We always enjoy lunch at Ray and Stark's when we visit LACMA. Although it was Sunday the ambience was pleasantly low-key, the food was delicious and our waiter was friendly and attentive.
DeborahD
Great night out on Friday for Jazz night. The location is excellent for people watching and listening to the jazz band. The drinks are well made and the menu includes a very nice selection of wines. The food is tasty and includes a variety of selections that is sure to please any foodie. The staff is friendly and professional and very knowledgeable.
Richard Blackburn
The burger was good, fries great, wings were not as crispy as I like them. Pear salad was really good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Ray Burger and Fries, French Fries
Anon In LA
Small amount of food for an average person, wasn’t even given a fork and had to search for one on my own (stacked at the very back of the room), and was then overcharged on one of my items by 25%. Not the best experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Trufoodie
Four of us enjoyed lunch, two having fish & chips that I found decent, but not memorable. Two had pizza and were satisfied. But the bread pudding with a little vanilla ice cream was fabulous! Really good. Nice spot for a LACMA lunch.
Lynt
Excellent, empathetic, efficient waitress. No hot meal for vegetarians apart from a very boring pizza. We're not such a small minority anymore and greater brain should be offered. I don't go to buy pizza at a restaurant with a decent chef staff
charlee
Such an enjoyable, leisurely and delicious lunch. Staff always congenial, even with really busy. Especially appreciate LaLa. She's always smiling. An all around delightful experience.
J F.
Kids cheeseburger had NO flavor, other entree was served wrong (asked for no pickles & ranch on the side -- there were pickles in the sandwich, and sandwich was dry, and I did not get the ranch), slow and horrible service (no one came to check on us once). Food is way overpriced for the quality.
Amanda Wickens
We ordered an app and two beers and it was an hour and a half. Waitress seemed to not want to check on us because she recognized how long it was taking. Food and drink quality were good though once we finally got them.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 4
DrJoeG
I have eaten here in the past and thought that the venue was interesting and the menu was great! I had some memorable meals. This visit the menu read like a slightly upscale Deny's. The food was fine but very basic and, frankly, boring. The whole place seems a bit tired. It's certainly not inexpensive and I'm not sure that I got much bang for my buck!
Food was tasteless + small portions (my frisee”salad” accompanying the steak frites - tiny, poor quality meat cooked medium not medium rare and no green peppercorns in the “sauce” - was literally three tiny leaves not even dressed) + ridiculously overpriced. The other three in my party ordered others things and felt the same way - mediocre, low-quality products and over priced.
Dee B.
Had lunch while visiting LCMA. Lots of tables available but had to put name in and wait 10 minutes. Then waited another 10 minutes to be acknowledged by the waiter. He was nice but took another 10 minutes for water. Limited lunch menu so had soup and 1/2 sandwich. It was so so! Never got a check in after for water refill. Had to search for the waiter to get the check after 20 minutes of being done with lunch. Will not try again when in the area.
Mateo M.
We had the light lunch after the exhibition at LACMA. Very big seating area. A lot of tables including indoor and outdoor. Good vibe. The staff was very friendly and nice. The menu is easy to navigate. Simply choices. Served very fast and good presentation. Tastes very good. But a little over priced. Simply Thai salad $16 and roasted vegetables with only 4 pieces of brocollini and some red pepper $10. That's why 4 stars here
Aliya Y.
Had lunch here during our LACMA visit and was not expecting much but was pleasantly surprised! My husband and I tried the focaccia with olive tapenade, Thai salad with shrimp, squash pasta and fish and chips. The portions were very generous and we could have easily just ordered one entree each and been stuffed. I loved the pasta and salad. Bread tasted fresh but nothing to write home about it and the fish was a bit bready with the batter.
Maddy L.
The Cobb salad was actually so good and I was so surprised with the quality. All of the ingredients were fresh and there was a lot of flavor. Salads aren't always easy to execute well but I was super impressed. The people watching is great and the patio was a nice for a glass of wine and hangout.
We always enjoy lunch at Ray and Stark's when we visit LACMA. Although it was Sunday the ambience was pleasantly low-key, the food was delicious and our waiter was friendly and attentive.
Great night out on Friday for Jazz night. The location is excellent for people watching and listening to the jazz band. The drinks are well made and the menu includes a very nice selection of wines. The food is tasty and includes a variety of selections that is sure to please any foodie. The staff is friendly and professional and very knowledgeable.
The burger was good, fries great, wings were not as crispy as I like them. Pear salad was really good.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Ray Burger and Fries, French Fries
Small amount of food for an average person, wasn’t even given a fork and had to search for one on my own (stacked at the very back of the room), and was then overcharged on one of my items by 25%. Not the best experience.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 2
Four of us enjoyed lunch, two having fish & chips that I found decent, but not memorable. Two had pizza and were satisfied. But the bread pudding with a little vanilla ice cream was fabulous! Really good. Nice spot for a LACMA lunch.
Excellent, empathetic, efficient waitress. No hot meal for vegetarians apart from a very boring pizza. We're not such a small minority anymore and greater brain should be offered. I don't go to buy pizza at a restaurant with a decent chef staff
Such an enjoyable, leisurely and delicious lunch. Staff always congenial, even with really busy. Especially appreciate LaLa. She's always smiling. An all around delightful experience.
Kids cheeseburger had NO flavor, other entree was served wrong (asked for no pickles & ranch on the side -- there were pickles in the sandwich, and sandwich was dry, and I did not get the ranch), slow and horrible service (no one came to check on us once). Food is way overpriced for the quality.
We ordered an app and two beers and it was an hour and a half. Waitress seemed to not want to check on us because she recognized how long it was taking. Food and drink quality were good though once we finally got them.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 5
Service: 4
I have eaten here in the past and thought that the venue was interesting and the menu was great! I had some memorable meals. This visit the menu read like a slightly upscale Deny's. The food was fine but very basic and, frankly, boring. The whole place seems a bit tired. It's certainly not inexpensive and I'm not sure that I got much bang for my buck!
Restaurantji Recommends
Food was tasteless + small portions (my frisee”salad” accompanying the steak frites - tiny, poor quality meat cooked medium not medium rare and no green peppercorns in the “sauce” - was literally three tiny leaves not even dressed) + ridiculously overpriced. The other three in my party ordered others things and felt the same way - mediocre, low-quality products and over priced.
Had lunch while visiting LCMA. Lots of tables available but had to put name in and wait 10 minutes. Then waited another 10 minutes to be acknowledged by the waiter. He was nice but took another 10 minutes for water. Limited lunch menu so had soup and 1/2 sandwich. It was so so! Never got a check in after for water refill. Had to search for the waiter to get the check after 20 minutes of being done with lunch. Will not try again when in the area.
We had the light lunch after the exhibition at LACMA. Very big seating area. A lot of tables including indoor and outdoor. Good vibe. The staff was very friendly and nice. The menu is easy to navigate. Simply choices. Served very fast and good presentation. Tastes very good. But a little over priced. Simply Thai salad $16 and roasted vegetables with only 4 pieces of brocollini and some red pepper $10. That's why 4 stars here
Had lunch here during our LACMA visit and was not expecting much but was pleasantly surprised! My husband and I tried the focaccia with olive tapenade, Thai salad with shrimp, squash pasta and fish and chips. The portions were very generous and we could have easily just ordered one entree each and been stuffed. I loved the pasta and salad. Bread tasted fresh but nothing to write home about it and the fish was a bit bready with the batter.
The Cobb salad was actually so good and I was so surprised with the quality. All of the ingredients were fresh and there was a lot of flavor. Salads aren't always easy to execute well but I was super impressed. The people watching is great and the patio was a nice for a glass of wine and hangout.