Best Restaurants in West Hollywood 2026: The Ranked Guide
Our ranked guide to the best restaurants in West Hollywood for 2026, from Delilah and Craig's to Catch LA and The Nice Guy, with the WeHo tables we book most.
Why we wrote this guide
West Hollywood packs more scene-defining dining into a two-mile stretch than almost anywhere in Los Angeles. The Sunset Strip and the Melrose Design District run a Wolfgang Puck rooftop, a pair of h.wood Group supper clubs the door staff actually guard, a celebrity-spotted rooftop flying sushi in from Tokyo, and a steakhouse that has anchored the Strip since 2001. This is our ranked guide to the best restaurants in West Hollywood in 2026, built from the rooms our guests ask for by name and the tables we work hardest to place. Every venue below is one we know well and send guests to. Last updated late June 2026.
Looking for the table, not the reading? Tell us the night and the group and we will route you to the right room. The order below blends the quality of the room with the occasion it fits best, not just how loud the dining room gets on a Friday.
The ranked guide
1. Delilah
The h.wood Group's speakeasy-meets-modern-LA flagship, and the WeHo name that comes back most often when our guests ask where to eat around a night out. The 150-seat room splits between plush leather booths and a central bar, all moody light, sparkling chandeliers, and gilded Art Deco. The kitchen runs American classics with refined edges, from the famous chicken tenders and waffles to a filet mignon and a seafood tower built for the table. Come evening, nightly DJ sets and Sunday live jazz shift the room from dinner to dancing under string lights. Book it when you want dinner that already feels like the start of the night. See Delilah.
Best for: the scene dinner that rolls into the night.
2. Craig's
The real West Hollywood power-dining room. Craig Susser spent 23 years running the floor at Dan Tana's before opening Craig's on Melrose in 2011, and he brought the same warm, regulars-first hospitality with him. Blue-green booths give every table its own quiet corner, there is no DJ and no velvet rope, and the A-list density is the whole draw. The honey truffle chicken over a corn pancake is the order we point first-timers toward, with the signature filet mignon and short rib close behind. Reservations open two weeks out and move fast, Thursday through Saturday especially. See Craig's.
Best for: the WeHo power dinner without the theater.
3. Catch LA
The celebrity-spotted rooftop on the corner of Melrose and San Vicente, in the Design District. A retractable roof, vine-covered columns, glow-globes, and an open kitchen sending lobster towers and wagyu carts past every table. Sushi flies in from Tokyo's Toyosu market and a hot-rock wagyu program finishes tableside on a 400-degree stone. By 8pm Friday it is the loudest dining room within ten blocks, in the good way. Resy releases tables 30 days out and the prime patio slots vanish in under a minute, which is exactly where a direct relationship earns its keep. See Catch LA.
Best for: the see-and-be-seen rooftop birthday or celebration.
4. The Nice Guy
There is no sign on the door at 401 N La Cienega, and that is the point. The h.wood Group has run The Nice Guy this way since 2014: you have a reservation or you do not get in. Inside, low candles, dim lamps, a bungalow-like layout, and live musicians working the room most nights. The kitchen is what separates it from the rest of the playbook, from the spicy rigatoni vodka most people come back for to the black truffle bianca pizza splurge. Come dressed. The door notices. See The Nice Guy.
Best for: the intimate, exclusive dinner where the room is the flex.
5. BOA Steakhouse West Hollywood
When the Sunset Strip calls for a proper steak dinner, BOA at 9200 Sunset is where the industry crowd lands. This is the original location, open since 2001 and grown into the 13,000-square-foot flagship that defines steak on the Strip: a covered patio under mature trees, a dim and sultry room, and a bar worth arriving early for. Chef Brendan Collins anchors on a Creekstone Farms beef program and adds a real seafood dimension. On Sundays the Wine Spectator-recognized list runs half price on all bottles, one of the better-kept deals on the Strip. See BOA Steakhouse.
Best for: the group steak dinner in the Strip.
6. Casa Madera
The 33 Group's 8,000-square-foot Sunset Strip room inside the Mondrian, blending bohemian elegance with an open-air and covered-patio layout that seats around 200 and frames city views to the ocean. The menu leans seafood-forward and shareable, from ceviche blanco and truffle burrata to the 44-ounce bone-in wagyu tomahawk, backed by a deep tequila and mezcal lineup. DJ sets and live musicians sharpen the energy at brunch and on themed nights, and golden-hour happy hour runs weekday evenings. See Casa Madera.
Best for: the sunset group dinner with a scene.
7. Edition Rooftop
The Roof atop the West Hollywood EDITION at 9040 Sunset, a 150-seat terrace of mature trees in terra cotta planters, wooden benches, and linen drapes framing views from the Hollywood Hills to the Strip. The kitchen leans Latin American, from the grilled octopus with romesco to carne asada with chimichurri, and the cocktail list carries the room. It is the lightest, most view-first pick on this list, and one of the WeHo terraces worth a standalone golden-hour evening rather than a squeezed-in pre-dinner. See Edition Rooftop.
Best for: the golden-hour cocktails-and-view evening.
How to choose, fast
The WeHo scene dinner: Delilah.
Power dining, A-list room: Craig's.
See-and-be-seen rooftop: Catch LA.
Exclusive, no-sign supper club: The Nice Guy.
The Strip steak dinner: BOA Steakhouse.
Sunset and a scene: Casa Madera or Edition Rooftop.
Why the West Hollywood reservation is harder than it looks
The best WeHo tables on a weekend, or during awards season and NBA All-Star weekend, book out weeks ahead, and the prime-time and patio seatings go first. The h.wood rooms guard their doors on purpose, and the rooftops release limited inventory that the public apps show you what is left of, not what is possible. We work direct relationships with the rooms above, which means we can often place a table the apps show as fully committed, and pair the dinner with the rest of the night.
How the booking works
Outside Las Vegas the dinner reservation sits with the restaurant rather than 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 West Hollywood?
For the WeHo scene dinner most guests ask for by name, Delilah leads. For a power-dining room with A-list density and no theater, Craig's on Melrose. The right answer depends on the occasion, which is why we rank by fit above, not just reputation.
Which West Hollywood restaurants are hardest to get into?
The h.wood Group rooms, Delilah and The Nice Guy, are reservation-only and guard their doors year-round. Catch LA's prime Friday and Saturday patio slots vanish within a minute of the 30-day Resy release. Those are the tables where a direct relationship matters most, which is where we come in.
What is the best West Hollywood restaurant for a large group?
Casa Madera and Catch LA both seat larger parties comfortably, and BOA Steakhouse runs an easy room for a group steak dinner. For a celebration group that wants energy, Delilah or Catch LA. Tell us the headcount and we will route the room that fits.
How far in advance should I book a West Hollywood restaurant?
For a standard weekend prime-time table, two to four weeks. For awards season (Golden Globes, SAG, Oscars) or NBA All-Star weekend, plan further out, roughly two to six weeks depending on the room and the seating type. Weeknights and off-peak seatings are often available inside a week. We can frequently place tables the public apps show as fully booked.
Where should I eat before going out in West Hollywood?
Delilah and Casa Madera both carry the night straight from dinner into DJ sets under string lights, and Catch LA turns after the sunset seatings. For a dinner that leads into the Sunset Strip rather than starting the party at the table, BOA. Tell us the rest of the plan and we will time the reservation to it.
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.
Build a plan with us
Want the full lineup? Browse every Los Angeles restaurant we feature to round out the trip.
Build a custom itinerary with our concierge team. Pair the venues mentioned above into a single concierge-confirmed evening. See the full Las Vegas events calendar for every upcoming DJ and pool party across the city.
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