{"id":15160,"date":"2025-06-26T02:52:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:52:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/15160\/"},"modified":"2025-06-26T02:52:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T02:52:08","slug":"somni-just-became-los-angeless-first-three-michelin-starred-restaurant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/15160\/","title":{"rendered":"Somni Just Became Los Angeles\u2019s First Three-Michelin-Starred Restaurant"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just six months after Aitor Zabala resurrected his ambitious Spanish tasting menu restaurant, Somni, in West Hollywood, it has become Los Angeles\u2019s first three-Michelin-starred restaurant. The previous iteration of the restaurant inside the SLS Beverly Hills<\/a>, which earned two Michelin stars, closed in August 2020 amid the pandemic. This is the first time a restaurant in Los Angeles has been awarded three stars since the guide arrived to the city in 2008. <\/p>\n

Zabala\u2019s impressive resume includes restaurants like Alkimia<\/a>, Abac<\/a>, El Bull\u00ed<\/a>, Akelarre<\/a>, and numerous Jos\u00e9 Andr\u00e9s restaurants. He opened the first version of Somni<\/a>, which means \u201cdream\u201d in Catalan, in 2018 as a 25-course tasting menu with 10 seats at a blonde wood curved counter. (The first version of the restaurant was opened with Andres as a partner, though he is no longer involved.) \u201cSomni is our American dream \u2014 our opportunity to add to the legacy and culture of Los Angeles,\u201d he told Eater in 2018. But just two years later, the restaurant closed when its contract<\/a>, along with the Bazaar\u2019s, was terminated with the SLS Beverly Hills.<\/p>\n

After years of anticipation, Zabala debuted the current iteration of Somni in West Hollywood in November 2024. The restaurant is a fully realized version of the dream he had in 2018, encompassing multiple spaces that include a tree-lined courtyard and an auditorium-like dining room. Somni seats 14 diners across two curved counters, set in a high-ceilinged dining room. Zabala and chef de cuisine Ismael Parra, along with a team of cooks, assemble intricate dishes as guests look on, like a Parmesan feather and a dashi meringue crowned with caviar. An evening here is as much of a meal as it is an exhibition of Zabala\u2019s work as an artist and chef, weaving Spanish influences and California sensibilities. <\/p>\n

Somni\u2019s recognition as the first three-Michelin-starred restaurant in Los Angeles is a significant milestone for the city. Before the 2025 ceremony, Los Angeles restaurants had only ever been awarded two stars. Undoubtedly, Zabala has ushered in a new era of Michelin-caliber dining in Los Angeles \u2014 and in California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just six months after Aitor Zabala resurrected his ambitious Spanish tasting menu restaurant, Somni, in West Hollywood, it…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":15161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,15345,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-15160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-la-restaurant-news","12":"tag-los-angeles","13":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114747404662501738","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}