impress a client you want a name they already know and a room that does the talking for you. These are the addresses people repeat. Take them to Wolfgang Puck's flagship, Bottura's one-star Gucci dining room, Evan Funke's pasta theatre, Joshua Gil's modern Mexican kitchen, or the Five-Diamond polish of The Peninsula dining room. Compare picks for impressing clients at dinner.
Best for a Birthday
A birthday table needs a sense of event without tipping into a production. Go where the room already feels like a celebration. Reserve the jazz and green velvet at Cipriani, the fish display at AVRA's taverna, the three floors of Funke's Art Deco shell, the open-bar fun of Bacari, or the garden roof at Il Cielo. Browse all birthday dinner restaurants.
Best for Solo Dining
Eating alone here is best at a counter where the cooking is the company. Sit at the eighteen-seat Urasawa omakase, the walk-ins-only bar at The Honor Bar, the small-plates counter at Bacari, or the brasserie bar at The Belvedere's dining room. More counters made for solo dining.
Beverly Hills Dining FAQ
What is the best restaurant in Beverly Hills?
Urasawa is our top pick for 2026, the two-Michelin-star sushi counter on North Rodeo Drive with just eighteen seats. For non-sushi diners, Wolfgang Puck's Spago on Cañon Drive and Massimo Bottura's one-star Gucci Osteria lead the field. The right answer depends on the occasion, which is why we rank every table by what you are booking it for rather than a single list.
How far in advance should I book a Beverly Hills restaurant?
Book the trophy tables three to four weeks out. Urasawa, Gucci Osteria and Evan Funke's pasta room release seats on Resy or Tock and sell their prime Friday and Saturday slots within minutes. Mid-tier rooms like AVRA and Cipriani want about a week for a weekend table, while Bacari, The Honor Bar and most casual spots take walk-ins or a same-day call.
Which Beverly Hills restaurants have Michelin stars?
Two restaurants carry stars in Beverly Hills: Urasawa holds two Michelin stars for its omakase on Rodeo Drive, and Gucci Osteria by Massimo Bottura holds one inside the Gucci flagship a block away. That is three stars between two rooms, both within the Golden Triangle and both requiring reservations weeks ahead.
What is the dress code in Beverly Hills?
Dress is Los Angeles smart, which means a jacket is rarely required but never out of place. Cipriani and the hotel dining rooms at The Peninsula reward a sport coat or cocktail attire, while Spago, Funke and the steakhouses are comfortable in smart-casual. The casual rooms, Bacari and The Honor Bar, have no rules at all. When in doubt, lean slightly dressier near Rodeo Drive.
Where is the best power lunch in Beverly Hills?
Spago and The Belvedere are the classic midday deal tables, where the agency and studio crowd treats lunch as seriously as dinner. A one o'clock booth at either can be harder to land than the same seat at eight in the evening. Steak 48 and AVRA also work for a daytime meeting when you want the conversation overheard at exactly the right volume.
How expensive is dinner in Beverly Hills?
Plan on $90 to $160 a head with wine at the mid-tier rooms like AVRA and Mírame, and $150 to $250 at the flagships such as Spago, Funke and Gucci Osteria. The casual end is gentler: Bacari runs $40 to $80 with its ninety-minute open-bar package at $32 per person. Valet parking and a twenty-percent tip are the usual extras on top.
Where should I eat near Rodeo Drive?
Rodeo Drive itself holds both Michelin tables: Urasawa at 218 North Rodeo and Gucci Osteria at 129. One block east on Cañon Drive you reach Spago, the Drago family's Il Pastaio and Mírame, and a short walk further finds Cipriani on Camden and AVRA on Beverly. The whole cluster sits inside the walkable Golden Triangle.
Which Beverly Hills restaurant is best for a proposal?
Il Cielo on Burton Way is the proposal room, with a retractable roof, garden alcoves and a staff long practised at the moment. For a quieter, more formal alternative, The Peninsula's Belvedere offers Five-Diamond service that makes the table feel like the only one in the room. Both reward booking well ahead and asking for the right corner when you reserve.
Where to Eat Near Beverly Hills
The wider Westside is a short drive in any direction. Cross La Cienega for West Hollywood restaurants, head to the coast for Santa Monica dining, go citywide with our Los Angeles restaurant guide, drive east for Pasadena tables, or up the coast to Malibu. By cuisine, see the best steakhouses worldwide, top Italian restaurants, and the global sushi and omakase guide.
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