The Nice Guy
401 N La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles
(310) 360-9500
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I love this place. We always go before catching a show at the Largo. Great drinks and their Brussels sprouts are amazing!
I had a great first experience with Miguel as our server. He was very polite, efficient, and gave us enough space without disrupting service. The ambiance was fantastic, and we were sat immediately upon arrival. Only thing I would've changed is the volume of the live music, but he was still very talented, so props to him.
Great service and great food always. Martini Mondays are awesome as they go beyond just a drink special but also food specials paired with them!
Very cute. We took our kids, but probably wouldn't go back with kids again (not a bad thing!). Food was quite salty and service was a little slow, but everyone was kind. Overall experience was good and I would go back again. Would recommend for date night or girls night (small group).
The service was exceptional, we ordered drinks and it was delicious, the food was ok, I would go again for the ambiance and drinks !
The drinks and vibe are fantastic! We were seated outside (didnt even realize they have an outside section) and it was terrible. Their outdoor seating is two 4-tops enclosed by a wooden wall that looks akin to where you would put a dumpster. It had zero of the character of the rest of the restaurant. We chose to wait for a seat at the bar, which was lovely. Great cocktails and attentive, personable staff! The food was middling, for example, the meatballs were barely warm and the paillard overwhelmed by burned garlic.
First off, I never leave reviews, but I felt compelled to share this with y'all. Let's dig in. The staff was friendly but we were sat 20 minutes after our reservation time. We ordered some cocktails that took about 30 minutes to get. They arrived after our appetizer, which was 3 meatballs for like 22 bucks. The cacio e Pepe was about 8 bites in total and had the noodle texture and taste of krafts Mac n cheese. Sauce was bangin though. All in all we had two pasta entrees, two cocktails, and one appetizer and it was almost $200. The vibe is cool for sure and they had a nice jazz duo playing, but that girls voice wasn't enough to soothe my soul after this highway robbery. Would not recommend on YELP.
This is a fine place. Unfortunately this is yet another LA restaurant adding ridiculous fees to the menu price. They have a 4% “entertainment fee” added, which you can find in microscopic font at the bottom of the menu. These scammy fees were supposed to be illegal in California but they keep making exceptions for restaurants. It's absolutely ridiculous.
Flavor was good but steak came out somewhere between lukewarm and cold as if it'd been sitting there for quite some time. The Caesar salad was very average. Pizza and rigatoni bolognaise were pretty good, but lobster pasta was over salted.
It was truly amazing! Food and service and ambience was fantastic. I've been here many times but I believe there's a new manager and it shows— Only complaint was the Photo Booth was off line but there had been a storm that day so I think that was the reason
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first time. friendly staff, great food, amazing ambiance. will be back next time i'm in town.
Came here over the weekend for date night with my wife. Had heard great things about this place, but didn't live up to the hype. Your standard overpriced and underwhelming LA restaurant.  Received our table 20 minutes past our reservation time. The bar doesn't let you transfer the tab to your table (small inconvenience) and the cocktails were weak; cacio e pepe was extremely underwhelming; pizza was ok; the sides were good. Tiramisu tasted chewy and store bought. Don't recommend. Wouldn't be back.
Great Monday special with a chance to comp each $30 meal with a roll of dice. Nice ambiance as well. Good amount of people for a Monday.
Such a cute spot especially when decorated for the holidays. Love martini Mondays. We had one platter dinner (Cesar salad with rigatoni bolognese) along with a pizza, garlic cheese bread and brussel sprouts. We had to send the pasta back because it was still a little hard. Other than that the food was good. We sat at the bar and service was hard to come by because of how busy they are. The bartenders served mostly people waiting for their tables at the bar rather than the people sitting at the bar. We constantly had to flag someone down for another drink, place our order, get the check. Would be back, but would sit in the dining room over the bar.
This place should be removed from open table or any visa signature collections. They charge you 25$/person as a penalty for a NO Show and give a 15minute grace period. I arrived with my disabled father and my mother's 68th birthday. I had the option to go to Elephante and made the mistake of giving this establishment a try. The front wait staff “offered my father a chair and I followed up. . As my father's leg went numb as he has L3 Fracture. They still failed to deliver a chair after 45min and brush my father's disability.” I spoke to the manager and she still could not give us a estimated sitdown time after 50 minutes. This establishment chooses bad practice and overbooking to create artificial business. I flew out from Sacramento to celebrate my mother's birthday. This place intentially overbooks and pushes guests to the “BAR” for 2 hours. Then will kick you out the second you pay the tab. They also charge you an entainment FEE.
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