The Manchester — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Good meal last night, but definitely some notable pluses and minuses. First - the food. Food was great! Huge veggie tray app, fresh and good to share. A few tasty margarita’s. Salmon was cooked perfect, and the cauliflower a delicious “char”. The only not so great was the chocolate pots du crème - a bit hard and not tasty at all. Overall, food was delicious. Atmosphere was fun, high energy, upbeat, cross of date nights and friends. The downsides - service could have been a bit more attentive - not bad, but room for improvement. No one greeted us upon arrival, so a bit confusing. Then after we ordered, our food came out super quick - all at once - appetizer and mains. It sure would have been nice to enjoy more than one cocktail, and have our app come out first - having time to enjoy it. Then have it taken away to make room for our main course. But weirdly - it was all at once - not a great dining experience - shame, because the food is very good just overwhelmed and could enjoy an app and main and feel so rushed. Then, our server was nice - but asked if she could give us our check, never asked if we wanted dessert? And we did - and we had to ask her! We got the chocolate - and sadly, maybe that’s why she didn’t offer dessert, it was the only food that was not good at all. Finally - tequila is one of the hottest “spirits” these days, yet despite a well stocked bar they offered only one “house” tequila … some Fortaleza repo would have been nice, any “choice” of more than one would have been nice. So - we ended up taking most of our food home in a brown bag, just weird not having time to enjoy a night out - to be so rushed and sent on our way - no pacing - no dessert ask, not great training. So - mixed. Knowing this - I’d suggest “apps first please” - don’t rush us. I’d have spent more time, more money, more joy - but they crushed what should have been a...

I was picking up my nephew at LAX so I was looking for a great place nearby to bring him and the google reviews were very good, so we gave it a shot. Google reviews did not fail us. The food and service here is fantastic. We ordered their Featured Monthly Cocktail which was very refreshing and great opening to the dinner. Then we started with the Butter Lettuce Salad, simple but impressive. Everything was perfectly balanced, I would definitely order this again. And we also shared the Grilled Cauliflower, that was really out of this world. Then we had the Barramundi and the Ora King Salmon, both were cooked to perfection and came with idyllic accompaniments. For dessert we got the Flan and the Dark Chocolate Pots De Creme, the perfect way to end the experience. Besides the great food, the service was impeccable, something I'm not used to in LA. This...

I’ve been to several “speakeasies”, but this is the first one I thought “this looks suspect”. But in true speakeasy fashion, the slightly suspicious exterior contained a really nice bar within.

I need to make one thing clear, I eat vegetables because they’re good for me not because I like them. That being said, I was OBSESSED with the vegetable apps here. The babe farm market vegetables and charred broccolini had no business being that good. Someone was actively trying to include me in conversation to which I took a pass. I can’t eat if I’m talking.

The drinks were good and strong. There’s an interesting drink they make in a fish-shaped glass. It wasn’t to my taste, but the others in my party liked it and it seems to be popular.

There is parking readily available behind...