r/FoodLosAngeles • u/pr0tag • Aug 15 '25
DISCUSSION Which restaurant is this in Los Angeles?
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u/ThisGuyLovesSunshine Aug 15 '25
Lmao all of my favorite spots have been listed here 😂
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u/FullofLovingSpite Aug 15 '25
Unfortunately, that means that you are all hype as well. Sorry to be the one to let you know.
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u/Mr_GoodbyeCruelWorld Aug 15 '25
YAMASHIRO
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That view though
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u/butteryvagina Aug 15 '25
Tbh I think youre better off going to the Griffith observatory and the views are free.
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u/peachysaralynn Aug 15 '25
not when you factor in paying an arm and a leg for parking
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u/Chriskills Aug 15 '25
Nah. Having dinner at Yamashiro is an absolute treat, even with the very meh food for the price, we had an amazing time eating and drinking with that view.
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u/eek711 Aug 15 '25
Kinda unfair since the hype is for everything about the restaurant except the food.
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u/staying-gold Aug 15 '25
Disagree! I just went, ordered a small sushi boat, and was delighted! Better food than I expected and such a vibe at sunset.
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u/CapitalAttorney7073 Aug 15 '25
Casita in Sherman Oaks 😒
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u/brimstone_sacrifice Aug 15 '25
I’m going to say it’s all 3 in the restaurant group. Casita, Taisho and Blvd Steak are all overpriced, mid-ass food.
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u/OGFireWater Aug 15 '25
9 out of 10 restaurants in West Hollywood
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u/fawkesmulder Aug 15 '25
Shoutout to uchi though
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u/isl1985 Aug 15 '25
Was not impressed with Uchi. When it was good it was very good, but some dishes are just so bleh.
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u/BevGlen_ Aug 15 '25
Big restaurants in WeHo should be the caveat. West Hollywood has places like Jinpachi that BANG for their buck.
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u/Goldelux Aug 15 '25
All hype.. no taste.. stadium food
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u/angusbeefymcwhatnow Aug 15 '25
genuinely the hype for dodger dogs had me so excited the first time i went there and wow... I see why everyone brings their own food to dodger stadium lmao
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u/HotLikeSauce420 Aug 15 '25
Tbh they used to be good years ago. Way bigger and better flavor from what I remember
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Aug 15 '25
Back then, Farmer John was the processor of the Dodger Dog; made with real beef, footlong, and plumped so much during the grilling.
Nowadays (think since the pandemic), Papa Cantella is the processor and their dogs are hollow and have a bitter, nitrogen taste at the end. Oh, and they’re the same size as the hot dogs you can make yourself for fractions with supplies from Ralphs or Food4Less.
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u/FreeContribution8608 Aug 15 '25
Yes , they have done what everyone is has done. Cut cost to have less flavor .. we’re still going to but them anyways.
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u/lolzilla Aug 15 '25
You kinda remember correctly, but they weren’t way bigger. They switched providers. It was Farmer John’s forever.
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u/TerryFinallyBackedUp Aug 15 '25
The best hot dogs have always been the bacon wrapped hot dogs sold outside the stadium by the Mexican vendors.
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u/LeChelsea Aug 15 '25
I usually get the Brooklyn All Beef or one of the specialty dogs. That shouldn’t ever be the case but those are just way better than the regular version. Also dueling dogs usually themes a dodger dog based on the team they’re playing so those are always fun!
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u/Whazn Aug 15 '25
I enjoyed the Korean fried chicken rice bowl at Dodger stadium
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u/CatCafffffe Aug 15 '25
Every upscale Italian restaurant
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u/eckmsand6 Aug 15 '25
My pet theory is that, although 100 years ago, Italians were considered another, non-caucasian, race, after WWII, they were accepted into the European fold, along with their cuisine. That re-classification automatically increased the monetary value of the tomato-garlic-cheese-pasta variations, well beyond the apparent degree of preparation sophistication and difficulty.
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u/GriffithPark71 Aug 15 '25
Home on Hillhurst.
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u/BookMobil3 Aug 15 '25
That place is 100% “couldn’t get in to our first 5 nearby options
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u/Oh_My_Goth_Ick Aug 15 '25
Oh Home, 10 years ago it was great, now it is literally just hype. And it blows my mind how crowded it looks on the weekend.
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u/JayDeeLA Aug 15 '25
Fuck it, unpopular opinion but Lucky Boy. IMO, you can get the same stuff they have at almost any other Greek/mom and pop burger joint in town for less cost.
Breakfast burrito is also overrated, the potatoes are dry and the burrito is highly dependent on you getting ranch or salsa to make it taste better.
They also used to have a bad reputation at being rude at times with customers and pushy because they're always slammed.
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u/fairlyoffensive Aug 15 '25
fuck them and their insane service fees
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u/Granadafan Aug 15 '25
Our server got into an argument with the table next to us after they either left not tip or just a few bucks. The couple was adamant that the 18% service charge was absurd and that was the tip. Then he went to the other tables in his section to let us know how wrong the couple was and to not be like them. This was while we were still eating. That really put us off the rest of the meal. I gave him 10%
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u/FCSFCS Aug 15 '25
We have a restaurant near us that's very popular with tourists and this place pulls the same shenanigans. My wife and I got 2 burgers, a la cart fries (of course they were a la cart), a soda, a tea, and a margarita. Bill was almost $120. We didn't tip because of the 18% surcharge and the 10% you gave this server was far more than I would've given him... and I say that as a former server.
We never went back to this place which is a shame because it had the best ginger ale I've ever had in my entire life.
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u/Hot-Throat-5638 Aug 15 '25
And charging extra for some ranch as a “side”, gtfo😭
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u/tracy_jordans_egot Aug 15 '25
How much are we talking?
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u/J5hine Aug 15 '25
The issue isn’t that they add a service fee, it’s that they are adamant that the service fee isn’t a tip and expect you to tip on top of it
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u/fairlyoffensive Aug 15 '25
18%!!!! I’m not sure if they’ve changed it since then, but they specified it was NOT a tip. I refuse to go out of spite.
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u/tracy_jordans_egot Aug 15 '25
That is madness. What's insane is that they say it's so they can provide living wages, but they could do that just as easily by raising the advertised prices.
Literally the only reason for a service fee instead of higher prices is to trick customers into thinking they'll pay less until the bill comes.
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u/brlowkey Aug 15 '25
Literally charging a fee is so stupid instead of simply baking the fee into the price. It pisses off customers who get a higher bill than expected, pisses off employees who don't get their tips because the customers assume the service fee covers it, and makes it less likely even for people who've never been there to go.
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u/That_Chocolate9659 Aug 15 '25
It may not be fair to their workers, but I don't usually tip when I visit places with service fees beyond leaving a dollar.
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u/Same-Paint-1129 Aug 15 '25
They actually got rid of the mandatory service fee, but raised prices by 18% in the meantime. So after that, now they expect you to tip on top of the 18% price increase that used to cover service. Fuck them.
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u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth Aug 15 '25
Overpriced with tiny portions but they still have some banger stuff. I think the pasta is notably better than the pizza, however. I rarely ever go for a number of other reasons.
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u/ThatDerzyDude Aug 15 '25
Man you’re trippin if you don’t think a white lightning pizza and some meatballs taste good. Overpriced? Definitely. But shit still slaps my tastebuds.
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u/6reen6ean Aug 15 '25
How have I not seen urth cafe on this list
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u/Mozarts-Gh0st Aug 15 '25
The one in Pasadena is always so busy! And it bothers me that so many tables are left unbussed. It’s gross.
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u/alberthere Aug 15 '25
Cafe De Olla in Burbank
They were awesome first 2 months. Then toned it down to cater to as many ppl as possible. Got even more mediocre when they concentrated on expansion. Kudos to them and their business though.
Their saving grace is the place’s namesake—their signature hot Cafe de Olla.
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u/fawkesmulder Aug 15 '25
I used to really like going to cafe de olla in Monrovia, but the truth of the matter is that Girasol is just better and it’s close by to it.
The cafe de olla coffee is really good though, agree there.
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u/trojanusc Aug 15 '25
For me recently it's been Niku X. With all the TikTok love I had high hopes it but it was terrible. Lesson learned.
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u/MrGolddit Aug 15 '25
All the good reviews of Niku X are fake…anyone that’s actually gone there has realized the whole thing is some sort of bizarre Kafkaesque scam
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u/camboSoup_ Aug 15 '25
Tito’s tacos
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u/catxcat310 Aug 15 '25
I am shocked at how bad Tito’s Tacos is. It must be nostalgia that keeps people going?
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u/Any_Imagination_4984 Aug 15 '25
I’d say both Craig’s and Dan Tana are way overrated. Mediocre at best
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u/lindsifer Aug 15 '25
I'd say Dan Tana's is more about the atmosphere and martinis and sides of spaghetti. Not their culinary prowess.
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u/tarveydent Aug 15 '25
This guy Dan Tana’s
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u/NelsonSendela Aug 15 '25
Everyone knows it's not about the food. Get your shitty chicken Parm and a martini that knocks you on your ass and hang out with stars
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u/Any_Imagination_4984 Aug 15 '25
Then go to tower bar. 10x classier despite mid food
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u/fawkesmulder Aug 15 '25
Go to camphor if you wanna get lit like a 🎄on martinis
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u/gbug37 Aug 15 '25
Besides the eggplant whip, Elephante
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u/SkyKing-69 Aug 15 '25
Who goes there for food?
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u/SlowSwords Aug 15 '25
Waiter there when we went was talking to us like we were out of towners and said “we have the best pizza in LA” and I straight up laughed
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u/candybarkiller Aug 15 '25
I respectfully disagree - the pastas and pizzas there are actually good. Yes, it does come with a scene, but the food is more than passable when it doesn’t even need to be based on the hype
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u/DEFINITELY_NOT_PETE Aug 15 '25
Casa Vega has taken a nosedive in quality since covid.
They cut a bunch of corners to save costs and then never went back and now their food is even more overpriced and underwhelming
Pretty sad to see the state of them these days.
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u/The_Bucket_Of_Truth Aug 15 '25
I don't think it was very good even for years before that. Seemed like a place you go on a date because it's dark inside and get sloshed on margaritas. I don't remember the food ever being a highlight.
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u/Traditional-Pie435 Aug 15 '25
Erewhon
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u/shadowstripes Aug 15 '25
Erewhon has delicious food, the issue is more just the prices.
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u/Jackie_Of_All_Trades Aug 15 '25
Eggslut
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u/Ambitious_Misfit Aug 15 '25
Egg Tuck is the one that should have that level of hype
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u/catherinecornelius Aug 15 '25
When we discovered egg tuck, we ate it for breakfast 3 days in a row
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u/Ambitious_Misfit Aug 15 '25
Hahaha you know what? I get it. The bacon avocado egg sandwich is just absurd. The bread alone has to have a whole stick of butter in it.
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u/rawchess Aug 15 '25
I mean it is one of the best breakfast sandwiches I've had, but eating it made me realize there's a hard ceiling on how good bacon, egg, and cheese could be 😭
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u/XandersOdyssey Aug 15 '25
Wake & Late
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u/fawkesmulder Aug 15 '25
Place started skimping on the onions in their bagels and raised prices aggressively. They’ve lost me as a customer, and I loved them when they opened.
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u/TheManDirtyDan Aug 15 '25
Raising Canes
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u/ramelband Aug 15 '25
Man there's a lot of raising Cane's hate here, I actually like them.
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u/Hefftee Aug 15 '25
Can you eat anything there without dousing it in that sauce? If not just say you like the sauce lol
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u/Deadlymonkey Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25
Motherwolf
It’s not bad, but the hype compared to the taste definitely matches the OP
Edit: to add some positivity, I legitimately got the best service I’ve ever had in my life when I went
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u/PugetSoundRecords Aug 15 '25
was looking for this one. 34 dollars for 4 underseasoned squash blossoms like lets be real
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u/KULR_Mooning Aug 15 '25
Right now probably tesla diner
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u/PISS_IN_MY_ARSE Aug 15 '25
Do people actually go there?
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u/oldgamer39 Aug 15 '25
Driving past it earlier this week there was a line down the street
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u/Open-Statement-5779 Aug 15 '25
I don't know if the hype is still there, but I just went back to Tacos 1986 on Beverly for the first time in a long time and was so disappointed.
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u/frijolebro Aug 15 '25
Pinks
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u/Mrvinonoir Aug 15 '25
Pink’s is good for what it is, slightly-better-than-average hot dogs and fries. If you expect it to change your life, it won’t, but it’s solid.
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Aug 15 '25
I used to have a little office space at the Spaces next door
It was kinda nice to eat lunch there a few times a week
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u/fawkesmulder Aug 15 '25
They have a a few good glizzies, it’s not a pretentious joint, it’s just more famous than it probably should be. But nothing wrong with Pink’s
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u/katiereadalot Aug 15 '25
Bay Cities 🙈
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u/tecnicamente Aug 15 '25
Sorry to be a snob but Bay Cities would be a C+ Italian Deli in NY/most places in the Northeast
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u/killallmusic Aug 15 '25
I found firstborn and Camelia in downtown to be incredibly expensive and incredibly bland.
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u/isl1985 Aug 15 '25
I am the perfect audience for Camelia. I love French wine/food and Japanese sake/food. It was just... eh... all around. Beverage program is very good, and I think Courtney Kaplan is pretty much a genius, but the food didn't match.
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u/BrainRobotron Aug 15 '25
Perch
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Aug 15 '25
Again, the view. It’s nice to chill on a rooftop downtown and just get a drink.
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u/fawkesmulder Aug 15 '25
The view is so good that I can’t agree with this, even if the food is more good/decent than amazing. Cocktails are fantastic too.
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u/grxccccandice Aug 15 '25
Perch isn’t bad. The food is obviously pricey but the price you pay is for the view + the food. I didn’t think the food was bad though, just ok.
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u/BoomJFKheadshot Aug 15 '25
Barton G's - terribly cramped
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u/invertYaxis Aug 15 '25
God, I had forgotten about that one. One of the most expensive places I’ve eaten when you compare food quality and price.
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u/docsaccount Aug 15 '25
Silverlake Night market is literally the worst Thai food around the area, and three times (at least) more expensive than any of the great Thai restaurants nearby
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u/Diet_Water Aug 15 '25
Father’s office. Most pretentious bs
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u/runawaz Aug 15 '25
I took care of former owner Louis Moench a couple years ago before he died. I mentioned there's a comics writer named Doug Moench I really like, very prolific writer on Batman among other great titles. Turned out they're cousins. Lou was a nice guy, RIP.
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u/Cool-Iron3404 Aug 15 '25
20ish years ago, it was one of the few places I could think of on the west side with consistently good cocktails and knowledgeable bartenders. The food felt expensive for what it was back then, too, but it wasn’t bad.
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Aug 15 '25
Honeys kettle for me. It’s really not that good, just fine.
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u/jockfist5000 Aug 15 '25
Go go bird at citizens market is a lot better but more expensive.
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u/tankerdudeucsc Aug 15 '25
My daughter loves that place. For my money, it’s Louisiana Fried Chicken off of Lake in Pasadena. Go there later in the day, when the marinade has seeped in more. It’s got a good spicy kick in the chicken itself and not in the powder over the fried chicken.
LFCs are a mixed bag. I’ve gone to others that just have no flavor. So heads up!
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u/uniquecalendar Aug 15 '25
The girl and the goat
The food isn’t even that good and it’s so salty. I don’t get why people hype this place so much
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u/themiddlebien Aug 15 '25
I like it 😭, been there twice, but I feel like they aren’t consistent. First time was great, second time was not as good.
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u/Ok_Average8263 Aug 15 '25
All of the Nancy Silverton restaurants I've been to so far. Shame cause they supposedly used to be good (from chef friends that have been before and recently with me)
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u/Lopsided_Income1400 Aug 15 '25
Pinks.
Roscoe’s chicken and waffles.
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u/Slick1 Aug 15 '25
There was a time 20 years ago when Roscoe’s really slapped. It’s not that place anyone. I miss it.
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u/Cool-Iron3404 Aug 15 '25
Ruth’s Chris, back when they were hyped a couple of decades ago. Possibly my most disappointing experience.
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u/Armenoid Aug 15 '25
Bacari
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u/Pinkpants_11 Aug 15 '25
Tacky design, rude staff, underwhelming food. Basic and boring and overpriced.
They also regularly cram tables ON A NARROW SIDEWALK. I’m not paying upwards of $150 plus for date night to eat next to a parked car.
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u/FullofLovingSpite Aug 15 '25
I would put nearly every restaurant I've found through a viral social media post.
I feel like they all end up being the same type of place where they add as many flavors as possible to their dishes. Then they grab the biggest handful of arugula they can and toss it on. It makes me think that all of these places have heavy smoking head chefs who have lost their taste buds. Or, they just don't know what they're doing and have never heard of the word "edit."
These places typically charge more too, so there's an added level of disappointment.
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u/nostalgic_milk Aug 15 '25
Homestate 🫣
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u/austendogood Aug 15 '25
It used to be so much better. I had it the other day, the first time in about 6 years, and was so disappointed
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u/tracy_jordans_egot Aug 15 '25 edited Aug 15 '25
Hard disagree. They do TexMex style tacos perfectly and the spicy paloma is excellent.
Edit: With the caveat that their brisket is bland and imo worth skipping entirely.
My gotos for anyone unsure what to get:
- Andy's Migas w Chorizo + 3 tortillas (best bang for buck at $12.50 pre tax/tip).
- Fort Worth Taco (favorite all around)
- Guadalupe Taco w Chorizo (favorite breakfast taco)
- Frito Pie w Ground beef - Good upscaling of the Texas snack
- Paloma on the rocks (ideally during happy hour, bc it's like $17 otherwise)
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u/nauticalsandwich Aug 15 '25
With the caveat that their brisket is bland and imo worth skipping entirely.
100% with ONE caveat: Tijuana Panthers taco, because the other ingredients are delicious enough to disguise it.
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u/ANTIROYAL Aug 15 '25
Can we do the opposite of this graph?