Woodland Hills’ Spanish restaurant does a three-course lunch for $35, including a tomato gazpacho, mojo rojo chicken, nicoise salad, plus chocolate mousse or flan for dessert. Available for dine-in or takeout.

Venice’s casual Italian resaturant has a very approachable $25 lunch special that includes the restaurant’s terrific Japanese eggplant or neapolitan meatball appetizer, plus a wide array of entrees like spicy rigatoni, margherita pizza, or chicken caesar salad.

True, $65 isn’t a modest amount for a lunch, but for what Del Frisco’s is offering in Century City, it’s actually really good. There’s a choice of salad, like Caesar or wedge, or a lobster bisque. Entrees are roasted chicken, filet mignon medallions, or salmon. The move here, however, is to get a prime ribeye upgrade for $25, which does bring the meal to $90. But remember the steak alone is usually $65 on the regular menu. There’s a choice of dessert too, like buttercake.

The lunch situation at Uovo during DineLA is dead simple: Two pastas of Ragu with tagliatelle and ravioli di rocotta in a pomodoro sauce, for $25. A great deal for fresh pasta made by hand in Italy.

Wolfgang Puck’s destination-worthy Merois upstairs at the Pendry hotel in West Hollywood has its own DineLA lunch deal, but the ground floor Ospero is more of an everyday occasion. A choice of starters includes roasted cauliflower, charred eggplant tip, or burrata stracciatella. From there, diners can pick between rigatoni with spicy turkey bolognese, smoked salmon pizza, or grilled prime skirt steak, all for $45.

This easygoing hotel restaurant on the ground floor of the Hotel Figueroa is decidedly underrated, a place for Downtowners to take in a three-course lunch for $45, with a choice of Caesar salad, tuna tartare tostadas, or cauliflower bites to start. Mains include roasted salmon, grilled chicken gyro, or a mean cheeseburger on a brioche bun. Cheesecake or chocolate bourbon pecan pie offers a sweet finish.

Tokyo transplant Afuri Ramen is one of the top noodle shops in town, and there’s a handy $25 lunch special with a choice of yuzu shio, tantan mazeman, or hazelnut tantanmen (that’s fully plant-based), plus karaage or gyoza and a soda. Upgrade to a cocktail for just $10 more.

For $35, Pasadena diners can get a three-course lunch that includes a tahini green goddess-dressed salad, crispy porchetta or eggplant cutlet sandwich, and a Meyer lemon tart or soft-serve ice cream. Start with a choice of grapefruit or rhubarb spritzer. The rest of the menu, like cheese and charcuterie boards, is available too.