Baroo

The 18 Best Restaurants In Downtown Los Angeles - Los Angeles - The Infatuation

"Downtown has no lack of flashy, high-end restaurants jostling to get you to spend a lot of money in one sitting. Baroo is the most exciting one of the bunch. This Korean restaurant first opened in 2015 as a fermentation-focused lunch counter in East Hollywood. Now, they're cooking out of a polished, industrial space in the Arts District that's very Baroo All Grown Up. The only option at dinner is an eight-course tasting menu for $110, designed to be paired with their interesting list of wines and Korean spirits. We do miss the hearty bowls and kimchi toasts of past menus, but dishes at new Baroo—like red-yeast rice squares topped with 'nduja and pichuberry, fried fermented soft-shell crab, and chamoe panna cotta—are just as special as anything at the original." - brant cox, sylvio martins, cathy park