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Best View Restaurants in Beverly Hills 2026
Skyline, garden & terrace views · Beverly Hills · 6 rooms ranked · Updated June 2026
Compiled by the Restaurants for Kings editorial team · Published June 20, 2026 · Updated June 20, 2026 · Reviewed by Fredrik Filipsson, Editor-in-Chief · How we rank · Corrections
The best view in Beverly Hills is not always a skyline. It can be a terrace twelve stories up with the hills on the horizon, or a fairy-lit garden courtyard that has been the city's most romantic room for forty years. This list scores the view and the plate together, because a panorama with thin cooking is just a photo. The set runs from new hotel rooftops to the courtyards where the city's deals and proposals still happen. Here is which room earns the table, what it costs, and how to book it. Six, ranked on view and food.
1.Gemma
The highest, widest view in the city with a Pan-Asian kitchen behind it. Book it for a marquee sunset.
Gemma, twelve stories above the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills at 9850 Wilshire Boulevard, has the widest open view in the city, a clear sweep across the low-rise streets to the Santa Monica Mountains. It opened in May 2026 under chef Peleg Miron with a Pan-Asian menu that runs from lobster wontons with chili ponzu to Maine-lobster Singaporean curry noodles and Japanese Wagyu off the grill. The height, the horizon and a real kitchen make it the view dinner to beat in Beverly Hills, best caught at golden hour.
Book on the Waldorf Astoria site; reserve a terrace table for sunset.
2.The Penthouse at Mastro's
A rooftop garden over Canon Drive with a serious chophouse below. Book it for a steak dinner with a view.
The Penthouse at Mastro's, the third-floor open-air garden above the steakhouse at 246 North Canon Drive, trades a far horizon for a view over the palms and rooftops of the Golden Triangle, with nightly live music and the chophouse below. The bone-in ribeye runs $87 and the seafood tower is the set piece, and the room took an OpenTable Diners' Choice award in 2025. This is the view table for a steak night with a scene, where the food holds up its end as much as the terrace does.
Book on OpenTable; request the rooftop garden for the open-air view.
3.The Roof Garden at The Peninsula
A renovated rooftop garden with a living wall and an outdoor grill. Book it for a polished lunch with a view.
The Roof Garden reopened in May 2026 atop The Peninsula Beverly Hills at 9882 South Santa Monica Boulevard after a four-million-dollar renovation, now a 48-seat terrace beside a sixty-foot pool, with palms, jasmine and wisteria forming a living wall around the view. A chef grills steaks, fish and poultry to order, and the California menu leans on herbs grown on the roof. This is the most polished daytime view in the city, a long lunch above the streets rather than a late-night room, and one of the prettiest settings in Beverly Hills.
Book on the Peninsula site; the terrace shows best for a daytime table.
4.Poza
A quiet rooftop with a 360-degree sweep and market seafood. Book it for a low-key date with the city below.
Poza opened in May 2025 on the roof of L'Ermitage Beverly Hills at 9291 Burton Way, a calmer terrace with a near-360-degree view over the low-rise blocks toward the hills. Chef Todd Matthews runs a California seafood menu of bluefin tuna poke, a lobster roll and a reimagined Caesar with miso croutons, plated for a slow evening. This is the view table for a quiet date, the rooftop that swaps the scene of the bigger terraces for room to talk and a wide sunset over the city.
Book on OpenTable; arrive for the late-afternoon light before the rush.
5.Spago
The Beverly Hills idea of a view, Puck's people-watching courtyard. Book it for a power lunch or a marquee dinner.
Spago has anchored Canon Drive at 176 North Canon since 1997, and its view is not a skyline but the open-air courtyard at the center of the room, the prime people-watching table in Beverly Hills and the place the city's deals and reunions still happen. Wolfgang Puck's kitchen, run day to day by Tetsu Yahagi, remains the reason it endures: the smoked salmon pizza at $38 is the signature, and the eight-course degustation runs $225. This is the view table where the scene is the view and the cooking earns the seat.
Book on OpenTable; request a courtyard table and order the smoked salmon pizza.
6.Il Cielo
A fairy-lit garden patio, the city's most romantic view. Book it for an anniversary or a proposal.
Il Cielo has run its garden on Burton Way at number 9018 since 1986, and its view is the courtyard itself, a fairy-lit, flower-heavy patio that is the most romantic outdoor room in Beverly Hills. The kitchen is classic Italian, dependable rather than cutting-edge, with bucatini around $36 and a white-truffle pappardelle at $85, but the setting does the heavy lifting. This is the view table for an anniversary or a proposal, where the garden, not a skyline, is the whole point of the evening.
Book on OpenTable; ask for a garden table and tell them if you are celebrating.
Avoid for a view dinner
View oversold, kitchen undersized
Videre at the Kimpton Wilshire. A pleasant rooftop, but it sits at 6317 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles, not Beverly Hills, despite the listings that place it here. If a Beverly Hills address is the point, choose Gemma or The Roof Garden.
The lobby-bar 'view' tables. A handful of hotel rooms advertise a view that turns out to be a window onto the valet stand. For a genuine outlook, book a true terrace like Gemma or a real garden room like Il Cielo rather than a street-level table.
Reservation strategy for a Beverly Hills view table
The view is in the seat, not just the room, so book through OpenTable or the property's site and ask specifically for a terrace, courtyard or garden table. At Gemma, Mastro's Penthouse and The Roof Garden the outdoor seats are the whole reason to come, and they go first, so reserve the sunset window weeks ahead in the warmer months.
Match the room to the night. Gemma and Mastro's Penthouse are the big dinners, The Roof Garden is the polished lunch, and Spago and Il Cielo are the courtyard rooms for a power lunch, an anniversary or a proposal. The rooftops are open-air, so check the weather and seasonal hours, and at Il Cielo or Spago say if you are celebrating so the room can place you well.
Frequently asked
What is the best view restaurant in Beverly Hills?
Gemma at the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills holds our top spot, the highest and widest view in the city, twelve stories up at 9850 Wilshire Boulevard, with a clear sweep to the Santa Monica Mountains. Chef Peleg Miron opened it in May 2026 with a Pan-Asian menu, so the cooking matches the height. Book a terrace table for sunset through the hotel site.
Which Beverly Hills restaurant has the most romantic view?
Il Cielo, the fairy-lit garden patio on Burton Way open since 1986, is the most romantic view room in Beverly Hills. Its outlook is the flower-heavy courtyard itself rather than a skyline, the classic Italian kitchen runs bucatini around $36 and a white-truffle pappardelle at $85, and the setting suits an anniversary or a proposal. Book a garden table and tell them if you are celebrating.
Does Beverly Hills have rooftop restaurants with a view?
Yes. Gemma at the Waldorf Astoria is twelve stories up with the widest view in the city, The Penthouse at Mastro's is a third-floor rooftop garden over Canon Drive, and The Roof Garden at The Peninsula reopened in 2026 as a renovated rooftop terrace. Poza at L'Ermitage adds a quiet near-360-degree roof. All four pair an open-air outlook with a full kitchen rather than just a bar.
Which Beverly Hills view restaurant is best for a business lunch?
Spago on Canon Drive is the classic power-lunch room, where the view is the people-watching courtyard at the center and the city's deals still get done over Wolfgang Puck's cooking. The smoked salmon pizza runs $38 and an eight-course degustation is $225. Request a courtyard table on OpenTable, and book ahead for a weekday lunch, when the room fills with regulars.
Are these view restaurants good for a proposal?
Several are. Il Cielo's fairy-lit garden is the most romantic in the city and a long-standing proposal room, while Gemma's sunset terrace and Poza's quiet rooftop both work for a question with a view. Tell the restaurant in advance if you plan to propose so they can place your table well and time the moment. For more options, see our Beverly Hills proposal ranking.
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