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Valentine’s Day calls for cherished moments with a special someone. Famously, the holiday is celebrated with a reservation for two. Find a Los Angeles venue that encapsulates the love you share this year with feasts from made-from-scratch sushi to heartwarming Italian and beyond.
701 Stone Canyon Rd 90077/ Website
The Restaurant at Hotel Bel-Air is offering a four-course dinner for $350 per person with optional wine pairings. The Californian-Mediterranean menu includes dishes such as sea scallop crudo and roasted Colorado rack of lamb.
7969 Santa Monica Blvd 90046/ Website
Complete with live music, Delilah is hosting a Valentine’s date night with a prix fixe menu for $205 per person and optional wine pairings. The four-course menu includes dishes like West Coast oysters with blood orange segments and a coconut panna cotta served with mango.
401 N La Cienega Blvd 90048/ Website
For $187 per person, The Nice Guy will serve a three-course meal with an optional pizza course for $25 each. With optional wine pairings at $65 and $105, The Nice Guy’s menu features Italian classics like cioppino, gnocchi frito and a 24-ounce bisteca Fiorentina.
755 N La Cienega Blvd 90069/ Website
Chef Tue Nguyen West Hollywood restaurant will have food and cocktail specials. Specials include pork and shrimp truffle dumplings for $26 and Vietnamese coffee tiramisu for $25.
8490 W Sunset Blvd 90069/ Website
The Juniper Lounge at 1 Hotel West Hollywood will offer an à la carte menu for Valentine’s Day, including a $38 artisanal charcuterie and cheese board complete with Point Reyes togarashi and house-made pickles. For a light and fresh finish to your meal, a pomegranate curd pavlova made for two is offered at $18.
416 W 8th St 90014/ Website
On February 13 and 14, the Freehand Los Angeles restaurant The Exchange will host a Latin-inspired seafood prix fixe dinner for $70 per person. To spread love to those who need it most, 15 percent of proceeds from each meal will be donated to the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank in response to the outcome of the Greater Los Angeles wildfires.
9876 Wilshire Blvd 90210/ Website
For a red carpet evening overlooking the hills, the Beverly Hilton’s rooftop restaurant Circa 55 is hosting a Valentine’s Day dinner with reservations from 4 to 9:30 p.m.
9291 Burton Way 90210/ Website
Costa Covo at L’Ermitage Beverly Hills will present a tasting menu made by chef Todd Matthew for $495 per person, two people maximum. This includes access to a private wine tasting room, unlimited Dom Perignon and complimentary valet parking.
649 S Olive St 90014/ Website
Make a weekend of Valentine’s Day with Hotel Per La’s Thursday-through-Saturday specials at Ristorante Per L’Ora. On Feb. 13, a special squid ink lobster agnolotti will be offered for $30. On Feb 14, a four-course prix fixe menu for $125 will be available, including dishes like orecchiette birria and a seafood risotto. Then, Feb. 15 will feature a singles’ special menu at the property’s Bar Clara including steak frites and winter vegetable tempura.
1819 Ocean Ave 90401/ Website
For a refreshing open-air dining experience, Viceroy Santa Monica’s restaurant Sugar Palm will offer a $100 per person prix fixe menu with an optional wine pairing for $65. Sugar Palm will also offer a Valentine’s Day Romantic Cabana experience at $480 per party, which includes the evening’s special menu, private staff, candles and other romantic decorations.
1910 Ocean Way 90405/ Website
A serene beachfront dinner framed by palms awaits at Hotel Casa del Mar’s seaside restaurant Terrazza, which will serve a three-course dinner for $125 per person.The menu features decadent seafood dishes like a big-eye tuna crudo appetizer and pan-seared halibut.
9001 Santa Monica Blvd Ste 101 90069/ Website
Sometimes you just want to enjoy time with your loved ones at home, and Uchi West Hollywood is making sure that happens. In collaboration with Cookie Rich, the sushi restaurant will offer a special take on its sushi boxes for pickup, available Feb. 14 to 16. The sushi boxes include desserts by Cookie Rich made exclusively for Uchi, like the fried milk cookies, as well as the company’s viral hits, like their coffee cake and espresso flavors. For dine-in, Uchi will have a Valentine’s Day Omakase, available from Feb. 14 to 16.
467 N Canon Dr 90210/ Website
Jade Beverly Hills sighs “oh, l’amour” with its French-influenced Valentine’s Day menu. The menu features caviar on toro dusted with gold, braised wagyu short ribs served with wasabi pommes purée, a mousse au chocolate paired with umeshu cream and more.
8289 Santa Monica Blvd 90046/ Website
For $150 per person, Arden in West Hollywood opens its magical forest to lovers for an evening of wagyu tartare with quail egg and brioche, eight-ounce filets and seasonal vegetable risotto. Desserts, such as the Lover’s Cake with red fruit and the hazelnut chocolate tart, are made for sharing with your favorite person, as well. Visitors can also order the caviar for two at a supplemental price of $75.
1401 S Oak Knoll Ave 91106/ Website
Nothing says “I love you” like the ever-romantic premium filet mignon dinner, and that is exactly what the Royce Wood-Fired Steakhouse serving up this Valentine’s Day. Beyond a juicy steak, Royce’s menu will be operating on a similarly red-hued theme, with a strawberry burrata salad for the first course and a raspberry tart for a dessert option.
210 E Ocean Blvd 90802/ Website
From 5 to 9 p.m., Fairmont Breakers will offer a special $85 menu at the lobby-level Nettuno. This menu will include elegant Italian fare like tagliatelle al tartufo and costolette brasate al vino rosso. “His and hers” cocktails will also be offered at La Sala and the sophisticated Alter Ego jazz bar.
246 N Canon Dr 90210/ Website
For a dinner as decadent as Valentine’s Day itself, Mastro’s will have a special dessert menu, which includes a chocolate framboise mousse cake. Wine pairings by Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon will also be available that evening.
322 N Pass Ave 91505/ Website
Let the bubbles flow at Hotel Amarano with FYC Bar + Kitchen’s special menu priced at $90 per person, starting with their glass of house Champagne. Diners will have the choice of classic dishes such as a filet mignon with roasted asparagus and New York-style cheesecake with mixed berries.
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At all three Los Angeles locations of Boa Steakhouse, a $115 per person special menu will be offered and specialty Valentine’s Day cocktails. The Queen of Heart is a flowery take on a Champagne cocktail, with una flower-infused vodka and rose-infused lemon sour. Enjoy these delectable drinks with dishes like the marinated swordfish skewer or the maple-leaf duck breast.
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For $125 a person in Pasadena and $105 in Manhattan Beach and Santa Monica, Sushi Roku will offer an izakaya feast featuring toro carpaccio, hamachi serrano and an assortment of three types of sushi rolls. At the Pasadena location, the Lover’s Surf and Turf or the uni blue crab tartare can be purchased as an add-on.
8439 W Sunset Blvd 90069/ Website
On the Sunset Strip, Katana’s $125-per-person, three-course meal comes complete with sushi, robata and desserts. A special grilled seafood tower can also be added to elevate the evening, which includes jumbo prawn, grilled oysters, king crab legs, jumbo scallops and a lobster tail.
5442 Yolanda Ave 91356/ Website
While not open on Fridays, TLV Tapas Bar will host a four-course dinner with wine pairings on Feb. 11. For $99 per person, get the chance to sail through the Mediterranean in just one meal with dishes such as salad haduk, avocado crispy rice and Chilean sea bass.
1712 N Vermont Ave 90027/ Website
Mírate in Los Feliz is offering a sampling menu priced at $130 for two people with an optional $40 wine pairing. This collaboration with local winemaker Lulu Martínez includes mayakoba bean hummus with suadero and flour tortillas and lobster enchiladas topped with queso Chihuahua and a guajillo lobster sauce.
623 N La Peer Dr 90069/ Website
Ladyhawk is showcasing its strengths with an a la carte menu of specials for Valentine’s Day. While its regular dinner and beverage menu will still be available, specials will include scallops with creamy corn and Fresno chili and cauliflower with shallots, fennel and cashews. Finish off the evening with a refreshing pistachio panna cotta with agar agar and coconut milk.
2128 Hillhurst Ave 90027/ Website
Old-school Italian is available at Little Dom’s for Valentine’s Day. On top of its regular dinner menu, two specials will be served that evening: caviar and chips with herbed creme fraiche and steak au poivre and frites.
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North Italia will showcase a variety of new dishes alongside signature items for its Valentine’s Day prix fixe menu, such as lobster tortelloni, carne di crudo and hazelnut torta.
1200 Alta Loma Rd 90069/ Website
Sunset Marquis’ Cavatina will have a special menu on both Feb. 14 and 15, serving delicacies such as ricotta gnocchi with asparagus and pine nuts, saffron pappardelle with a duck leg ragu and pan-roasted scallops with mushrooms and a celery root crema.
5955 Melrose Ave 90038/ Website
Chef Michael Cimarusti’s Michelin-starred Providence is offering an eight-course tasting menu priced at $637.50 per person, a coveted dining experience that makes a food lover’s Valentine’s Day that much better. Included is a dessert from Chef Mac Daniel Dimla, who runs his own sustainable chocolate program. Classic and premium wine pairings are available to enhance the meal.
8265 Beverly Blvd 90048/ Website
West Hollywood’s new Florentine-style osteria is offering a three-course menu with seating times at 6 and 8:30 p.m. In a Tuscan setting, enjoy traditional dishes like zuppa di pesce and fettuccine al tartufo or the restaurant’s versatile fusion abilities with their polpette wagyu. The prix fixe menu comes with specialty cocktails and wine pairing options.
1534 N McCadden Pl 90028/ Website
For a Neapolitan escape this Valentine’s Day, L’antica Pizzeria da Michele will have a number of specials. Italian dishes like paccheri all’aragosta and granchio croccante will be available, as well as a filet mignon with truffle mashed potatoes.
1212 Third St Promenade 90401/ Website
For New American cuisine, consider 1212 Santa Monica. The spirited dining experience will include a prix fixe menu, live band and rose giveaway to every couple.
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At both its Venice and The Grove locations, couples can indulge in a $250 steak dinner for two featuring a Flannery 30-day, dry-aged prime porterhouse with sides like the Stuffed Hashbrown and burrata persimmon salad. Diners can also opt for the $95 prix fixe.
8400 Santa Monica Blvd 90069/ Website
Elevating West Hollywood’s romantic standards year-round, La Bohéme kicks things up a notch with a prix fixe menu featuring hamachi sashimi, miso-marinated Chilean seabass, dark chocolate mousse and other options. Diners can also book a reservation between 7:30 and 9:30 p.m. to have their meal set to music by a live pianist and vocalist.
8636 W Third St 90048/ Website
The Beverly Grove Italian restaurant will have a four-course menu for $90 per person. Highlights include a grilled calamari salad, filet mignon carpaccio, risotto with porcini mushrooms, rigatoni bolognese, grilled Mediterranean branzino, salmon in lemon sauce and tiramisu.
8440 Sunset Blvd 90069/ Website
Along the Sunset Strip, Casa Madera promises twinkling city views and memorable coastal Mexican cuisine. The evening will feature special menu items, including a two-pound lobster with avocado tomatillo salsa, jalapeño corn and tortillas for two and His and Hers Chocolate Dipped Strawberry, served in pistachio “soil.” Reservations are on SevenRooms.
4921 W Adams Blvd 90016/ Website
Pasta aficionados will want to make a reservation ASAP at Cento. Spots are filling up quickly for the pasta bar’s prix fixe menu ($125 per person), featuring choices like roasted beet and burrata salad, lobster crudo, squash agnolotti, sea urchin spaghetti, pan-seared scallops and beef filet and polenta.
100 S Grande Ave 90012/ Website
At San Laurel by José Andrés Group on the hotel’s tenth floor, executive chef Jeffry Chen will serve a shareable tasting menu featuring smoked Hawaiian Kanpachi, scallops with idiazabal cheese foam and a flat iron wagyu with oyster mushrooms, among other dishes.
8284 Melrose Ave 90046/ Website
The renowned vegan institution on Melrose will serve a tasting menu for $95 per person. With the option to add on wine, craft cocktails and other beverages, dish highlights include hearts of palm and avocado with caviar, spinach and ricotta ravioli with truffle dust and lion’s mane steak with whipped potatoes and bordelaise.
1100 S Broadway 90015/ Website
Suzanne Goin and executive chef Tiffany dela Pena have crafted a vibrant menu at Caldo Verde where guests will get to feast on the likes of lobster ricotta gnocchi, braised beef short ribs and chocolate basque cheesecake. Meanwhile, upstairs at Cara Cara, rooftop diners can enjoy grilled branzino with arroz caldo and homemade lemon bars, among other dishes.
2025 Ave of the Stars 90067/ Website
Lumiere, Fairmont Century Plaza’s signature restaurant, will have a prix fixe menu for $165 per person. Appropriately decadent for the holiday, highlights include oysters with cucumber mignonette, beef filet with truffle jus, roasted scallops, grilled lamb chops and a Valrhona chocolate créme with hibiscus and wild cherries.
101 Wilshire Blvd 90401/ Website
Fig Restaurant will have its standard ultra-seasonal menu alongside a number of specials: seafood plateau for two, wagyu beef tenderloin with roasted root vegetables and mushroom faro risotto. Reservations are on Resy. Over at Soko, veteran sushi chef Masa Shimakawa and team will craft a specialty menu featuring roasted black cod, a sushi and sashimi combination for two and King crab Sunomono salad. Reservations are also on Resy.
11720 Ventura Blvd 91604/ Website
Romantic all year long, this esteemed Studio City establishment will have a four-course menu for $150 per person with seatings at 4, 6, 8 and 10 p.m. The evening will begin with a chilled Dungeness crab salad for an amuse-bouche, followed by an appetizer, entree and dessert.
421 N Rodeo Dr 90210/ Website
This energized Mexican steakhouse in Beverly Hills will pair its signature fireside setting with a luxe three-course meal for $150 per person. Highlights include a tableside Caesar salad for two, filet mignon with the option to add a lobster tail, desserts and more.
8225 Beverly Blvd 90048/ Website
Suzanne Tracht’s modern chophouse will have a flavorsome multi-course menu. For $175 per person, options include New England clam chowder, Norwegian halibut, roasted breast of duck, Kansas City steak for two and chocolate caramel cake, among others. Reservations are on OpenTable.
100 La Cienega Blvd 90211/ Website
Whether you prefer to celebrate the night of or need to squeeze in a romantic dinner another day that week, Lawry’s Prime Rib has you covered with a Valentine’s Day prix fixe menu from Feb. 13 to 16. The meal is inclusive of The Famous Original Spinning Bowl Salad, your choice of roasted prime rib or Chilean sea bass (plus sides) and your choice of dessert (dark chocolate cake, English trife or vanilla creme brulee).
5936 W Sunset Blvd 90028/ Website
This cozy Hollywood restaurant will have a lineup of specials: beef tomahawk over parsnip puree with maple and charred rose chimichurri; roasted lobster and fennel tagliatelle with lemon beet powder and vegan barley risotto with confit root vegetable medley and vegan demi-glace.
3515 Wilshire Blvd 90010/ Website
In The Line Los Angeles, Openaire will have a five-course dinner for $125 per person. The prix fixe menu will feature dishes like pomme dauphine with caviar and creme fraiche, freshly shucked oysters, mushroom raviolo with cacao miso butter, tagliatelle with herbed pistachio creme and filet of beef with truffle bordelaise.
1320 Echo Park Ave 90026/ Website
Newly appointed executive chef Mazen Mustafa has crafted a Heartbreaker menu for Valentine’s Day weekend. Ordered a la carte, guests can feast on big eye tuna crudo, loup de mer, grilled ribeye, basque cheesecake and cavi-service.
225 N Canon Dr 90210/ Website
Marrying London romance with the spirit of Beverly Hills, The Terrace at The Maybourne Beverly Hills will have a three-course, one-night-only menu by newly appointed chef Damon Gordon. The evening’s exclusive dishes include a chilled seafood platter, whole Main lobster, cote de boeuf for two, frozen vanilla souffle and others. Reservations are on OpenTable.
1545 Wilcox Ave 90028/ Website
For a touch of Rome for your romantic evening, head to chef Evan Funke’s Hollywood establishment. Mother Wolf will offer three special dishes: Ostriche (half a dozen oysters with lemon and Lambrusco mignonette), Spaghetti al Arragosta (Maine lobster, basil, seafood sauce) and Torta Marinate al Limone (Meyer lemon, strawberry meringue). Reservations are on Resy.
903 N La Cienega Blvd 90069/ Website
On both Feb. 14 and 15, Nobu Los Angeles will have a special multi-course omakase menu with dishes like bluefin tuna truffle dry miso, roasted lobster with yuzu cherry and pickled asparagus, pan-seared duck with shiso pistachio pesto and kuro cocoa miso sizzling brownie with vanilla gelato.
9882 S Santa Monica Blvd 90212/ Website
Ensuring a luxurious Valentine’s Day, The Peninsula Beverly Hills will have a Valentine’s Day dinner service at The Belvedere, complete with a live pianist and free-flowing Champagne or paired wines. The star of the show will be the four-course dinner with dishes such as Garden of Eden pear, King crab tagliatelle, duck two ways and dry-aged New York steak for two. Reservations are on OpenTable.
900 W Olympic Blvd 90015/ Website
At its 24th-floor-level, multi-concept dining space, Sendero, The Ritz-Carlton sets standards high for Valentine’s Day dinner. The Argentine-inspired steakhouse Leña will offer a three-course menu with dishes like oysters with a mezcal granita and prime tenderloin with mole sauce, black truffle and carved potato. Meanwhile, Corteza will have its “Sabor y Amor” menu, a shared dinner of oysters, hamachi crudo, prime tenderloin with mole, roasted chicken with aji verde and mushroom tamal.
8615 W Sunset Blvd 90069/ Website
For a seafood feast, Saltie Girl has you covered. The East Coast-inspired restaurant will offer a la carte specials, including whole grilled sea bream, seared halibut, a spicy Nantucket Bay scallop hand roll and tuna crudo. Be sure to leave room for pastry chef and SweetBoy founder Ben Sidell’s desserts, such as pistachio tiramisu and red berry Linzer torte.
1 Pico Blvd 90405/ Website
Set to Santa Monica’s inherently romantic beachside ambiance, 1 Pico at Shutters on the Beach will offer a three-course menu for $160 per person. Dish choices include Kumamoto oysters with mignonette and cocktail sauce, beef filet with truffled mashed potatoes and king oyster mushrooms and homemade tagliatelle with artichoke puree, parmigiano reggiano, black truffle and crispy organic egg.
700 W 5th St 90071/ Website
Downtown newcomer Settecento is bringing a side of party. Alongside its prix fixe menu of Italian dishes, there will be a live band at 5:30 p.m.
8801 Washington Blvd 90232/ Website
José Andrés’ recently opened Zaytinya will have a special Valentine’s Day menu to complement its intimate, Mediterranean-inspired setting. Meanwhile, upstairs at the rooftop, José Andrés Group’s Butterfly will pair its lush setting with tacos and ceviches.
12775 Millennium Dr 90094/ Website
From Feb. 14 to 17, Sol Mexican Cantina will have a three-course dinner for $45 per person. Starting with a Champagne toast for two and your choice of Naked Guacamole, grilled sweet corn, coconut clamari, shrimp taquitos or the Mexx Chop Big Salad, the meal will follow with your choice of entree and dessert.
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2980 Los Feliz Blvd 90039/ Website
From Feb. 13 to 16, this Scottish pub in Atwater Village will have a number of Valentine’s Day specials. Make a reservation to not miss out on lobster bisque double-cut pork chomp pecan-crusted tout, braised beef short rib with parmesan polenta and a blood orange lemon bar.
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At both its Brentwood and Long Beach locations, Teleferic Barcelona invites guests to enjoy its “Love Bites” menu, featuring dishes like Mojito Oysters, prime wellington, lobster paella and a basque shortbread dessert with ginger vanilla crémeux and a raspberry heart.
8450 W Third St 90048/ Website
Before closing down briefly on Feb. 24 to move to a new location on Melrose Avenue, Toca Madera will host Valentine's Day dinner with a few specials. Guests can consider the beef short rib barbacoa with sweet pepper salsa, pickled onions and tortillas and Velvet Love, a red velvet cake dessert with caramel chocolate chantilly, rose petals, gold lead and raspberry sauce.
930 Hilgard Ave 90024/ Website
From Feb. 10 to 16, STK will have a variety of Valentine’s Day specials. Commemorate the holiday of love with wagyu filet, chocolate lava marshmallow cake, egg-topped wagyu fried rice, Imperia Kaluga caviar and Cupid’s Cloud dessert made with butter cake, vanilla ice cream, berry compote and berry coulis surrounded by cotton candy and lit on fire tableside, complete with two shots of Don Julio 1942.
100 Terranea Way 90275/ Website
Terranea Resort has an array of dining options for the romantic holiday. Accompanied by ocean views, the three-course dinner at Mar’sel will feature dish choices like uni Caesar salad, beef tartare and caviar with quail, poached half lobster with basil-infused risotto and asparagus tips and passion fruit and mango panna cotta with toasted coconut and strawberry veil. Catalina Kitchen will have a garden-inspired dinner, offering dishes with floral and botanical elements like char-grilled marinated octopus and Dover sole with caviar beurre blanc. For a lively experience, Bubbles and Bites will take place on the lobby bar’s west terrace. The celebration will include live music, bites, custom chocolate boxes, a flower bouquet-building experience and a glass of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut Champagne or Rosé. There will also be special Valentine offerings throughout the day at Nelson’s, Bashi and the lobby bar.
6317 Wilshire Blvd 90048/ Website
The rooftop restaurant and bar at the Kimpton Hotel Wilshire will offer a three-course menu for $75 per person, featuring options like seared prawns, butternut squash ravioli, New York Strip and chocolate-covered strawberries. The menu will also include themed specialty cocktails, such as the Lovers Club with gin, raspberries, lemon and egg whites.
See also: The 10 Most Romantic Restaurants in Los Angeles
Photography by: Courtesy Shutters on the Beach; Firefly; Nobu Los Angeles
