Best New Restaurant Openings in LA

The freshest tables to land on 10Spot. From caviar handrolls and smoked-Negroni bars to Afro-Caribbean fusion, French-Italian Craftsman cottages, and Japanese-imported omakase, LA's newest spots span every style. Each one is already earning its reputation.

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  1. Picala

    Culver City · 3321 S La Cienega Blvd Suite G, Los Angeles, CA 90016, USA

    Three ways to use this place: stand at the bar with vermouth and pintxos, take to the patio for an afternoon that stretches, or sit down for wood-fired Spanish dishes shaped by California seasonality. It's a perfect pla…

  2. Montauk

    Redondo Beach · 1611 S Catalina Ave #150, Redondo Beach, CA 90277, USA

    The seafood hummus—a vadouvan-spiced base piled with lump crab, lobster, mussels, and octopus—is the kind of starter that derails the rest of the ordering process. Live jazz plays most nights while tableside caviar, Ham…

  3. Wa-Iro

    Pasadena · 38 S Raymond Ave, Pasadena, CA 91105, USA

    Japanese-style pastries made with Hokkaido flour give Wa-Iro a texture advantage from the start—the salt-and-butter roll is impossibly soft, and the milk bread tears apart in delicate ribbons. The savory case is what tu…

  4. Jacaranda

    Hollywood · 6623 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038

    The ten-course menu leans heavily on peak California produce—artichokes, seaweeds, morels, nopales, and other hyper-seasonal ingredients—served in an intimate Melrose dining room where the music is loud enough to matter…

  5. Mitsi

    Northeast L.A. · 1737 Naud St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

    Dark wood, moody lighting, a long sleek bar, and a crowd that doubles when the Pacific Electric concert venue next door has a show. The drinks are serious—palo-santo-smoked Negroni, tomato-water 50/50 martini—and the ti…

  6. Amiguita

    Silver Lake · 3510 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90026, USA

    Plantain gnocchi in Nigerian curry, yuca latkes with fennel seed, and duck confit hoe cake topped with stracciatella and hot honey set the tone for Amiguita’s Afro-Caribbean crossover menu—rare in LA and confident in it…

  7. Josephine

    Silver Lake · 4156 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90029, USA

    French-Italian cooking out of a Craftsman cottage, with a whole-animal, hyper-seasonal approach that keeps the menu in constant motion. Rabbit confit, hoja santa–poached black cod, and buckwheat tart set the tone for a …

  8. Hayama by Watami

    Culver City · 3239 Helms Ave, Culver City, CA 90232, USA

    Japanese-imported fish anchors the sushi counter at Hayama by Watimi, paired with yakitori skewers like flame-grilled kabayaki eel and Hayama fried oysters that tend to disappear first. The menu spans izakaya staples—po…

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Best New Restaurant Openings in LA features Picala, Montauk, Wa-Iro, Jacaranda, and Mitsi, and more. 10Spot hand-picks and updates the full list.
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8 spots, all curated by 10Spot.
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10Spot curates Best New Restaurant Openings in LA from locally loved spots and refreshes it as new favorites open. The freshest tables to land on 10Spot. From caviar handrolls and smoked-Negroni bars to Afro-Caribbean fusion, French-Italian Craftsman cottages, and Japanese-…

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