The Little Door
Modern European restaurant · Beverly Grove
8164 W 3rd St, Los Angeles, CA 90048
Highlights
French Mediterranean restaurant with romantic patio & farm-to-table cocktails
French Mediterranean restaurant with romantic patio & farm-to-table cocktails
"To any basketball players or bouncers reading this, fear not—this isn’t that little of a door. In fact, the front entrance to this French bistro in Beverly Grove is actually pretty standard in size. But it was a shoo-in for this list because of its mythical, this-might-be-the-entrance-to-FernGully look. And if you’ve ever eaten on The Little Door’s main patio before, you know that a magical forest is the only way to describe it." - brant cox
"Sure, the food at this upscale European brasserie in Beverly Grove is just fine these days, but no one can deny that Little Door is one of LA’s quintessential rendezvous spots. And it all boils down to the patio: warm, brick flooring, antique chandeliers hanging from rose vines, and enough trees to qualify the space as a pocket park. Dinner at Little Door feels like eating inside an enchanted forest, or in other words, the ideal place to order decent seared salmon and stare longingly at the person sitting across from you." - brant cox
"The Little Door is a romantic French spot in Weho where you half-expect a singing candelabra to greet you when you walk in. There’s also a lot of private spaces for your next event. The piano room seats 20, and acts as the perfect venue if you drink a bottle of wine and suddenly want to sing “Be Our Guest.” The rustic Blue Room seats up to 35 people and the two outdoor gardens seat to 24 and 60, respectively." - sylvio martins
"This tiny French brasserie feels like it was built just for date night. On the patio, there are candles everywhere, and it’s entirely covered by a massive tree. It feels so much like the French countryside that you half expect the candelabra to start singing “Be Our Guest” during appetizers. It’s expensive - entrees are all around $40 - but the food is great. We like the couscous royale, which is basically a really good lamb stew, and the charcuterie and cheese plates." - brett keating
"The Little Door is like stepping into a Beauty and The Beast fever dream, except no song and dance from the kitchenware. The French menu at this classic continues to be excellent, and if you leave here with a lesser opinion of your date than when you started, it just wasn’t meant to be." - jess basser sanders, amy clark, brant cox
