Ladyhawk

4 Restaurants to Try This Weekend in Los Angeles: April 5 | Eater LA

"Just one visit and I'm already completely enamored by the bold flavors, polished cooking, and frankly stunning ambiance of Ladyhawk in West Hollywood: Charbel Hayek’s first restaurant, less than six months old, feels as if it has been settled into the ground floor of the Kimpton La Peer Hotel for years. The room buzzes as we dig into spice-tinted za’atar man’oushe dotted with piped labneh and tomato; servers warn that the arak cocktails will "taste strongly of licorice," which I welcomed. We ordered ahi tuna crudo, baba ganoush, spicy hummus, falafel, and labneh with fresh pita — the course nearly made the meal, and the falafel, fried to the darkest brown and laden with green herbs, could be the best I’ve had in Los Angeles. The skirt steak shawarma and grilled dorade were fantastic, and the food feels a touch more approachable than Bavel and served with more comfort and hospitality than Saffy’s." - Eater Staff