Monday, January 30, 2012

Gordon Ramsay London Los Angeles

Gordon Ramsay London
1020 North San Vicente Boulevard
West Hollywood CA 90069
United States
+1 (310) 358-7788
http://www.thelondonwesthollywood.com/gordon_ramsay/Boxwood_cafe.cfm


Good: Ambiance, feels like you are in London, good drinks, food presentation, food seasoning

Bad: Risotto, prefix menus

Parking is validated for $10. Which is decent price for a nice hotel like this.

Check before reserving as sometimes they have prefix menus.

If you are not a big wine fan and like hard alcohol or exotic beers,ask them for the drinks menu. They have a great selection of exotic beers and drinks. The Ruby Red was awesome as it had grapefruit, vodka, and grenadine in it.

We had the steak and the salmon. Both were awesome dishes. Smaller dishes as with most of these high end restaurants.

I don't like ham so I didn't get the Beef Wellington which is their most popular dish. You are on your own with that one, I have heard great things about it.

Except for the risotto, which tasted like oatmeal and milk, all food was awesome with great seasoning.

Staff is very nice and attentive. Dressed nicely. The kind of service you expect from a high end hotel restaurant.

For a cheaper meal try Boxwood Cafe during lunch hour. It is part of the same restaurant.

Location:1020 North San Vicente Boulevard West Hollywood CA 90069

Wednesday, January 25, 2012

The Little Door

Http://www.thelittledoor.com
323-951-1210
The Little Door
8164 W 3rd Street
Los Angeles CA 90048
United States

Good: Awesome desserts, good wine selection, great ambiance
Neutral: Dinner
Bad: Service service service

We reviewed this restaurant during Dine LA weekend. Please understand that this restaurant is ran more like a small restaurant for the price range it is charging.

The dinner was nothing special. We requested our steaks medium. One came out medium well, the other one was well done. Neither were done correctly.

Finally, we really wanted dessert. The waitress claimed they were out of one dessert item which we wanted. This was disturbing because I saw the dessert item in the dessert fridge window after dinner. Not sure if it was for someone else's or she was just informed she needed to sell other desserts.

Either way, our dessert was good.

Based on our experience, expect to come to this restaurant to experience the ambience. It is a very cute restaurant. Don't expect much from dinner.

Location:8164 W 3rd Street Los Angeles CA 90048 United States