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15 Worthwhile Lunch Deals for dineLA Restaurant Week, Fall 2021

Where to check out discounted lunch meals across Los Angeles

by Matthew Kang
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DineLA restaurant week has commenced, and with it comes a slew of dining deals around Los Angeles. Last week, Eater covered the compelling places to get a prix fixe or discounted dinner in the city, from reasonably priced taco meals to fine dining tasting menus. Lunch is another part of the dineLA equation, where fancy restaurants try to draw new clientele by serving daytime meals with big value.

When places like Draycott in Pacific Palisades or Crustacean in Beverly Hills offer lunch menus, it’s often an entry point to introduce diners to nicer meals in ritzier parts of town, particularly for those who may not otherwise venture in. DineLA lunch is also a solid way to try local favorites like the pizza at Brooklyn Avenue Pizza Co. in Boyle Heights, or the solid Mexican fare at Yxta in Downtown LA. Here now, where 15 places to get lunch for dineLA restaurant week.

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Coin & Candor

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Westlake Village’s Four Seasons has a seasonal American restaurant with a $55 lunch deal with three full courses. Choose from endive autumn salad, yellowtail sashimi, or heirloom beets as appetizer; octopus and beans, spinach cavatelli, or Jidori chicken; then fig gateau or 10-layer chocolate cake for dessert.

2 Dole Dr, Westlake Village, CA 91362
(818) 575-3000
(818) 575-3000
Shrimp ceviche at Coin and Candor in Westlake Village.
Shrimp ceviche at Coin and Candor.
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The Draycott

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Upscale Pacific Palisades plays host to the Mediterranean-inspired Draycott, a stylish place to get lunch on the Westside. A $45 lunch prix fixe offers just a few choices, but does stand as an easier entry point to the restaurant. Options include heirloom tomato Greek salad and grilled branzino.

15255 Palisades Village Ln, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
(310) 573-8938
(310) 573-8938
Draycott Pacific Palisades.
Draycott Pacific Palisades.
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Ospi

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Venice’s newer Italian spot from Jame Enoteca chef Jackson Kalb has a really flexible lunch menu for $25 with a choice of appetizer (think meatballs, Japanese eggplant, cauliflower with Calabrian chile), and sandwich, pizza, or pasta like chicken pesto sandwich, margherita pizza, or spicy rigatoni pasta.

2025 Pacific Ave, Venice, CA 90291
(424) 443-5007
(424) 443-5007
A full plate of Italian food including wine and pasta, shown from above.
Ospi.
Wonho Frank Lee

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Lunetta

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Raphael Lunetta’s sleeper hit Lunetta in Santa Monica’s inland area along Pico has an easy California lunch menu of heirloom tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich, wood-grilled barbecue sandwich, crispy chicken chopped salad, or braised beef short ribs followed by a chocolate fudge brownie for dessert. Price is $35 per person.

2424 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 581-9888
(310) 581-9888
Lunetta dining room with wood tables and dark walls.
Lunetta Santa Monica.
Wonho Frank Lee

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Bacari PDR

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Bacari locations around the city always have really fun dineLA menus, with a selection of two cicchetti plus a dessert for $25 at lunchtime. The Playa Del Rey outlet comes with the added bonus of being right next to the beach.

6805 S Vista Del Mar Ln, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
(310) 439-2100
(310) 439-2100
Bacari PDR.
Bacari PDR.
Elizabeth Daniels

Crustacean Beverly Hills

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Upscale Beverly Hills Vietnamese restaurant Crustacean has a $55 dine-in menu ($45 as a takeout option) with luxe Asian-inflected dishes, including broiled red snapper, and steamed lobster and shrimp dumplings. The classic garlic noodles are a $15 surcharge, but they’re so delicious they’re worth it.

468 N Bedford Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 205-8990
(310) 205-8990
Crustacean
Crustacean Beverly Hills.
Wonho Frank Lee

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Mayura Indian Restaurant

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Culver City’s fantastic Indian restaurant Mayura was a longtime Jonathan Gold favorite, offering a $65 lunch menu for two people that has a slew of South Asian favorites, from lamb korma and daal masala to sweet mango lassi to drink.

10406 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 559-9644
(310) 559-9644
Mayura Interior
Mayura Culver City.

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Nic's On Beverly

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Chic vegan restaurant Nic’s On Beverly offers a handy $35 dineLA lunch deal of avocado crispy rice, Detroit-style pizza or farro bowl, and then iced creme or butterscotch pudding for dessert. Remember, all of this is plant-based.

8265 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 746-5130
(323) 746-5130
 Madame at Nic’s On Beverly in West Hollywood.
 Madame at Nic’s On Beverly in West Hollywood.
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Sightglass Coffee

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Busy Hollywood daytime spot Sightglass has stellar coffee, but also has a helpful dineLA daytime menu of breakfast biscuit sandwich, fruit, and coffee in the mornings, turkey sandwich and potato salad; or an eggplant parmesan sandwich with quinoa salad. Both the sandwiches come with a beer or wine on tap. Each meal costs $25.

7051 Willoughby Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 763-8588
(323) 763-8588
Two hands making latte art inside of a cup.
Latte art at Sightglass.
Wonho Frank Lee

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Oh My Crab

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Taking a page from the very popular Boiling Crab formula, Oh My Crab on Melrose serves spicy Cajun seafood, with a $65 lunch meal that comes with snow crab, shrimp, and choice of clam or mussel.

5820 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 822-5002
(323) 822-5002

Delicious at The Dunbar

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South LA restaurant Delicious at the Dunbar serves homey soul food to an historic neighborhood. Lunch specials here for dineLA mean $15 meals of fried fish po’ boy, fried chicken, creole beef spaghetti, or chicken/brisket quesadilla, plus dessert options of peach cobbler, lemon cake, or banana pudding.

4229 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011
(323) 918-2087
(323) 918-2087
Fried fish with waffles fries under checkered paper basket on a white table.
Fried fish with waffles fries at Delicious at the Dunbar.
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Maccheroni Republic

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Downtown LA’s enduring Italian restaurant has a handy $25 lunch with choice of burratina or vegetable crostini to start, then black and white vermicelli pasta, trofogli pasta with spicy tomato sauce and ham, or rigatoni melazane, a vegan pasta with eggplant and roasted garlic in a tomato sauce.

332 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 346-9725
(213) 346-9725
Maccheroni Republic, Downtown.
Maccheroni Republic, Downtown.
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Yxta Cocina Mexicana

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This longtime Mexican restaurant in Arts District has a reasonable $25 lunch menu during dineLA that offers chicken enchiladas, pollo en cuatro salsas, and Michoacan-style carnitas, plus Mexican bread pudding with churro ice cream for dessert.

601 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021
(213) 622-5540
(213) 622-5540

Brooklyn Ave Pizza Co.

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This reasonably priced lunch menu offers a 12 inch pizza and fried potatoes for just $15.

2706 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 968-1106
(323) 968-1106
For fantastic pizza on an iconic street corner in Boyle Heights: Brooklyn Ave Pizza Co.
Mole pizza at Brooklyn Avenue Pizza Co.
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Agnes

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Pasadena’s gorgeous lunch and dinner spot has a $35 daytime offering with a rhubarb shrub, winter panzanella salad, a choice of half sandwich (brisket or eggplant cutlet), and snickerdoodle cookie for dessert.

40 W Green St, Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 389-3839
(626) 389-3839
An Italian style cold cut sandwich shown cut in half with a plaid backgrounhd.
Italian sandwich at Agnes.
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Coin & Candor

2 Dole Dr, Westlake Village, CA 91362

Westlake Village’s Four Seasons has a seasonal American restaurant with a $55 lunch deal with three full courses. Choose from endive autumn salad, yellowtail sashimi, or heirloom beets as appetizer; octopus and beans, spinach cavatelli, or Jidori chicken; then fig gateau or 10-layer chocolate cake for dessert.

2 Dole Dr, Westlake Village, CA 91362
(818) 575-3000
(818) 575-3000
Shrimp ceviche at Coin and Candor in Westlake Village.
Shrimp ceviche at Coin and Candor.
Cathy Chaplin

The Draycott

15255 Palisades Village Ln, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272

Upscale Pacific Palisades plays host to the Mediterranean-inspired Draycott, a stylish place to get lunch on the Westside. A $45 lunch prix fixe offers just a few choices, but does stand as an easier entry point to the restaurant. Options include heirloom tomato Greek salad and grilled branzino.

15255 Palisades Village Ln, Pacific Palisades, CA 90272
(310) 573-8938
(310) 573-8938
Draycott Pacific Palisades.
Draycott Pacific Palisades.
Wonho Frank Lee

Ospi

2025 Pacific Ave, Venice, CA 90291

Venice’s newer Italian spot from Jame Enoteca chef Jackson Kalb has a really flexible lunch menu for $25 with a choice of appetizer (think meatballs, Japanese eggplant, cauliflower with Calabrian chile), and sandwich, pizza, or pasta like chicken pesto sandwich, margherita pizza, or spicy rigatoni pasta.

2025 Pacific Ave, Venice, CA 90291
(424) 443-5007
(424) 443-5007
A full plate of Italian food including wine and pasta, shown from above.
Ospi.
Wonho Frank Lee

Lunetta

2424 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405

Raphael Lunetta’s sleeper hit Lunetta in Santa Monica’s inland area along Pico has an easy California lunch menu of heirloom tomato soup, grilled cheese sandwich, wood-grilled barbecue sandwich, crispy chicken chopped salad, or braised beef short ribs followed by a chocolate fudge brownie for dessert. Price is $35 per person.

2424 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405
(310) 581-9888
(310) 581-9888
Lunetta dining room with wood tables and dark walls.
Lunetta Santa Monica.
Wonho Frank Lee

Bacari PDR

6805 S Vista Del Mar Ln, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293

Bacari locations around the city always have really fun dineLA menus, with a selection of two cicchetti plus a dessert for $25 at lunchtime. The Playa Del Rey outlet comes with the added bonus of being right next to the beach.

6805 S Vista Del Mar Ln, Playa Del Rey, CA 90293
(310) 439-2100
(310) 439-2100
Bacari PDR.
Bacari PDR.
Elizabeth Daniels

Crustacean Beverly Hills

468 N Bedford Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Upscale Beverly Hills Vietnamese restaurant Crustacean has a $55 dine-in menu ($45 as a takeout option) with luxe Asian-inflected dishes, including broiled red snapper, and steamed lobster and shrimp dumplings. The classic garlic noodles are a $15 surcharge, but they’re so delicious they’re worth it.

468 N Bedford Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210
(310) 205-8990
(310) 205-8990
Crustacean
Crustacean Beverly Hills.
Wonho Frank Lee

Mayura Indian Restaurant

10406 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232

Culver City’s fantastic Indian restaurant Mayura was a longtime Jonathan Gold favorite, offering a $65 lunch menu for two people that has a slew of South Asian favorites, from lamb korma and daal masala to sweet mango lassi to drink.

10406 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 559-9644
(310) 559-9644
Mayura Interior
Mayura Culver City.

Nic's On Beverly

8265 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048

Chic vegan restaurant Nic’s On Beverly offers a handy $35 dineLA lunch deal of avocado crispy rice, Detroit-style pizza or farro bowl, and then iced creme or butterscotch pudding for dessert. Remember, all of this is plant-based.

8265 Beverly Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90048
(323) 746-5130
(323) 746-5130
 Madame at Nic’s On Beverly in West Hollywood.
 Madame at Nic’s On Beverly in West Hollywood.
Mona Holmes

Sightglass Coffee

7051 Willoughby Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038

Busy Hollywood daytime spot Sightglass has stellar coffee, but also has a helpful dineLA daytime menu of breakfast biscuit sandwich, fruit, and coffee in the mornings, turkey sandwich and potato salad; or an eggplant parmesan sandwich with quinoa salad. Both the sandwiches come with a beer or wine on tap. Each meal costs $25.

7051 Willoughby Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 763-8588
(323) 763-8588
Two hands making latte art inside of a cup.
Latte art at Sightglass.
Wonho Frank Lee

Oh My Crab

5820 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038

Taking a page from the very popular Boiling Crab formula, Oh My Crab on Melrose serves spicy Cajun seafood, with a $65 lunch meal that comes with snow crab, shrimp, and choice of clam or mussel.

5820 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
(323) 822-5002
(323) 822-5002

Delicious at The Dunbar

4229 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011

South LA restaurant Delicious at the Dunbar serves homey soul food to an historic neighborhood. Lunch specials here for dineLA mean $15 meals of fried fish po’ boy, fried chicken, creole beef spaghetti, or chicken/brisket quesadilla, plus dessert options of peach cobbler, lemon cake, or banana pudding.

4229 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90011
(323) 918-2087
(323) 918-2087
Fried fish with waffles fries under checkered paper basket on a white table.
Fried fish with waffles fries at Delicious at the Dunbar.
Matthew Kang

Maccheroni Republic

332 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013

Downtown LA’s enduring Italian restaurant has a handy $25 lunch with choice of burratina or vegetable crostini to start, then black and white vermicelli pasta, trofogli pasta with spicy tomato sauce and ham, or rigatoni melazane, a vegan pasta with eggplant and roasted garlic in a tomato sauce.

332 S Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 346-9725
(213) 346-9725
Maccheroni Republic, Downtown.
Maccheroni Republic, Downtown.
Darin Dines/Eater LA Flickr Pool

Yxta Cocina Mexicana

601 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021

This longtime Mexican restaurant in Arts District has a reasonable $25 lunch menu during dineLA that offers chicken enchiladas, pollo en cuatro salsas, and Michoacan-style carnitas, plus Mexican bread pudding with churro ice cream for dessert.

601 S Central Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90021
(213) 622-5540
(213) 622-5540

Brooklyn Ave Pizza Co.

2706 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033

This reasonably priced lunch menu offers a 12 inch pizza and fried potatoes for just $15.

2706 East Cesar E Chavez Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033
(323) 968-1106
(323) 968-1106
For fantastic pizza on an iconic street corner in Boyle Heights: Brooklyn Ave Pizza Co.
Mole pizza at Brooklyn Avenue Pizza Co.
Matthew Kang

Agnes

40 W Green St, Pasadena, CA 91105

Pasadena’s gorgeous lunch and dinner spot has a $35 daytime offering with a rhubarb shrub, winter panzanella salad, a choice of half sandwich (brisket or eggplant cutlet), and snickerdoodle cookie for dessert.

40 W Green St, Pasadena, CA 91105
(626) 389-3839
(626) 389-3839
An Italian style cold cut sandwich shown cut in half with a plaid backgrounhd.
Italian sandwich at Agnes.
Wonho Frank Lee

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