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Best Restaurants Open on Monday in Los Angeles 2026

Monday is LA's industry night off, so most of the stars go dark. Bestia, Bavel and Mother Wolf stay open: book Bestia first.

Photo: Google Places. Hero: the dining room at Bestia, Arts District, Los Angeles.

Monday is the single hardest night to eat well in Los Angeles, because it is the restaurant industry's traditional day off. Providence, Spago, n/naka, Melisse and Giorgio Baldi all close, and Republique shuts its dinner service, so a visitor who lands on a Monday and aims for a tasting menu will be turned away across the board. What stays open is a specific cluster: the city's best modern-Italian rooms, the Arts District pair that changed how LA eats, and the old-school steakhouse that has never taken a night off since 1964. Six of them confirm Monday hours below, ranked by what each is for, with prices per head before wine.

Why Monday is the hard night in Los Angeles

Unlike a European capital, where the marquee kitchens rest on Sunday, Los Angeles takes its night off on Monday. The reason is structural: produce deliveries slow at the start of the week and staff want the night, so the fine-dining rooms that change their menus daily are the first to close. The two-Michelin-star Providence, Spago and the tasting-menu room n/naka are all dark on a Monday. Knowing that before you book is the whole game.

The rooms that stay open share a trait: they run a stable, à la carte menu that does not depend on a Tuesday produce delivery, which lets them serve seven nights. That points you straight at the city's Italian institutions and its Arts District anchors. The list below leads with the hardest Monday reservation and runs through to the easy Venice walk-in. Hours are checked against each restaurant's current published schedule. For the full week, start with the Los Angeles dining guide.

The Monday list

1

Bestia

Italian · Arts District, Los Angeles · $70–120 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:00–23:00

Ori Menashe's Bestia has been the toughest table in the Arts District since 2012, a loud brick room at 2121 East 7th Place built around house-made pasta, wood-fired pizza and the cavatelli alla Norcina that people order before they sit down. A meal runs $70 to $120 a head. It opens Monday from five to eleven, the same as every other night, which is rare for a kitchen of this level in LA. Book ahead on Resy, or take a Monday seat at the bar, which holds back walk-in stools.

2

Bavel

Middle Eastern · Arts District, Los Angeles · $70–130 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:00–23:00

Bavel, Menashe and Genevieve Gergis's follow-up to Bestia, opened in 2018 a few blocks away at 500 Mateo Street and cooks the Middle Eastern food of their families: hummus under a slick of olive oil, slow lamb neck shawarma and warm malawach. A meal runs $70 to $130 a head. It keeps the same Monday five-to-eleven service as its sister. The skylit room is the prettier of the two, and a Monday booking is a touch easier to land than a weekend one.

3

Mother Wolf

Roman Italian · Hollywood, Los Angeles · $70–120 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:30–21:30

Evan Funke's Roman room opened in 2022 inside a restored 1929 building at 1545 Wilcox Avenue in Hollywood, and it cooks the food of Rome with a pasta laminator visible behind glass. The cacio e pepe, the carbonara and the Roman-style pizza are the order, and a dinner runs $70 to $120 a head. It opens Monday from half past five to half past nine. The grand Art Deco room makes it the most dressed-up Monday on this list, and the bar is the spot for a solo plate of pasta.

4

Osteria Mozza

Italian · Hancock Park, Los Angeles · $80–140 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:30–21:00

Nancy Silverton's Osteria Mozza has held the corner of Melrose and Highland at 6602 Melrose Avenue since 2007, and its mozzarella bar remains one of the best single counters to eat at in the city. The burrata with bacon and marinated escarole, and the pastas, are the orders, with a dinner around $80 to $140 a head. It opens Monday from half past five to nine. Ask for a seat at the mozzarella bar itself, where Silverton's cheese-and-cured-meat plates are assembled in front of you.

5

Dan Tana's

Italian-American steakhouse · West Hollywood · $70–130 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 17:00–23:00

Dan Tana's has run on Santa Monica Boulevard at number 9071 since 1964 and has never been the kind of place that closes on a Monday. The red-checked tablecloths, the Chianti bottles overhead and the New York steak named after George Christy are the whole point, and a meal runs $70 to $130 a head. It opens Monday from five to eleven. This is the Monday for old Hollywood rather than new LA, and a late table at the bar after a show is a tradition worth keeping.

6

Gjelina

New American, wood-fire · Venice, Los Angeles · $45–80 per head

Monday hours: Monday, 09:00–22:30

Gjelina on Abbot Kinney Boulevard at number 1429 has set the template for vegetable-forward, wood-fired California cooking since 2008, and it is the rare upscale LA room open all day Monday, nine in the morning to half past ten at night. The roasted vegetables, the pizzas and the seasonal plates run $45 to $80 a head, which makes it the value pick. It is the easy Monday on this list: the back patio takes walk-ins, and a counter seat rarely waits long.

How to book a Monday table in Los Angeles

Los Angeles runs on Resy, and the Monday picture is friendlier than a Friday one because the field is thinner. Bestia is still the priority: it releases tables on a rolling Resy window, so a Monday in peak weeks wants a reminder set for the drop, though the bar holds walk-in stools. Bavel takes the same approach and is marginally easier than its sibling. Mother Wolf and Osteria Mozza both book on Resy and OpenTable respectively and reward two or three days' notice. Dan Tana's is the old-school exception, taking phone bookings and late walk-ins at the bar. Gjelina is the safety net, with all-day Monday service and a walk-in patio. For a Monday alone, the mozzarella bar at Osteria Mozza and the counter at Gjelina are the best seats, a natural solo dining at the counter move. Entertaining on a Monday? Mother Wolf's Art Deco room is the one to impress a client in Los Angeles.

Frequently asked questions

Are restaurants in Los Angeles open on Monday?

Many of the best ones are not. Monday is the LA restaurant industry's traditional day off, so Providence, Spago, n/naka, Melisse and Giorgio Baldi all close, and Republique shuts its dinner service. The rooms that do open Monday tend to run a stable a la carte menu: Bestia, Bavel, Mother Wolf, Osteria Mozza, Dan Tana's and Gjelina all serve. Plan a Monday around those rather than chasing a tasting menu.

Is Bestia open on Monday in Los Angeles?

Yes. Bestia serves Monday from five to eleven, the same hours it keeps every night, at 2121 East 7th Place in the Arts District. That seven-night schedule is unusual for a kitchen of its standard in LA. The house-made pastas and wood-fired pizzas run about $70 to $120 a head. Book ahead on Resy for a Monday table, or arrive early for one of the walk-in stools held at the bar.

What is the best Monday dinner in Los Angeles?

For the marquee Monday, Bestia and Bavel in the Arts District are the two hardest and best tables open that night. For Roman pasta in a grand room, Mother Wolf in Hollywood is the pick. For a classic Italian counter, Osteria Mozza's mozzarella bar in Hancock Park is hard to beat. For old Hollywood steak, Dan Tana's has served Monday nights since 1964.

Which famous Los Angeles restaurants are closed on Monday?

A lot of the marquee names. Providence, the two-star seafood room, closes Monday, as do Spago in Beverly Hills, the tasting-menu rooms n/naka and Melisse, and the celebrity Italian Giorgio Baldi. Republique stays open as a cafe and bakery on Monday morning but does not serve dinner. If your heart is set on one of these, build your LA itinerary so the Monday lands somewhere else.

What is the best-value restaurant open Monday in Los Angeles?

Gjelina in Venice. It is one of the few upscale LA rooms open all day Monday, nine in the morning to half past ten at night, and its vegetable-forward, wood-fired plates run about $45 to $80 a head, well under the Italian rooms. The Abbot Kinney patio takes walk-ins, so it is also the easiest Monday seat on this list for a diner without a reservation.

Keep reading

Plan the rest of the week with the full Los Angeles dining guide, or by occasion with the best tables to impress a client in Los Angeles and the seats for solo dining at the counter. By cuisine, see the best Italian restaurants worldwide and the best Middle Eastern restaurants worldwide. Eating out west on a quieter night? Compare with Las Vegas restaurants open Sunday. For the full picture on closing nights, read our guide to where to eat well on a Sunday or Monday.

Hours verified against each restaurant's published schedule as of June 2026; confirm directly before travelling. Restaurants for Kings is editorial, not sponsored. Some reservation links may earn an affiliate commission, which never affects a ranking or a score.