Los Angeles Bilt Neighborhood Restaurants: Complete LA Guide May 2026
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Finding Bilt Neighborhood Dining restaurants in Los Angeles through Bilt's own app is a hassle. The search tools weren't built for city-level browsing, and narrowing things down by area or cuisine takes far more clicks (or zoom ins) than it should.
With more than 500 participating LA restaurants scattered from Downtown to Venice, you need a better system to figure out which spots let you earn Bilt Points without spending half your lunch break clicking through a clunky interface. That's why we created MealMaxxer for all your dining rewards opportunities.
TLDR:
Bilt Neighborhood Dining lets you earn bonus Bilt Points when you dine at participating restaurants across the country. Here's how it works: you link any US based Visa, Mastercard, or American Express (like a Chase Freedom Unlimited®)to your Bilt Rewards account, pay with that card at an eligible restaurant, and automatically rack up points on top of whatever rewards your card normally earns.
You don't need a Bilt credit card to take advantage of this. Got a favorite everyday card? Link it to your Bilt account and you're set. When you pay at one of the 20,000+ participating restaurants, you'll earn Bilt Points while still collecting your card's usual cash back, miles, or points.
Los Angeles has dozens of these spots scattered across the city. Whether you're grabbing tacos in Westwood or splurging on a steakhouse dinner downtown, there's a good chance you can double-dip on rewards without changing your spending habits.
Trying to find Bilt Neighborhood Dining spots through Bilt's own app is a bit annoying. For example, there's no way to search for restaurants, so you have to just zoom in manually.
That's where MealMaxxer comes in. Instead of bouncing between different apps and maps, MealMaxxer shows all your dining rewards in one place. You can quickly search a restaurant to verify if it's on the list.
Here's what makes it powerful: the map displays Bilt Neighborhood Dining locations alongside dining programs like Resy, inKind, and OpenTable Exclusive Tables restaurants. Planning dinner in Silver Lake? Pull up the map, see what's nearby, and know exactly which card or program to use before you walk in the door.
No spreadsheets, no toggling between five different apps. Just one map that shows you where your dining rewards actually work across Los Angeles.
Los Angeles has over 500 Bilt Neighborhood Dining restaurants as of May 2026, spread across neighborhoods from Downtown to Westwood.
The list below covers a selection of participating spots, from casual options like Fatburger to upscale picks like Bourbon Steak LA.
Los Angeles has Bilt Dining options across every price point, so you can earn additional points whether you're grabbing something quick or going out for a nicer meal.
For date nights, spots like Alba Los Angeles, Settecento DTLA, and Lawry’s The Prime Rib are solid picks where higher spend also means higher rewards.
For everyday meals, places like Uncle Paulie’s Deli, Sweetfin, and Pink Pepper Thai Cuisine make it easy to earn points on food you’d already be ordering.
Brunch options include The Griddle Cafe, Pop’s Bagels, and The Highland Cafe (all reliable picks that also happen to earn Bilt points).
If you’re looking for variety, you’ll find everything from Korean at Nandarang to ramen at Tatsu to Indian at Manas.
Just remember: you need to link your qualifying card to your Bilt Wallet beforehand & then pay the bill with that qualifying card at the restaurant. Otherwise, you won't earn any additional Bilt Points.
Stacking rewards at LA Bilt Neighborhood restaurants means linking a high-earning dining card to your Bilt Rewards account. The Chase Sapphire Preferred® Card earns 3x points on dining, while still collecting bonus Bilt Points on the same meal. You're not choosing one or the other. You're getting both.
The real value shows up when you layer credits on top. Say you're dining at Alba Los Angeles with the American Express® Gold Card. Your meal qualifies for the $50 biannual Resy dining credit, earns 4x AMEX Membership Rewards and racks up Bilt Points from Neighborhood Dining. That's three separate benefits from one dinner (and there are ~46 restaurants in LA that qualify for both programs).
MealMaxxer simplifies finding these opportunities. The map tool shows you which LA restaurants participate in multiple programs at once. Filter by neighborhood, see what qualifies, and plan your meals around maximum rewards instead of guessing which spots work.
Bilt Neighborhood Dining and Mobile Dining Checkout are separate features. Neighborhood Dining lets you earn bonus Bilt Points by linking any credit card to your Bilt account. Mobile Checkout lets you redeem Bilt Cash directly at the table, capped at up to $25 per visit, once per month.
Not every Neighborhood Dining restaurant accepts Mobile Checkout. In fact, most don't. Los Angeles has limited Mobile Checkout availability as of May 2026, with only a handful of spots where you can actually apply Bilt Cash to your bill.
Mobile Checkout availability is separate from Neighborhood Dining participation — and far more limited. As of May 2026, only a small number of LA restaurants support it, so the pool of places where you can actually pay with Bilt Cash at the table is narrow.
Here's how it works when you're at an eligible restaurant: open the Bilt app, find your table's Mobile Checkout option (may need to scan a QR code), view your itemized bill, choose how much Bilt Cash to redeem (up to $25, one visit per month), and pay the remaining balance with any card. Your server doesn't need to bring a check. You're done.
The catch? You need to be dining at one of the few participating restaurants:
| Restaurant Name | Neighborhood | Cuisine Type |
|---|---|---|
| Alba Los Angeles | West Hollywood | Seafood |
| Bourbon Steak LA | Beverly Hills | Steakhouse |
| Butterfly | Culver City | American |
| Girl & the Goat Los Angeles | Arts District | Contemporary American |
| Zaytinya | Culver City | Mediterranean |
If you're holding the Bilt Blue Card, Bilt Obsidian Card or Bilt Palladium Card and earning Bilt Cash through everyday spend, Mobile Checkout restaurants let you convert that cash into real dining discounts. Just know your options are narrow right now.
Use MealMaxxer's map tool to see all Bilt Neighborhood Dining locations across LA in one view. You can filter by neighborhood and see which restaurants participate in multiple rewards programs at once.
Yes, link any US Visa, Mastercard, or American Express to your Bilt Rewards account and you'll automatically earn bonus Bilt Points when dining at participating restaurants while keeping your card's regular rewards.
Neighborhood Dining earns you bonus Bilt Points at 20,000+ restaurants nationwide, while Mobile Checkout lets you redeem up to $25 in Bilt Cash per month at a small number of LA restaurants like Alba Los Angeles and Bourbon Steak LA.
Link a high-earning dining card like the Chase Sapphire Reserve® to your Bilt account and you'll collect 3x Chase points, earn Bilt Neighborhood Dining points, and potentially use dining credits or Resy credits all from one meal.