Low light, a good table, and nowhere to be afterwards.
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The restaurant is still the date most people start with, and the right one does most of the work: a room that's quiet enough to talk, light low enough to relax, a table you're not hurried off. Every restaurant here was chosen for that feeling rather than for the food alone — though the food is good. Book ahead for a weekend, ask for a corner or window table when you do, and leave the rest of the evening open.
This guide ranks 131 romantic restaurants in Los Angeles, from Silver Lake / Echo Park to Beverly Hills and Downtown Los Angeles. Editors' picks come first, then the rest by rating, and the plans below build a whole evening around the best of them.
Published date nights with a stop on this list.
Routes around the top spots on the list, with the best-rated places nearby for the rest of the evening.
3 stops, all within a short walk
Restaurant
612 E 11th St., Los Angeles, CA 90015
Downtown Los Angeles
5.0
2 stops, all within a short walk
Steakhouse
903 Manhattan Ave, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266, USA
Manhattan Beach / El Segundo
4.9
Editors' picks first, then by rating.
Pasadena · $$$
Downtown Los Angeles · $$$
Manhattan Beach / El Segundo · $$$$
Torrance · $$$
Koreatown / Mid-City
Palos Verdes · $$$$
Downtown Los Angeles · $$$
Silver Lake / Echo Park · $$$
Silver Lake / Echo Park · $$$
West Hollywood · $$$$
Santa Monica · $$$
Beverly Hills · $$
Silver Lake / Echo Park · $$
West LA / Brentwood · $$$$
Beverly Hills · $$$$
Pasadena · $$$$
Silver Lake / Echo Park · $$$$
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Redondo / Hermosa Beach · $$$
Los Feliz / Griffith Park · $$
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Santa Monica · $$$
Burbank / Studio City · $
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