Most Romantic Restaurants in Los Feliz for a Date in Los Angeles

Mírate has a dining room with a big tree overhead, giving it an enchanted-forest feel. Pick your perch: armchairs, bar stools or a snug nook built for two. The cocktail bar is the main attraction, and the food is perfectly fine without being the star. Great cocktails also make it a natural pick for a special occasion.

After dark, the lighting turns the breezy design at Cara Restaurant romantic, which suits a dinner for two. The food is built on relationships with local sustainable farms, so offerings change daily depending on what the farms bring in. Start with the prosciutto and burrata. Walk-ins are welcome and seated first come, first served, so you can drop in without a plan.

Wilde's is a neighborhood restaurant on Hillhurst with rustic, seasonal food and natural wine. Childhood friends Tatiana Ettensberger and Natasha Price run it, and the room has warm light, wood detail and white tablecloths. Picture a favorite dinner party, with you as the invited guest. The menu includes fish and chips and bangers and mash. Tables are tough to land. Walk-ins get half the tables in this tiny dining room, and the bookable half fills quickly.

Figaro Bistrot brings a taste of Paris to Los Feliz, with the charm of a traditional French café and an all-day menu. Known to locals as Café Figaro, the restaurant is bright and cheerful for brunch before transforming into a softly lit, romantic setting in the evening. Enjoy French classics like niçoise salad and escargots, then finish your date with macarons from the boulangerie.

All Time is a busy Hillhurst spot with a laid-back, backyard feel and good wine. The outdoor seating makes it a good fit for a date night, and it is a good breakfast stop as well. Come evening, a chalkboard menu lists whole branzino, housemade pasta and a dry-aged ribeye for two.

Little Dom's gives dinner an old Los Feliz feel, with vintage wooden booths and a bar that looks like it came from a 1950s mob film. The bar, handrails and floors are scuffed from heavy use, which adds to an old pasta-parlor feel. Handmade pastas and wood-fired pizzas anchor the Italian-American comfort food. We think it suits date nights, and the old-fashioned room helps set the mood.

With checkered tablecloths, La Pergoletta looks like an old red-sauce place, though the food tastes more like Italy. Choose a fresh pasta, then pair it with a sauce, with arrabbiata and bolognese among the favorites. The food is rustic and abundant, the way it would be cooked at home in Italy. It is a good fit for a casual dinner date.

Vegetables take center stage at Kismet, a Los Feliz restaurant that also puts wine and good company front and center. Persian crispy rice and malawach, a Yemeni Jewish flatbread, are signatures, and the menu is vegetarian-friendly. The menu has broad enough appeal that a picky dining partner will likely find something to like.

The Dresden is a classic establishment on Vermont Avenue, where the dinner menu has been a favorite for over 70 years. The lounge has a relaxed, classy setting. It is a fitting place to celebrate a birthday. Reservations for the dining room are highly recommended, so book ahead for a table there.

Encanto is Los Feliz's newest wood-fire Baja coastal kitchen. Tables sit well apart in the big indoor room, so conversation stays yours. It feels lively, like a secret basement party, which gives a date some energy. Expect caesar salads, lamb neck and sweet potatoes with fermented hot sauce on a menu that stays short. It works for a drink before a late show at the Los Feliz 3.