Experts' Choice Award Orsa & Winston
What the experts agree on
Chef Josef Centeno's Downtown gem masterfully blends Japanese and Italian traditions into creative tasting menus that leave you wonderfully overfed. Sleek, stylish, and surprisingly affordable for the caliber.
“The food is still kind-of Italian, mostly Japanese, but they now serve more casual food during the day as well as their tasting menu at dinner. ”
– The Infatuation
Zagat4.5
"Chef Josef Centeno (Baco Mercat, Bar Ama) continues his colonization of Downtown LA with this creative Asian-Italian-Eclectic." Full review
Time Out "Chef Josef Centeno has had quite the last few years: His Bäco Mercat opened in 2011, a wonderfully casual place where you can spend your lunch hour eating a fantastic bäco sandwich. Then..." Full review
Gayot15.0
"Orsa & Winston is representative of L.A.'s fine dining evolution." Full review
LA Weekly Three Stars
"Consider this a warning about Orsa & Winston: You will be overfed. You can expect to leave full. You can expect far, far more than you bargained for." Full review
Not For Tourists "Affordable Japanese-Italian tasting menus defying obvious Marco Polo tropes."
Where "Chef/owner Josef Centeno draws on Japanese and Italian traditions at his third restaurant." Full review
Fodor's "Order from the tasting menu at this Japanese/Italian fusion restaurant to explore everything this hybrid cuisine has to offer." Full review
Michelin Guide1 Star
"Small, sleek, and stylish, this downtown darling features culinary pyrotechnics from both the Mediterranean and Japan, married under the watchful eye of Chef Josef Centeno." Full review
