Restaurant Ki
Restaurant Ki serves dishes that celebrate perilla leaves, an important ingredient in Korean cuisine.
Restaurant Ki offers contemporary Korean fine dining that blends nostalgic flavors with innovative techniques.
In the basement of Kajima building, Los Angeles @_ki.kim @michelinguide ✽ 2026 James Beard Award Finalist.
Hours
- Mon–Tue: ClosedWed–Sun: 6:30 – 9:00 PM
The wine
2Restaurant Ki maintains a structured, bottle-focused wine list.
The list moves through white and red.
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Restaurant Ki maintains a structured, bottle-focused wine list.
Maintains a dedicated wine list.
Service
2Reservations are accepted.
It offers table service.
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Reservations are accepted.
Restaurant Ki, full-service.
The room
1White tablecloths set the tables. Per TimeOut, Restaurant Ki just might be the tipping point the city needs to change that, chef's tweezers and all. Per Eater LA, the vibe at Restaurant Ki is a fine dining restaurant, but more laid-back than a white tablecloth affair. Per Eater LA, Restaurant Ki is one of Los Angeles's most alluring dining experiences. Per Eater LA, the room is sparse, but dinner is a show in itself with the chefs cooking and plating right on the other side of the counter.
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White tablecloths are present, a formality register carried by material.
Per TimeOut, Restaurant Ki just might be the tipping point the city needs to change that, chef's tweezers and all.
The vibe at Restaurant Ki is a fine dining restaurant, but more laid-back than a white tablecloth affair.
The room is sparse, but dinner is a show in itself with the chefs cooking and plating right on the other side of the counter.
The very plain room doesn't offer much.
The journey to Ki feels like a grown-up version of sneaking into a top-secret tree house.
Restaurant Ki is one of Los Angeles's most alluring dining experiences.
Restaurant Ki employs the usual culinary trappings of luxury, but their deployment feels anything but perfunctory.
Operations
4- Payment
- It takes debit cards and credit cards.
- Parking
- There's a paid lot.
- Access
- The entrance is wheelchair accessible.
- Details
- You can dine in and order wine, at a very expensive price level.
History
2Chef Ki Kim closed modern Korean restaurant Kinn in 2023.
Restaurant Ki translates into a glorious culmination of the chef's growth, both personal and professional.
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Per Eater LA, Chef Ki Kim closed modern Korean restaurant Kinn in 2023.
Restaurant Ki translates into a glorious culmination of the chef's growth, both personal and professional.
The people
2Ki Kim is the chef.
Kim, an alumnus of Atomix and Jungsik, serves a 12-course menu that blends nostalgic flavors with genre-defining contemporary Korean cooking.
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Ki Kim is the chef.
Per Eater LA, Ki Kim explores Korean ingredients and techniques at his intimate new restaurant.
Kim, an alumnus of Atomix and Jungsik, serves a 12-course menu that blends nostalgic flavors with genre-defining contemporary Korean cooking.
The chef previously ran Kinn in Koreatown.
In the press
5- 01The InfatuationLittle Tokyo - Los Angeles - The InfatuationRead ↗
- 02Eater LARestaurant Ki | Eater LARead ↗
- 03Eater LALittle Tokyo | Eater LARead ↗
- 04TimeOutRestaurant Ki | Restaurants in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles - Time OutRead ↗
- 05Eater LABest Dishes Eater Editors Ate in Los Angeles This Week: August 24Read ↗
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Contemporary Korean fine dining that blends nostalgic flavors with innovative techniques.
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