A family-run community institution, and the goat is what to order
Must-try: Goat with rice, Ful, Anjero bread
📍 137 W Arbor Vitae St, Inglewood, CA 90301
4 ranked family friendly restaurants in Inglewood, Los Angeles — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
4 picksThese are the 4 best Inglewood restaurants for a family dinner, ranked. Banadir Somali Restaurant is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.6 stars across 4,464 reviews. Most of this list stays under $40 a head. If you only order one thing, make it the goat with rice at Banadir Somali Restaurant. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Inglewood covers a lot of ground for its size — African, Soul Food and Caribbean are all well represented across the 4 spots we track here, and the neighborhood averages 4.6 stars.
A family-run community institution, and the goat is what to order
Must-try: Goat with rice, Ful, Anjero bread
📍 137 W Arbor Vitae St, Inglewood, CA 90301
Inglewood's soul food institution since 1983 — the turkey chops and grits that built a legacy
Must-try: Turkey chops, Mac & yams, Grilled cornbread
📍 1403 Centinela Ave, Inglewood, CA 90302
Family-run and genuinely festive — the rare Belizean restaurant anywhere in LA
Must-try: Panades, Garnaches, Oxtail stew
📍 217 E Nutwood St, Inglewood, CA 90301
Inglewood's Nayarit-style seafood institution — zarandeado whole fish, shrimp cocktails, and the kind of caldo that fixes everything
Must-try: Zarandeado whole fish, Caldo de camarón, Shrimp tacos
📍 3544 W Imperial Hwy, Inglewood, CA 90303
Banadir Somali Restaurant — 4.6 stars across 4,464 reviews, the highest on this list. A family-run community institution, and the goat is what to order.
None of the 4 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The goat with rice at Banadir Somali Restaurant, the turkey chops at The Serving Spoon and the panades at Little Belize. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 4 of the 4 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.