California Michelin Guide adds 6 buzzy Los Angeles restaurants

Michelin announced new additions Wednesday to its California Michelin Guide, the prestigious list that recognizes the top restaurants across the state, and six Los Angeles spots made the cut.

“Michelin Guide inspectors spend the entire year on the road seeking out the best restaurants to recommend — and what they’ve found is too good to keep a secret,” Michelin Guide wrote on its website.

Here are the six LA standouts that won over inspectors in March 2026:

Corridor 109

Tucked behind a door at Bar 109, this tiny restaurant on North Western Avenue in Melrose Hill features an intimate, 11-seat counter and a menu focused on raw fish from Japan.

Firstborn

This Chinese American restaurant in Chinatown debuted last March on North Broadway. Owner and Chef Anthony Wang’s new prix fixe menu is priced at $68 and includes four courses (three savory, plus a dessert). Michelin touts its “welcoming and comfortable” dining room and “well-organized kitchen.”

Lapaba

This new pasta bar on South Western Avenue in Koreatown debuted in February. The restaurant offers Italian dishes “reimagined with a Korean twist,” like Bulgogi meatballs in a truffle tomato sauce and paired with milk bread.

Little Fish Melrose Hill

Expanding from its Echo Park window at Dada Market, this full-service, sit-down restaurant opened on Melrose Avenue last December with chefs Anna Sonenshein and Niki Vahle at the helm. The West Coast-style seafood menu is all about sustainably sourced fish and California produce, with options like the brand’s beloved fried fish sandwich or a tuna melt on rye for lunch and Dungeness crab for dinner. Michelin said the Little Fish menu is “precise in execution, with confident seasoning, technique and a clear respect for ingredients.”

Lugya’h by Poncho’s Tlayudas

Tucked inside LA’s Maydan Market on West Jefferson Boulevard, this casual restaurant specializes in Oaxacan cuisine, specifically Chef Alfonso Martinez’s tlayudas. According to the restaurant’s website, the menu “features dishes that Chef Poncho prepares for his family and friends, as well as traditional foods enjoyed at weddings and patron celebrations.”

Zira Uzbek Kitchen

This restaurant on Melrose in the Fairfax District opened in November 2024. The menu focuses on the flavors of owner Azim Rahmatov’s native Uzbekistan, touting itself as the “sole authentic Uzbek cuisine destination in Los Angeles.” Michelin called out the spot’s “engaging ambience complete with tile floors, pale stucco walls and wood furnishings decorated with ikat fabrics and pillows.”

The Los Angeles restaurants are among the 12 latest additions to the California Michelin Guide. The other six additions are in Menlo Park, Montecito, and San Francisco.