Nuka Cafe

On our list of the best cozy restaurants in Los Angeles.

Despite the name, the kitchen here turns out Turkish food — lahmacun arrives blistered and thin, folded but still sagging under a layer of smoky minced meat, alongside doner plates, kebabs and pides straight from the oven. Nurdan and Kagan, the couple who opened the Westwood spot in 2019 and named it after themselves, decorated the small room with a neon sign and a wall of pink roses.