The winter edition of DineLA Restaurant Week, running for 15 days, returns from Friday, Jan. 23, through Friday, Feb.  6 with irresistible dining deals. 

This season will feature more than 375 restaurants across 70 neighborhoods and 30 global cuisines in LA County. With specially priced prix-fixe lunch and dinner menus, Dine LA makes it accessible for Angelenos to wine and dine.

In Koreatown, Gebang Sikdang will be serving a high-end seafood experience, and a few blocks away, Jinsol Gukbap features the comforting flavors of authentic Busan-style cooking.

South Los Angeles participants include Somerville, the new progressive American supper club on the historic Slauson Corridor, and Hilltop Coffee and Kitchen.

The Michelin-recommended Bistro Na in Temple City will feature Imperial Manchu cuisine surrounded by opulent, court-style décor. Meanwhile,  Rosemead’s Good Alley is the go-to spot for noodle and dumpling enthusiasts.

Participants in the San Fernando alley include Firefly’s secret garden in Studio City and  The Bar for Handrolls by Seabutter for a casual counter-dining experience. 

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The secret garden in Studio City (Courtesy Firefly)

Fuegos LA is offering a $25 lunch that includes a choice of individual pizza or grilled sausage pacho with burnt sugar crepe for dessert. The $55 menu consists of a starter choice of grilled provoleta or chorizo al malbec,  winter squash and potato stew, polenta alla tavola, spinach and cheese canelo for the main course, and dulce de leche mousse, burnt sugar crepe, zapallo al al bar con queso fresco for dessert.

The generous prix fixe lunch at Merois for  $55 includes blue crab crispy rice, tuna sashimi, Szechuan beef dumplings, local Jidori chicken dumplings to share for the table, and an entree choice of  Korean fried chicken, steamed Hong Kong style black sea bass, Ingrid Bengis’s scallop pad thai, grilled prime kalbi short ribs, and vegetable fried rice for the table. Grapefruit vacherin is for dessert.

A rare chance to afford one of LA’s most expensive restaurants, CUT Beverly Hills has dinner for $95 ($80 additional for sommelier wine pairing). Appetizers include butter lettuce salad, dry-aged ora king salmon crudo, or honeynut squash soup with Brandt Farms New York strip, dry-aged branzino, and wild mushroom risotto as main course options. Choice of sides includes Yukon potato puree, tallow French fries, or creamed spinach.  Banana cream pie and Basque cheesecake are for dessert.

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Courtesy Fuegos LA

Chinois on Main has a $75 dinner deal that includes crispy rice cake with spicy tuna, a choice of citrus salad or the famous Chinois chicken salad, and the legendary whole sizzling Orata fish with ponzu sauce, and vegetable fried rice.

Chef Raphael Lunetta has been part of Dine LA since its earliest years, and this season Lunetta is once again offering both a $35 lunch menu and a $68 dinner menu, highlighting seasonal California-Mediterranean cuisine.

Lunch begins with starters like house-cured gravlax, herb gnocchi, or classic French onion soup. Main course options include pan-roasted cabillaud with saffron potato purée, chicken paillard with arugula and goat cheese, or steak au poivre with fresh-cut fries. Dessert features a nostalgic cream sandwich with a chocolate chip cookie and vanilla ice cream.