Beachwood Cafe Hollywood — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I write for a music and coffee blog called Crooners In Coffeeshops, in which I interview local musicians at local coffeeshops. My writeup reflects the positive experience that I encountered at Beachwood Cafe on our interview date.

Beachwood Canyon is well known as the neighborhood that leads up to the Hollywood Sign. While local homeowners may not be fans of having a constant stream of tourists making their way up to and down from the famous landmark, Beachwood Cafe is here to put a smile on their faces with an eclectic farm-to-table style menu and a great cup of coffee. Originally home of The Village Coffee Shop, Beachwood Cafe has resided at this location since March of 2012 and has wowed not only residents and visitors with its cozy, diner-like appeal, but has also earned itself an award in restaurant design due to Barbara Bestor’s architectural re-vamping. Step inside to be amazed with its interior perfectly embodying the look and feel of your (probably eccentric) grandma’s house from kooky wallpaper to brightly colored tiles to tight-knit seating arrangements. Whether you’re there for a hangover breakfast with your beau or fun little brunch with your out-of-town guests, there’s certainly enough space to fit your seating arrangement needs. Now let’s talk about that impressive menu that they’re got!

Beachwood Cafe does a wonderful job with making sure that there is a viable food and drink option for every type of visitor with a lot of their options falling into the American-with-a-twist category. With variations on some classic offerings like burgers and salads to scrambles and breakfast burritos, you’re pretty much guaranteed to want to come back for a visit just so you can try everything off the menu. And a big perk for devoted brunch-ers is that they serve breakfast items until closing! As I could quite literally have eggs at any time of the day, I opted for the Bronson Egg Scramble with a deliciously creamy Cafe Au Lait for caffeination. Although, I do admit that if I wasn’t driving, I totally would have gone for one of their morning cocktails for an extra pep in my...

So, I want to start this by saying that I worked in the restaurant business for ten years of my life and have lived and hung out in and around Beachwood since the late 80's, so I have witnessed a few incarnations of this place, and this one is far and away the nicest,. The food was great, so it pains me to write this, but I was there recently on a Friday, meeting some family I hadn't seen in a while. We had a reservation and showed up on time and only had to wait a little bit before we sat down -- to be expected at a brunch place on a Friday. We sat, and I have to say, as soon as we sat down, they were breathing down our neck to order, and we had hardly started eating when they put the check down on the table. I have never felt so rushed at a restaurant, especially one that charges these prices. When we planned to meet there, we thought we would have time to sit and visit. We would have ordered coffees, spent more money, but we were made to feel so unwelcome that we left. This is not some place that slings hash. this place is expensive. The food is good, so maybe no one cares, but I will never go back to a place where I was treated so rudely. We made a reservation. We showed up on time. We were paying for the table. Yeah, people were waiting, but we had to wait, and we had a reservation. It's not like we were sitting there for hours. We barely had time to eat. I consider this to be...

Love this place so much. Tied with Met Her At A Bar for my favorite Eggs Benedict in Los Angeles. We had a wonderful breakfast this Labor Day weekend. Beachwood is located in the Hollywood Hills and really has beautiful surroundings. If you’re lucky enough to sit near a window, like we did, you will have plenty of views of the houses, hills, and passersbys. They have a large, free, parking lot in the back of the restaurant and we were able to find space there for a 10:30AM Sunday brunch. We got lucky with our arrival time so were able to be seated as soon as we arrived. Our server Jennifer G did a great job and was very attentive.

As mentioned they have one of my favorite Eggs Benedicts’ in LA. The hollandaise is seasoned well, the eggs were perfect, and they all sit on a Texas toast which really adds to the flavor and allows you to soak up the egg. We also order Caramel Lattes which I would highly recommend, the Avocado Toast as a share plate which was fantastic due to the labneh below the avocado, and also the Berry Pancakes, which were a hit as well.

Overall one of my favorite breakfast spots in LA. I love how hidden and out of the way it is. It really feels like a place for LA locals like me; there didn’t seem to be a large tourist crowd like some other locations have. I will be...