Hollywood Restaurants

The best Hollywood restaurants range from glitzy to famous diners with homecooked favorites. Hollywood restaurants are the place to get great cuisine while spotting the rich and famous.

1. Spago Wolfgang Puck’s flagship restaurant. Watch the chefs work their magic through the glass wall. The menu changes with the seasons and features California cuisine along with mainstays like a perfectly grilled New York steak. Try the sampler menu with eight courses. Enjoy outdoor dining on the garden patio and keep your eyes open for Hollywood celebrity sightings. Spago: 176 North Canon Dr. Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
2. Crustacean This award-winning French-Vietnamese Hollywood favorite has an enchanting ambience. On the way to your table walk across the aquarium path in the floor to a table in the French-Colonial décor of the dining room. The fusion cuisine includes dishes such as Vietnamese bouillabaisse, wild salmon roasted over bamboo and drunken crab. You’ll know exactly which wine to choose from selections listed below each menu main dish. Don’t miss their fine dessert menu. Crustacean: 9646 Little Santa Monica Blvd. Beverly Hills, CA 90210.
3. Café La Bohème Dine under crystal chandeliers and in the majestic décor of Café La Bohème. Two fireplaces keep you cozy as you dine on their extensive menu. Start with a signature cocktail like the Love Potion #9 with Godiva raspberry chocolate vodka. The fusion of Euro-Japanese cuisine is displayed in dishes like the Japanese pumpkin ravioli and tuna tartare with wasabi mayonnaise. Cafe La Boheme: 8400 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90069.
4. Beso Celebrities not only dine here, but they own the joint. Chef Todd English and actress Eva Longoria own this luxuriously decorated restaurant that pairs Latin and Middle Eastern cuisine for a unique menu. Start the meal with Margarita flatbread or Eva’s tortilla soup. A fine cut of beef and fresh seafood are the mainstays of the menu. This is the place to try paella with lobster, seafood and chorizo. End the feast with a handmade sorbet or a decadent fried banana split. Beso: 6350 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028.
5. Musso and Frank Grill Open since 1919, this grill is the oldest restaurant in Hollywood. This restaurant was part of Old Hollywood and its bar served drinks to writers such as Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Faulkner. Early Hollywood celebrities such as Charlie Chaplin and Humphrey Bogart were frequently spotted here and the walls are lined with pictures of dozens of more recent celebrities as well. In the movie “Oceans 11” Brad Pitt and George Clooney met here in the tall-backed mahogany booths lined with red leather to discuss the heist. The menu is American fare such as steaks, oysters and shrimp cocktail. Daily specials are home-cooked favorites such as chicken pot pie and braised short ribs. Musso and Frank Grill: 6667 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028.