{"id":417298,"date":"2026-07-30T00:20:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417298\/"},"modified":"2026-07-30T00:20:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T00:20:13","slug":"the-best-celebrity-chef-restaurants-in-los-angeles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/417298\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Celebrity-Chef Restaurants in Los Angeles"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles has always been a city where the chef is as much the draw as the food, and its current crop of celebrity-chef restaurants proves the trend shows no sign of slowing. From Beverly Hills institutions that have anchored the city\u2019s fine-dining reputation for decades to newer arrivals downtown, these are the restaurants worth booking for the name on the menu as much as what\u2019s on the plate \u2014 a scene covered more broadly in our complete guide to Haute Living Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Wolfgang Puck \u2014 Spago Beverly Hills & CUT<\/p>\n

No chef looms larger over Los Angeles dining than Wolfgang Puck, and his two flagship Beverly Hills restaurants remain the city\u2019s benchmark. Spago Beverly Hills continues to serve its seasonal Californian menu with Puck himself still known to make table visits, while CUT, housed inside the Beverly Wilshire, A Four Seasons Hotel, approaches its 20th anniversary in 2026 with a new early-evening prix-fixe program called The First CUT. Between the two, Puck\u2019s Beverly Hills footprint remains the closest thing LA has to a culinary institution.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood:\u00a0Beverly\u00a0Hills\u00a0|\u00a0Best For: The LA Dining Institution<\/p>\n

Nobu Matsuhisa \u2014 Nobu Los Angeles
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Photo Credit: Mark Hanson<\/p>\n

Nobu Matsuhisa\u2019s West Hollywood restaurant, officially named Nobu Los Angeles, remains a defining stop for the chef\u2019s global sushi empire, alongside its sister location on the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu. The tiradito and black cod with miso remain the dishes that built Matsuhisa\u2019s reputation decades ago, and both LA locations continue to draw the kind of crowd that made Nobu a global brand in the first place.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood:\u00a0West\u00a0Hollywood\u00a0(with\u00a0a\u00a0second\u00a0location\u00a0in\u00a0Malibu) | Best For: Celebrity Sushi Institution<\/p>\n

David Chang \u2014 Majordomo<\/p>\n

David Chang\u2019s Chinatown restaurant remains open under his Momofuku Group, though James Bailey took over as executive chef in July 2025 \u2014 a kitchen change worth knowing about rather than a sign of any slowdown. The restaurant\u2019s bold, family-style approach to modern American cooking with strong Korean and Southeast Asian influences continues to make it one of the more distinctive celebrity-chef dining rooms in the city.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Chinatown | Best For: Bold, Shareable Dining<\/p>\n

Nancy Silverton \u2014 Osteria Mozza & Pizzeria Mozza<\/p>\n

Sharing a complex on Highland Avenue, Nancy Silverton\u2019s twin restaurants remain among the most respected Italian dining destinations in the city. Osteria Mozza retained its Michelin star in the 2025 guide, while Pizzeria Mozza continues to serve the wood-fired pizza that helped define LA\u2019s modern pizza scene.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Hollywood\/Highland Avenue | Best For: Michelin-Starred Italian<\/p>\n

Curtis Stone \u2014 Gwen<\/p>\n

Curtis Stone\u2019s Hollywood restaurant, a Michelin-starred butcher shop and dining room built around whole-animal butchery, remains open on Sunset Boulevard, though a Westside relocation announced in mid-2025 for early 2026 appears to be running behind schedule.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Hollywood (Sunset Blvd)| Best For: Whole-Animal Butchery Dining<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s \u2014 Bazaar Meat<\/p>\n

Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s\u2019s LA presence has shifted downtown following the closure of his original Beverly Hills restaurants at the former SLS Beverly Hills, now Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. His current LA restaurant, Bazaar Meat, occupies the sixth floor of The Grand LA\/Conrad Los Angeles, bringing his signature theatrical steakhouse format to downtown alongside sister restaurants San Laurel and Agua Viva in the same hotel.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Downtown LA (The Grand LA\/Conrad Los Angeles) | Best For: Downtown Spectacle Dining<\/p>\n

Roy Choi \u2014 Alibi Room<\/p>\n

The chef credited with launching the modern food truck movement through Kogi BBQ still runs the trucks, now in their 17th year, alongside his sit-down restaurant Alibi Room, which serves both Kogi and Chego menus in the Culver City\/West LA area.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Culver City\/West LA | Best For: The Food Truck Movement\u2019s Sit-Down Home<\/p>\n

Jon & Vinny\u2019s<\/p>\n

Jon Shook and Vinny Dotolo\u2019s approachable Italian-American restaurants have expanded to five confirmed locations across Fairfax, Brentwood, Studio City, Beverly Hills, and the Slauson corridor, with a sixth location in Calabasas reportedly pending. The formula \u2014 excellent pasta, pizza, and an unpretentious atmosphere \u2014 has made it one of the more consistently beloved celebrity-chef concepts in the city.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Multiple, including Fairfax and Beverly Hills | Best For: Approachable Celebrity-Chef Dining<\/p>\n

Suzanne Goin \u2014 A.O.C.<\/p>\n

Suzanne Goin\u2019s Third Street restaurant remains one of LA\u2019s defining small-plates destinations, now the only A.O.C. location following the August 2025 closure of its Brentwood outpost after sixteen years. The Mediterranean-inflected wine bar format that Goin helped pioneer in LA continues to draw loyal regulars.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Third Street | Best For: LA\u2019s Original Small-Plates Destination<\/p>\n

Michael Cimarusti \u2014 Providence<\/p>\n

Providence holds one of only two three-Michelin-star ratings in Los Angeles history, earned in 2025, making Michael Cimarusti\u2019s Melrose Avenue seafood restaurant one of the most significant fine-dining achievements in the city\u2019s culinary history.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Melrose Avenue | Best For: The City\u2019s Pinnacle Fine-Dining Achievement<\/p>\n

Josiah Citrin \u2014 M\u00e9lisse & Citrin<\/p>\n

Josiah Citrin\u2019s Santa Monica restaurants, the two-Michelin-starred M\u00e9lisse and the one-starred Citrin, anchor his growing culinary footprint, which now extends to Charcoal Venice and a new Charcoal Sunset location that opened on the Sunset Strip in August 2025.<\/p>\n

Neighborhood: Santa Monica (with Charcoal locations in Venice and on Sunset) | Best For: Multi-Concept Michelin Pedigree<\/p>\n

For more of Haute Living\u2019s Los Angeles dining coverage, see our complete guide to Haute Living Los Angeles<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Haute Read<\/p>\n

Los Angeles’s best celebrity-chef restaurants span Wolfgang Puck’s enduring Beverly Hills institutions, Michael Cimarusti’s three-Michelin-starred Providence, and Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s’s new downtown home at Bazaar Meat \u2014 with several long-assumed addresses, including Bouchon Beverly Hills and Maude, now permanently closed. It’s a scene defined as much by who’s still standing as by who just moved.<\/p>\n

FAQs<\/p>\n

What are the best celebrity-chef restaurants in Los Angeles? The best celebrity-chef restaurants in Los Angeles include Wolfgang Puck\u2019s Spago and CUT, Nobu Matsuhisa\u2019s Nobu Los Angeles, David Chang\u2019s Majordomo, and Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s\u2019s Bazaar Meat at The Grand LA.<\/p>\n

Is Bouchon Beverly Hills still open? No \u2014 Thomas Keller\u2019s Bouchon Beverly Hills closed in 2017-2018 due to a lease dispute and has not reopened.<\/p>\n

Where is Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s\u2019s restaurant in Los Angeles now? Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s\u2019s current LA restaurant, Bazaar Meat, is located at The Grand LA\/Conrad Los Angeles downtown, following the closure of his original restaurants at the former SLS Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n

Is Curtis Stone\u2019s Maude still open? No \u2014 Maude closed permanently in September 2024; the Beverly Hills space now houses a separate bakery concept called The Pie Room.<\/p>\n

Which Los Angeles restaurant has three Michelin stars? Providence, chef Michael Cimarusti\u2019s Melrose Avenue seafood restaurant, holds three Michelin stars, one of only two restaurants in LA history to achieve that rating.<\/p>\n

How many Jon & Vinny\u2019s locations are there? Jon & Vinny\u2019s operates five confirmed locations across Fairfax, Brentwood, Studio City, Beverly Hills, and the Slauson corridor, with a sixth reportedly planned for Calabasas.<\/p>\n

What happened to Wolfgang Puck\u2019s WP24 at The Ritz-Carlton, Los Angeles? WP24 has closed and been replaced by Sendero, a Latin American-inspired restaurant led by chef Hendrix Vega.<\/p>\n

Is Roy Choi still involved with Kogi? Yes \u2014 Roy Choi remains the chief chef and co-founder behind the Kogi BBQ trucks, now in their 17th year, alongside his sit-down restaurant Alibi Room.<\/p>\n

What is the difference between M\u00e9lisse and Citrin? Both are Josiah Citrin\u2019s Santa Monica restaurants \u2014 M\u00e9lisse holds two Michelin stars while Citrin holds one, and Citrin has also expanded with Charcoal locations in Venice and on the Sunset Strip.<\/p>\n

Is there only one A.O.C. location now? Yes \u2014 Suzanne Goin\u2019s original A.O.C. on Third Street is now the only location following the August 2025 closure of the Brentwood outpost.<\/p>\n

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