Where is Pizzeria Sei's new Palms location?

Pizzeria Sei is at 10700 Tabor Street, Los Angeles, CA 90034, at the corner of Overland Avenue in Palms. The phone number is (424) 279-9800.

When did the Pizzeria Sei Palms location open?

The Palms dining room opened on June 24, 2026. It is the restaurant's first expansion since the original opened in Pico-Robertson in 2022.

Who is the chef at Pizzeria Sei?

William Joo is the chef and owner. He opened the original Pizzeria Sei in 2022 with his wife and partner, Jennifer So.

What are Pizzeria Sei's hours?

Both Pizzeria Sei in Palms and Sei Pizza Bar in Pico-Robertson are open Wednesday through Sunday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. The Palms location takes reservations and walk-ins.

What is on the menu at the Palms location?

The larger kitchen added fried montanara pizzas and scrocchiarella, the thin and crackly Roman style. The menu also includes the Margherita, Four Culture Diavola, Mala Garden, Riviera, and a Patate pie topped with caviar.

Pizzeria Sei Is Ranked No. 2 in the Country, and Its Palms Dining Room Is Open

Q: Did the original Pizzeria Sei on Pico close?

No. The Pico-Robertson space was rebranded as Sei Pizza Bar and is still operating at 8781 W. Pico Boulevard with takeout and online ordering.

Q: What style of pizza does Pizzeria Sei serve?

Chef William Joo describes his approach as Tokyo-style Neapolitan: a Neapolitan foundation baked fast at high heat, then shaped with a crimping technique that produces soft airy sections, crisp edges and charred bubbles in the same crust.

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One Los Angeles pizzeria is ranked second in the country, and it spent this summer moving into a room big enough to sit down in.

Second in the Country, Two Years Running

Pizzeria Sei was named the No. 2 pizzeria in the United States by 50 Top Pizza USA for the second consecutive year. Worth noting that coverage of the ranking has been inconsistent about who Sei shares the position with, so we are reporting the placement rather than the tie. The recognition is not new territory. Sei has drawn national attention since not long after it opened, including from New York Times critic Tejal Rao, who described a crust that eats almost buttery while hot, salty and freckled with char at the surface and soft at the rim.

The Palms Dining Room Opened June 24

The new location at 10700 Tabor Street, at the corner of Overland Avenue, opened on June 24, 2026. It is the restaurant's first expansion since Chef William Joo and his wife and partner Jennifer So opened the original in Pico-Robertson in 2022. The Palms space gives them a full sit-down dining room, a larger kitchen, and a more ambitious beverage program with a broader wine list.

Pizzeria Sei Palms dining room set for dinner service, Food Journal Magazine

Courtesy Pizzeria Sei

The Original Did Not Close

This is the part most coverage buries. The Pico-Robertson space did not shut down when Palms opened. It was rebranded as Sei Pizza Bar and is still operating at 8781 W. Pico Boulevard, with takeout and online ordering that the new dining room does not offer. If you have been going to the Pico location for years, it is still there.

What We Have Our Eyes On

Joo describes his approach as Tokyo-style Neapolitan. Per the restaurant, the pizzas keep a Neapolitan foundation, baked fast at high heat, then shaped with a crimping technique that produces soft airy sections, crisp edges and charred bubbles in the same crust. Born in South Korea and raised in Los Angeles, Joo did not train in Tokyo. He built the style through years of watching and experimenting. The bigger kitchen has made room for two things the original space could not support: fried montanara pizzas and scrocchiarella, the thin and crackly Roman style. Alongside the Margherita, the menu runs to the Four Culture Diavola, the Mala Garden, a Riviera, and a Patate pie topped with caviar. We have not eaten at the Palms location yet, so treat this as what we are curious about rather than a verdict.

Margherita pizza at Pizzeria Sei, best pizza in Los Angeles, Food Journal Magazine

Courtesy Pizzeria Sei

Where to Find Them

Pizzeria Sei is at 10700 Tabor Street, Los Angeles, CA 90034, open Wednesday through Sunday from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., reservations and walk-ins. Sei Pizza Bar is at 8781 W. Pico Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90035, same days and hours, with takeout at (424) 279-9800. Both are listed at pizzeriasei.com. For more of what has opened around town, see our monthly guide to new restaurants in Los Angeles, or browse the best food in Los Angeles.

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