"This glamorous NYC import atop The Maybourne in Beverly Hills is a full Italian restaurant, but you won’t miss much if you skip past the pasta. The real draw is the sweeping Hollywood Hills view that you take in from plush velvet booths with a drink in hand. As with their New York location, Dante has a cocktail menu with the breadth and depth of a Macy’s catalog. Most drinks hover around $20 (standard for this part of town) but come with elaborate twists, like a martini sprayed with briny mist and spicy margarita spiked with roasted green chiles." - brant cox, nikko duren, sylvio martins