The Kibitz Room — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Free parking in such a busy neighborhood rocks! Then, a short walk to the restaurant where we see a variety of yummy breads and desserts and I had to immediately buy three onion rolls, the long ones for sandwiches. We then were given a comfy booth with water and soon our drinks arrived. Then pickles so fresh and delicious. Not long to wait for our order of beef brisket on a long onion roll with au jus to dip It in. My friend had a turkey sandwich and loved hers as well. Mine was so delicious the brisket seemed to have been cooked so long and slow to perfection as if the Jewish grandmother had taught the ancient secret to make the BEST damn brisket known to mankind. I got so full and the fries were way too plentiful. Dipped them in ranch dressing and felt decadent...after we left our table and paid we proceeded to the desserts in the bakery section and the carrot cake with coconut frosting was too good to be real. I was in heaven on earth before I even ate half of one. Cupcakes of all kinds and chocolate and just too many choices after all I had eaten. So we bought a bunch to go and am still excited to eat some of them tomorrow. This place makes me feel like I am loved by the universe and cradled in her arms. I can't emphasize enough how much of a treasure this place in the middle of a hard area for many people. It is a diamond in the rough and I cherish it every time I get a chance to visit and eat. I am not even Jewish but the food they make here feels like the food of God. If I could pick one place to bring with me to eat in heaven this place would be it! God Bless Canter's and all the cooks and staff who work there to give us the best food on earth....

the kibitz room is really funny to me, I don't know what it is it's just kind of funny that it exists you know, like it's such a different vibe than the deli. they let me bring in a big thermos after giving it the smell test and making sure it wasn't full of a gallon of vodka, so I was lucky I wasn't carrying around my usual gallon of vodka. the world is going to hell in a handbasket. one time a server did not believe me that I wanted the pickled herring, I guess I'm hard to read, but I promise I never make jokes like that, if I order it it means I want it. I respect that server though. there was one time where there was a server there and he lived in unfortunate circumstances, but he did me a favor which makes him honest in my eyes. I just love the cast of people there, including the ones that are only there for a bit because they screwed up Rodney bingenheimer's...

This place has TERRIBLE customer service, DISCRIMINATES, and has BASIC food.

I went there while traveling in LA (from New York) My phone was dying and I was alone so I purchased a sandwich and asked if I could charge my phone. I am a non-binary person and the manager was already giving me an attitude as she glared, looking at my outfit. She then seated me near an outlet.

My phone was charging slowly and she confronted me after 30 minutes (just as I finished eating) and told me I couldn’t charge my phone any longer or sit at the restaurant. Imagine this happens to you late at night and TRAVELING ALONE thousands of miles from home.

This place is horrible. To top it all off, the sandwich was not seasoned well -very bland for a corned beef sandwich and mushy.

THIS PLACE IS HORRIBLE....