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I’ll admit it: I’ve spent more time than I care to quantify reverse-engineering Kylie Jenner’s restaurant habits. Somewhere between her lip kits and soft-launch relationships, she’s carved out a surprisingly consistent dining routine—equal parts scene and sashimi. Call it brand alignment or genuine craving, but when Kylie posts a plate of food, it sells out faster than her blush drops.
After my many hours of research (and exactly zero comped meals), here are the restaurants Kylie Jenner has visited, mentioned, or made famous just by showing up.
Bad Roman, New York City
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It’s Italian-American with a side of chaos, and Kylie mentioned chef Nick Gaube’s restaurant while discussing pasta favorites. The menu is full of chefy things: lemon cheesecake shaped like lemons, pepperoni cups that stare back at you. If the food hall Eataly took molly, this would be the result.
Catch LA, West Hollywood
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Catch is basically a fish tank for influencers—glass walls, overhead foliage, and a menu engineered for Instagram. Kylie’s come here with her sisters, her friends, and whoever she’s dating that week. The truffle sashimi is fire, and the Instagram-friendly backdrops don’t hurt business.
Ferdi, Paris
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Apparently, it’s the best cheeseburger in Paris—Kylie went in May 2023 wearing sunglasses and an LBD, which is honestly the vibe. The decor is part toy store, part attic, and the service is French enough to remind you you’re not in Iowa anymore. The $17 burger? Actually very good.
Giorgio Baldi, Santa Monica
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Old-school Italian in a city that forgets things weekly. Kylie rolled up here in head-to-toe black leather last fall, and honestly, the agnolotti deserved the same energy. Sweet corn-filled, lightly buttered, and genuinely good in a way that’s rare when celebs are involved.
Health Nut, Calabasas
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Kylie’s family is such a fan of Health Nut that her mom Kris Jenner even invested in it. The salads are preposterously big, with more crunch than flavor, and yet somehow deeply comforting. Kris invested. Kylie endorsed. I tried the Chinese Chicken Salad and felt like I needed a camera crew and three filter options.
Il Cielo, Beverly Hills
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The kind of place people get engaged, get married, or just take the one who might be the one. While it’s now one of her regular spots, Kylie first ate here back in 2016, when romantic garden patios were still new to Instagram. The lobster ravioli is lucious, but let’s be honest—it’s the twinkle lights doing most of the work.
La Sponda, Positano
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Kylie did her 22nd birthday at La Sponda Restaurant Le Sirenuse, which tells you all you need to know about the tax bracket required to enjoy Amalfi Coast dining. The candlelit terrace is straight out of a cologne ad, and the lemon pasta is real. It's also $70.
Le Bar des Prés, Paris
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She hit this one during fashion week with and Timothée Chalamet, which is how you know it’s hot. Chef Cyril Lignac does modern French with just enough foam and foie to still feel cool. No word on what Kylie ate, but based on every photo ever taken of her, she looks like a woman who doesn’t touch bread.
Matsuhisa Beverly Hills
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This is the O.G. Nobu—the one before the branding deals. Kylie came here on date night with Travis Scott, and Matsuhisa is where you go when you want to spend $200 pretending you’re not showing off. The black cod with miso here is as buttery as Nobu’s, with less paparazzi.
The Nice Guy, West Hollywood
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This is where you go to be seen not eating. It’s moody, dim, and often swarming with PR interns blowing a week’s salary. Kylie’s been photographed here dozens of times, usually looking like she’s about to launch a fragrance. Do you want to be in the background of one of Kylie’s photos? Here’s your best chance.
Nobu Malibu
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This is the Beyoncé of sushi spots—everyone loves it, and everyone is spotted here. Kylie celebrated her birthday early here, and in fact, she’s been here often enough that the valet probably knows her order: yellowtail jalapeño and maybe a miso cod if it’s a big night. The views are as good as the rolls, and like most things in Malibu, it’s as much about optics as everything else.
Sugar Factory
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This is less a restaurant and more a dessert-themed fever dream. Kylie had her own lollipops here once, and at some point posed with a smoking goblet of gummy bears drowning in vodka. Come for the rainbow sliders, stay for the insulin spike.
Tatiana, New York City
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Kylie showed up here on a double date and also because the food is actually that good. Chef Kwame Onwuachi’s Afro-Caribbean menu doesn’t need a member of the Kardashian tribe to be relevant, but Kylie showed up in May 2024 with Timothée, which gave this already great spot a great boost of press. Get the short rib pastrami suya. It’s transcendent.
