Where to Dine for NYE24 | LA Eats

When it comes to celebrating NYE24 in LA, the city offers a diverse range of dining options. Whether you’re looking for a romantic Mediterranean-inspired dinner or a lively rooftop fiesta with Latin salsa funk, LA has you covered. Here are some fantastic dining destinations for ringing in 2024:

Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill & Jazz

Location: Bel Air*

If you’re a fan of jazz and upscale dining, Herb Alpert’s Vibrato Grill & Jazz in Bel Air is the place to be this New Year’s Eve. Tucked away in the scenic Beverly Glen area, this jazz club and eatery promises an unforgettable celebration. This year, they offer two options: a budget-friendly pre-party from 6pm to 8:30pm, and the main NYE party featuring Gabrielito y La Verdad, a live Latin salsa funk band. The latter ticket, inclusive of tax and gratuity, includes a three-course feast starting between 9 and 10pm, along with plenty of champagne and party favors at midnight.

Price: Pre-party – $200 per person for a table, $100 per person at the bar. Party – $400 per person for a table, $300 for the bar. Drinks not included.

Reservations: Secure your spot online via Resy.

LA Cha Cha Chá

Location: Downtown Arts District

This NYE, LA Cha Cha Chá in the Arts District is hosting a heated rooftop fiesta with a live DJ, tarot card readings, and delectable passed appetizers, including tacos dorados, tamales, and tres leches cake bites. Each ticket includes a complimentary drink, your choice of a margarita or sparkling wine.

Price: $50 per person.

Reservations: Make your reservation online via OpenTable.

Crustacean

Location: Beverly Hills

For a swanky NYE experience, head to Crustacean, a contemporary Vietnamese restaurant in Beverly Hills. They’re throwing a New Year’s Eve party complete with passed appetizers, champagne, and a dessert bar. Live music and dancing will keep the night lively, and don’t forget to admire the lexiglass-covered koi pond in the entryway, a memorable feature of this dining destination.

Price: $98 per person before Dec 20; $126 per person thereafter.

Reservations: Secure your spot online via Resy.

De La Nonna/The Let’s Go

Location: Downtown Arts District

If you’re looking for a fun and budget-friendly NYE option, De La Nonna and The Let’s Go in the Arts District have you covered. For $175, you can enjoy a four-course pizza dinner and open bar at both locations. If you prefer just drinks, both spots will be open for dinner, drinks, and walk-ins. Feel free to embrace your disco attire for the evening!

Price: $175 per person plus tax and gratuity, or a la carte.

Reservations: Book your table online via Resy.

Damian

Location: Downtown Arts District

Damian, an upscale Mexican restaurant in the Arts District, offers two NYE seatings: an early menu for $120 per person and a later seating for $160. Enjoy a flavorful celebration of Mexican cuisine and ring in the New Year with style.

Price: $120–160 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Book your table online via Resy.

Cobi’s

Location: Santa Monica

For a chic and laidback NYE dinner, head to Cobi’s, a cozy Southeast Asian eatery in Santa Monica. Their lush, heated patio and antique-decorated interiors provide the perfect backdrop for a memorable meal. Expect a one-night-only multi-course seafood tasting menu with a vegetarian option, featuring delicious dishes like curry puffs, grilled oysters, and Singapore-style soft-shell crab curry.

Price: $95 per person plus beverages, tax, and gratuity.

Reservations: Secure your spot online via Resy.

Cassia

Location: Santa Monica

Bryant Ng’s Cassia, an Southeast Asian-inspired farm-to-table restaurant, is offering a New Orleans-inspired prix-fixe family-style menu for NYE. Highlights include “Muffuletta” turnip cake, spicy crawfish and scallop étouffée, and spicy lamb frites with cumin shoestring fries. Enjoy French wines and Big Easy-inspired cocktails to complete your dining experience.

Price: $110 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Book your table online via Resy.

Yangban

Location: Downtown Arts District

For a laidback holiday dinner with a Korean American flavor, Yangban in the Arts District offers a family-style spread for New Year’s Eve. Enjoy wood-grilled sea bream, shima aji tostada with creme fraiche and charred cucumbers, and rice cake “tteok” with kimchi cream and Parmesan cheese. Champagne, caviar, black truffles, and steak supplements are also available.

Price: $125 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Secure your spot online via OpenTable.

Here’s Looking At You

Location: Koreatown

Koreatown’s Here’s Looking at You is serving a special ten-course dinner on New Year’s Eve, offering early (6pm) and late (8:30pm) seatings. Enjoy new dishes like roasted abalone with lion’s mane mushrooms, kraut bao with cabbage and horseradish, and champagne Jell-O with persimmon, pomegranate, and creme fraiche.

Price: $110 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Book your table online via OpenTable.

Botanica

Location: Silver Lake

For a vegetarian-friendly NYE celebration, head to Botanica in Silver Lake. They’re throwing a “Feast of the Seven Vegetables,” a tongue-in-cheek twist on the Italian Christmas Eve feast. Highlights include beets with horseradish and salted plum, celeriac lasagna, and a carrot tarte tatin. A vegan menu is also available with advance notice.

Price: $115 per person plus tax and gratuity.

Reservations: Secure your spot online via Resy.

Crossroads

Location: Melrose

Crossroads, an award-winning vegan fine-dining restaurant, offers a plant-based New Year’s Eve dinner menu at both its Melrose and Calabasas locations. Indulge in a six-course meal, including a celebratory kelp caviar-topped potato rosti and your choice of eggplant short rib or porcini mushroom tortelli. Finish with a delicious dessert, such as a brownie sundae or chocolate hazelnut torte.

Price: $95 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Book your table online via Sevenrooms (Calabasas) or Yelp (Melrose).

Saltie Girl

Location: West Hollywood

For a seafood-focused NYE dinner, Saltie Girl on the Sunset Strip offers a four-course tasting menu. You’ll also enjoy surprise bites and mignardises from the culinary director and pastry chef. An abbreviated regular menu will be available as well.

Price: $150 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Book your table via Resy.

Le Champ

Location: Downtown Arts District

For a laidback New Year’s Eve dinner, visit Le Champ, an outdoor wine bar in the Arts District. They’re serving a vegan-friendly seven-course tasting menu with a champagne toast to finish. Highlights include Dungenesse crab royale, camembert with black truffles, and chestnut porcini ravioli.

Price: $100 per person for the vegan menu, $125 for regular. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Secure your spot via Resy.

Baar Baar LA

Location: South Park

Baar Baar LA showcases modern South Asian cuisine in an elegant Downtown dining room. For NYE, they offer a three-course early seating (5-7:30pm) for $65 per person and a later five-course seating (8-10pm) for $125 per person. Both options include dessert and a champagne toast at midnight, along with Bollywood beats and party favors.

Price: $65–125 per person.

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

Cento

Locations: West Adams

Cento, a sleek pasta bar in West Adams, offers 9:30pm and 10pm seatings for a NYE dinner featuring four signature courses. Expect mouthwatering dishes, including their crowd-favorite beet spaghetti, while dining at the chef’s counter or on the charming string-lit heated patio.

Price: $125 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Secure your spot online via OpenTable.

The Little Door

Location: West Third Street

For a romantic NYE, The Little Door along West 3rd Street is the perfect choice. Enjoy a three-course Mediterranean-inspired menu with accommodations for vegans and vegetarians. Seatings run from 6 to 11pm, allowing you to choose between an early dinner or spending midnight in bed.

Price: $125 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Book via Tock.

Angelini Osteria

Location: Fairfax District

Angelini Osteria, an excellent Italian restaurant in Fairfax, offers a choose-your-own-adventure prix-fixe meal for NYE. Each appetizer and main course section includes a variety of options. The meal starts with a traditional Umbrian pork sausage and lentil dish for good luck in the coming year. Wine lovers can enjoy half-bottles of King Grand Cuvee for $90, along with a $55 three-glass pairing option.

Price: $125 per person plus tax and gratuity.

Reservations: Secure your table online via OpenTable.

Camphor

Location: Downtown Arts District

Visit the Michelin-starred Arts District bistro, Camphor, for a prix-fixe four-course NYE menu. Enjoy dishes like mackerel crudo, duck “en farcie,” and a complimentary champagne toast. The vegetarian-friendly menu also offers add-on options like truffle and caviar.

Price: $275 per person plus beverages, tax, and gratuity.

Reservations: Book online via Resy.

Bicyclette

Location: Beverly Hills

Walter and Margarita Manzke’s traditional French bistro, Bicyclette, offers a four-course NYE menu highlighting seasonal ingredients and signature favorites from their regular menu. Options for vegetarians and pescatarians are available. Note that there is a table limit for parties of two or more.

Price: $225 per person plus beverage, tax, and a 20% service fee.

Reservations: Pre-pay and book online via OpenTable.

Gwen Butcher Shop & Restaurant

Location: Hollywood

Celebrate NYE at Gwen, the newly Michelin-starred steakhouse by celebrity chef Curtis Stone. They offer an eight-course tasting menu for both early and late seatings. Indulge in a culinary journey with caviar-topped oysters, dry-aged beef tartare, scallops, duck, Wagyu ribeye, and a delightful dessert selection.

Price: Early – $180 per person; Late – $280. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Secure your spot online via Resy.

Manzke

Location: Beverly Hills

For a lavish NYE experience, Manzke, the Michelin-starred upstairs counterpart of Bicyclette, offers an extravagant tasting menu. Expect opulent dishes featuring Rodolphe Le Meunier butter, freshly caught California seafood, and award-winning pastries by Margarita Manzke.

Price: $495 per person plus beverage, tax, and a 20% service fee.

Reservations: Pre-pay and book online via Tock.

Pasjoli

Location: Santa Monica

Pasjoli, a traditional French eatery in Santa Monica, presents a special prix-fixe menu for both early and late seatings. The late seating includes a midnight champagne toast and extra foie gras brioche. Enjoy a culinary journey featuring caviar, bread and butter, salad classique, gnocchi parisienne, prime rib au jus, and more.

Price: Early – $225 per person; Late – $275 plus person. Tax and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Secure your table online via OpenTable.

Redbird

Location: Downtown Historic Core

Redbird, located in the heart of Downtown, offers a three-course prix-fixe NYE dinner with optional wine pairings. Enjoy a variety of delectable dishes, including artichoke soup, oysters, hamachi sashimi, lobster ravioli, and more. Finish your meal with a mouthwatering dessert.

Price: $195 per person. Tax and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Book via OpenTable.

n/soto

Location: Mid City

Niki Nakayama and Carole Iida-Nakayama’s West Adams izakaya, n/soto, presents a seven-course tasting menu inspired by traditional Japanese osechi for NYE. Enjoy highlights like toro and caviar tartare, grilled American Wagyu, and red bean panna cotta. Please note that this dinner cannot accommodate vegetarians, vegans, or soy-free dietary restrictions.

Price: $165 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Secure your spot online via Resy.

République

Location: La Brea

République, Walter and Margarita Manzke’s original Californian French eatery, offers a multi-course tasting menu for NYE. Expect seasonal produce, high-quality meat, and seafood, with a hint of winter truffles. (Note: Vegans cannot be accommodated at République at the moment.)

Price: $160 per person. Drinks, tax, and gratuity not included.

Reservations: Book your table online via OpenTable.

Mélisse

Location: Santa Monica

Chef Josiah Citrin’s two Michelin-starred Santa Monica fine-dining restaurant, Mélisse, offers a two and a half hour tasting experience on NYE. Enjoy whimsical hors d’oeuvres, gourmet meat, seafood, and more.

Price*: $475 per person plus tax and gratuity