Even for a tapas style menu, the portions are tiny, expensive and completely without merit. I ordered the garlic shrimp, hanger steak, goat cheese stuffed peppers, and shared a cheese plate with my client. The cheese plate was fair, but the rest of of the dishes were almost inedible. The shrimp tasted like metal, the peppers were bland and poorly presented, and the extremely rare hanger steak (which the waiter gave rave reviews) was tasteless even though it was swimming in reddish sauce of some kind. Even when I made several comments on why I did not finish the food on all of my plates (which is saying something because there might have been 3 bites per plate), the waiter just said, ""Sorry you didn't care for that"" and made no effort to remedy the situation. I paid $20 for a cosmo without knowing the cost, then quickly switched to wine, none of which were remarkable. There were a sea of open and empty tables throughout the 2 hours we were there, although they insisted that they were completely booked when we made the reservations (my client was staying at the SLS) and we might have to wait for awhile... The attitude by the host was quintessential Hollywood--""you are so lucky to be here. Wait awhile and we might feel like seating you..."" Granted, the interior is like something out of a Lewis Carroll novel and very lovely. (Come in for a look, if you can find a parking spot for free. Do not miss the bathrooms.) Bazaar falls in line with most heavily-hyped restaurants in LA--like cotton candy, they are pretty to look at but all fluff, no substance, leaving you more hungry than you were when you bought it....
Pros: The interior design
Cons: FOOD, PRICE
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