Caldo Verde — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Located at the base of the Proper Hotel this Portuguese restaurant is beautifully designed on the inside although overpriced. Our server Emily did a great job tonight and was very prompt. At the end of the meal we wanted to go up to the roof to view the sunset, being that it was a date and we’re locals, but we were told we were not allowed to do so. “It is fully booked tonight” is what we were told although there were only a handful of other diners around us nor did we see any others going up the elevators during our meal. Seems ridiculous to not allow people up briefly after spending $175 for two people.

Tonight they had a prefix menu only for $65 per person with a set of first and third courses and for the main the choice between salmon or duck. The flavors were very good although the portions were pretty small especially for the amount they are charging. 1st course was the Red Pepper Campechana, which was delicious but was gone in 4-5 bites. I would have doubled the portion for the price. For my main course I chose the Salmon, which was also very good flavor wise, however I prefer my salmon to be crispier. The inside of this one was a bit cold to the touch. Finally for dessert came the Financier which was a fair portion with great flavors, but based on how much restaurants make for desserts and drinks I was sad to see they chose the make this the larger portion and not the starter or the main dish.

Overall a nice meal aside from the portion size and cost. This is why I don’t usually like to do prefix menus at non Michelin restaurants because I prefer to choose what I want to eat versus going with the...

Booked a reservation that specifically said we would have the standard menu and when we showed up it was only a prefix menu at outrageous prices. Nothing was done by management to amend the situation outside of telling us they would be happy to cancel the reservation. We decided to stay since it was v-day and there was no possible way to walk in somewhere else. To top it off - the food was horrible and mass-produced. The appetizer tasted like it was sitting out under a heat lamp after being prepared, it was stall and lukewarm. The vegetarian option was a pile of mushrooms. The 'red wine braised boar' was dry and flavorless - it could have passed a corned beef, I wouldn't have known the difference. $350 for two people to eat garbage food and leave hungry. No remorse for the misleading info about having a standard menu and the bait and switch. I'm sure they made a ton of money selling their cheap ingredients for an ultra-premium...

Evening started out great. Party of four started with one cocktail at the roof top bar. Continued at the restaurant, everything still great. Ordered bottle of champagne and appetizers. Server returned placed dinner order and another bottle of champagne. Next, and now it gets weird. The sommelier returned stated he could not serve us another bottle of champagne, but would give us a splash of champagne! I asked why and he stated he feared for our safety getting home. Thanks for being concered, but since we used Uber to come to the restaurant, we're not driving, only had one cocktail each and one glass of champagne. I being the oldest in our party, 62 and the youngest 38. Not even slightly intoxicated. Never ever had been refused alcohol at a restaurant. So if you have more than two drinks, you over your limit. Needless to say I'll never dine ar the restaurant again. BTW, the manager did comp the...