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Middle Eastern in Los Angeles
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Top 5 Middle Eastern in Los Angeles
Editorial canon from LA's most-trusted food publications.
- #1
Bavel
Arts District
“LA's most important modern Middle Eastern room; Menashe and Gergis's clay-oven lamb neck and malawach remain generational dishes.”
- #2
Saffy’s
East Hollywood
“The Bestia/Bavel team's mangal-focused East Hollywood spot turns out LA's best kebabs and labneh-based mezze.”
- #3
Marouch Restaurant
East Hollywood
“A four-decade Lebanese-Armenian staple whose mezze spread and shawarma remain a critical reference point for LA.”
- #4
Shamshiri Grill
Westwood
“The Tehrangeles standard for Persian koobideh, tahchin and fesenjan, anchoring Westwood's Little Persia since the 1980s.”