Small was hard to even hold the drink , the risoto was the worse u have ever had , mushy it felt like I was happy rice pudding . The tuna was bland and small. Good to mingle and get tipsy , good atmosphere
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
Gillian Miller
“Wine bar” that serves wine is plastic cups is criminal. Retail price should apply if expecting customers to enjoy with no semblance of wine service. Any wine knower would wince at the thought of good wine in a plastic cups.
Gardner!
Poor seating inside for any party over 4 people. They need different tables. Enjoyed the crudo. Waitress was rude.
Food: 4
Service: 2
Betsy G
Honestly really weird vibes from the staff. Made us uncomfortable and had to bounce (won’t be bouncing back)
Pablo De La Cueva
The food here is just excellent. Incredible blue fin tostada. The hamachi crudo is also delicious. Bread and butter is a must as always. You can skip the vodka pasta, though. I’m sober but my partner loved the wines. I also enjoyed their NA beer selection. We’ve been around 3 times. We’ll go more often if it ever stops being as sceney.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
anna romero
I went here, intending on spending a lot of money at this very expensive establishment. They told us to take any seat and handed us menus, then we sat and waited for 10 minutes and never got any service. People who came in after us got helped before anyone even looked at us. The cups were dirty, the menus were dirty, and we ended up deciding to leave. I NEVER leave restaurants, but given the price of the menu items and the lack of service and the lack of cleanliness, I couldn’t justify spending my money here. I’ve heard great things about Seco online but was severely disappointed.
Ella Cartnal
Tried to go on a Friday night, absolutely packed with people. When we made it to the door the bouncer refused to let us in saying “we were too young” (mind you we are 24). We tried asking him to explain but he was clearly too high on whatever substance to explain clearly as he was stumbling over his words and not making sense. If you are at capacity just say that no need to be rude at the door.
Service: 1
Kendra Hettig
Amazing food and ambience! Our service was great and we loved the vodka pasta and crudo!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maritza Lerman Yoes
Seco knows how to do restaurant / wine bar ambiance right. It’s vibes of CDMX in the heart of silver lake. If you’re visiting LA and will be on the east sides this is THE place to go people watch and enjoy really yummy wines, delicious fresh fare and ogle creative design. It gets crowded so I suggest getting there early if you plan to hang for a while and get a table - or make a reso well in advance. Personally love the crudo (have had dreams about it it’s like buttery tender a little citrus! Divine) & pasta. If you’re looking to meet new people in the 20-40 range this is a great spot. And sometimes dancing. Lots of interesting people and sometimes famous folks. Always something happening. Enjoy!
Cris K
Eating someone’s birthday cake is so inconsiderate!! Pls do better with future diners at the restaurant
Really cute place with some nice staff, but the food was extremely underwhelming. I guess this is a cute place to have some drinks, but go ahead and skip the food. The spicy vodka pasta was probably the worst I’ve ever had. The caesar salad was so boring and underdressed. The tuna tostada was okay, but really bland. The pan con tomate was the only acceptable dish. We got most of our food out very quickly, but waited over 30 mins for our spicy vodka pasta to come out and no one said a thing to us. It was unsettling.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
Katie Burris
If you’re looking for a dining experience that feels like a prank show nobody told you about, Seco is the spot. Our waitress took our order for drinks and tostadas, then circled back a while later to ask if we wanted any food. We gently reminded her we already had. Twenty minutes after that, she reappeared with a man holding our tostadas and, while looking directly at us, told him she didn’t know what table they belonged to. I had to wave and say, “Pretty sure those are ours.” The tostadas themselves? Tasty, yes, but so leaky the pork one baptized my white shirt in neon-red juice. A passing waiter clocked the mess and said, “Oh bummer, those are very messy” and kept walking. No napkin, no soda water, nothing. Speaking of napkins, none were provided with the food. Neither were utensils. We had to ask. And just when I thought the chaos had peaked, a different server came up mid-bite and asked if he could swap out our chairs. Not clear why, apparently they switch chairs at 4pm? We asked if it could wait. He reluctantly agreed. In my three decades of dining out, I have never been asked to stand up mid-meal so someone could redecorate around me. The servers are objectively hot, which must be the hiring criteria, because common sense was nowhere on the menu. Between the lost food, the shirt-ruining tostadas, the absence of basic table settings, and the mid-bite eviction notice, this was hands down one of the most baffling dining experiences I’ve ever had. One star, because the pork tostada was good (but insanely overpriced). I’d recommend your local taco truck over Seco any day.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Erin Robertson
Such a stunning experience! Everyone was so nice, food is stunning and wine was succulent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
emily michelle
First time coming here after being so excited to try this fairly new place here in Silverlake but after my experience here, I’m never coming back. So here is why:
Walked up to the hostess and asked if there was space for 2 and straight off the bat, I get told there’s no available seating. Even though I saw tons of chairs and a small table outside with no ‘reservation’ sign on it. She noticed I noticed, so with hesitation, she gave us the table. We were given a menu so we assumed we would get our order taken for our drinks. Waited nearly 15 minutes and nothing. The same hostess noticed the couple sitting beside us was also waiting to get their order taken and looking confused, when I overheard her tell them they can get up and order at the bar. Didn’t have the decency to let us know as well. If I wouldn’t have overheard this, we would still be waiting. My friend got up to order our drinks and said the bartender made eye contact with her and immediately pretended to do busy work to not take her order. He walked away until someone else had to take over and finally serve us our glasses of wine. The wine glasses were covered in pieces of crusted up old food, clearly not washed correctly. Literally the cherry on top.
Looked around and everyone was getting attentive good service from the hostess and the waitress working that night and arriving customers were getting immediately seated. Also, not a POC in sight, except for us. This place was seriously so unwelcoming. If you’re a person of color, I’d advise you to not spend your money here. Clearly racism was the issue. Leave Seco for the white transplants to enjoy.
Small was hard to even hold the drink , the risoto was the worse u have ever had , mushy it felt like I was happy rice pudding . The tuna was bland and small. Good to mingle and get tipsy , good atmosphere
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 1
“Wine bar” that serves wine is plastic cups is criminal. Retail price should apply if expecting customers to enjoy with no semblance of wine service. Any wine knower would wince at the thought of good wine in a plastic cups.
Poor seating inside for any party over 4 people. They need different tables. Enjoyed the crudo. Waitress was rude.
Food: 4
Service: 2
Honestly really weird vibes from the staff. Made us uncomfortable and had to bounce (won’t be bouncing back)
The food here is just excellent. Incredible blue fin tostada. The hamachi crudo is also delicious. Bread and butter is a must as always. You can skip the vodka pasta, though. I’m sober but my partner loved the wines. I also enjoyed their NA beer selection. We’ve been around 3 times. We’ll go more often if it ever stops being as sceney.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
I went here, intending on spending a lot of money at this very expensive establishment. They told us to take any seat and handed us menus, then we sat and waited for 10 minutes and never got any service. People who came in after us got helped before anyone even looked at us. The cups were dirty, the menus were dirty, and we ended up deciding to leave. I NEVER leave restaurants, but given the price of the menu items and the lack of service and the lack of cleanliness, I couldn’t justify spending my money here. I’ve heard great things about Seco online but was severely disappointed.
Tried to go on a Friday night, absolutely packed with people. When we made it to the door the bouncer refused to let us in saying “we were too young” (mind you we are 24). We tried asking him to explain but he was clearly too high on whatever substance to explain clearly as he was stumbling over his words and not making sense. If you are at capacity just say that no need to be rude at the door.
Service: 1
Amazing food and ambience! Our service was great and we loved the vodka pasta and crudo!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Seco knows how to do restaurant / wine bar ambiance right. It’s vibes of CDMX in the heart of silver lake.
If you’re visiting LA and will be on the east sides this is THE place to go people watch and enjoy really yummy wines, delicious fresh fare and ogle creative design.
It gets crowded so I suggest getting there early if you plan to hang for a while and get a table - or make a reso well in advance. Personally love the crudo (have had dreams about it it’s like buttery tender a little citrus! Divine) & pasta. If you’re looking to meet new people in the 20-40 range this is a great spot. And sometimes dancing. Lots of interesting people and sometimes famous folks. Always something happening. Enjoy!
Eating someone’s birthday cake is so inconsiderate!! Pls do better with future diners at the restaurant
Restaurantji Recommends
Excellent service & beautiful sparkling rose.
Really cute place with some nice staff, but the food was extremely underwhelming. I guess this is a cute place to have some drinks, but go ahead and skip the food. The spicy vodka pasta was probably the worst I’ve ever had. The caesar salad was so boring and underdressed. The tuna tostada was okay, but really bland. The pan con tomate was the only acceptable dish. We got most of our food out very quickly, but waited over 30 mins for our spicy vodka pasta to come out and no one said a thing to us. It was unsettling.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 1
Service: 3
If you’re looking for a dining experience that feels like a prank show nobody told you about, Seco is the spot. Our waitress took our order for drinks and tostadas, then circled back a while later to ask if we wanted any food. We gently reminded her we already had. Twenty minutes after that, she reappeared with a man holding our tostadas and, while looking directly at us, told him she didn’t know what table they belonged to. I had to wave and say, “Pretty sure those are ours.”
The tostadas themselves? Tasty, yes, but so leaky the pork one baptized my white shirt in neon-red juice. A passing waiter clocked the mess and said, “Oh bummer, those are very messy” and kept walking. No napkin, no soda water, nothing. Speaking of napkins, none were provided with the food. Neither were utensils. We had to ask.
And just when I thought the chaos had peaked, a different server came up mid-bite and asked if he could swap out our chairs. Not clear why, apparently they switch chairs at 4pm? We asked if it could wait. He reluctantly agreed. In my three decades of dining out, I have never been asked to stand up mid-meal so someone could redecorate around me.
The servers are objectively hot, which must be the hiring criteria, because common sense was nowhere on the menu. Between the lost food, the shirt-ruining tostadas, the absence of basic table settings, and the mid-bite eviction notice, this was hands down one of the most baffling dining experiences I’ve ever had.
One star, because the pork tostada was good (but insanely overpriced). I’d recommend your local taco truck over Seco any day.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Such a stunning experience! Everyone was so nice, food is stunning and wine was succulent!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
First time coming here after being so excited to try this fairly new place here in Silverlake but after my experience here, I’m never coming back. So here is why:
Walked up to the hostess and asked if there was space for 2 and straight off the bat, I get told there’s no available seating. Even though I saw tons of chairs and a small table outside with no ‘reservation’ sign on it. She noticed I noticed, so with hesitation, she gave us the table. We were given a menu so we assumed we would get our order taken for our drinks. Waited nearly 15 minutes and nothing. The same hostess noticed the couple sitting beside us was also waiting to get their order taken and looking confused, when I overheard her tell them they can get up and order at the bar. Didn’t have the decency to let us know as well. If I wouldn’t have overheard this, we would still be waiting. My friend got up to order our drinks and said the bartender made eye contact with her and immediately pretended to do busy work to not take her order. He walked away until someone else had to take over and finally serve us our glasses of wine. The wine glasses were covered in pieces of crusted up old food, clearly not washed correctly. Literally the cherry on top.
Looked around and everyone was getting attentive good service from the hostess and the waitress working that night and arriving customers were getting immediately seated. Also, not a POC in sight, except for us. This place was seriously so unwelcoming. If you’re a person of color, I’d advise you to not spend your money here. Clearly racism was the issue. Leave Seco for the white transplants to enjoy.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
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