Arts District, Los Angeles · restaurant
Part art gallery, part Southern-leaning restaurant, Manuela is tucked inside Hauser & Wirth and feels like stumbling into a dinner party for people with impeccable taste. Sunlight floods the space, sculptures loom overhead, and the menu pulls from smoke, pickles, and California farms without ever tipping into fussiness. The courtyard garden is prime for lingering, the cocktails are sharp, and everything about it whispers “serious, but not trying too hard.”
Baked in cast iron and served warm with cultured butter and local wildflower honey.
Plump shrimp over rice grits with hen of the woods mushrooms, bacon, lemon, and parsley.
Crispy fried chicken with pickled slaw and chili aioli on brioche.
Salted chocolate mousse cake. Rich, dense, dark chocolate.
Non-alcoholic cocktail with house-made syrups and citrus.
Caramelized onion tart with cream and herbs. Brunch savory.
Ripe nectarines with burrata, arugula, olive oil. Summer dish.