Mastro's Steakhouse Beverly Hills

The Verdict

If you're choosing between Mastro's Beverly Hills and a newer LA steakhouse with a chef-driven concept, Mastro's wins on a specific criterion: it delivers the full-production, high-energy steakhouse experience that the Beverly Hills crowd expects, it does so reliably. This is not the place for quiet conversation or experimental cooking. It is the place when you want a confident, well-drilled American steakhouse in a room that feels appropriately grand for N Canon Drive. Pearl Recommended in 2025 and ranked #215 on Opinionated About Dining's Casual North America list in 2024, it earns its place in the conversation without needing to overpromise.

What to Expect

The energy at Mastro's runs loud from the moment service begins in the evening. Dinner-only hours (Monday through Thursday 5–10 pm, Friday and Saturday 5–11 pm, Sunday 5–10 pm) mean the room fills quickly and the atmosphere trends toward celebration-night intensity rather than midweek business casual. If you've been once and found the noise level a challenge, that is not a flaw in your experience — it is the room's default setting. Come back with that expectation calibrated and it reads differently: as confident, buzzing energy rather than an intrusion.

Chef Hidetoshi Nakamura leads the kitchen, the technical standard here sits closer to the serious end of the American steakhouse tradition. The kitchen operates within a well-established format, which means consistency is the value proposition. Compared to more theatrically inventive kitchens in LA — Somni for molecular progression or Kato for new Taiwanese ambition, Mastro's is not competing on creativity. It is competing on execution within a genre: properly handled prime beef, a full classical supporting cast, a room that knows what it is.

The Beverly Hills address positions this squarely in the high-spend, occasion-dining tier. While specific menu pricing is not confirmed in our data, the N Canon Drive location and the OAD recognition signal clearly that this is a $$$$-range night out. Plan accordingly. For steakhouse comparisons at a national level, Peter Luger in New York remains the benchmark for stripped-back beef focus, while CUT by Wolfgang Puck in Singapore shows what a celebrity steakhouse can achieve at the technical ceiling. Mastro's Beverly Hills sits between those poles: more polished than Peter Luger, less architecturally ambitious than CUT.

Booking is rated Easy. You do not need to plan weeks in advance for most nights, which is a genuine advantage over much of the serious dining scene in Los Angeles. For context, securing a table at Hayato or Providence requires considerably more forward planning. Mastro's does not require the advance planning typical of serious tasting-menu venues in Los Angeles. Dinner is the only service, so plan around evening availability. Friday and Saturday service runs until 11 pm, giving more flexibility for later reservations on weekends.

Practical Details

Mastro's Steakhouse Beverly Hills is at 246 N Canon Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Dinner only, seven days a week. Monday through Thursday and Sunday, service runs 5–10 pm. Friday and Saturday, service runs 5–11 pm. No confirmed dress code in our data, but the Beverly Hills location and occasion-dining energy of the room make smart-casual the floor, not the ceiling. Solo diners, couples, groups are all workable here given the room size implied by the venue's positioning.