Best Restaurants in Beverly Hills 2026: The Ranked Guide
Our ranked guide to the best restaurants in Beverly Hills for 2026, from Wolfgang Puck's Spago and CUT to the Polo Lounge and Mr. Chow.
Why we wrote this guide
Beverly Hills packs more serious dining into a few square miles than almost anywhere in the country. Canon Drive alone runs a Wolfgang Puck flagship, a gallery-white steakhouse, and a pair of handmade-pasta institutions, while the Beverly Hills Hotel and a fifty-year-old Beijing-style icon anchor the rest of the map. This is our ranked guide to the best Beverly Hills restaurants in 2026, built from the rooms our guests ask for by name. Every venue below is one we know well and send guests to. Last updated September 2026.
Looking for the table, not the reading? Tell us the night and the group and we will point you to the right room. The order below blends the quality of the room with the occasion it fits best, not just the size of the name on the door.
The ranked guide
1. Spago Beverly Hills
Wolfgang Puck's flagship and the standard-bearer for California cuisine since the original Spago rewrote the rulebook in 1982. The current Canon Drive room, open since 1997, has hosted virtually every major name in film, fashion, and business, and Executive Chef Areg Avanessian still runs it on the same market-driven conviction. Order the seasonal Agnolotti del Plin, the Prosciutto San Daniele pizza, and the caviar cannoli with applewood smoked salmon that explains why Puck matters. The cellar is one of the most serious in the country, with a Wine Spectator Grand Award held continuously since 2010. The retractable-roof patio is the seat to ask for. See Spago Beverly Hills.
Best for: the marquee dinner where the food is the occasion.
2. CUT Beverly Hills
The steakhouse that does not feel like one. Richard Meier, the architect behind the Getty, designed the room as a luminous white gallery hung with pieces from John Baldessari's W/Studio 54 Series and Martin Schoeller's celebrity portraits. Executive Chef Drew Rosenberg runs a beef program built around provenance, not tonnage: a 14-day dry-aged Flannery rib eye next to A5 Kobe from Hyogo Prefecture, priced by the ounce. Start with the bone marrow flan or the signature butter lettuce salad. Set inside the Four Seasons, with private dining from an intimate 24-seat room up to 160. See CUT Beverly Hills.
Best for: the refined steak dinner that feels like an art evening.
3. The Polo Lounge
The legend that earns it every morning at 7am, when the green leather banquettes fill with agents, studio heads, and the occasional film legend. The Beverly Hills Hotel opened in 1912; the Polo Lounge followed in 1941, and the Martinique banana-leaf wallpaper, created in 1942 and installed in a 1949 renovation, has wrapped the room in that tropical-Hollywood green ever since. The kitchen keeps to the classics: the McCarthy Salad is still the most-ordered plate, Dover Sole Meuniere is on the menu, and the dry-aged tomahawk is built for two. The power booths near the entrance are the most requested in the house. See The Polo Lounge.
Best for: the breakfast meeting or dinner where the address does half the work.
4. Mr. Chow Beverly Hills
Since 1974, the same North Camden Drive address has drawn Hollywood royalty and international art collectors to Michael Chow's Beijing-style room. Black-and-white surroundings carry original Warhol artwork on the walls. The Beijing Duck is the kitchen's signature test, carved tableside, and the Mr. Chow Noodles are pulled by hand in full view of the dining room every evening. We recommend the semi-prix fixe format that lets the kitchen build the rhythm of the meal. Arrive with a reservation and dress with intention. See Mr. Chow Beverly Hills.
Best for: the deliberate, theatrical dinner ordered for the whole table.
5. Mastro's Steakhouse Beverly Hills
Mastro's Steakhouse Beverly Hills, one block from Rodeo Drive, marks its 25th anniversary in September 2026. The room is dark by design, with leather booths, candlelight, and live music working the dining lounge and piano bar from around 6:30 on weekends. The kitchen anchors around prime beef: the 22-ounce bone-in ribeye is the order, with Miyazaki A5 Wagyu and Kobe on the list for those who want to push further. The lobster mashed potatoes are not optional, and the warm butter cake closes essentially every table. The Penthouse and the Garden rooftop terrace handle private dining. See Mastro's Steakhouse Beverly Hills.
Best for: the power dinner that reads serious without being stiff.
6. Funke
Chef Evan Funke's Beverly Hills flagship, a Roman palazzo reborn on South Santa Monica Boulevard with chrome-framed glass walls that reveal the pasta artisans at work in the open laboratorio. Red leather booths, stone tables, and soaring ceilings set the stage; the rooftop bar adds al fresco cocktails with views of the Hollywood Hills. The menu splits into handmade fatta a mano and extruded pastas, built on premium imports like San Marzano tomatoes and aged pecorino, with an encyclopedic Italian wine list. Come for a milestone dinner and let the meal take its time. See Funke.
Best for: the milestone pasta dinner from a master of the form.
7. Steak 48
Steak 48's first West Coast location, open since January 2023 on Wilshire Boulevard. The room runs on plush velvet booths, marble accents, and a dramatic glass-walled wine cellar holding more than 6,000 bottles, with a horseshoe bar built for people-watching. The kitchen prioritizes USDA Prime, Japanese A5 Wagyu, and flown-in seafood: the 45-day dry-aged bone-in ribeye, the bone-in Kansas City strip, and the Snake River Farms wagyu tomahawk sized for the table. Start with the Wagyu Tartare or the Maine Lobster Escargot. Private dining and event spaces seat up to 65. See Steak 48.
Best for: the Beverly Hills group steak dinner with energy.
8. Il Pastaio
The Drago family's Canon Drive trattoria, run by brothers Giacomino, Celestino, and Calogero, true to handmade pastas and family recipes from Galati Mamertino. Exposed brick, wooden beams, and checkered tablecloths channel a Sicilian trattoria, with a small patio on Canon Drive for people-watching and strolling musicians most nights. Order the pumpkin ravioli, the squid ink risotto, or a dish built on the spicy arrabbiata sauce. The recent remodel added The Olive Room, a private nook for 30 with a 1,400-bottle cellar. See Il Pastaio.
Best for: the lively Canon Drive lunch or unhurried Italian dinner.
9. Novikov
The West Coast anchor of the globally acclaimed Novikov empire, open since June 2024 on North Canon Drive with a Mediterranean menu built for sharing. The room runs across sleek marble, plush velvet banquettes, and expansive windows that spill onto a petite patio, with the bar working as the social hub from golden hour into the evening. Start with the Classic Novikov Burrata or the Bluefin Tuna Tartare, then move to the Snake River Farms dry-aged rib-eye, the Warm Octopus Salad, or the Tagliatelle Wagyu Bolognese. Curated playlists and occasional live music carry the later hours. See Novikov.
Best for: the polished, see-and-be-seen Mediterranean dinner.
How to choose, fast
The single best dining experience: Spago.
Refined steak in a gallery room: CUT.
The power breakfast, the Beverly Hills address: The Polo Lounge.
The theatrical, art-lined institution: Mr. Chow.
The classic power steak dinner: Mastro's or Steak 48.
Handmade pasta, milestone night: Funke or Il Pastaio.
Why the Beverly Hills reservation is harder than it looks
The best Beverly Hills tables book up fast around the city's calendar, and awards season is the sharpest window of all. The stretch from the Golden Globes through the SAG Awards and the Oscars pulls the whole industry into these rooms, and NBA All-Star weekend adds another surge. On those weekends the prime-time seatings at Spago, CUT, the Polo Lounge, and Mr. Chow go first, so book each restaurant's own platform as early as its window allows, and let us help plan the rest of the night around it.
How the booking works
Outside Las Vegas the dinner reservation sits with the restaurant, not with us.
Book the table direct on the venue's own platform - every restaurant above has its own
page carrying the current booking link - and we build the night around it.
The process for you is short:
Book the table direct. If you are not sure which room fits the night, tell us the
group and the occasion and we will tell you where to book and when the window opens.
Tell us what dinner is the anchor for: the bar before, the club after, the car
between them, the pool day the next morning.
We come back with the rest of the night, and that is the part we arrange for you.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best restaurant in Beverly Hills?
For the single best dining experience, most serious diners point to Spago Beverly Hills, Wolfgang Puck's flagship and the standard-bearer for California cuisine since 1982. For a refined steak evening, CUT Beverly Hills leads; for the iconic power breakfast, the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel. The right answer comes down to the occasion, so we rank by fit above, not just reputation.
Which Beverly Hills restaurant is best for a business dinner?
The Polo Lounge has been the industry's power room since 1941, and Mastro's on Canon Drive feels serious without being stiff. Spago hosts every major name in film and business, and CUT's gallery-white room impresses without needing a gimmick. Tell us the read on the meeting and we will route the room that carries the right weight.
Which Beverly Hills restaurant is hardest to get into?
Around awards season and NBA All-Star weekend, the prime-time tables at Spago, CUT, the Polo Lounge, and Mr. Chow book out first, so reserve directly through each restaurant's own booking page as early as its window opens.
Where should I go for steak in Beverly Hills?
Three rooms lead. CUT runs a provenance-driven program in a Richard Meier gallery space inside the Four Seasons. Mastro's brings the dark-booth, live-music power-dinner energy one block from Rodeo Drive. Steak 48 pairs USDA Prime and A5 Wagyu with a 1,400-bottle glass wine cellar. Tell us the vibe and we will pick.
How far in advance should I book a Beverly Hills restaurant?
For a standard weekend prime-time table, plan two to four weeks out. For awards season or NBA All-Star weekend, push it to four to six weeks or more, since the busiest rooms close first on those dates. Weeknights and off-peak seatings are often available inside a week.
Booking the table
Book the table direct on the restaurant's own platform - each pick above links to its
page with the current booking link. Then tell us the night and the group and we will
build the rest of it around dinner.
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