Originally Posted by Efrem

Does anyone have a recommendation for a LANDSIDE place to eat at LAX? My wife and I hope to have dinner with a cousin of hers during a five-hour connection (arrive AA, depart QF) the day after New Year's. The cousin wants to eat at the airport rather than picking us up, eating nearby, and dropping us off. She is also not someone who would buy a refundable ticket to get airside and then turn it in after dinner. Short of persuading her to do one of these, does anyone have a favorite landside eatery? (The two linked articles don't say which side of security the restaurants they discuss are on, other than the first one for TBIT only, but I assume they're mostly airside. Please correct me if that's wrong, too.)