Casaléna

With multiple dining rooms, an atrium and a sunken garden, this enormous events-venue-turned-restaurant in Woodland Hills is shaping up to be the San Fernando Valley’s next go-to spot for date nights, big group dinners and other dining occasions, big or small. Casaléna’s ambiguously Mediterranean menu might offer little in the way of surprise, save for the fact it’s extremely well-executed, from the delicious spicy vodka pasta to the airy slices of bread accompanying the whipped eggplant dip. There’s Wagyu meatballs, pizza, pasta, steak and chicken parm: What’s not to love? In truth, however, the tasty food and cocktails are only half the equation here—you’re visiting, of course, for the downright stunning ambience.