Los Angeles’ Newest Restaurant Openings, Now on Resy

It’s not every day you can eat Jordanian-inspired short rib kebabs, lamb-stuffed grape leaves straight from grandma’s recipe box, and kibbeh with a view of the Santa Monica Pier in the background. If anything, stop for a Mata Hari milk punch made with chai-infused sweet vermouth, and stay for the knafeh.

Iconic for a reason, the Beverly Hills location feels every bit as swank as others around the country, from the white-jacketed servers and tableside presentations to the famous carpaccio and Bellinis.

Located inside a community art and gathering space, there are some beautiful things happening here. Think: riffs on pancit, papas bravas (made with cassava), and bao buns (filled with fried chicken). Wildly inventive cocktails are not to be missed, like the Tropic, made with pisco and white pepper pandan syrup.

No neighborhood can have too many options for bubbly pizzas, saucy meatballs, and fun cocktails. Leaning on the Sicilian side of Italy, the menu at The Shay hotel restaurant has all that and more, party vibe included.

Go for a few new houseplants, stay for the Champagne or Txakolina rosé by the glass, steak tartare, and crunchy celery salad. Or vice versa: Go for the snacks at this charming wine bar, and grab a fiddle leaf fern to go. Since it’s located on the second floor of Rolling Greens, you can have it both ways.

Some things just go together, like chicken thigh-filled bao, fried rice cakes with gochujang, and Korean fried chicken wings with skin-contact orange wines, Korean beers, and age-old plum liqueur. That is: If you didn’t think they complemented each other before, you do now.

Whether you’re living a booze-free lifestyle or are just sober-curious, this Chinatown bar serves zero-proof cocktails only. Paying homage to its location (and current vibe), the drinks are named for the Chinese zodiac, like the savory Dragon, an elevated green juice with a touch of spice, and the Ox, made with a non-alcoholic bourbon.

Chulita Venice combines colorful Mexican fare with a sense of community, which carries over to its West Adams location. While the menu pays tribute to Oaxacan foodways, the light and bright space is filled with Mexico City influences. When you need mezcal and Tequila cocktails, barbacoa tacos, and cauliflower rice arroz verde, you’ve come to the right place.

Personal interpretations of regional dishes make Ètra stand out in the busy and ever-growing Italian food scene of L.A. It’s a bit hidden (behind Cafe Telegrama), sparse but charming, and worth seeking out if only for the rigatoni gricia and pork rib eye with fennel salad. Like the menu, the wine list is a tour around Italy with a detour through France.

The mezze platter at La Peer Hotel’s Lebanese-inspired restaurant has party written all over it. The assemblage of dips — garlic labneh with pickled eggplant, wood-roasted matbucha, and hummus topped with spicy sambal, to name a few — centered by big poofs of flatbread can start or end any night in WeHo. Everything, even the entrées, are meant to be shared.

An offshoot of a longstanding Valley favorite, this very modern sushi spot is a gem along Culver Boulevard. Stop for excellent chirashi bowls at lunch, or sit along the sushi bar for pristine traditional nigiri and creative reinterpretations from the attentive chefs. Note the aged fish lockers; that’s why everything tastes so dang good.

You can’t go wrong with a fun New Orleans vibe, and excellent shrimp and grits, oyster po’ boys, crawfish étouffée, and seafood gumbo. There are dangerously good cocktails, including Hurricanes, beignets, and live music — everything you’d find on Bourbon Street without needing a plane ticket.

Leave it to chef David Lee to reengineer plant-based cuisine for a high-energy, well-heeled crowd. Planta unleashes its meatless brilliance in the shape of a wild pan-Asian menu, where the sushi rolls and wok-fried noodles are as craveable as “the real thing.” Don’t sleep on the cocktails, either.

You’ll have a great time inside the cool, stylish dining room and bar, but the patio is the real draw. That, and a dinner menu that’s as cozy as the digs, from yuzu deviled eggs to harissa meatballs and fried chicken schnitzel. The fig leaf Negroni is just one way to go; a zero-proof nahgroni is another.

From the Terroni family of restaurants, this little Larchmont gem hits just right with things like vitello tonnato, mortadella, and burrata pizzas, and a really great linguine vongole. You may be torn between the tiramisu and cannoli, so we’re here to tell you: just get both.

Midwestern supper club staples and hearty diner breakfasts hit right in the space on the ground floor of DTLA’s Hoxton Hotel. Things like turkey-stuffed Monte Cristos during the day, and baked brie, spareribs with pickles, and throwback cocktails (hello, Grasshoppers) at night.

Much like its siblings Taisho and Casita, BLVD is sleek and modern, and even in a sea of restaurants along Ventura Boulevard, somehow just what the Valley needed. Big cuts of beef, all the requisite sides, perfectly chilled and shaken cocktails — it’s all here.

The lomo saltado, arroz con pollo, ceviches and pisco sours at Hollywood’s Peruvian staple have fueled many over the years. It’s hard to go wrong with the classics, but taking a test-run on a special or two never goes wrong.

Not only will you get Daniele Uditi’s flawless Neapolitan pizzas at this location, but also pastas. Fans of the bubbly crust pies with inventive and traditional toppings (cacio e pepe, anyone?) will love the pasta with vodka sauce or spaghetti pesto.

The latest Arts District is Le Champ. On the surface, you’ll see a mellow neighborhood wine bar and garden, but dive in a little deeper and you’ll find ambitious but accessible French fare from a Maude vet in the kitchen.

The izakaya pop-up everyone followed around finally landed its own permanent spot in Virgil Village. That means no more searching for chef Dan Rabilwongse’s pressed sushi specialties, plus other dishes with ties to Thai and French cuisine. Shochu swizzles and soft serve, too.

With influences as far reaching as China, Spain, French, and Africa, Panamanian cuisine is as diverse as Los Angeles itself. That’s why Si! Mon, chef José Olmedo Carles Rojas’ first U.S restaurant, fits right in the Venice neighborhood. Dishes sound familiar — ceviches, tostadas, fish cooked in banana leaf — but there are notable and delicious differences, which will be explained at every turn. Sit back in the earth-toned, sleek space for a spin through the Central American country, plate by plate.

Note: Stay on the lookout for reservations! With a grand opening set in October, Resys are about to drop very soon.