Dialogue is a 21-course tasting menu restaurant in a downtown Santa Monica food court.

Providence is experimental, seafood-focused fine dining that’s absolutely worth the price of admission.

Scratch Bar is a fun 20-course prix fixe restaurant in Encino.

The food at Triniti in Echo Park is like what you’d find in a fancy restaurant. Except you’re eating it in a coffee shop.

Porridge and Puffs in Historic Filipinotown has Asian-inspired rice porridge, and a quiet, welcoming feel.

Le Comptoir is a tiny prix-fixe restaurant in Koreatown that feels like a dinner party with friends.

Maude is a ticketed tasting menu restaurant, but one that’s actually fun.

189 by Dominque Ansel is the full-service restaurant in The Grove from the guy that invented the cronut.

Vespertine is dark, dreary, and lifeless restaurant in Culver City, and you’d be wise to stay far away.

Auburn is an upscale prix fixe spot on Highland in Hollywood that serves very interesting experimental food.