The Best New Restaurants in Los Angeles According to Eater Editors, March 2025

"A seasoned restaurant group from the Bay Area opens a branch of its modern Indian restaurant, Fitoor, inside the tony Viceroy Santa Monica serving wood-fired branzino, dal butter makhani, and lamb shank rogan josh curry. The restaurant joins the likes of Badmaash, Pijja Palace, Arth, Kahani, and Baar Baar, who have introduced fresh takes on traditional Indian dishes to Angelenos over the years. Fitoor sees it fit to bring a nice polish to dishes like curry leaf tandoori prawns with tempered buttermilk or chicken seekh masala. A wood-fired oven churns out Indian-style pizza, like pulled butter chicken pulcha or chicken tikka and jalapeño, in case one wants a little dose of familiar comfort. — Matthew Kang, lead editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest" - Rebecca Roland, Matthew Kang, Mona Holmes