Pre-Dinner Bar Hour

Kuya Lord

Melrose / Hancock Park · Filipino

GOOGLE★ 4.4320 YELP★ 4.2587 TRIPADVISOR★ 41 OPENTABLE★ 4.912Google: higher than 25% of venues in Los Angeles

The happy hour

Drinks

Filipino-inspired cocktails — $14
Natural wine — $14
Beer — $8

Food

Lucenachon (Duroc pork belly) — $22
Seasonal Filipino-inspired bites — $12–$18

2024 James Beard Award Best Chef California. Chef Lord Maynard Llera (ex-Bestia). 28-seat restaurant. East Hollywood / Melrose Hill. Reservation highly recommended. Placeholder — happy hour details to be verified and filled in.

Deal last verified April 2026.

The space

Photos: Google Maps

The vibe

2024 James Beard Award for Best Chef California. Chef Lord Maynard Llera (ex-Bestia) runs a 28-seat restaurant that has become one of the defining LA restaurants of 2024. The lucenachon — a whole Duroc pork belly — is the signature. Resy and LA Times named it a restaurant that defined Los Angeles dining.

Wheelchair-accessible entrance
Hip
Vegetarian options
Outdoor seating

Is that score good?

Almost everywhere scores 4–5 stars, so each site's score is shown against every venue in the Atlas rated on that site — here in Los Angeles, and across the US. The gold bar is this spot.

GOOGLE ★ 4.4 320 ratings ↗

In Los Angeles 147 rated venues Below median

3.7 4.0 THIS SPOT 4.4 4.9

Rated higher than 25% · tied with 20% · lower than 55% of the others · median ★ 4.5

Across the US 2,042 rated venues Below median

3.1 3.5 4.0 THIS SPOT 4.4 5.0

Rated higher than 17% · tied with 16% · lower than 66% of the others · median ★ 4.5

YELP ★ 4.2 587 reviews ↗

In Los Angeles 145 rated venues Above median

3.0 3.5 4.0 THIS SPOT 4.2 4.5 4.8

Rated higher than 62% · tied with 12% · lower than 26% of the others · median ★ 4.1

Across the US 1,993 rated venues Above median

2.0 3.0 3.5 THIS SPOT 4.2 4.5 5.0

Rated higher than 51% · tied with 14% · lower than 36% of the others · median ★ 4.1

TRIPADVISOR ★ 4 1 reviews ↗

In Los Angeles 106 rated venues Bottom quarter

1.0 3.0 3.5 THIS SPOT 4.0 4.5 5.0

Rated higher than 19% · tied with 7% · lower than 74% of the others · median ★ 4.3

Across the US 1,653 rated venues Bottom quarter

1.0 2.5 3.0 3.5 THIS SPOT 4.0 4.5 5.0

Rated higher than 17% · tied with 8% · lower than 75% of the others · median ★ 4.3

OPENTABLE ★ 4.9 12 diners ↗

Food 4.9Service 4.9Value 4.8Ambience 4.8Noise Moderate

In Los Angeles 33 rated venues Top 10%

4.0 4.5 THIS SPOT 4.9

Rated higher than 94% · tied with 6% · lower than 0% of the others · median ★ 4.6

Across the US 537 rated venues Top 10%

3.0 3.5 4.0 4.5 THIS SPOT 4.9

Rated higher than 94% · tied with 4% · lower than 2% of the others · median ★ 4.6

Each bar counts venues at that rating (0.1-star steps), lowest on the left; the curve starts at the lowest score anyone has. Ratings captured October 7, 2026.

Getting there

5003 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038

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