Beverly Hills has a new high-end steakhouse in the mix, as chef Edoardo “Edo” Baldi unveils Baldi, a Tuscan-inspired chophouse tucked inside the Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. The restaurant, which quietly debuted on February 18, seats about 180 guests across terracotta-toned dining rooms, a separate bar, and an outdoor terrace fitted with semi-enclosed pods. At the center of it all is an olive wood-fired grill, a lineup of house pastas, and the desserts that helped make the Baldi name familiar to Angelenos.
The opening marks the latest chapter in a long-running family story. Edo’s father, Giorgio Baldi, left Tuscany in the early 1980s and built a following with his Santa Monica restaurant. Edo followed suit in 2006 with his own e. baldi on Canon Drive. In an interview with Los Angeles Magazine, Edo said the new menu draws on Sunday family meals, market runs, and a “less-is-more” Etruscan cooking philosophy, and noted that he hopes to grow the dinner schedule as the hotel outpost finds its rhythm.
According to a hotel press release, Hilton is pitching Baldi as a reimagined American steakhouse shaped by Tuscan traditions and the Baldi family’s recipes. The release highlights the restaurant’s separate street entrance, its private dining options, and its split personality: Bar Baldi welcomes walk-ins nightly, while the main dining room currently offers dinner reservations only on select nights of the week. Guests are directed to the Waldorf Astoria’s site for menus and booking details.
Menu, Steaks And Desserts
Steak sits at the heart of Baldi’s menu. Cuts are cooked over an olive wood-fired grill and include USDA Prime beef sourced from ranches such as Creekstone Farm, Autonomy Farms, and Double R Ranch, alongside Wagyu selections from Australia, Japan, and the United States. The kitchen sends out steaks with a choice of house salsa verde or a tomato-based Italian steak sauce, plus sides and house pastas, and finishes strong with desserts like apple pie à la mode and butterscotch budino. As outlined by Los Angeles Magazine, the offerings link Baldi’s comfort-forward pastas to a steakhouse program designed to appeal to both hotel guests and long-time fans.
Design And Dining Rooms
The dining room has been reshaped to feel more intimate than grand, with a mural of an Italian dinner party and warm terracotta tones that nod to the chef’s Chianti roots. Architect Ezequiel Farca Studio broke up the footprint into semi-enclosed pockets and added a private room that can host about 50 guests so that the hotel space reads more like a neighborhood trattoria, according to Time Out.
Reservations And Neighborhood Fit
Baldi is taking reservations through the Waldorf Astoria’s dining pages and via OpenTable, while Bar Baldi stays open every night for walk-ins with a streamlined menu. The arrival of Baldi puts Edo Baldi’s family-style Tuscan cooking in a prime Beverly Hills location, combining a well-known local name with the built-in foot traffic of a five-star hotel, a pairing the team is banking on to carry the restaurant beyond its first few weeks. Menus and current hours are listed on the hotel’s website.
