A decorated literature themed bar with well-made drinks and decent food. Street parking on a Saturday night was easy. It's a good spot for a private party, but for a fun night out this place seemed quiet and empty otherwise.Not a cheap place to buy drinks, especially when charged $7 for Diet Coke, and another $7 for a refill. I assume it was a mistake, but it bemuses me to pay a cocktail price for soda.Parking: Street parking
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
Cheryl Ann
The atmosphere is super relaxing, great drinks and music, great vibes! Melody is the ABSOLUTE BEST! She serves you a drink with a smile! Anna is my fave too ! Happy hour is now Sun-Wed, 5-7pm. Don't miss out on Taco Tuesday! I LOVE this place ❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
C R
Popped in for Dinner since it’s walking distance from my house. It was empty and sad inside. Service was okay nothing great did not ask if I wanted another beer as it was empty through half my meal. Food and beer Menu was lacking. Sliders were good although one of the 3 had a different bun like they ran out and just used white bread? I wouldn’t come back here unless it changed drastically, it has potential.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: 561 Sliders
JoAnne M.
Updating my score on this place. It's so sad. It used to be a great local bar that did craft cocktails and had good food. They got bought by a new owner and went through what I hoped were growing pains. But it's just been a long downward descent. At first the place started looking bad with the addition of a very bright white neon sign inside that kills the vibe. All the plants outside died and disappeared and the tables and walls that remained were in such disrepair that they looked more like the employee smoking area you would find next to the dumpsters out back than an inviting front entrance. Then everything else started going down the tubes. The food became mediocre. The selection of alcohol was weak. One time I asked if they had a certain brand of liquor, I was told yes. Then the proceeded to pour a different brand. I didn't mind the other brand but why lie? Then the service, which used to be friendly and chill, switched to a bartender yelling across the bar in a frat house "let's party f*ckers" kind of way. This vibe is great in Hollywood or near one of the colleges. But Iin chill Toluca Lake it was just off putting. I really had hopes that this bar would find its way and get back to being a great local hang. It's right next door to Aierloom Cafe which has established itself as an always busy, great food, great service, local business. And the owners and managers of Catcher in the Rye would have done well to walk next door for some advice or inspiration. But they never did. It remains an empty skeleton of a bar with a newly installed TV to completely kill the vibe entirely. I assume it was added so the owner has something to watch while he sits alone in his bar and brags to his friends that he owns a business...because I don't know who else would want to go at this point.
Matthew S.
SCAM BAR STAY AWAY. Unethical business practices as described by other Yelpers! Came for Taco tuesday a few weeks ago 2 bucks each now they're 4 bucks hah no TT deal there! Plus they don't tell you it ends at 7pm. So what did I do? Went to my local Fiesta Truck Taco stand at Mag & Cahuenga had tacos for ONE DOLLAR! YAY!
Nick E.
Absolutely love this place, bar tenders make exellent drinks, it has a great atmosphere the side wall is full of board games you can sit on couches and play with friends. The food menu is nice definitely would recommend the 562 sliders. You can definitely taste the love in this place.
Channing Victoria M.
I have been here several times and usually don't have a problem but I went during the Super Bowl with my friends and it was horrible. I was celebrating my birthday and had told friends to meet me there if they could. I have been there for friend's birthdays before and never had to make a reservation since there isn't table service. Once about 6 of us were there the bartender said that we all had to be on one tab or she wouldn't serve us and that we should have made a reservation. It was not only embarrassing but very strange considering we were the only 6 people in the whole place. I asked if I could speak to someone about this policy because their website doesn't work so I don't know where this policy is stated and how I could have known about it beforehand. The bartender said I could call the number on the website and that if someone picked up that would be the manager. I called and spoke to a manager who said that it was just common sense to call ahead about a party of 6 or more. I told her that I work at a similar style bar in Ktown and we don't have a policy like that and that it wasn't stated anywhere on their non existent website so It's not common sense. The manager ended up hanging up on me because I was asking for them to have an owner get in touch with me to explain how they can enforce a service charge policy when it isn't stated anywhere. There were only 6 other patrons besides the 13 of my friends that showed up for the entire night so they weren't even packed or serving tables. I have loved this bar before but the service was honestly horrible for a night when we were the largest group and practically the only patrons. The manager also said that the service charge was because credit card companies charge the establishment but no matter where you go that is the case and a service charge is supposed to go to the staff not the establishment... It felt very sketchy and gross for them to be enforcing a "policy" that I did not know about, could not find on their nonexistent website and could not have anyone explain to me. While the drinks were decent the food is less that great and none of it was worth the fight that I had to go through just to order a few drinks with my friends.
Honey B.
Tagged along with my BF and his friends and it happened to be my birthday so I was wearing a birthday sash. Went to order a drink for myself and was told that for a group our size everything had to be on one tab. What???? I don't even know these people! Why on earth would one take responsibility for an entire group's tab?? I walked away with no drink and a bad taste in my mouth. Just how I wanted to spend my birthday. :-/ this policy is stupid AF and they should really re-think this policy. Just let people pay for their drinks themselves! Especially if the place is half empty! Completely turned me off to even wanting to order anything. I refused to go up to the bar after that and just sat at the table empty handed. Gave 2 stars because the ambience is nice. Without this ridiculous policy I would have given 5 stars.
Cindy M.
Love everything here! Service is amazing love the location. Parking easy super cool menu likely no other bar in the valley as friendly as catcher In the rye Way better than any local bar good prices And super creative cocktail Menu
Kris Sterner
Love this place!! Drinks. Atmosphere food, all great!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: How the West Was Won, The Hemmingway, Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Tomato Soup, Not Your Mom's Grilled Cheese & Soup, Huckleberry Finn, The Goblet of Fire, Catcher in the Rye, Grilled Cheese and Tomato Bisque
I was at this place in it’s prime years ago and this is a sad shell of what it used to be. Place was almost dead, had to order from the bar. House wines are pathetic. The food was embarrassing, $3 to add veggies to a quesadilla? The grilled cheese they are known for came out looking nothing like it once did. Tomato soup was not cold- it was freezing. Blend flavors. Service was the real low point though. Rude and bothered girls at the bar, unhelpful and all around made the experience terrible. What a shame knowing this was once our neighborhood hotspot
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Chica C.
Cool little spot in the valley. Was my second spot on my bday adventures. Atmosphere that appeals to a wide age range and backgrounds so it was perfect for a group to find a drink. The food was a little weird like the mac and cheese isn't really mac and cheese so I wouldn't order food but for some cocktails and convo or game playing it's perfect.
Erinn R.
Very cute place, has board games and jenga to play while enjoying drinks named after books and snacking on some Mac and cheese.
Tashatel A.
Really wanted to like this place m! But the service was terrible! I know they are short staffed but the guy was just rude and couldn't keep up. We left and went elsewhere
A decorated literature themed bar with well-made drinks and decent food. Street parking on a Saturday night was easy. It's a good spot for a private party, but for a fun night out this place seemed quiet and empty otherwise.Not a cheap place to buy drinks, especially when charged $7 for Diet Coke, and another $7 for a refill. I assume it was a mistake, but it bemuses me to pay a cocktail price for soda.Parking: Street parking
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 3
Service: 4
The atmosphere is super relaxing, great drinks and music, great vibes! Melody is the ABSOLUTE BEST! She serves you a drink with a smile! Anna is my fave too ! Happy hour is now Sun-Wed, 5-7pm. Don't miss out on Taco Tuesday! I LOVE this place ❤️
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Popped in for Dinner since it’s walking distance from my house. It was empty and sad inside. Service was okay nothing great did not ask if I wanted another beer as it was empty through half my meal. Food and beer Menu was lacking. Sliders were good although one of the 3 had a different bun like they ran out and just used white bread? I wouldn’t come back here unless it changed drastically, it has potential.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 3
Recommended dishes: 561 Sliders
Updating my score on this place. It's so sad. It used to be a great local bar that did craft cocktails and had good food. They got bought by a new owner and went through what I hoped were growing pains. But it's just been a long downward descent. At first the place started looking bad with the addition of a very bright white neon sign inside that kills the vibe. All the plants outside died and disappeared and the tables and walls that remained were in such disrepair that they looked more like the employee smoking area you would find next to the dumpsters out back than an inviting front entrance. Then everything else started going down the tubes. The food became mediocre. The selection of alcohol was weak. One time I asked if they had a certain brand of liquor, I was told yes. Then the proceeded to pour a different brand. I didn't mind the other brand but why lie? Then the service, which used to be friendly and chill, switched to a bartender yelling across the bar in a frat house "let's party f*ckers" kind of way. This vibe is great in Hollywood or near one of the colleges. But Iin chill Toluca Lake it was just off putting. I really had hopes that this bar would find its way and get back to being a great local hang. It's right next door to Aierloom Cafe which has established itself as an always busy, great food, great service, local business. And the owners and managers of Catcher in the Rye would have done well to walk next door for some advice or inspiration. But they never did. It remains an empty skeleton of a bar with a newly installed TV to completely kill the vibe entirely. I assume it was added so the owner has something to watch while he sits alone in his bar and brags to his friends that he owns a business...because I don't know who else would want to go at this point.
SCAM BAR STAY AWAY. Unethical business practices as described by other Yelpers! Came for Taco tuesday a few weeks ago 2 bucks each now they're 4 bucks hah no TT deal there! Plus they don't tell you it ends at 7pm. So what did I do? Went to my local Fiesta Truck Taco stand at Mag & Cahuenga had tacos for ONE DOLLAR! YAY!
Absolutely love this place, bar tenders make exellent drinks, it has a great atmosphere the side wall is full of board games you can sit on couches and play with friends. The food menu is nice definitely would recommend the 562 sliders. You can definitely taste the love in this place.
I have been here several times and usually don't have a problem but I went during the Super Bowl with my friends and it was horrible. I was celebrating my birthday and had told friends to meet me there if they could. I have been there for friend's birthdays before and never had to make a reservation since there isn't table service. Once about 6 of us were there the bartender said that we all had to be on one tab or she wouldn't serve us and that we should have made a reservation. It was not only embarrassing but very strange considering we were the only 6 people in the whole place. I asked if I could speak to someone about this policy because their website doesn't work so I don't know where this policy is stated and how I could have known about it beforehand. The bartender said I could call the number on the website and that if someone picked up that would be the manager. I called and spoke to a manager who said that it was just common sense to call ahead about a party of 6 or more. I told her that I work at a similar style bar in Ktown and we don't have a policy like that and that it wasn't stated anywhere on their non existent website so It's not common sense. The manager ended up hanging up on me because I was asking for them to have an owner get in touch with me to explain how they can enforce a service charge policy when it isn't stated anywhere. There were only 6 other patrons besides the 13 of my friends that showed up for the entire night so they weren't even packed or serving tables. I have loved this bar before but the service was honestly horrible for a night when we were the largest group and practically the only patrons. The manager also said that the service charge was because credit card companies charge the establishment but no matter where you go that is the case and a service charge is supposed to go to the staff not the establishment... It felt very sketchy and gross for them to be enforcing a "policy" that I did not know about, could not find on their nonexistent website and could not have anyone explain to me. While the drinks were decent the food is less that great and none of it was worth the fight that I had to go through just to order a few drinks with my friends.
Tagged along with my BF and his friends and it happened to be my birthday so I was wearing a birthday sash. Went to order a drink for myself and was told that for a group our size everything had to be on one tab. What???? I don't even know these people! Why on earth would one take responsibility for an entire group's tab?? I walked away with no drink and a bad taste in my mouth. Just how I wanted to spend my birthday. :-/ this policy is stupid AF and they should really re-think this policy. Just let people pay for their drinks themselves! Especially if the place is half empty! Completely turned me off to even wanting to order anything. I refused to go up to the bar after that and just sat at the table empty handed. Gave 2 stars because the ambience is nice. Without this ridiculous policy I would have given 5 stars.
Love everything here! Service is amazing love the location. Parking easy super cool menu likely no other bar in the valley as friendly as catcher In the rye Way better than any local bar good prices And super creative cocktail Menu
Love this place!! Drinks. Atmosphere food, all great!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: How the West Was Won, The Hemmingway, Grilled Cheese Sandwich with Tomato Soup, Not Your Mom's Grilled Cheese & Soup, Huckleberry Finn, The Goblet of Fire, Catcher in the Rye, Grilled Cheese and Tomato Bisque
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I was at this place in it’s prime years ago and this is a sad shell of what it used to be. Place was almost dead, had to order from the bar. House wines are pathetic. The food was embarrassing, $3 to add veggies to a quesadilla? The grilled cheese they are known for came out looking nothing like it once did. Tomato soup was not cold- it was freezing. Blend flavors. Service was the real low point though. Rude and bothered girls at the bar, unhelpful and all around made the experience terrible. What a shame knowing this was once our neighborhood hotspot
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Cool little spot in the valley. Was my second spot on my bday adventures. Atmosphere that appeals to a wide age range and backgrounds so it was perfect for a group to find a drink. The food was a little weird like the mac and cheese isn't really mac and cheese so I wouldn't order food but for some cocktails and convo or game playing it's perfect.
Very cute place, has board games and jenga to play while enjoying drinks named after books and snacking on some Mac and cheese.
Really wanted to like this place m! But the service was terrible! I know they are short staffed but the guy was just rude and couldn't keep up. We left and went elsewhere
Great service. Good for a quiet conversation.
Service: 5