New On The Menu In Beverly Hills: Where To Eat This Season

If you live inside the 90210, you have already noticed that half the marquee addresses on Canon, Wilshire, and Robertson changed hands this year. Papered windows came down, new awnings went up, and reservations that were impossible in March opened up a table by June. This is not a slow drift. It is a coordinated wave, and it is worth understanding block by block before you pick where to eat on Friday.

The thesis in one sentence

The Golden Triangle map has not changed, but the identity of nearly every anchor address has. Chefs and hospitality groups have quietly taken over the ghosts of Beverly Hills dining rooms that closed over the last two years, which means the neighborhood you walk every weekend is running a different menu than it was twelve months ago.

Beverly Hills is experiencing a dynamic period of growth, with the latter half of 2025 bringing a wave of hotel transformations, new restaurants, flagship retail, and cultural experiences. The reason for the timing is not a mystery. Julie Wagner at the Beverly Hills Conference and Visitors Bureau has pointed to the FIFA World Cup and the 100th anniversary of Route 66 as the anchor events shaping the 2026 calendar. Restaurateurs read that calendar early and moved.

The address swap, at a glance

Here is where the ghosts went and who took the keys.

Read that column top to bottom. Two of the most talked-about closings in the last cycle, Jean-Georges and The Palm, are now the two most talked-about openings. That is the story.

For the group dinner: Bad Roman on Canon

If you have friends visiting and you want a room that does the entertaining for you, Bad Roman is the current answer. It is an Italian concept from Quality Branded Hospitality, the group behind Zou Zou's and Don Angie, known for bold dining concepts with many unique twists and turns. A giant neon orange snake motif on the exterior is a prelude to the playful interiors, designed by Brooklyn-based GRT Architects. Inside, expect wild boar statues with neon collars, negroni shots that slide across the bar on toy cars, flambéed lobsters with Calabrian chiles, eggplant parm fries, and signature crispy pepperoni cups with ranch dip.

Ordering strategy from the reviews so far: the signature giant fried eggplant "pull-a-parm" is a large format fried finger food starter, and the move is one of the Filetto steaks topped with a decadent cacio e pepe ravioli that cascades with cheese sauce when you slice it open. It is at 267 N Canon Dr, which puts it a two-minute walk from Beverly Drive if you want to keep the night moving.

For the steakhouse night: Baldi at the Waldorf

Baldi opened on the ground floor of the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills, replacing the former Jean-Georges space in February. The lineage is the point. Edo Baldi is connected to Giorgio Baldi in Santa Monica and e.Baldi in Beverly Hills, so the sweet corn tortellini on the menu is not a homage. It is the original recipe walking down the street to a new address.

The room is built to make the steakhouse format feel less clubby. It is designed by Ezequiel Farca Studio, which reinterprets the American steakhouse through a Tuscan lens. Guests are greeted by a mural from Drawing Room NYC depicting an Italian dinner party, before entering the terracotta-laden, 180-seat dining room, conceived to evoke Edo's Chianti countryside home. Beef comes off an olive-wood open flame, and the ceiling of the menu is a 32-ounce Sher wagyu Tomahawk.

For the omakase splurge: Sushi Nakazawa on Robertson

The Michelin-starred New York concept from Alessandro Borgognone and chef-owner Daisuke Nakazawa opened its first West Coast location in the former Cuvee space on Robertson. Two ways in:

• The classic seating at $190.
• The counter experience at $295, which puts you in front of the chef for 13 courses of Nakazawa's signature nigiri alongside hot and cold dishes.

For context on that price ladder, the current top of the LA omakase market is Kogen in the former Bar Monette space, which is running $394 per person. Sushi Nakazawa lands squarely in the tier below, which is where most of the neighborhood's serious sushi budgets actually live.

For the quiet dinner people will not know about yet: Lielle

Lielle is the sleeper. It is the first US restaurant from three-Michelin-starred Swedish chef Marcus Jernmark, a space that merges his Nordic roots with a distinctly Californian bistronomy. The 42-seat subterranean space in Beverlywood reveals a warm, convivial atmosphere within the former Bicyclette location. The room has wine-toned leather banquettes beneath cork-lined barrel-vaulted ceilings, evoking a cave à vin, and Jernmark is running a four-course menu without formal wine pairings, which is a deliberately unfussy move for a chef with his résumé.

Forty-two seats is the number to remember. It will not stay easy to book.

For a rooftop hour before dinner

Two options, and they are aimed at different moods.

Gemma replaced Rooftop by JG at the Waldorf Astoria. The kitchen leans pan-Asian across an all-day Pan-Asian summer patio, with dishes like filet mignon stir-fry, lobster with curry noodles, and tiki-inspired cocktails. The view is the same one the neighborhood has always had, which is the point.

Dante Beverly Hills is the aperitivo option. It brings the acclaimed New York aperitivo culture to the rooftop of The Maybourne, courtesy of hospitality duo Linden Pride and Nathalie Hudson, with award-winning cocktails alongside an Italian and Mediterranean-leaning menu made for leisurely drinking poolside.

If you want a drink and a snack, go to Dante. If you want a full dinner outside with a menu that jumps continents, Gemma.

For a Tuesday lunch, not an occasion

This is the underrated tier of the 2026 class. Four names, all walk-in friendly:

1. Pura Vida, the healthy Miami café concept, in the former Tocaya Organica space, bright, airy and fresh, with beef empanadas, matcha lattes and a vegan choco cookie.
2. All'Antico Vinaio, the famed Florence-based sandwich shop. If you have been to the original on Via dei Neri, you know the drill.
3. Levain Bakery, in for its legendary six-ounce cookies.
4. Bacio di Latte, opening its newest flagship US gelateria.

Two more to watch: the upcoming relocation of beloved Beverly Hills deli Nate N' Al's, and the soon-to-open French-Mediterranean concept Azur. Azur is new to Canon Drive in 2026, channeling the spirit of the French Riviera into a refined yet relaxed restaurant and lounge, with a French-Mediterranean menu that leans coastal and bright.

The retail undercurrent worth knowing

The dining wave is running in parallel with a retail one, and the retail one is what actually anchors foot traffic for the restaurants. Cartier is unveiling a three-story boutique, Louis Vuitton will open a 45,000-square-foot architectural landmark envisioned by Frank Gehry, and Bvlgari will debut an expanded and remodeled space. These additions build on Rodeo Drive's global prestige. On Beverly Drive, L'Agence, Tory Burch, and Veronica Beard have opened flagships, Zadig & Voltaire relocated, Maje was remodeled, G/FORE and Wilson are bringing athleisure, and H&M is set to join the lineup.

The practical read for a resident: expect walk-up wait times at the Canon Drive restaurants to lengthen through the FIFA calendar. Book the ones you care about early, and use the lunch tier for spontaneity.

Two things that have not changed

For anyone worried the neighborhood is losing the anchors that make it feel like home, two constants:

• Wolfgang Puck's Spago is now serving dinner Tuesday through Sunday, with both an a la carte menu and a multi-course California tasting menu.
• Wally's is still a Wine Spectator Grand Award room with more than 100 wines by the glass, turning out charcuterie, cheese flights, pizzas, and raw preparations built to pair.

Those two rooms are the baseline. Everything above is what is new.

If you are hosting out-of-town guests this fall

A workable one-day itinerary, all within walking distance of the Golden Triangle: aperitivo at Dante on the Maybourne rooftop, dinner at Baldi or Bad Roman depending on the mood, gelato at Bacio di Latte on the walk back. If they are staying two nights, add Sushi Nakazawa on Robertson the following evening, and send them to All'Antico Vinaio for a sandwich before their flight home.

Living here in 2026 means the block you know still looks the same at street level, and behaves like a completely different neighborhood after 7pm.

If you are thinking about buying, selling, or leasing in Beverly Hills and want an advisor who tracks the neighborhood at this level of detail, Mishevski Real Estate would be glad to talk. Let's connect.