Meh. For a Patina group restaurant I expected MUCH more (read my review of Patina and you'll know why). We went on Sunday and the service was great at the beginning and slowed greatly after a larger party came in. The food was really not that great. The mussels appetizer was probably the most wholly pleasing thing of the night. My entree was steak and garlic frites...the mound of fries (which was the biggest part with no garlic whatsoever present, only some salt and dried falkes of parsley). The steak was good, but there was like, 4 tiny peices of it. Really, maybe 3 ounces at the most. Dessert (which took a long time to come) was a lemon tart, the crust of which was the best part of the night. Although nicely tangy, it was a little too egg yolky, and not set/firm enough in the middle. The mascarpone cream on the side was a nice touch. I did taste my friend's crabcake which was good but not extraordinary, and my girlfriend was extremely dissatisfied with her fish (which, truth be told, I tasted, and it was at least edible). For the price, they shoul have a complimentary parking lot (I loathe being forced into valet when the entire expanse of los angeles lies before me, brimming with already-parked cars). And frankly, it just wasn't that good. Skip it and hop over the hill for a lovely dinner at Nook instead.
more