Amour Weho
French restaurant · West Hollywood ·
French-Japanese fusion brasserie with romantic ambiance
French-Japanese fusion brasserie with romantic ambiance
"After less than two years, upscale West Hollywood French restaurant Amour is in its last days. The restaurant, which opened in December 2023, will close at the end of August. During its run, Amour served a menu of French and Japanese-inflected cuisine from chef Dany Chavez-Bello (formerly of Spain’s El Bullí and New York City’s Bouley) and chef de cuisine Hendrix Vega." - Rebecca Roland
"Indoors or out? It's the eternal question in Los Angeles, but even more difficult to decide at Amour. Banquettes and booths beckon on the patio, while the dining room, accessed through a library stacked with vintage books, is loaded with charm down to the very last candlestick. Multicourse tasting menus are on offer or order à la carte from a menu that blends French and Asian influences, as in chawanmushi with Perigord truffles and trout roe. New Caledonia blue prawn carpaccio and a French-style omelet with a quenelle of caviar and Comté foam are just two of the well-executed dishes. Wagyu sided by crispy matchstick potatoes is given a hint of sweetness courtesy of a swirl of beet puree, while millefeuille with dulce de leche brings it all home." - Michelin Inspector
"At the French restaurant where love is literally in the name, lighting is described as the most essential element: Fuks says, "If you have the right lighting, you can make any space work," and he adds, "I see so many beautiful restaurants with terrible lighting. That completely destroys the experience. It doesn’t matter how amazing the restaurant is, if you have this ugly white LED light on top of the table, I just want to leave." He notes the challenge posed by a 2024 California law that restricts the sale of incandescent bulbs in favor of LEDs, and while there are "all sorts of expensive LED lighting set-ups that can be controlled by phone apps," he prefers to keep it "old-school," using "luxe gold candlesticks with lit candles placed atop each table," and hunting down warm lightbulbs that can be manually dimmed as afternoon shifts into evening. On color and mood he says, "I’m a spiritual person, and green is actually the color of the heart chakra, so we wanted it to be prominent," and he emphasizes that "green is really the color of love." For music he blends French love songs with more upbeat ’70s disco and admits, "We kind of struggled with the music at first," explaining, "It took a while to figure out how to make the music speak to the crowd. You have to mix the upbeat songs and the romantic songs so that you can appeal to everybody." He and his wife Abbie spent two years painstakingly choosing every single detail there, underscoring that much of the restaurant’s intimacy comes from the owners’ personal touches." - Amy McCarthy
"West Hollywood’s Amour is offering a set menu for Dine LA priced at $65. Cozy up in the romantic dining room for the choice of dishes like shrimp cocktail, escargot, onion soup, pasta carbonara, and salmon barigoule. The meal ends on a sweet note with creme brulee or Amour cake." - Rebecca Roland
"A French Contemporary restaurant in West Hollywood offering a blend of French and Asian influences with multicourse tasting menus." - Kevin Chau