Hilltop Coffee + Kitchen - DTLA — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Stopped by during a trip to Los Angeles looking for a quick bite to eat and came across this wonderful place. I totally forgot this was Issa Rae spots. lol Here are some of my take aways.

Environment This was a wonderful beautiful space. As soon as you walk you're surrounded by a earthy, spacious and relaxed vibe thats great for catching up with friends, having meetings, doing work or reading a book. It's a hip, modern social cafe that makes you feel right at home. Loved everything about it.

Service Operates like a regular cafe - you walk up to the counter and they take your order. The drinks are made at the counter and if you order food you grab a number and find a seat (if you're eating there) and the kitchen staff (the kitchen is located in the back of the cafe) will bring your food out to you or you pick up in the food area. The staff was more than friendly. I felt very welcomed during my whole visit. I believe the owner came and spoke us letting us to come back for their weekend events. If I lived there I would definitely take her up on that offer.

Food and drinks I ordered the fish sandwich and tater tots. The fish sandwich was delicious and filling and the tots were a great compliment to it. I would definitely go back to try other things off of the menu. I would especially love to try their weekend brunch.

Overall Wonderful place, beautiful space. Great service and really tasty food. Really great addition to DTLA. I will definitely add it to my list of places to visit when i return...

I stopped by the DTLA location on a Saturday around 1pm. They were busy and it took a while to order at the counter but all of the staff were very friendly and working quickly.

I ordered a Buenos Dias bowl, Nutella Beignets and a hot Chai Latte. I gave everything a 3/5 for flavor because it was meh to me. The concepts are there with great variety to the menu but the flavor was lost. The Nutella bites weren’t giving what I wanted even with the Nutella and Raspberry sauce.

You have to order at the counter and then take a number to your table but then return to the counter for your drinks, and then also get silverware at another place near the counter. I would recommend having the cashiers tell people who order food that they will need to return for their drink in x amount of minutes and then also pick up silverware before they go back to their table. Maybe I was just oblivious lol Decor and aesthetic were so amazing! I really loved how much seating there was and I didn’t feel awkward trying to find a table by myself. It’s a great place to work if you need that. I would go back to do just that and maybe try different menu options. I’m giving this place a 3/5 just because I expected more flavor out of a black owned business but loved the atmosphere, variety of options...

*This place is Vibe City

If you’ve seen my other reviews on coffee spots you know the vibe is the selling point.

This place has the best vibe of any coffee shop I’ve ever visited.

You walk in the place is esthetically pleasing, you can hear the music from outside the bump 90’s early 2000’s R&B the mood is just set.

The entire staff here are so friendly you feel like you’re just vibing with everyone.

The food is good but it’s a coffee shop so I wasn’t expecting it to be phenomenal. Although I got the cornbread & I honestly had to make sure my granny wasn’t being held hostage in the kitchen.😂😂

Have you ever seen a pink Arnold Palmer? Me either! But it was amazing. They had eggnog latte & sweet potato latte. Against my better judgement I opted for the eggnog & I was not disappointed.

I forgot to photograph the cornbread it was so good I forgot to take a photo(maybe next time)

If you see any bad reviews of this place just bypass them. This is one of the best coffee...