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860 restaurants in Los Angeles that pay Rakuten Dining

Rakuten Dining pays Rakuten Cash Back at these restaurants on top of whatever your card earns. Join once, link a card, and pay with it — values below are what each card earns here. Top neighborhoods: San Fernando Valley West of 405 (37), Los Angeles (35), and Hollywood (28).

860 restaurants

  • Bacchus Kitchen

    up to6%

    American · $$$ · Central Almeda

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • BOX Chicken

    up to6%

    Japanese · $$$ · West L.A.

    American Express Gold Card

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more

  • Casa Cordoba

    up to6%

    Spanish · $$ · Montrose Verdugo City

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • Casa Ramos

    up to6%

    $$ · Downtown

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • Edgemar

    up to6%

    $$ · South Central

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • HATCH

    up to6%

    $$ · Downtown

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • Meymuni Cafe

    up to6%

    Middle Eastern · $$$ · Rancho Park

    American Express Gold Card

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more

  • Pizza Go

    up to6%

    Pizza · $$ · Arlington Heights

    American Express Gold Card

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more

  • Plate 38

    up to6%

    $$ · Eagle Rock

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • Sama Hand Roll

    up to6%

    $$ · Historic Core

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • Sara the Wine Bar

    up to6%

    Italian · $$ · Clarkdale

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • Southside BBQ Co

    up to6%

    $$ · South Central

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • Sweet & Spizy

    up to6%

    Mexican · $$$ · Mid-City

    American Express Gold Card

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+8 more

  • Untamed Spirits

    up to6%

    $$ · Los Feliz

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%

  • Vito's Restaurant

    up to6%

    Italian · $$$$ · Santa Monica

    American Express Gold Card

    Hilton Honors Dining8xIHG Dine & Earn8xEat Around Town6x+7 more

  • WADAYA West LA

    up to6%

    Japanese · $$ · Sawtelle

    American Express Gold Card

    Rakuten Dining5%
Restaurants
860
Neighborhoods
241
Cuisines
102
Dining programs
14
With a card perk
44

The 3 best cards to bring to dinner in Los Angeles

Ranked by what each card earns across this city's restaurants at our point valuations, counting the dining program that pays most at each one. Card credits aren't counted. Rakuten Dining (860 restaurants) and Eat Around Town (790) are the most widespread dining programs here, out of 860 restaurants. American Express Gold Card tops the list here on its own dining rate — ≈$6.00 on a $100 dinner before any program.

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14 dining programs that pay in Los Angeles

Dining programs pay on top of your card. Join one, link a card, and every meal at a participating restaurant earns twice.

102 cuisines in Los Angeles

328 neighborhoods in Los Angeles

447 more cities and towns in California

Some restaurant addresses, phone numbers, websites and cuisines come from Overture Maps Foundation open data (Meta and Microsoft, CDLA Permissive 2.0; Foursquare, Apache 2.0; AllThePlaces, CC0 1.0). Overture attribution Some neighbourhoods come from Who's On First boundaries (CC-BY 4.0). Who's On First licenses Some opening hours, phone numbers, websites and cuisines are © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL 1.0). OpenStreetMap copyright

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