New Dining in Los Angeles

Pacific Coast Highway Travel recommends the best new dining experiences in Los Angeles, Hollywood, Bel-Air, Venice and elsewhere.

Lava Restaurant, Hollywood

Best New Dining in Los Angeles

Hello Kitty Cafe (Universal City)

This past September, Universal CityWalk rolled out a virtual pastel pink carpet to welcome the Hello Kitty® and Friends Cafe, the first in Los Angeles, serving a scrumptious selection of sweet treats and specialty beverages, and the Sanrio® Smile Shop, offering a variety of collectible merchandise

Companion (Venice)

Companion

During the daytime, Companion serves coffee and pastries, plus sandwiches filled with porchetta and bolognese from chef Jack Goode (Quarter Sheets, Bab’s, Jac’s on Bond). At night, the restaurant flips into a wine bar serving a Caesar salad that swaps lettuce for Romano beans, a panzanella salad, rigatoni Bolognese, and a wagyu New York Strip.

DEME at Hotel Figueroa (Downtown)

Chef at the new DEME restaurant in Los Angeles

DTLA’s award-winning urban oasis Hotel Figueroa announced the grand opening of its new flagship poolside restaurant, DEME, ahead of the hotel’s 98th birthday. Named after Demeter, the Greek Goddess of the Harvest, and a nod to the hotel’s historic roots cantered around celebrating and empowering women since 1926,

Deme infuses the flavours and traditions of the Eastern Mediterranean and the Aegean Sea into the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

Camelia (Arts District)

Menu sample at the new Camelia restaurant in Los Angeles

Located in the former Church & State space, Camelia seats 100 diners and serve a French Japanese menu. Inspired by Kaplan and Namba’s travels to Japan, as well as Namba’s French culinary experiences cooking in places like Thomas Keller’s now-closed Bouchon in Beverly Hills, Camelia brings a Tokyo-style French bistro to Los Angeles.

Barr Seco (Silver Lake)

New Barr Seco restaurant in Silver Lake, Los Angeles

Silver Lake’s day-to-night cafe and wine bar Barr Seco debuted in Silver Lake in September. The all-day spot blends Latino and Asian flavours with a morning menu of coffee, various bowls, and sandwiches before transitioning to snackier dishes and natural wines in the evening.

PIknik (Echo Park)

New Piknik restaurant in Echo Park, Los Angeles

The Lonely Oyster Team opens a Scandinavian Cafe inside the Echo Park Lake Boathouse. Piknik features a range of breakfast and lunch items by chef de cuisine Maia Domingues. Piknik also packages customizable picnic baskets to enjoy around the park.

Udatsu Sushi Los Angeles (Hollywood)

Rokusho (Hollywood)

New Rokusho Japanese restaurant in Los Angeles

A pair of acclaimed Japanese restaurants are opening in LA this fall. Udatsu, a Michelin-starred sushi restaurant in Tokyo, is making its way to the U.S. with an eight-seat counter in Hollywood opening in mid-September. Udatsu Sushi comes from founding chef Hisashi Udatsu, who opened the original location in Nakameguro in 2019 and earning a Michelin star in 2022.

Udatsu will be located next to Rokusho, a 34-seat restaurant serving modern interpretations of Japanese comfort dishes such as wagyu aburi sushi and tuna katsu sando.

Lava (Hollywood)

Lava Restaurant, Hollywood

Chef Charbel Hayek’s second LA restaurant in just over a year, Laya, opens a block away from the Hollywood Farmers Market, where the chef shops for produce every week. Hayek, the Season 2 winner of Top Chef: Middle East, debuts Laya in May, inside the former La Mesa Lounge and Restaurant with a familiar yet casual menu that takes cues from his 2023 opening Ladyhawk.

New Dining at Hotel Bel-Air (Bel-Air)

New dining options at Hotel Bel-Air in Los Angeles

Los Angeles’ legendary estate and enclave of rarified exclusivity, Hotel Bel-Air, a Dorchester Collection hotel, ushers in a new era of culinary excellence and innovation of The Living Room and The Patisserie.

Offering two unique dining experiences effortlessly transitioning from day into afternoon and evening and brought to life by Champalimaud Design, the new spaces are carved from nature, reflecting the understated glamour which has cemented Hotel Bel-Air as an icon of Hollywood since 1946, taking guests on an immersive sensory journey designed for connecting, unwinding, and indulging.

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