From traditional red sauce joints to elegant Italian restaurants, Los Angeles offers many incredible dining options. Our guide features an exhaustive list of the best Italian restaurants Los Angeles has to offer.
Drago Centro in Downtown LA provides authentic Italian fare at its finest, led by Master Chef Celestino Drago. He serves authentic fine haute cuisine to rave reviews. The dining room exudes retro glamour with gold curtains and gaudy wallpaper; yet its menu remains contemporary; dishes include an intricate modernist carbonara with dairy-free bearnaise that bursts through each spaghetti strand; also popular are vegetarian offerings like Calabrian chilies-laced vegetable risotto with pine nuts as well as made-from-scratch plant-based lasagna made by hand - something no other restaurant can boast about!
After 11 years of almost nonstop business, Ori Menashe's Arts District flagship still draws crowds with its Roman-leaning menu featuring delicious pasta (check out chestnut and mushroom agnolotti or pork ragu tagliatelle for starters), pizza, salads, and meaty entrees - not forgetting plenty of pizza, salads, and meaty entrees too. The restaurant exudes relaxed sophistication that ensures no one ever leaves hungry after an evening spent munching down carbs, charcuterie, cocktails etc!
Pasta Sisters in Culver City offers some of the city's finest pasta dining. Serving their same delicious dishes as their flagship location in LA, but here you can build-your-own bowls of any pasta and sauce imaginable - be it pesto with pappardelle, bolognese with fettuccine or honeycomb and pistachio crunch homemade ice cream as a sweet finisher!
