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Los Angeles

Everywhere we track in Los Angeles — restaurants ranked by the ones where we've seen the Amex Resy credit badge ourselves, then Michelin standing, then how people rate them.

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12 places to go

The Getty

4.8 out of 5(37,662 reviews)Art museum

Famous, sizable free museum highlighting American & European art, architecture & manicured gardens.

Visit site ↗1200 Getty Center Dr

The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

4.8 out of 5(8,550 reviews)Research Institute

Expansive complex housing art galleries with famous works, rare-book collections & lush gardens.

Visit site ↗1151 Oxford Rd

The Getty Villa

4.8 out of 5(12,089 reviews)Art museum

Former tycoon's residence modeled after 1st-century Italian villa, with Greek & Roman artifacts.

Visit site ↗Getty Villa

Griffith Observatory

4.7 out of 5(20,355 reviews)

This art deco landmark from 1935 features a high-tech planetarium, public telescopes & city views.

Visit site ↗2800 E Observatory Rd

The Broad

4.7 out of 5(18,354 reviews)Art museum

Modern art museum with a honeycomb-like facade housing rotating exhibits, plus a shop & restaurant.

Visit site ↗221 S Grand Ave

Hollywood Sign

4.6 out of 5(14,399 reviews)Historical Landmark

Erected in 1923, this symbolic landmark on Mount Lee is often viewed from Griffith Park Observatory.

Visit site ↗Los Angeles

Santa Monica Pier

4.6 out of 5(135,887 reviews)Fishing Pier

Storied seaside destination showcasing a range of shops & cafes, plus an amusement park & aquarium.

Visit site ↗200 Santa Monica Pier

Smorgasburg (Los Angeles)

4.6 out of 5(3,960 reviews)Market
Visit site ↗777 S Alameda St

Japanese Village Plaza

4.6 out of 5(14,599 reviews)Shopping Mall

Bi-level complex featuring a range of Japanese eateries, markets, retailers, offices & gift shops.

Visit site ↗335 E 2nd St

Warner Bros. Studio Tour Hollywood

4.5 out of 5(5,069 reviews)Tourist Attraction
Visit site ↗Parking lot

Angels Flight Railway

4.5 out of 5(3,810 reviews)Historical Landmark

World's shortest railway, built in 1901, with 2 funicular cars that travel on a 298ft incline.

Visit site ↗One California Plaza

Paramount Pictures Studio Tour

4.5 out of 5(4,760 reviews)Tourist Attraction

Classic Hollywood studio offering cart tours of its historic & active backlot sets & prop warehouse.

Visit site ↗5515 Melrose Ave

Getting there on points

Published award prices from Los Angeles, from our own pricing run.

Flights

CUNBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
SJDBusiness · American AAdvantage
30,000 mi
KEFBusiness · Aeroplan
75,000 mi
LHRBusiness · Aeroplan
75,000 mi

Hotels

Hyatt Regency Kyoto
15,000/night
Hyatt Regency Paris Étoile
15,000/night
Park Hyatt Dubai
20,000/night

How this list is built. Restaurants and bars come from Google Places for Los Angeles, refreshed Oct 14, and are split between the two tabs by the venue type Google reports. Booking platform is detected from each restaurant's own website. Michelin and Sapphire Reserve marks are matched by name and place. Where Google has no description we say what we hold about the venue instead.

What the marks mean. Since August 1 a restaurant only triggers the Amex Resy credit if its Resy page shows the “Qualifies for Resy Credit” badge — we open those pages and look, last on Sep 15, and a blank badge means we haven't checked yet, not that the credit fails. A sighting inside thirty days reads “Resy credit”; an older one carries the date we saw it, because what we can honestly say is what we saw and when. A Sapphire Reserve table is on Chase's Exclusive Tables list, where the $150 half-yearly dining credit applies — enrol the card at OpenTable first · list Sep 9. Michelin means starred, Bib Gourmand or Selected in the 2026 US guide, collected Sep 9. James Beard and the bar lists are the current year's awards, with a win shown differently from a nomination.

Card credits change without notice. Confirm on Resy or with your issuer before you count on one.

Los Angeles — restaurants, bars and where your card credits work · PointsUser