King's Hawaiian Bakery & Restaurant
Neighborhood: Torrance

2808 Sepulveda Blvd
Torrance, CA 90505

Frangelo A. writes: Aloha!

So as a child I have fond memories of Kings Hawaiian dinner rolls baking in the oven.  Their sweet aroma permeated the house, a silent but sweet indication that dinner was underway...

You could imagine my surprise as we drove down in Torrance,…

Museum of Contemporary Art
Neighborhood: Downtown

250 S Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Anh T. writes: When you find yourself using the carcass of a half-eaten buffalo leg to club a hottie over the head to get his/her attention, you know it may be about time to get exposed to a little bit of culture.

If you're a fan of psychedelic manga/anime or j-pop…

Ruen Pair Restaurant
Neighborhood: Hollywood

5257 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Perci N. writes: I lust for Thai. When I think of Thai food, I am reminded of the scent of green papaya. Moist, saucy, spicy, sweet, cool, refreshing. Tempting, no? ;)

Ruan Par dishes authentic Thai food in Thai town to Thai people -- and a few of us outsiders…

Greenfield Churrascaria

5305 E Pacific Coast Hwy
Long Beach, CA 90804

Robin Z. writes: I hate meat! (for about another week anyway...)

When it comes to unfamiliar dining recommendations, it pays to exercise a modicum of caution. So when fellow Yelper Jon-O recommended Green Field Churrascaria, I asked if he'd join me. You see, Jon-O…

Sakae Sushi

1601 W Redondo Beach Blvd
Ste 112
Gardena, CA 90247

Aunny D. writes: It makes me sooooo happy that this place gets so many great reviews. I mean, why wouldn't it? This review is looooong overdue considering this is sushi place is the reason why I love sushi so much. As a child growing up in Gardena, my mother raised…

Alcove Cafe & Bakery
Neighborhood: Griffith Park/Los Feliz

1929 Hillhurst Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027

Maral A. writes: ****Update 6/25/2007****
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday to you
Happy Birthday dear Tiiiiiiiii
Happy Birthday to youuuuuu

Birthday girl Ti B, Sarah, Minali, Arron and I hung out, had some quality time and ate cake.

Oh we also laughed sooo hard, and it…

Netty's Restaurant
Neighborhood: Silver Lake

1700 Silver Lake Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

stephy s. writes: Awwwhh Netty's. I'm so sorry, I almost forgot about you.

Netty's is one of the things I miss most about dating an idiot on the east side of town. We used to walk here for breakfast...at 2pm...after a night of drinking and I would always get their…

Trump National Golf Club

1 Ocean Trails Drive Rancho Palos Verdes
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275

Joan S. writes: It looks spectacular from above and it opened today:  The Donald's new golf course.  The restoration of the former Ocean Trails golf course has been quite a lengthy & amazing feat by Mr. Trump.  In 1999 a major landslide tore away the 18th hole.…

Uncle Darrow's
Neighborhood: Venice

2560 South Lincoln Blvd.
Venice, CA 90035

Suji .. writes: Their catfish and cajun chicken link po' boys were delicious and lightly fried, not greasy.  While the po' boys looked small, they really filled us up, & our side order of bean-balaya became leftovers.  Our po' boys were $7 and $6, and the side was…

Loteria Grill
Neighborhood: Mid-City West

6333 W 3rd St
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Linda N. writes: I also felt the sticker shock to this Mexican food stand. But damnnnnn that was tasty. I got one each of the taquitos, the beef was my favorite and potato my least. The potato was too much like mashed potatoes deep fried- you'd love it if that sounds…

Sonny McLeans
Neighborhood: Santa Monica

2615 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90403

Brady K. writes: How can you go wrong with a Boston sports bar, smack-dab in the middle of Wilshire with not one, but TWO nights devoted to karaoke?  

Sonny's is a north-easterner's haven for beer, greasy apps and a good time.  Chances are you will run into someone…

Terried Sake House

11617 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90025

Kit S. writes: Terried is not attractive. If I were signing Terried's yearbook, I'd write something like "Stay sweet! Have a great summer and see you next year!" You know, something generic and nice.

But Sasaya, right across the street, Sasaya is sexy. She's the…

Pastis Restaurant
Neighborhood: West Hollywood, Mid-City West

8114 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90048

BRIAN K. writes: 3.5 stars. Hmm, what to do when you're sick of eating Thanksgiving leftovers. Go to Pastis.

This place looks really bootleg from the outside but don't be scared; it's a French restaurant inside. Parking is hard to come by if you don't score metered…

Roy's Restaurant
Neighborhood: Downtown

800 S Figueroa St
Los Angeles, CA 90017

hana k. writes: My evening started with a series of text messages. My partner-in-dining wanted to go somewhere special, and we went back and forth with suggestions. Finally he said that he wanted me to experience Roy's, since I'd never been there before. I got…

Houston's Restaurant
Neighborhood: West Los Angeles

10250 Santa Monica Blvd Ste 45
Los Angeles, CA 90067

Kaz S. writes: I went to a chain restaurant twice in a week; this was my second.
First thing that I didn't like: they didn't have an apple martini.  That's ok...had a cosmos. The plan was to catch up with a friend I hadn't seen for 2 years but the noise level at 8pm…

Park's BBQ

955 S Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90005

Kaz S. writes: I had been searching for a new Korean BBQ joint since my favorite, Suhrabal's quality  had gone way down last year.  I've written a glowing review for them on yelp, but I later wrote about my growing suspicion that there was a change in ownership. I…

Sushi Hirosuke
Neighborhood: Encino

17237 Ventura Blvd
Ste C
Encino, CA 91316

Rachel L. writes: Oh my this place will knock your socks off, IT ROCKS! The Scallop hand roll is the size of 2 normal hand rolls, the fresh salmon sashimi, was the best i have EVER had. TO DIE FOR!! The owner himself Hirosuke was there, right in front of us at the…

The French Crepe Company
Neighborhood: Mid-City West

Farmers Market - Third & Fairfax
6333 W. 3rd Street
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Ed C. writes: I was hanging out at the Quartier Latin in Paris a couple of weeks ago...

((Go ahead and soak in how awesome that is... I'll wait... Pretty awesome, huh?.. Okay on with the review...))

... when I got peckish. Worked up an appetite running around the…

Bar 107
Neighborhood: Downtown

107 4th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013

frank L. writes: I bet you don't like nightmares.  I bet you've never been in a nightmare drunk either.  Well I fucking have!  And you have to be drunk to enjoy the acid-induced hellbroth of confusion that is Bar 107!

You've got an animal head jutting from a wall…

Maison Akira
Neighborhood: Pasadena

713 E Green St
Pasadena, CA 91101

Tina L. writes: Writing my review on Cafe Sierra last night rekindled my deep desire for buffets. I woke up this morning and started plotting my plan.

The closest restaurants that served brunch buffets were Twin Palms, Ritz Carlton, and Maison Akira. It was not a…

Depot Restaurant
Neighborhood: Torrance

1250 Cabrillo Ave
Torrance, CA 90501

Aly D. writes: a good friend of mine decided to come to my neck of the woods on a friday night. the usual for us when we go out: lots of good food and LOTS ... LOTS of wine. so we were looking for a place where we could accomplish both. the depot definitely seemed…

Paco's Tacos

4141 S Centinela Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90066

fran d. writes: useless fact #10,768 inside fran's head.

this paco's tacos was featured in the unexplainable blockbuster-successful movie jerry mcguirre. you know, in the scene where tom cruise and renee whatever-her-wegger last name is, go on their first date?…

Madame Matisse
Neighborhood: Silver Lake

3536 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026

Tina L. writes: Madame Matisse is cute for a lazy Saturday breakfast - however, it's like their entire life is about eggs, eggs and alas, even more eggs. I'm more of a lunch/dinner girl per se, but even I have to eat breakfast once in a while.

Dirty and hungover, I…

Zankou Chicken
Neighborhood: Glendale

1415 E Colorado St
Glendale, CA 91205

Andrea L. writes: the garlic sauce is a bit lardy for me (leaves some sort of buttery film in my mouth) and isn't really as "garlicky" as a garlic fiend like me desires.

but, the chicken is dank....

the salad is good...

the marinated turnips and beets are the bomb...

the…

Pitfire Pizza Company
Neighborhood: Downtown

108 W 2nd St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Julie G. writes: Understated, clean, and casual, Pitfire was a perfect shelter from the rain on Saturday when I went with my friend Carol to see Avenue Q. We wanted to grab a meal before the play, and I just wasn't in the mood for the pomp and circumstance of…

Erewhon Natural Foods Market
Neighborhood: West Hollywood, Mid-City West

7660 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Nic Z. writes: What a great store!  When you walk into the store you are greeted by a great salad bar, several different soups, a deli case filled with all different samosas, salads, tamales, a juice bar, a coffee and tea area, precooked chickens, and all sorts of…

Zanzibar
Neighborhood: Santa Monica

1301 5th St
Santa Monica, CA 90401

frank L. writes: Best club ever.  No, best *dance lounge* ever.  There are several places to lounge, chances are they're reserved though.  ok, this is the best dance-unlounge place ever.  Too bad I don't dance.

So, Saturday night, and after a quick stop at the…

Beard Papa's Cream Puffs
Neighborhood: Hollywood

6801 Hollywood Blvd
Hollywood, CA 90028

Jessica L. writes: Um, holy creamy heaven - where have you been all my life?

Yes, the regular cream puffs are tasty but if you want to go for it (and by "it" I mean 1 Million Calories per bite) get the chocolate covered eclair.  The chocolate is giddily dark and on the…

Frank N Hanks
Neighborhood: Koreatown

518 S Western Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90020

stephy s. writes: Oh K-town, how I love you so! Not only do you fill my happy belly with marinated short ribs and let me Q it myself, but now you've given me a dive bar of all dives and I love you for it!

Meet Frank N Hank's, my second favorite K-town bar (hey, The…

Temple Bar
Neighborhood: Santa Monica

1026 Wilshire Blvd
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Victoria C. writes: I like the Temple Bar.  It has a dark, hip feel to it.  We went there to watch a Japanese String Quartet.  They were awesome.  The cover was $5.  The crowd was small since it was late Tuesday.  I would like to go back sometime to see how the crowd…

Ma Dang Gook Soo
Neighborhood: Koreatown

869 S Western Ave
Ste 1
Los Angeles, CA 90005

Ed C. writes: SPOILER ALERT: Edgar C. went home swollen, but happy.

My night started out innocently enough. There's a vent over my desk that was blowing cold air on me, making my throat itchy. Even after I drank citrus tea with lemon, I was still cough-ey. I was…

Ayara Thai
Neighborhood: Westchester / LAX

6245 W. 87th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90045

Joshua Y. writes: 5 stars for a great lunch spot!  We enjoyed fast, friendly service and some tasty food.

My friend and I both ordered Lunch Combo #3 - (Jasmine Rice / Pork Kra Tiem / Chicken Tom Yum Soup) which was plenty filling and had a spicy kick to it.  Also…

Lucille's Smokehouse Bbq
Neighborhood: Torrance

21420 Hawthorne Blvd
Torrance, CA 90503

J J. writes: Skraggle and I went here on our, hold on let me count...first we went to the crepevine, then we ate dim sum where I made him eat chicken feet by threatening to call him a pussified sissy-girl crybaby with merely a look from me, and then he ate a hot…

The Beverly Hills Hotel
Neighborhood: Beverly Hills

9614 Sunset Blvd
Beverly Hills, CA 90210

Aunny D. writes: Do you know that Beverly Hills the city derived its name from the Beverly Hills Hotel?

Just another piece of useless information on behalf of yours truly....I'll be here all week folks. ;)

I have to say that I feel like an ass for not giving the…

Traxx Restaurant and Bar
Neighborhood: Chinatown

Union Station, Downtown
800 N Alameda St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

Mike L. writes: What kind of food do you get at a train station?  

You usually think of chips from a vending machine or some nachos/hot dogs from a quicky mart setting up inside a terminal space.

How about a fine dining restaurant?

That took me by a surprise when i…

Original Pancake House
Neighborhood: Torrance

1756 S Pacific Coast Hwy
Redondo Beach, CA 90277

Melody S. writes: Holy CRAP, I had no idea there was an Original Pancake House in LA!!   This was the Take All Your East Coast Friends Here breakfast destination back in my pre-vegan days in Chicago and Wisconsin.  Alas, alack, as a vegan, I can no longer enjoy the…

Ocean Diner
Neighborhood: Hermosa Beach

959 Aviation Blvd
Hermosa Beach, CA 90254

Cheryl B. writes: Ocean Diner is the place I take my Midwestern family whenever they come to visit to prove to them that people in LA actually DO eat normal food.  

Don't get me wrong. it's normal yes, but it's also EXCEPTIONAL.   The granola is amazing but when you…

Borders Books Music & Cafe
Neighborhood: Torrance

3700 Torrance Blvd
Torrance, CA 90503

.Ronnie. M. writes: I love this place. It's less crowded than B & N. Less hipster. More substance.

It's semi quiet. I value that on those days where I want to finish that novel I keep coming back for. I like the high bookshelves. I like the space between one side and…

Myung Dong Kyoja
Neighborhood: Koreatown

3630 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90010

Cassandra S. K. writes: Try their Konggooksu. They are pretty good!

After a quick lunch period doctor's office run for a check up, I needed a quick lunch, driving down Wilshire. When I was passing this place by, I said to myself, this is it.

I needed something to calm my…

The Colorado Bar
Neighborhood: Pasadena

2640 E Colorado Boulevard
Pasadena, CA 91107

ericka L. writes: Do not hate me for only giving three stars to the 'Rado.

I don't do this with malice. I do this because people count on me to tell the truth.

This is a great dive bar. The walls are painted black, the lighting is dimly fluorescent, the bar stools are…