8 ranked special occasion restaurants in Arts District, Los Angeles — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
8 picksThese are the 8 best Arts District restaurants for a celebration dinner, ranked. Hayato is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.9 stars across 860 reviews. Everson Royce Bar is the one to book when you would rather not spend much. Prices run the whole way from $ counters to $$$$ rooms. If you only order one thing, make it the 17-course kaiseki at Hayato. 6 of the 8 take online reservations, and the live availability badge on each card shows what is actually open tonight.
Arts District covers a lot of ground for its size — Japanese, French and American are all well represented across the 8 spots we track here, and the neighborhood averages 4.7 stars.
Michelin two-star kaiseki in Row DTLA — Brandon Hayato Go's 17-course seasonal menu is the most refined meal in Los Angeles
Must-try: 17-course kaiseki, Binchotan-smoked bonito, Seasonal rice pot finale
📍 1320 E 7th St Suite 126, Los Angeles, CA 90021
American in the Arts District — 4.8 on Resy across 4,391 diner reviews
📍 1936 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
LA Times Restaurant of the Year — a six-course Korean fermentation tasting menu in the Arts District that's the most exciting meal in the city
Must-try: Hokkaido scallop with seaweed jelly, Soy-braised wild black cod, Brandt beef short rib
📍 905 E 2nd St, Suite 109, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Michelin-recognized French-Asian in the Arts District — steak frites, bay scallop ravioli, and the best rigatoni in DTLA
Must-try: Steak frites, Bay scallop ravioli, Rigatoni with artichoke & Comté
📍 923 E 3rd St #109, Los Angeles, CA 90013
Enrique Olvera's Michelin-recognized modern Mexican in the Arts District — the LA outpost of the Cosme and Pujol team
Must-try: Tostadas with seasonal fish, Mole negro, Wood-roasted lamb
📍 2132 E 7th Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Bon Appétit Best New Restaurant 2025 — French-Japanese bistro from the Tsubaki team in the Arts District
Must-try: Ham katsu croque madame, Koji-roasted chicken, Uni pasta
📍 1850 Industrial St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Junya Yamasaki's progressive Japanese kitchen inside a 1920s Arts District bank building — precise cooking and a deep natural wine and sake list
Must-try: Whatever the kitchen is doing with seasonal fish, Housemade dashi courses, A sake pairing from the natural list
📍 2001 E 7th St, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Japanese in the Arts District — 4.4 on Resy across 1,492 diner reviews
Must-try: Wagyu burger, Sushi
📍 710 S. Santa Fe Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90021
Hayato — 4.9 stars across 860 reviews, the highest on this list. Michelin two-star kaiseki in Row DTLA — Brandon Hayato Go's 17-course seasonal menu is the most refined meal in Los Angeles.
Everson Royce Bar at $$ — 4.8 stars without the $$$$ bill. 1 of the 8 restaurants on this page are $$ or under.
6 of the 8 book online — Everson Royce Bar, Baroo and Camphor among them. The rest are walk-in or phone-only. Each card here shows live availability for tonight where the restaurant publishes it.
The 17-course kaiseki at Hayato, the hokkaido scallop with seaweed jelly at Baroo and the steak frites at Camphor. 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 — 8 of the 8 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.