From the moment we walked into this restaurant there was an overwhelming smell - like bathroom cleaner. Doesn't really inspire one to sit down and eat a meal. The food was predominately fried, but well prepared fried. The desserts were terrible. Our server was super nice and helpful. The decor was depressing- a lot of black everywhere and located in a hasbeen strip mall. We will not be going back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 5
Oliver M
A fantastic restaurant with the rare combination of great food, nice ambiance, and very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Rarely get excited about new restaurants but this one is on point. Excited to come back for dinner next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Diana Horimoto
Service was amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maxine Tsang
Food was excellent. But bad music, patio was too heated, and overall vibe felt corporate
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Ryan Sokolowski
Great food and great music!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
MaryPat Fox
Excellent food and service. Attentive wait staff and very knowledgeable about food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Rigatoni Alla Vodka, Emmy's Garlic Toast
We were impressed with the food and presentation. The tomato sauce is incredible. The texture and breadcrumbs of the eggplant parm were perfect! We will make this our regular dinner night spot!
LanceC
This is our fourth time here since opened. We love it and even brought some first timers. Just a couple of things, the rigatoni was not as spicy as usual, the chicken parmesan seemed a little small and $45 for corkage is a little high my feeling.
Jonznathan
This was a very disappointing experience. I had very high hopes having often enjoyed this chef's other restaurants - Jame Enoteca in El Segundo, and Ospi in Venice. We had 2 of the caviar polenta bites, and the Octopus Appetizer, my date had the Branzino, and I had the Lobster roll. I know now that polenta and caviar is not a combination that I like. My companion enjoyed that so it must be my palate. There was nothing wrong with the flavors in the Octopus dish but the mushy texture was extremely off-putting. The Branzino was incredibly over-salted. Which I am assuming was to attempt to balance the sickly sweet lacquer on the fish. I found that dish to be unpleasant. The biggest issue I had was the $37 Lobster roll. It really felt like a joke to me. It was the size of an appetizer at best. Tiny. With a ludicrously small portion of lobster (some of which had not been fully shelled). The fries provided with the roll were coated in corn starch to get them crispy. There are much tastier and better ways to insure a crispy fry. Using corn starch is a cheap shortcut that I find distasteful. I don't mind paying high prices - it's Brentwood, I knew what I was getting into when I made the reservation. I do mind, however, getting little to no value for the money spent. Lastly, I would like to comment on the service. We tried to engage the server for thoughts and recommendations. It seemed that she was not new there, but really had nothing more than tepid thoughts and no really strong recommendations. Mostly it was a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ , a "people seem to like it" kind of attitude. And we were there early. The place was filling up, but not yet slammed so we weren't unduly keeping her from her other tables. Unfortunate that this restaurant failed on so many levels. It was honestly shocking given my experiences at their sister-establishments. I would not return nor would I recommend.
Angela Bennage
Excellent food!!! My favorite was the Linguine Vongole, Kale salad and Frito
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Calamari, Kale Salad, Spicy Rigatoni Alla Vodka
In my opinion the chicken was dry served on a piece of bread sprinkled with bland meat sauce. The deconstructed lasagna was wrapped noodles sprinkled with bland meat sauce and cheese. The meal was disappointing for exorbitant price.
Darren Wright
Absolutely fantastic restaurant! Great food with a great bar, I'd recommend the linguine vongole. The bar has a Moet vending machine, ...need one for the house :)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Nilesh Jagnik
Recommend the crab cake and lobster fettuccine. Very tasty and good amount of meat in both.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Zhanna M.
delicious cuisine, quality service. reasonable prices and large portions. thank you for the pleasant atmosphere! our family liked it
ArdyR
Everything about our experience was amazing. From the food to the service. We are making plans to return very soon. Ambiance and decors were beautiful and good was casual yet very elevated. This is definitely a place that we will frequent often.
From the moment we walked into this restaurant there was an overwhelming smell - like bathroom cleaner. Doesn't really inspire one to sit down and eat a meal. The food was predominately fried, but well prepared fried. The desserts were terrible. Our server was super nice and helpful. The decor was depressing- a lot of black everywhere and located in a hasbeen strip mall. We will not be going back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 5
A fantastic restaurant with the rare combination of great food, nice ambiance, and very friendly and knowledgeable staff. Rarely get excited about new restaurants but this one is on point. Excited to come back for dinner next time.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Service was amazing
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Food was excellent. But bad music, patio was too heated, and overall vibe felt corporate
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great food and great music!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excellent food and service. Attentive wait staff and very knowledgeable about food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Rigatoni Alla Vodka, Emmy's Garlic Toast
We were impressed with the food and presentation. The tomato sauce is incredible. The texture and breadcrumbs of the eggplant parm were perfect! We will make this our regular dinner night spot!
This is our fourth time here since opened. We love it and even brought some first timers. Just a couple of things, the rigatoni was not as spicy as usual, the chicken parmesan seemed a little small and $45 for corkage is a little high my feeling.
This was a very disappointing experience. I had very high hopes having often enjoyed this chef's other restaurants - Jame Enoteca in El Segundo, and Ospi in Venice. We had 2 of the caviar polenta bites, and the Octopus Appetizer, my date had the Branzino, and I had the Lobster roll. I know now that polenta and caviar is not a combination that I like. My companion enjoyed that so it must be my palate. There was nothing wrong with the flavors in the Octopus dish but the mushy texture was extremely off-putting. The Branzino was incredibly over-salted. Which I am assuming was to attempt to balance the sickly sweet lacquer on the fish. I found that dish to be unpleasant. The biggest issue I had was the $37 Lobster roll. It really felt like a joke to me. It was the size of an appetizer at best. Tiny. With a ludicrously small portion of lobster (some of which had not been fully shelled). The fries provided with the roll were coated in corn starch to get them crispy. There are much tastier and better ways to insure a crispy fry. Using corn starch is a cheap shortcut that I find distasteful. I don't mind paying high prices - it's Brentwood, I knew what I was getting into when I made the reservation. I do mind, however, getting little to no value for the money spent. Lastly, I would like to comment on the service. We tried to engage the server for thoughts and recommendations. It seemed that she was not new there, but really had nothing more than tepid thoughts and no really strong recommendations. Mostly it was a ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ , a "people seem to like it" kind of attitude. And we were there early. The place was filling up, but not yet slammed so we weren't unduly keeping her from her other tables. Unfortunate that this restaurant failed on so many levels. It was honestly shocking given my experiences at their sister-establishments. I would not return nor would I recommend.
Excellent food!!! My favorite was the Linguine Vongole, Kale salad and Frito
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fried Calamari, Kale Salad, Spicy Rigatoni Alla Vodka
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In my opinion the chicken was dry served on a piece of bread sprinkled with bland meat sauce. The deconstructed lasagna was wrapped noodles sprinkled with bland meat sauce and cheese. The meal was disappointing for exorbitant price.
Absolutely fantastic restaurant! Great food with a great bar, I'd recommend the linguine vongole. The bar has a Moet vending machine, ...need one for the house :)
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommend the crab cake and lobster fettuccine. Very tasty and good amount of meat in both.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
delicious cuisine, quality service. reasonable prices and large portions. thank you for the pleasant atmosphere! our family liked it
Everything about our experience was amazing. From the food to the service. We are making plans to return very soon. Ambiance and decors were beautiful and good was casual yet very elevated. This is definitely a place that we will frequent often.