Downtown Los Angeles Restaurants

Looking For top Downtown Los Angeles Restaurants? Here is a list and review of the best restaurants in Los Angeles Downtown area according to cuisine.
Los Angeles dining has become an adventure in itself as LA's Downtown claims some of the Los Angeles finest and best restaurants and dining establishments in Southern California.
There is an Asian influence in much of the cooking of the downtown Los Angeles restaurants, thanks to the wave of Asian immigration. Los Angeles invented and created the California cuisine, which has changed American dining to a lighter and healther style and eating.
Of course with a large Hispanic population, Los Angeles has some of the best Mexican Restaurants as well, but this page is about American/California style eating estblishments in the Downtown Los Angeles area.

The Downtown Los Angeles Restaurants list and restaurant review on this page is for restaurants featuring primarily American and California cuisine. These are the best of their kind, and I have personally eaten at every restaurant listed, some many times, and I recommend them all. There will be links to other types of Los Angeles restaurants, featuring the many Los Angeles ethnic restaurants and foods that this City of Los Angeles is so famous for.

The Windows Restaurant

1150 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)746-1554. This downtown Los Angeles restaurant is located on the 32nd floor of a high rise building in the Trans America Center. If you like good food and a spectacular city view, this is a good choice for a Los Angeles dining restaurant.

They offer steaks, fresh seafood, pastas and more. Full bar and a great wine list. It's an expensive dining place but very popular. You will like this place and the food. Lunch: Mon - Fri. Dinner: Tues - Sat.

The Blue Velvet Restaurant

750 S. Garland Avenue, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)239-0061. The Blue Velvet serves innovative contemporary American cuisine. Lunches are very tasty but simple, dinners are more fanciful. The kitchen is open late and the restaurant caters to the young upscale crowd. Parking is available. Lunch: Mon - Fri. Dinner: Mon - Sat. Moderately priced menu items.

J Lounge Restaurant And Bar

1119 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)746-7746. The J Lounge is a huge 25,000 square foot restaurant and bar with live entertainment, a cigar humidor, and a great patio for outdoor dining. This is one of the downtown Los Angeles Restaurants that attracts the hip and young film and media people. it's a people watching place as well as a restaurant.

They are famous for their signature cocktails and huge pizza selection, great burgers and steaks. It's fabulous bar grub food that's for sure.
The outside patio is wonderful, with private cabanas for intimate romantic dining. It's moderatly priced as well, which is great. J Lounge is a fun place to spend an evening, especially if you are young and hip. I am neither, but I love this place.

Checkers Restaurant

535 S. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)624-0000. Checkers serves refined California cuisine with Asian, Italian and French accents. Located inside the Hilton Checkers hotel it has clubby ambiance with warm colors, fine fabrics, comfy seating and soft Jazz music playing in the background.

An open heated patio offers sheltered open air dining. This is one of the downtown Los Angeles restaurants that offers a pre-theater dinner package that includes complimentary town-car service to nearby venues, including the Disney Concert Hall. The Checkers is one of Los Angeles finest dining places.

Cafe Pinot Restaurant

700 W.5th Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)239-6500. Cafe Pinot features fish market specials, filet mignon, rotisserie chicken and Colorado lamb. They also have great and well choosen winelist.

The restaurant has an ideal location for Downtown Los Angeles Restaurants, overlooking Maguire Gardens terraces and fountains. The dining rooms ceiling high windows frame skyscrapers, but the best seats are on the outdoor patio, a rose garden oasis by day, and a romantic dining spot by night.
They offer valet parking, but there's two hour validated parking in the library off Flower Street.

Nick And Stef's Steakhouse Restaurant

330 S. Hope Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)680-0330. This is a classic American steakhouse. You can dine in their woodsy dining room or on the outside terrace.

This is one of the downtown Los Angeles restaurants that serve prime dry-aged beef and free range buffalo steaks, as well as organic chicken, wild salmon, and lamb chops. Daily specials include seafood and pastas.

There is a two hour parking validation for the building and free shuttle bus service to the Music Center and the Staples Center. This expensive restaurant is rated by the Michelin Guide. Lunch: Mon - Sat. Dinner: Mon - Sun.

Restaurant Noe

251 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)356-4100. Noe calls their food "progressive American cuisine" with strong Japanese and French influences. It's located in The Omni Hotel next to the Walt Disney Concert Hall.

They have a cigar friendly outdoor dining patio. Their menu items are fantastic and delectable. I love all their food. The dishes are on the pricey side, but well worth it. Dinner daily. No lunches.

The Patina Restaurant

Patina is one of downtown Los Angeles restaurants that has a five star rating, with a seasonally inspired menu thanks to Chef and founder, Joachim Spachal. It's located in the fabulous Walt Disney Concert Hall building. The playful and creative menu from Main lobster tail, to Melting pigs trotters and Hon Shimeji mushrooms, is top rated by the Michelin guide.

It's an expensive dining place, but definitely worth it. Lunch: Tue - Fri. Dinner: Tue - Sun.

Restaurant Cicada

617 S. Olive Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)488-9488. They serve contemporary American food with an Italian and Asian flair. Wonderful innovative dishes I really love. The dining room is opulent and Parisian inspired.

The dazzling lobby is embellished with tons of Rene Lalique designed glass and original art deco fixtures. Cicada has one of poshest dining rooms of all the downtown Los Angeles restaurants. Dinner: Tue - Sun. No Lunch.

Taylor's Prime Steak

3361 W. 8th Street, Los Angeles> Phone: (213)382-8449. This is a classic 45 year old American steakhouse in the Koreatown area of Los Angeles. Fabulous cuts of beef at good prices to be enjoyed in cozy leather booths. Great dark clubby ambiance I really like and the prices are moderate for such fine food. They have a full bar and wine list. Lunch: Mon - Fri. Dinner every night.

Engine Co. #28 Restaurant

644 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)624-6996. This great restaurant is located in a restored brick firestation from 1912. They have a great selection, and huge servings, of quality steaks, chili, burgers and seafood.

It's also a great watering hole for downtown business men after work. It's more of a pricey restauran, but it's good. Lunch: Mon - Fri. Dinner every night.

The Pacific Dining Car

1310 W. 6th Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)483-6000. The front part of the dining room was formerly a real Pacific Electric Railroad car. The top draw are the great steaks.

Corn-fed prime beef that's been aged on the premises. They serve their delicious charcoal broiled steaks with crisp onion rings, fried potatoes and a good spinach salad. That's it! It's open 24 hours a day. This is a pricey restaurant, but worth it if you love steaks.

Philippe the Original Restaurant

1001 N. Alameda Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)628-3781. This place is a Los Angeles institution that claims that Philippe invented the French dip sandwich. Good, inexpensive food served over 90 years. My husband and I love their yummi French dip sandwiches with their delicious home made coleslaw, and come here frequently. It's also great on the budget. Philippe serves breakfast, lunch and dinner every day.

The Original Pantry

877 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles. Phone: (213)972-9279. There is usually a line outside the Pantry at rush hours. The breakfast is the best in downtown. I love their pot roasts, ham hocks, short ribs and beef stew dishes. Their servings are unbelievably large and are easily shared. The Pantry is one of the downtown Los Angeles restaurants that is open 24 hours a day.

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