The Tasting Kitchen

On our list of the best special-occasion restaurants in Los Angeles.

The dining room at this Abbot Kinney restaurant is built around a full-grown olive tree, which survived the 2023 fire that kept the place shut until July 2026. Casey Lane, who opened it in 2009, runs the kitchen, now with a charcoal-and-wood oven, and you can order à la carte or take the tasting menu. Seating is split between the main room, a mezzanine and the bar, which takes walk-ins.