71Above Los Angeles

71Above sits on the 71st floor of 633 W 5th Street, looking out over the sprawl of Los Angeles. It holds a 2024 Wine Spectator Excellence Award, and the room runs smart and elegant.

Most downtown dining rooms lean into the grit of the street level, but this space focuses entirely on the horizon. While the walk from Pershing Square is only ten minutes, the shift in perspective is severe; you trade the ground-level noise for a quiet, detached view of the city’s grid. It functions differently than the museums a fifteen-minute walk away, where the experience is communal and crowded. Here, the contemporary menu is secondary to the height of the floor, making it the right choice when you prefer to watch the city move rather than participate in it.