Stella West Hollywood
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Coastal Italian flavors with rare pasta & wood-fired dishes
Coastal Italian flavors with rare pasta & wood-fired dishes
"Stella was one of our best new restaurants of 2024, serving show-stopping regional Italian pastas in a room that feels like you’re on a yacht floating off the coast of Monaco. Expect a similar scene during weekend brunch. Running 11am-3pm Saturday and Sunday, the expansive menu includes prosciutto and bagel spreads, pizza and pasta, and brunchier items like soft scrambled eggs with ricotta and pork loin with crispy duck egg." - brant cox, sylvio martins
"In West Hollywood Janet Zuccarini’s Stella occupies the former Madeo space across two levels with walnut walls and terrazzo flooring, white tablecloths, and private dining, serving modern regional Italian dishes from chef Rob Gentile despite past accusations tied to the chef's previous employment." - Eater Staff
"I think it's probably the best Italian that LA has at the moment, if not for a very long time. Everything that we tried was phenomenal—the pizza, the pasta. I barely eat pasta, but here, I eat the whole thing. It's just phenomenal and you leave not feeling heavy because the ingredients are so fresh and high quality. And the place itself is also very, very cute."—MV" - brennan carley
"It took one dinner at this upscale Italian spot in West Hollywood for us to start doing Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, that is screaming “Stella!” to anyone who’ll listen. The cavernous, two-story space feels like a mega-yacht floating off the coast of Monaco, complete with studio execs ordering vintage wines without opening the menu. But the glitzy scene isn’t the reason to come, it’s the food. Gooey mozzarella and anchovy melted over lemon leaves, silky polenta pasta gilded with crab and trout roe, and grilled Iberico pork that practically melts on your fork—all outstanding and welcome change-ups from LA’s chicken parm and bolognese craze. Stella is pure (pricey) extravagance, but the one-of-a-kind cooking here is worth braving the valet line filled with Cybertrucks. " - nikko duren, brant cox, sylvio martins
"I mentioned that serial restaurateur Janet Zuccarini and chef Rob Gentile’s Stella in West Hollywood joined Michelin’s July recommended additions." - Mona Holmes