Best Seed Oil-Free Restaurants in New York, LA, and Miami (2026)
Three of America's biggest food cities, filtered for one thing: no seed oils. We have verified the kitchens so you do not have to.
New York City
New York has the deepest bench of any city in the Unnasty directory. The steakhouse tradition here is strong, and many of the city's best meat-focused restaurants have always cooked with tallow and butter — they just never advertised it.
- 4 Charles Prime Rib (West Village) — Dry-aged beef, tallow-basted, no seed oils.
- Hawksmoor NYC (Midtown) — The London steakhouse institution. Beef dripping chips, grass-fed beef, butter-finished sauces.
- Springbone Kitchen (Multiple) — Fast-casual bone broth bowls. Everything cooked in tallow or butter.
- Via Carota (West Village) — Italian trattoria cooking with olive oil and butter.
- Hearth (East Village) — Farm-to-table focused, lard and butter in the kitchen.
Los Angeles
LA's wellness culture has made it the most fertile ground in the US for seed oil-free dining. The city has a disproportionate number of restaurants that explicitly market their clean cooking credentials.
- Petit Trois (Hollywood) — Daniel Boulud's French bistro. Butter-forward cooking, classic technique.
- Bestia (Arts District) — Italian-inspired, house-made everything, olive oil and butter throughout.
- Foxhall Steakhouse (Beverly Hills) — Grass-fed beef, tallow-cooked sides, explicit about no seed oils.
- Sage Regenerative Kitchen (Multiple) — Plant-based but seed oil-free. Coconut oil and avocado oil only.
Miami
Miami's dining scene is younger and more trend-driven, but the clean eating movement has taken hold strongly, particularly in Brickell and Wynwood. The Motek chain deserves special mention for being explicitly seed oil-free across all its locations.
- Motek (Multiple locations) — Israeli-Mediterranean. Explicitly seed oil-free, cooks with olive oil and butter.
- Pura Vida (Brickell & Wynwood) — Health-focused, clean ingredients, no seed oils.
- Nu Real Food (Brickell) — Whole food focused, avocado oil and olive oil only.
- Avo Miami (Wynwood) — Avocado-forward menu, clean cooking philosophy.
How to Verify a Restaurant
Every restaurant in the Unnasty directory has been manually verified — we call ahead, check menus, and confirm cooking fats with the kitchen. When eating somewhere not yet in our directory, ask your server what oil the kitchen uses for frying and sautéing. Any answer other than butter, ghee, tallow, lard, olive oil, or coconut oil is a red flag.
