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| - Went on a Saturday in early June to celebrate a friends b-day. Altogether there about 10 of us in a booth
Atmosphere
I give this area of the restaurant 5 stars. They clearly want to give you that 'Oh, we're LA posh vibe', you might see the Khardasians while inside so be aware" and they accomplished that. I like the bathrooms mostly. Instead of separate areas for the men vs women, it was a long hallway, with pocket doors that slid open, giving you really your own very separate bathroom experience. Your own toilet, your own sink, and your own floor to ceiling window next to the toilet to look out upon the outdoors, the fire/water feature, and sculpture. I actually really like that. There was a bathroom attendant (thank goodness, the rolling door got stuck halfway on me).
I did like being in a clearly young adults only place - no one ws going to bring their baby here, their crazy drunk frat brothers, or their old farting grandma. A nice date night place, but music is too loud for romantic talk.
Oh and we had invited 2 German friends on vaca who had on walking/street shoes and weren't allowed in. They ended up directly next door to the patio area Spice Route drinking nice cheap beer and food. I wish I had worn sneakers.....
Service
Since I was there early before the hordes of people came (about 830p) Im sure I experienced better service from the hostesses and the bartenders where I got a pre-dinner beer. Our waiter, was blah. If it wasn't for her nice beard, I really would never have remembered him. None of the service was stellar, but it was all enough to not discourage me from returning. Oh, and for being such a 'posh' place, me being a girl in a cute outfit, I felt the bartender should have offered me a glass for my beer.
Food/Drinks
Hmm, drinks, I only had bottled beer (Stella $7) and water so I can't judge on the drinks too much. They looked alright, the birthday girl's first drink was overly watery but then the rest were better poured.
Food... sigh...Don't you hate when you're so hungry, and you order what looks awesome, and your food not only comes out last, but it comes after everyone else's HUGE plates of food comes. Oh and to boot- your plate is filled with what you would feed a bird!?
So, I ordered the surf & turf; a meal that anywhere means you should be getting a decent portion of food. It was Kobe beef & crab burgers w/ sweet potato fries $19 + tax. I ordered this after the server made sure to remark that the menu is meant for sharing. I was worried I might have order too much, but no problem, just take it home to my brother. My friend JF and I ordered the same thing, we wait, and wait. I'm thinking they must be making the Kobe beefr extra special. It comes out and my eyes water with tears of saddness as he present s me with 4 sliders - you know mini MINI burgers...That was it. 2 sliders were smalllll crab cakes, and 2 were smallllll Kobe beef burgers. I feel it is the duty of a server, when everyone else is ordering HUGE amounts of food, for you tosay, that 'hey FYI, the portions are not that big'. I ate, it tasted decent. The crab cakes were slightly the dry, and I think the awesome flavour of the Kobe beef (which I've never had but always heard about) was really corriander seasoning.
So for MY meal, I give it 2 stars. Complete let down, in taste, looks, fullness of my belly. I did go home and snack.
Everyone elses meal, I give 4 stars just for smells and portion sizes.
Bang for my Buck?
Nope! But if I do go back, I would not order what I had again. $19+tax for 4 sliders and 8 maybe 10 nicely sized sweet potato fries (they were the best part of my meal) is NOT worth it. If your hungry ask your server to be sure, but order anything else but what I ordered.
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