What is the best late night restaurant in Los Angeles?

Harry Hungry's top late night pick in Los Angeles is Chubby Cattle BBQ | Little Tokyo, with a Harry Score of 92/100. The full ranked list is on harryhungry.com/late-night/los-angeles.

What time do restaurants close in Los Angeles?

Most restaurants in Los Angeles close between 10pm and midnight. Late-night restaurants — those worth going to after 11pm — are a smaller category. Harry filters specifically for places that stay open late and maintain kitchen quality through closing, not just those technically open.

Are late night restaurants in Los Angeles worth it?

Quality late-night restaurants exist in every major city, but they're a smaller subset than daytime options. Harry's Harry Score accounts for quality consistency across hours — a high-scoring late night pick means the kitchen's standards hold through last service, not just at 8pm peak.

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Late night restaurants in Los Angeles.

After 10pm. Still serving. Still worth going to. Harry ranks them the same way as everything else — Harry Score, Worth It, no exceptions for the hour.

LA goes to bed early for a city this size. Koreatown is the exception — genuinely late, genuinely good, the only neighbourhood where midnight feels like prime time. The taco trucks off Olympic and the Korean BBQ joints are the real late-night city. Avoid anything with a 'late night menu' written on a chalkboard.

What qualifies as late night

The filter, not the vibe.

Late hours	Open kitchen past 11pm. Not 'technically open but only serving the bar menu'. Harry filters for places that maintain full service through closing.
Not the post-club	A place that stays open late because it's good all day is different from one that exists for the 2am market. Harry scores both on the same standard: Harry Score, Worth It, no accommodation for context.
Local signal	Late-night tourist traps exist. Harry cross-references local and tourist ratings — a 4.5 that's all late-night visitors is not the same as a 4.5 that locals come back for. Same methodology, higher stakes.

Harry's picks — Los Angeles

10 late night picks, ranked by Harry Score.

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