Cicada Los Angeles

Cicada sits on South Olive Street, five minutes by foot from Pershing Square. The room runs smart, trading the casual sprawl typical of downtown dining for an intimate, upscale focus on Italian and Mediterranean seafood.

While the surrounding blocks draw a younger, frantic crowd to the nearby markets, Cicada justifies its expensive price tier by ignoring the neighborhood’s trend-chasing pulse. Its 4.77 rating suggests that guests prefer this polished, quiet consistency over the louder options a ten-minute walk away. You choose this table for the reliable precision of the kitchen, which feels better suited to a long conversation than the high-traffic dining rooms closer to the concert hall.