A bowl of yellow Thai curry with baguette slices on the side.
Thai Royal Curry at Star Leaf.
Jakob Layman

15 Incredible Lunch Deals for DineLA Restaurant Week, Summer 2024

Affordable daytime meals to know about for LA’s biannual restaurant week

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Thai Royal Curry at Star Leaf.
| Jakob Layman

DineLA, a twice-a-year event where restaurant-goers can eat at a discounted rate around town, is back from July 12 to 25. It is one of the most affordable ways to try new spots but with hundreds of participating restaurants, it can be tough figuring out where to go. This summer’s notable lunch options include seafood from a longstanding Inglewood restaurant, an upscale lunch in Beverly Hills, and sushi sets in Koreatown. Here are 15 restaurants featuring destination-worthy lunch specials. For Eater LA’s dinnertime picks, head right here.

Note: DineLA is for dine-in customers only. Tax and tips are not included in the DineLA price.

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Gasolina Cafe

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Woodland Hills Spanish cafe, Gasolina, is offering a three-course lunch for $35 a person. The meal includes a choice of dishes like watermelon gazpacho, a mojo rojo steak sandwich, skillet eggs, and churros with chocolate.

Star Leaf

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DineLA is a great chance to try Pasadena’s Star Leaf with its $35 three-course lunch. The menu includes dishes like tom yum soup, Thai Royal Curry, pineapple fried rice, and coffee flan.

A bowl of yellow Thai curry with baguette slices on the side.
Thai Royal Curry.
Jakob Layman

Lao Xi Noodle House

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In the San Gabriel Valley, Lao Xi Noodle House is offering a $25 special which includes the choice of a noodle dish with sauce, and a vegetable on the side. If dining with someone else, try the $45 special that adds in an order of dumplings as well.

Carousel Restaurant Hollywood

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Carousel is offering two different set lunches for $35 a person. One is a meat and cheese option, while the other is all vegan. Just be aware the restaurant requires a minimum of two people to order the DineLA meal. Both menus come with hot and cold mezze, plus an entree and dessert.

Crustacean

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Crustacean’s $45 lunch comes with three courses spotlighting dishes from across the menu. Start with braised wagyu dumplings before digging into ramen cacio e pepe or a roasted turmeric whitefish. The meal also includes dessert.

Capital Seafood Beverly Hills

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For just $15, get a three-course lunch at Capital Seafood Beverly Hills. Start with hot and sour soup and vegetable egg rolls before choosing from mains including orange chicken, kung pao chicken, salt and pepper pork chop, and beef and broccoli.

Chubby Curry

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Chubby Curry is offering three courses for $25. Appetizer options include nori curry fries or cucumber salad, while the eponymous Chubby Curry with wagyu and chicken katsu are both available as mains. The restaurant is serving mochi for dessert.

Umaya LA

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Koreatown’s sushi and kaiseki restaurant Umaya is offering three different set lunch options for $25. Choose from the shokado lunch with black cod, the vegetarian lunch with vegetable tempura, or the chirashi with sashimi on top of sushi rice.

Eataly’s La Pizza and La Pasta are offering a two-course lunch for $25. Start with the choice of appetizers like arancini, bruschetta, or calamari before moving on to larger dishes including gnocchi with pesto, bucatini, or pizza.

Overhead shot of pizza on a white counter at Eataly
Eataly.
Wonho Frank Lee

Tuk Tuk Thai Restaurant

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For $25, Tuk Tuk Thai is serving a three-course lunch for DineLA. Appetizers include shrimp balls and moo kluk foon (fried pork jerky), while beef stew noodles, khao soi chicken, and pad see ew moo krob are available for a main. For dessert, choose between tapioca pudding or Thai tea.

Dishes from Tuk Tuk Thai in West LA/Sawtelle Japantown with satay and rice noodle dishes.
Tuk Tuk Thai.
Tuk Tuk Thai

Moonlark's Dinette

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The Hoxton’s ground floor restaurant, Moonlark’s Dinette, is offering a $25 lunch special that comes with a main and the choice of an appetizer or dessert. The menu includes dishes like a cheeseburger and fries, chilaquiles verdes, mozzarella sticks, and Key lime pie.

Dulan's On Crenshaw

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The $25 lunch special at Dulan’s on Crenshaw comes with a choice of protein like fried chicken or meatloaf, plus two sides, which may include mac and cheese, red beans and rice, and mashed potatoes.

Various hot dishes from Dulan’s On Crenshaw Soul Food Restaurant
Dulan’s on Crenshaw.
Mona Holmes

Venice’s Ospi is offering a $25 lunch menu that includes the choice of an antipasti and entree. Dishes include Japanese eggplant, Neapolitan meatballs, Caesar salad, spicy rigatoni, and pizza.

Coni Seafood

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Inglewood seafood spot Coni Seafood is offering a $35 lunch deal which includes ceviche or aguachile, and a choice of beer, sake, or lemonade.

A seafood platter from Coni’ Seafood
Coni’ Seafood.
Crystal Coser

Katsumura

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Katsumura is offering a lunch special for $25 that comes with the choice of a drink, an appetizer, curry pork katsu, curry chicken katsu, or Korean-style donkatsu. For dessert, a lightly sweet sikhye slush is available.

Gasolina Cafe

Woodland Hills Spanish cafe, Gasolina, is offering a three-course lunch for $35 a person. The meal includes a choice of dishes like watermelon gazpacho, a mojo rojo steak sandwich, skillet eggs, and churros with chocolate.

Star Leaf

DineLA is a great chance to try Pasadena’s Star Leaf with its $35 three-course lunch. The menu includes dishes like tom yum soup, Thai Royal Curry, pineapple fried rice, and coffee flan.

A bowl of yellow Thai curry with baguette slices on the side.
Thai Royal Curry.
Jakob Layman

Lao Xi Noodle House

In the San Gabriel Valley, Lao Xi Noodle House is offering a $25 special which includes the choice of a noodle dish with sauce, and a vegetable on the side. If dining with someone else, try the $45 special that adds in an order of dumplings as well.

Carousel Restaurant Hollywood

Carousel is offering two different set lunches for $35 a person. One is a meat and cheese option, while the other is all vegan. Just be aware the restaurant requires a minimum of two people to order the DineLA meal. Both menus come with hot and cold mezze, plus an entree and dessert.

Crustacean

Crustacean’s $45 lunch comes with three courses spotlighting dishes from across the menu. Start with braised wagyu dumplings before digging into ramen cacio e pepe or a roasted turmeric whitefish. The meal also includes dessert.

Capital Seafood Beverly Hills

For just $15, get a three-course lunch at Capital Seafood Beverly Hills. Start with hot and sour soup and vegetable egg rolls before choosing from mains including orange chicken, kung pao chicken, salt and pepper pork chop, and beef and broccoli.

Chubby Curry

Chubby Curry is offering three courses for $25. Appetizer options include nori curry fries or cucumber salad, while the eponymous Chubby Curry with wagyu and chicken katsu are both available as mains. The restaurant is serving mochi for dessert.

Umaya LA

Koreatown’s sushi and kaiseki restaurant Umaya is offering three different set lunch options for $25. Choose from the shokado lunch with black cod, the vegetarian lunch with vegetable tempura, or the chirashi with sashimi on top of sushi rice.

Eataly

Eataly’s La Pizza and La Pasta are offering a two-course lunch for $25. Start with the choice of appetizers like arancini, bruschetta, or calamari before moving on to larger dishes including gnocchi with pesto, bucatini, or pizza.

Overhead shot of pizza on a white counter at Eataly
Eataly.
Wonho Frank Lee

Tuk Tuk Thai Restaurant

For $25, Tuk Tuk Thai is serving a three-course lunch for DineLA. Appetizers include shrimp balls and moo kluk foon (fried pork jerky), while beef stew noodles, khao soi chicken, and pad see ew moo krob are available for a main. For dessert, choose between tapioca pudding or Thai tea.

Dishes from Tuk Tuk Thai in West LA/Sawtelle Japantown with satay and rice noodle dishes.
Tuk Tuk Thai.
Tuk Tuk Thai

Moonlark's Dinette

The Hoxton’s ground floor restaurant, Moonlark’s Dinette, is offering a $25 lunch special that comes with a main and the choice of an appetizer or dessert. The menu includes dishes like a cheeseburger and fries, chilaquiles verdes, mozzarella sticks, and Key lime pie.

Dulan's On Crenshaw

The $25 lunch special at Dulan’s on Crenshaw comes with a choice of protein like fried chicken or meatloaf, plus two sides, which may include mac and cheese, red beans and rice, and mashed potatoes.

Various hot dishes from Dulan’s On Crenshaw Soul Food Restaurant
Dulan’s on Crenshaw.
Mona Holmes

Ospi

Venice’s Ospi is offering a $25 lunch menu that includes the choice of an antipasti and entree. Dishes include Japanese eggplant, Neapolitan meatballs, Caesar salad, spicy rigatoni, and pizza.

Coni Seafood

Inglewood seafood spot Coni Seafood is offering a $35 lunch deal which includes ceviche or aguachile, and a choice of beer, sake, or lemonade.

A seafood platter from Coni’ Seafood
Coni’ Seafood.
Crystal Coser

Katsumura

Katsumura is offering a lunch special for $25 that comes with the choice of a drink, an appetizer, curry pork katsu, curry chicken katsu, or Korean-style donkatsu. For dessert, a lightly sweet sikhye slush is available.

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