For Valentine’s Day, Los Angeles restaurants pull out all the stops. Expect special tasting menus, decadent desserts, Champagne pairings, and dining rooms designed for lingering long after the last course. Across the city, hotels and restaurants are transforming February 14 into one of the most anticipated nights of the dining calendar. Here is a list of where to take your significant other this Valentine’s Day.
Beverly Hills and adjacent
The Beverly Wilshire
9500 Wilshire Blvd
310.275.5200
Reservations on OpenTable
CUT Restaurant by Wolfgang Puck
CUT by Woflgang Puck will have candlelit dining, live music and a four-course Valentine’s Day dinner on February 13 and 14, including Wagyu beef carpaccio, warm shellfish medley, filet mignon, heirloom polenta, $345 per person.
CUT Lounge
Lovers Lounge returns to CUT Lounge with a live jazz band, champagne and a four-course Valentine’s Day menu, $445 per person for a table, $495 for a booth.
The Blvd Restaurant
The Blvd is offering a romantic three-course prix fixe dinner with lobster tortellini, Thai snapper crudo, beef tenderloin, maple glazed duck, roasted scallops or short ribs. Enhance dinner with an ounce of Oscietra Caviar and two glasses of Moet & Chandon Brut Imperial, $175 per person.
Nerano Beverly Hills
9960 S. Santa Monica Blvd.
310.405.0155
Book on Open Table
Inspired by the Amalfi Coast, Nerano blends handmade pastas and seasonal ingredients for Italian inspired dishes in a relaxed upscale environment. Their Valentine’s Day menu is available February 13 to 15 and includes a four-course prix fixe menu including oysters, lobster ravioli, filet mignon or branzino and a flourless chocolate cake, $165 for two an optional wine pairing for $65 per guest.
L’ermitage Beverly Hills
9291 Burton Way
877.831.4284
Book on Open Table
Costa Covo
Friday Feb. 13 and Saturday Feb. 14, Costa Covo is offering a romantic prix fixe dinner inspired by coastal Italian cuisine including seafood, pastas and entrees, from 6 to 10pm, $145 per person
Poza
Dine on the rooftop where seafood and caviar dishes take center stage with chilled seafood towers and Kaluga caviar and chips and dips.
Lawry’s The Prime Rib
100 N. La Cienega Blvd
310.652.2827
Book at https://www.lawrysonline.com
From Friday Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 15, couples are invited to enjoy a prixe fixe menu including a tableside prepared salad, prime rib, filet mignon or roasted Chilean sea bass and a dark chocolate fantasy cake, $82 per person.
Monsieur Dior by Donimique Crenn
323 N. Rodeo Drive
310.594.7018
Reservations on Resy
This new restaurant by Dior in the heart of Beverly Hills is offering a six course Valentine’s Tasing menu over two hours, with onion tart and bone marrow custard, caviar, beef Perié and a big dessert finale, with an optional wine pairing, $311.10 per person. There is also a one hour lounge experience with sweet and savory bites including oysters with Koji cream, potato choux puff, and a yuzu matcha éclair for $93.33.
The Beverly Hills Hotel
9641 Sunset Boulevard
310.276.2251
The Beverly Hills Hotel has partnered with La La Land, serving up the famous cafés strawberry matcha latte in their legendary pink and green colors. From February 3 to the end of February, guests can enjoy pink Strawberry Fields and Strawberry Cloud Latte’s over matcha as well as matcha souffles and matcha martinis. Available at the Cabana Café, Polo Lounge and Fountian Coffee Room.
The Culver Hotel
9400 Culver Boulevard
310.558.9400
Reservations at Open Table
The Culver has a buyout for their entire restaurant on Valentine’s Day, but they are offering their regular afternoon tea as a Galentine’s afternoon tea on Sunday, February 15. The inside architecture is a node to the past and beautiful, or friends can share a table outside on the pretty patio. Tea includes finger sandwiches, pastries and petit fours with pink bubbles and tea with live piano music, 10am to 2pm, $75 per person.
AKA Beverly Hills
155 N Crescent Drive
310.385.1924
Book at https://www.stayaka.com
AKA is offering a Love and Leisure Valentine’s Day Experience available throughout February. Guests can stay in a fully furnished residence and enjoy a massage at La maison Valmont Spa, in-suite dinner from Spago, receive wine or champagne upon arrival, gourmet chocolates and a floral arrangement.
Downtown Los Angeles and adjacent
Ritz Carlton Los Angeles
900 W. Olympic Blvd
213.743.8824
Book on Resy
Corteza at Sendero
Located on the 24th floor of the Ritz-Carlton Los Angeles, a Valentine’s Day pre-fixe menu including three courses and desserts, with Maine lobster ceviche, American Wagyu Beef, and halibut, live music and a great view, $150 per person, optional wine pairing for $50.
Lena
Five course prixe-fixe menu including oysters with mezcal granita and caviar, beef tenderloin carpaccio, scallop with truffle crème fraiche, roasted chicken or American wagyu beef, live music and a great view, $195 per person, optional wine pairing for $75.
The Ritz is also offering a Valentine’s Day themed Chocolate Master Class on February 14 at 11:30am.
Tam O’Shanter
2980 Los Feliz Blvd.
323.664.0228
Book at https://www.lawrysonline.com
Offering their classic dinner menu along with seasonal specials, this Atwater Village classic eatery is offering rack of lamb with cherry demi-glace, pecan crusted trout, and short ribs.
DTLA Alliance Rose Giveaway
The DTLA Alliance is hosting a free flower giveaway across select downtown office buildings on February 12th. They will distribute more than 2,000 free red and purple roses starting at 11:30am. Roses will be handed our at The Bloc, US Bank Tower, Jewelry Theatre Building and 7th Street/Metro Center.
Level 8 Restaurants
1254 S. Figueroa Street, 8th Floor
213.886.8860
Known for its whimsical interiors, Mother of Pearl is offering a $78 prix fixe dinner on February 13 and 14; Lucky Mizu is offering a Japanese inspired prix fixe menu February 13 and 14 with an optional sake pairing, Que Barbaro has a Cuban inspired three course prix fixe dinner for $90 per person on February 14 and Maison Kasai is offering a four-course prix fixe dinner focusing on Japanese and French fusion dishes.
The Wayfarer DTLA
813 S. Flower Street
213.385.4400
Reservations on Resy
Enjoy dinner overlooking downtown LA with a special Valentine’s Day menu February 13 through February 15 with yellowtail crudo, truffle mushroom fricassee, Wagyu skewers, grilled branzino and chocolate air cheesecake, $75 per person.
West Hollywood and adjacent
Yardbird
8500 Beverly Blvd, Suite 112
323.250.8034
Reservations at https://www.runchickenrun.com.
Offered a la carte on Valentine’s Day, special dishes including house ricotta gnocchi with lobster and saffron broth, Marry Me chicken wit sun-dried tomatoes and rigatoni and chocolate strawberry mousse cake as well as specialty cocktails including the Kentucky Kiss with a bourbon forward flavor and a raspberry chocolate espresso martini.
Fairmont Century City
Lumiere Brasserie
2025 Avenue of the Stars
310.424.3031
Reservations at Open Table
Lumiere is offering a French forward there course Valentine’s Prix-fixe dinner Friday, Feb. 13 through Sunday, Feb. 15 including beef Wellington, baked sablefish, and crispy potato pave, $126 per person.
Jar
8225 Beverly Blvd
323.655.6566
Reservations at Open Table
This modern chophouse is offering a special Valentine’s Day dinner of February 14 with clam chowder, roasted beets and burrata, Caesar salad, oysters, halibut, Kansas City steak for two and red raspberry cake or chocolate caramel cake, $190 per person.
The Grove
189 The Grove Drive
323.955.0650
Reservations at Resy
American Beauty at The Grove is offering a la carte dishes including steaks, seafood and sides and See’s Candies has everything sweet that you need for a Valentine’s Day gift.
Santa Monica and the Westside
The Mulberry
1800 Sawtelle Blvd
310.598.5191
Book on Resy
On Friday and Saturday, Feb. 13 and 14, the Westside’s The Mulberry is offering a special four course menu highlighting Korean dishes including oysters and caviar, tuna tartare, short ribs, black cod, and more, $189 per couple.
STK Steakhouse
1100 Glendon Ave.
310.659.3535
Book at https://www.stksteakhouse.com
From February 9 through 16, STK is offering limited time specials including a chocolate covered strawberry cocktail, Kaluga caviar with blinis and cream, classic surf and turf, a colossal lobster tail and molten chocolate lava marshmallow cake, prices a la carte.
Viceroy Santa Monica
1819 Ocean Avenue
310.260.7500
Book on Resy
For Galentine’s and Valentine’s Day on February 13 and 14, Viceroy Santa Monica is offering poolside dining. For gals a curated cheese board, tabletop s’mores and a bottle of rosé or bubbles with a build your own bouquet activity. Couples can dine in private cabanas for a six-course tasting menu with champagne, Galentines Apres Surf Lounge couch seating up to six people for $230, Valentine’s Day poolside cabana dinner, $400 for two.
Georgian Hotel
1415 Ocean Avenue
310.395.9945
Reservations at Resy
The Italian forward restaurant Sirena and the Italian steakhouse The Georgian Room in the Georgian Hotel are both offering special dinner this Valentine’s Day with highlights including oysters, dry aged New York strip steak and devil’s food chocolate layer cake.
Hotel Casa del Mar
1910 Ocean Way
310.581.5533
Reservations at Resy
Head to the beach and enjoy coastal views at Terrazza, with a Valentine’s day menu including tuna crudo, pea risotto, beef tartar, oysters, seabass, uni linguini, filet mignon, chocolate lovers cake and a cupid’s parfait, $150 per person.
