The 13 Best New Restaurants On The Westside - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"Even if your brain can’t retain the detailed descriptions accompanying each dish (because the internet fried it), a night at Seline is unforgettable. This midnight-black fine dining restaurant in Santa Monica from the Pasjoli chef—who also used to cook at Alinea—likes to get cerebral with seasonal ingredients presented in out-there ways, like geoduck liver crackers served on metallic orbs, banana puree with roasted leeks, and crumbly chestnut ice cream as a mid-dinner palate cleanser. It’s the type of precise highbrow cooking you’d expect from a $295 tasting menu, but just as important, it's plain delicious. Add in bubbly servers who make you feel like houseguests, a dining room with enchanted garden views, and a playlist that slips in the occasional house track, and you’ve got the making of a special occasion spot you’ll be thinking about days after." - brant cox, arden shore, sylvio martins, cathy park