I had the most fun last night!! This venue has a big open space where you can see people play ping…read morepong and pool and nights past 9PM amazing bands and artists come to play jazz!! The drinks are tastefully mix and you feel right at home. I was expecting my pretzel bites to be stale as most bars with food aren't that great but they were soft and salted. They consistently check your tables to check on you and remove finished drinks and empty dishes. PARKING was soooo easy to find. Right beside it there's a parking garage and the charge was $10 for a Friday night. I love this place and I can't wait to go again

Band AMAZING Drinks Good…read morePo boy 2/10 I was given my poboy on stale/hard bread. As a cook, how did you not take enough pride into what you're serving people to not notice? After picking thru it because I was hungry, I spoke to an manager and he just seemed as if I was not being honest, so I pulled the broken bread pieces out to show him; and he didn't offer anything in return. I won't be back.

Gumbo Brothers made the night…read more... Stumbled into this portion of level 8, after the vibes were mild near the carousel rooftop bar. Good size crowd, but it was easy enough to get a drink from the bar. Vibes were good and got better when the Gumbo Brothers came on. They are a cover band, but specific to hip hop and RnB, and they killed it. Jay on the sax was amazing, and Apollo on the mic was perfect. We will be back on Friday or Saturday, since I believe that's when the Gumbo Brothers are there.

5* Ambiance 5* Service…read more5* Coctails Level 8 really has done a fantastic job creating a jazz/entertainment bar with great service, drinks, and unpretentious service. The guests, come and go and at each moment, in any corner, be ready to be surprised and entertained by a live DJ, acrobat, burlesque performer, pianist and singer. What a show! Veronica at the bar was fantastic and made us drinks just to our order. Supper knowledgable, helpful and kind. Definitely, this place is a great hangout after a meal... be prepared to be be dazzled and entertained.

Have been to many performances here and it never disappoints. This past week was amazing watching…read moreLouie Vega, The Roots and Bob James!Easily my newer favorite venue in LA. The food is delicious, service is always on point and I'd like to especially thank Heaven up at the front for her exceptional customer service in the gift shop, her interactions are always so personable and it's awesome to know that Blue Note has employees born and raised in LA like myself! Looking forward to returning to more summer shows coming up.

Intimate venue great for a date or small group. I came for a Saturday night concert and appreciated…read morethe intimacy of the venue. We were seated close to the stage. The service was very friendly and the drinks (the blackberry foam drink) was delicious. There is a minimum $20 order requirement for each person-- I suggest doing drinks over food. Be mindful - the tables right in front of the stage are very tight/cramped.

It's was my nieces 21st birthday so I called and text in advance to reserve a table for my family…read morebut never received a reply. It's a lounge so I understand things get busy so we decided to just go and check out the lounge. It was nice. The front door men were kind, we did pay 20 per person so I was wondering about bottle service amount. I asked one of the bartenders but she seem annoyed and possibly overwhelmed with the amount of people. The heat in the club was overwhelming. We had drinks got comfortable took a shot and pictures. Then we left because the heat was just a lot

Got here at 9pm cuz it says that's the time they open They…read morechecked our IDs and our bags just to not let us in and says they weren't going to open for another 10 minutes. Security told us to come back later after we just paid for parking. We were the first people here. Never coming back

this is no longer sourced. This is some of the restaurant on the rooftop doesn't look like much no…read morefood. The floor is filthy. We turned around and walked away.

My friend and I went on a Thursday night! We did street parking ( was a bit hard to find) but there…read moreare parking places for $10-$15. The inside is super cool. Almost had like a speakeasy vibes with the elevator w cool random signatures/ people random writings. The rooftop has a good view of DTLA & there are lots of seats, but the space is kinda of small, but veryyy cute and such a vibe. Thurs is wine night (not sure if it's everyday or just Thursday) but it was so nice. We chatted w the bartender & she mentioned how they do change their menu / wine selections a lot so they have a lot of variety in wine (super cool). My friend and I got 2 white wine and they were delicious - total came out to be about $30. The music was good too, very chill! There was also a pool table in front of the bar where we played for free! Super fun! Will definitely come back (maybe the weekend)

We showed up here for the first time last night to see an Oakland band we love play their first LA…read moreshow. Walking into the venue (which must be entered from a remote back alley) people just outside said to us "you're walking into a WEIRD vibe". We thought that meant "punk", and we weren't completely wrong- but we were promptly informed the lead singer of the first band had dislocated her knee and torn her ACL on the stage- it is not known whether the stage caused this but most said the singer was not doing anything crazy in terms of movement. The ambulance was called, and the people in charge were managing the situation to the absolute best of their ability but that poor lead singer was on stage incapacitated with people all around her giving her conflicting advice. This poor thing. They moved all the bands down to the floor level after the first band in order to mitigate the situation. There were some massive sound quality issues, the lights stayed on for the entirety our out-of-town friends set, which they still played like champions- the closing band even had the guys in charge of wandering on the stages behind them and even onto the stage with them, mid-set- (to fix issues I'm sure). I just felt so bad for everyone involved: the injured band, the fans who paid and had to wait a long time through delays, the bands that played after the incident (the band we saw had the lights on the entire set too), and the crew running the show who were clearly just doing their best given the circumstances. I will say it was a calm intimate venue when it all went down- everyone was trying to help, just a crazy first impression of The Smell for us.

The venue has always been marketed by word of mouth, and has always seemed like an exclusive place…read moreto find new artists. My impression from this was that the venue was somewhat better kept than what it was. I had a wonderful time seeing my friend's band perform, and they were absolutely fantastic. They delivered an amazing show, despite sound issues that persisted here and there throughout their set. The community the place brought out and together was also great and a huge plus to the whole night. But the thing that I cannot get over is how absolutely gross this venue is... I was so grossed out that it's actually the reason I had to write a review. I just took a shower, cleaned all the clothes I was wearing while there, and I still can't shake how gross I feel! I think the venue is a great size, great layout, great potential for the atmosphere... and hey, I get that it's summer and it's hot and all, but it was so damn hot, I took my shirt off, stripped only to my bra, and I could barely ignore the heat while trying to enjoy my friend's performance. People were moshing, as this was a punk show, and sweat droplets were flying everywhere.... I mean, it almost felt like I was standing in a shower (gag). Because of this, the whole place ended up just... smelling. Which, I guess, at least they weren't kidding with that name! You'll come across a lot of different smells in your time there, and leave with some new ones of your own (double gag). The bathrooms were... I'm sorry but just absolutely gross. I've seen a few other reviews saying it smells like urine outside... maybe cause it's more desirable to do your business in the alleyway than the bathrooms. There was a roach in one :( I enjoyed a lot about the venue, and I love the community that it attracts, but come on... can we keep it cleaner? And at least cool enough that people don't nearly faint from the lack of air flow? I'm so completely baffled at how this place seems so exclusive in terms of the artists it showcases, and then the venue itself is just genuinely nasty.

Small ass dance floor. Everything feels grimy AF. The right corner of the bar smells like urine…read moresince it's located next to the restrooms. I was grossed out. I attended the Disintegration new wave goth night, but the music was mostly 89's throwbacks. I just couldn't get into it. The only thing good was the Long Island Iced Tea that I ordered.

My favorite pho restaurant (Gigo) has expanded down the street with a second location, Grand Star…read moreBistro. Their pho soup is deeply meaty in flavor and I like that the spices are not overwhelming - I am not a huge fan of cinnamon or star anise. The meat in the portions are always a great value for your money. Aside from the pho, my personal favorite is their bun bo hue - another meaty flavorful soup, though this one usually includes pork blood and is spicy. Gigo also has great egg rolls, but since I eat lunch alone here a lot... I don't have room for noodles AND egg rolls, sadly. Almost every time I'm there, I get a whole fresh coconut :) they cut it open so you can drink the juices and then scoop out the coconut meat after!