Los Angeles offices have their pick of restaurants worth catering from: poke shops in Larchmont, banh mi counters on the Westside, and plant-forward cafes that can cover every dietary need on a team.
The hard part of corporate catering in Los Angeles is execution. Someone has to collect orders, track allergies and preferences, and get food for 20 or 200+ people to the office on time, through LA traffic. That work usually lands on an office manager or EA who already has a full job, which is why a great restaurant list only solves half the problem.
Below are 10 of the best LA restaurants for office catering (five you can book through Fooda and five more local favorites), what each one does best, and how Fooda handles the ordering, delivery, and on-site details so your team gets the food without the logistical burdens.
LA catering has to serve a wider spread of diets than most markets. Plant-based, gluten-free, halal, and wellness-driven eaters often share the same conference room, and a single tray of default sandwiches leaves half of them eating elsewhere (and the leftovers to waste in the fridge).
The geography of LA and busy schedules add even more pressure. Teams spread across Downtown, Santa Monica, Culver City, and Burbank deal with unpredictable drive times, and entertainment and production teams often eat on irregular hours. Office catering in Los Angeles works best with restaurants that have range and a partner who can hit a tight delivery window.
When you partner with Fooda, you get access to a network of local restaurants and the technology to run workplace catering in LA without the back-and-forth. Here are 10 LA restaurants worth catering from, starting with five you can book through Fooda.
Details: Hawaiian Poké, 100% gluten free, vegan and vegetarian friendly.
Perfect for: Office lunches and corporate events of 10 or more people.
Sweetfin's builds its menu around healthy, flavorful bowls made with premium ingredients. The concept takes the familiar flavors of sushi and puts them in a portable, customizable bowl, which lets each person build lunch around their own preferences.
The founders fell for poke on a trip to the Hawaiian Islands and wanted to pair it with the inventiveness of California cooking. Their bowls keep the classic base of ahi tuna, shoyu, and sesame oil, then layer in California-style flavor combinations.
Details: Japanese-Californian recipes that honor central traditional macrobiotic principles by featuring whole cereal grains, seasonal vegetables, beans, sea vegetables, and occasional sustainably-sourced fish.
Perfect for: Health-conscious teams and casual meetings.
M Cafe combines Japanese macrobiotic cooking with California's seasonal produce, aiming for food that is as satisfying as it is nourishing.
The cafe partners directly with local farmers, so vegetables arrive at peak ripeness with minimal transit time. The chefs cook daily with less common ingredients like azuki beans and umeboshi, alongside traditionally made organic tofu.
For catering, the menu's built-in restrictions are the biggest advantage. Everything is free of refined sugar, eggs, dairy, and red meat, which covers many dietary needs in a single order.
Details: Top selling premium sandwiches, individually wrapped, for all: meat lovers, vegetarian, vegan, halal, and gluten-free.
Perfect for: Gatherings between 18 to 24 people when you need easy, filling, grab-and-go meals that keep things simple.
Ike Shehadeh opened the first shop, then called Ike's Place, in 2007, and the brand has spent nearly two decades building a following for inventive, oversized sandwiches.
Individual wrapping is what makes Ike's a strong office pick: each sandwich is self-contained, so vegan, halal, and gluten-free orders stay separate instead of sharing a tray. Every location also carries exclusive sandwiches named after local celebrities and icons, and Dutch Crunch bread with Ike's "Dirty Sauce" is the pairing regulars come back for.
Details: Signature banh mi, creative sandwiches, craft burgers, coffee and espresso drinks.
Perfect for: Corporate offices, events, production crews, and group gatherings.
The name, Lokal, comes from the Indonesian word for “local”, a nod to its roots and commitment to serving the local community.
Lokal is a fast-casual neighborhood spot serving West Los Angeles and surrounding areas. The menu runs from Vietnamese banh mi to handcrafted sandwiches, craft burgers, and locally roasted coffee, so one order can cover a lunch meeting and the afternoon coffee run.
Lokal hand-shapes its artisan bread and treats service as part of the product. Its stated mission is "to bring people together through food that's made right and served right," which is the same reason Fooda partners with local restaurants.
Details: Mexican food favorites made with handmade, farm-fresh ingredients every day.
Perfect for: Company celebrations and events from 5 to 500 people.
Baja Fresh Mexican Grill is known for fire-grilled meats, hand-chopped produce, and fresh salsas. Its kitchens skip can openers, microwaves, and freezers entirely, so everything is prepared from scratch.
Range is the reason it makes this list: Baja Fresh can feed a 10-person team lunch or a 500-person all-hands from the same menu, which keeps large-event planning simple.
Details: Family-run Cuban bakery and cafe known for pastries, cakes, and sandwiches.
Perfect for: Morning meetings, trainings, and office celebrations for groups of 6 or more.
Rosa Porto founded Porto's in 1976, and the family business has grown into one of Southern California's most recognizable bakeries, with locations in Burbank, Glendale, Downey, West Covina, Buena Park, and Northridge.
Its catering program is built for workplace settings: breakfast spreads of pastries, fruit, and coffee for early meetings, plus sandwiches and desserts for birthdays and milestones. The office menu runs Monday through Friday only, so weekend events need a separate pickup order through a bakery.
Details: Gourmet marketplace, cafe, and full-service catering and event planning company.
Perfect for: Client meetings, executive lunches, and larger corporate events that need planning support.
Chef Joan McNamara opened Joan's on Third in 1995 as a catering company on West Third Street, and the cafe and marketplace grew up around it. A second location now operates in Studio City.
The catering arm, led by her daughter Carol, plans large-scale events for corporate and entertainment clients. That makes Joan's the pick when presentation matters as much as the menu, since the team coordinates the event along with the food.
Details: Family-owned, woman-owned bakery, cafe, and catering company in Century City.
Perfect for: Team lunches, working meetings, and client presentations for 6 to 200 people.
Clementine has catered LA offices for more than two decades and specializes in drop-off service, with delivery across Century City, West LA, Westwood, Beverly Hills, Culver City, West Hollywood, Mid-Wilshire, Santa Monica, and Downtown.
The catering menu covers breakfast, buffet packages, seasonal sandwiches and salads, platters, and desserts. One caterer can handle a full meeting day, from morning pastries to an afternoon dessert tray.
Details: Mediterranean rotisserie chicken, shawerma, kabobs, and falafel, served with its signature garlic sauce.
Perfect for: Big team lunches and recurring weekly orders.
Zankou is an LA staple for Mediterranean comfort food, and its catering menu is built around shareable formats: wrap packs that serve 10 to 12, sliced chicken tarna and tri-tip shawerma trays, and family-style meals with sides and pita.
Everything is made from scratch, and falafel, salads, and dips like hummus cover vegetarian guests. The garlic sauce is the item offices most often order extra of.
Details: Korean-Mexican tacos and street food from the truck that helped start LA's gourmet food truck scene.
Perfect for: Company picnics, offsites, product launches, and celebrations where the food doubles as entertainment.
Roy Choi launched Kogi with Mark and Caroline Manguera in 2008, selling Korean BBQ tacos from a truck and posting its locations on social media. The trucks became LA landmarks and are widely credited with popularizing Southern California's food truck boom.
For corporate events, a truck parked outside the office turns lunch into the main event. Kogi has served corporate gatherings of 150+ attendees, so it scales to an all-hands or company picnic.
Every restaurant on this list is worth ordering from, and most LA offices want variety over a month of lunches. The first five are already in Fooda's network, so you can rotate them (and other local partners) into the office without adding a new vendor every time. Your team gets one fully managed catering program that rotates local restaurants into the office and handles everything around them.
Here’s a glimpse at what a corporate catering partnership with Fooda provides:
Planning lunch for an LA office? Talk to Fooda's team about a catering program built around your headcount, schedule, and budget.
Corporate catering is one piece of a workplace food program. Here's how Fooda's other services fit LA offices; use this calculator to design your own.
Popular picks for LA offices include Sweetfin Poke for gluten-free bowls, M Cafe de Chaya for plant-forward meals, Ike's Love & Sandwiches for individually wrapped sandwiches, Lokal for banh mi and coffee, and Baja Fresh for groups up to 500, all available through Fooda. Porto's Bakery, Joan's on Third, Clementine, Zankou Chicken, and Kogi BBQ are also well-known LA caterers for breakfasts, client events, and company celebrations.
Order from more than one restaurant, or choose restaurants with restrictions built into the menu, such as M Cafe de Chaya (no dairy, eggs, refined sugar, or red meat) or Sweetfin (fully gluten-free). Fooda lets multiple restaurants serve a single event, so employees can find plant-based, gluten-free, and halal options in one place.
Fooda gives companies consistent access to high-quality local food from a network of restaurant partners, served right in the workplace. Fooda manages restaurant coordination, on-site service, and individual delivery, which takes the admin off internal teams while controlling costs and minimizing waste.
Fooda offers transparent pricing and flexible subsidy options, so companies can forecast spending based on participation, dining format, and subsidy level. Employers can cover meals fully or partially and use Fooda's tools to model expected costs, which turns workplace dining into a predictable operating expense.
Yes. Fooda consolidates vendor coordination, scheduling, logistics, billing, and on-site execution into one managed system, so internal teams no longer handle those tasks. That reduces internal workload and adds budget control through a transparent pricing model, which is often more cost-effective than running catering in-house.
