Service? Great. Staff did a good job to be out of the way once music was on…read more Ambience? Blue Note LA is its very own - don't try to compare it to NY. Sat with some amazing other guests who kept the vibes up. Music? Fab. Even the sound mixer was GROOVING which is always fun to see. Ya crushed it, Magnus!! Cocktails? Had the rose cenote - yum for mezcal lovers Food? Fast, likely because everything was cooked that morning. The $68 steak was the funniest thing I've ever seen. The limpiest saddest "ribeye" I've ever seen with the saddest mashed potatoes and asparagus that makes you wonder if it's actually the star of the plate. Do yourself a favor and don't eat at the show. Your 7 year old nephew could have cooked you a better meal.

This was my first time at Blue Note, and I really enjoyed the intimate, slightly upscale…read moreatmosphere. I'd recommend dressing up a little, but you definitely don't need to get too fancy. If you have table-seating tickets, it's first come, first served. I arrived about 15 minutes before opening, which I'd say is plenty of time to get a good seat. Just be prepared for the tables to be very cramped, especially directly in front of the stage. You're essentially shoulder-to-shoulder with your neighbor, so you might as well get acquainted. It can also be a little uncomfortable turning your head to watch the stage from some seats. Since I arrived early, I decided to check out the food. Honestly, do yourself a favor and eat beforehand. The food is overpriced and pretty average. If you do plan to order, getting there early makes it much easier since you can place your order before things get busy and they can clear the plates right away. The seating definitely has its drawbacks, but the band was absolutely amazing. The music and performance were the highlight of the night. Parking is at 1400 Ivar Avenue in a structure. If you purchased parking ahead of time, bring your parking ticket from the structure into the venue and once they scan the parking that was emailed to you they'll validate that structure ticket for you.

Super food and service and ambiance!! Celebrating my…read morehusband's birthday at the restaurant was great!The service is at the highest level!And the work of the manager and manager is of the highest category!The hall and area for the photo shoot were specially themed!It was fun,delicious!Live music!Thanks to Sonechka and Lev for the wonderful performance!We thank everyone who took part in organizing our holiday!We return there again and again!!! Sorry my English)

We are new to this area and have heard great things about this place, so we had to try!…read more We placed a to go order and it was a little awkward. We got the order, but the issue seemed to have connections issues with the establishment, also they didn't even ask for a name to put on the order. We got there and the place is beautiful! We were definitely underdressed even with taking our food to go. Everyone was dressed up and you can tell they try to make this place "approachable high end" which felt nice. The service was friendly and quick. The food is the easily the highlight! Everything was very fresh and packed with a lot of flavor, even the side of rice. With everything together of our meal, the two wraps, the cheese Barek, and the rice came together beautifully. For everything being around $60, it's definitely worth it! I have to say if you are looking for some good Mediterranean food at a decent price, this is a great choice for you!

This place is THE place for live entertainment, especially if you're a big music nerd like me. If…read moreyou're into jazz bars, you'll enjoy this one. They have some amazing musicians come through here doing jam sessions & full-on concerts. The ambiance is lively & great service. The only drawback I found is the size of the venue. Very small & only holds about 75 people. It was crowded when I was here so I wasn't able to get any pictures inside the venue but did get the outside. Next time, I'll make up for it. TIP: Parking is scarce here so it helps to park a block or so away from the venue & walk.

I am a blues fan and follow a few bands. When I heard Joey Delgado was performing two shows, I…read morecalled a some friends to check him out. The venue is small, every seat has a good view of the stage. They are very organized in accommodating seat arrangements so you can sit with your friends. The menu is simple and specializes in LOADED baked potatos. It's a hearty meal with the proteins, veggies, sauces and cheese. I ordered a Grilled Chicken Salad, which had a good ratio of protein and crisp veggies. Our server was quick and on top of her game! There is a two-drink minimum, be prepared to order and make your purchase before the show begins. I had two lemon-drop martinis. They were shaken, not stirred with a sugar rim. I liked the mix of sweet and sourness of the lemons. Order tickets on their website, an email will be sent with the bar-code for admission. There is a small service charge, which I felt was reasonable. Thank you, John, Te-see, Doug, Dominick, and Nancy for coming out for a fun night and lots of laughs. Notes: - Metered street parking til 8pm. - Credit Cards accepted - Indoor or Patio seating - Loud and fun atmosphere Sincerely, Rosemary

There is no food served here, but if you want an excellent drink with a laid back atmosphere and…read morefriendly service with some great live music, this is the place to go! We really enjoyed our time here and the live jazz music at the bar and hope to come back for some live shows in their stage room when we're back in the area.

Such a cool ace with live jazz, both with a cover in the main room and as general ambiance during…read morehappy hour. The drinks are fantastic and very reasonably priced. The bartenders were super and made me feel like a regular on my first visit and were just fantastic. If you haven't been yet and you like Jazz, you need to go. Like now. Just go. Also, good parking in the back!

One of my favorite music clubs...great food, fantastic talent!!…read moreI go at least once or twice per month,,,,

Spent two nights in a row seeing Big Band shows at Vibrato, and enjoying the hospitality of a…read moreterrific staff -- hosts, bartenders and servers were all friendly and welcoming, upscale and professional, and highly skilled at effectively tending to people without interfering with the music. As always, the room was alive with energy under the glow of carefully adjusted lighting and the dark woods that create just the right feeling of being hidden away from the world. My bartender, Nelson, deftly whipped up one of the best-tasting Sidecars that I've had in quite some time. The strength of the cognac was there, but quite properly balanced with tartness from the orange and lemon, and the sweetness of the sugar rim. An excellent, light cocktail to pair with uptempo jazz. While I wasn't hungry on night #1, I did find myself peckish on night #2, and decided to order a Shrimp Cocktail and Parker House Rolls. Not quite the indulgent meals of previous visits, but very satisfying nonetheless. Those Parker House Rolls emerge hot and crusty on the outside, yeasty and pillowy inside. The light, buttery flavor of the bread is nicely contrasted by the pleasingly pungent olive tapenade served on the side. However, they also serve some deliciously rich whipped butter with the rolls, and that's an indulgence all its own. The Shrimp Cocktail is another example how precise and talented this kitchen is despite having to serve the entire room during a very small window of time. 4 Jumbo (possibly colossal) shrimp come creatively plated with the usual accompaniments, and are meaty enough to eat with fork & knife. Perfectly poached before being chilled, the Shrimp had just the right texture, and the fresh, mildly briny flavor that lets you know the food comes from the very best purveyors. Yes, it was an enjoyable, satisfying small meal with crisp cocktails and great music. Wednesday nights can't really get any better.

Great atmosphere great music great ambiance. Great drink specials, friendly staff, good eats tooread more

This is a really cool little live music club with a great atmosphere. The drinks are strong, the…read morecocktails are good, and the whole place has an intimate, almost speakeasy-like feel. We went to see a tribute band with a very jazzy vibe, which was a lot of fun. The venue is quite small and fills up quickly, so grab a stool when you can! Just don't try to move it around, or you'll definitely hear about it. The bartenders seemed a little moody during our visit, although the place was very crowded, so I'm assuming that was why. Parking is surprisingly convenient, with public parking structures right outside the venue. They were only a few dollars an hour, and the first 90 minutes were almost free, which is a great bonus. The surrounding area is also lovely and very walkable.

Pretty much your standard Valley dive bar, except this one had clean bathrooms! Came here for a…read moreshow, and man was it LOUD. I actually had to walk out at one point because my ears felt like they were going to explode. I know they had a sound guy there, but the place is SO small, maybe not the best venue for a punk band. Ha! The barback here was so well dressed and sweet. Bartender was quick and friendly. Cocktails and wine selections are very meh, but I had a whiskey and that worked out for me. Lots of high top tables, a decent amount of seats at the bar, and a pool table. There is also a small patio if you want to hang outside. The Maui Sugar Mill is in a strip mall, so plenty of parking available!

Spent Super Bowl Sunday at Sugar Mill, and it was the very best decision I've made in a long time…read more This place is most definitely "the little bar that could," with a great staff, fun and funny patrons, and an atmosphere that allows for both staunch fans and casual observers. Most people contribute to a pot luck feast that spans the wide world of food, from hot dogs and chili to baked ziti, tacos, meatballs, fried chicken, Chinese food, and on and on -- including some amazing homemade clam chowder from Mike The Mailman. Bartender Natalie did an amazing job of handling the busy crowd with speed and smiles. There were a couple of other staffers on site to watch the game, and they jumped in when she needed a hand with this or that, but for the most part Natalie captained the bar single-handedly for the duration. Kudos to her. It's true, Super Bowl only comes once a year, so other game days don't have the pot luck feast -- Sugar Mill doesn't have a kitchen, though they're happy to have you bring in whatever food you like and eat it there. Food aside, the crowd and the service are always just what you want, making it the perfect place to relax into at game time as Basketball enters the home stretch and baseball steps up to bat.

Love this place for everything! Ambience Service Food…read more Convenience My to go place when have visitors from out of LA

This was my first experience with Vitello's Restaurant and their Velvet Martini Lounge. On Saturday…read morenight, a group of 7 of us took our friend here for her birthday, and booked our table in the Velvet Martini Lounge because she wanted to listen to the jazz. Mary was our server, and it started out promising, she greeted us promptly and took our drink orders. It went downhill from there. By the end of the night, the person refilling our water was the best service we got all night, because he came around regularly to check and refill our glasses. It seemed like because there were 7 of us, so she got an automatic 20% gratuity, she didn't think she had to work for her tips, but the service was appalling. Honestly, the room was only half full, so it wasn't even that busy. Service: We had a friend show up late, and it took a long time to get someone's attention to bring a wine and water glass for her. I kept trying to waive someone down, or hoped that Mary would come check in, but no such luck. When the food arrived, they just dropped off the food and left, they didn't ask if I or anyone at the table wanted pepper or parmesan for our dishes, or needed anything else. My friend sitting across from me finally got someone's attention that was walking by to bring some pepper, and after doing her plate, he didn't ask if anyone else at the table wanted any. So I stopped him from leaving and asked the table if anyone else wanted pepper or parm. Myself and another friend wanted parm, but we were half way through our meals before it came. We were at the end of the meal before Mary even came back to check back on us. We ordered another bottle of wine because all of our glasses were empty. Mary just brought it to the table, opened it and then walked off without refilling any of the empty glasses. For dessert, we ordered one dessert to share, but everyone decided we would do after dinner martinis. Mary took the order for 5 people at the table and left without taking my order or my friend's order for our martinis, so we end up having to wait until she came back with the other 5 martinis to order ours. Food: It was bland, underwhelming and overpriced. I ordered the chicken piccata. The capers were the only thing that gave it flavor, its a dish that I didn't think you could make tasteless. The noodles did not taste fresh, almost rubbery. There are so many Italian places around Los Angeles that are the same price or cheaper that have higher quality and better tasting food. I ordered a chocolate martini, and the alcohol wasn't too overpowering, and it tasted just like drinking a dessert. We ordered two bottles of the Montepulciano that they had on their wine list, it was just okay, so if you are a wine person, then I recommend bringing your own bottle and just pay the corkage fee. Bill: They don't hand you the bill, which is a surprise for such a big group. They didn't give us the printed bill until we asked for it after paying. So when I checked it over, I was surprised that on top of the 20% automatic gratuity, there was also a 3.5% kitchen appreciation fee. Which I was told by the hostess as we were leaving you can ask to have removed before paying your bill. Doesn't seem like there is any transparency for that fee. It definitely felt painful to pay 23.5% in tips/fees for such appallingly bad service. Jazz: Saving grace for this place, that's the one star. Saturday night they had just a singer and a piano player. The singer's voice was beautiful and she took requests, so we requested La Vie en Rose before we left. She sang it in English vs. French, but she sang it beautifully. Vitello's has a great history, so if you are going to come here, then come here for the drinks and the jazz.

This was the last stop in a night where Conrad and I stepped out to LA to have a good time. So by…read morethe time I got there I was tipsy. I was not falling down the stairs, nor was I slurring my words, nor was I misaligning my pool shots, but I was definetely feeling the good inside my blood. I note this, not to highlight my cool factor as if I was a frat bro in a Florida party school, but more to describe how my experience was fogged by my consumption. This place was definetely a hot spot to hit, but I just will not be able to descrbie everything with speicifc detail, more, broad strokes of a good time. The place is reached by going down a flight of stairs, which feels like one is going to catch the J line in New York. I think I felt this more because of the Spring St sign- a famous stop in NY, NY. As soon, I got there, the goal was to continue the good time and this place allowed that at a reasonable price. They had these can drinks that I really responded and they were only 7 dollars. Ok, I know that saying something is only 7 dollars in this economy can seem out of touch. But a drink in LA most of the time will run you at least 12 to 16 dollars, and I think it is mostly on the 16 side. So finding a 7 dollar drink in a hot spot is refreshing. It was a Suncruiser- a vodka spirit based drink- that was part of their specials for their night. maybe is more expensive on other nights when it is not on special? After the drink Conrand and I stepped into their floor. It was the first time we were there and it is basically a basement game room on whatever it is that Bane takes to make himself go from puny human to muscle-on-muscle-on-muscle villain. There is a lot of pool tables maybe like 5, and I saw ping pong, and other table games. Additionally, instead of a speaker or a recorder- the one's that spin old timey records- there was a band. I took a short video of the band but I could not tell you if this band was good or bad or their name or their style of music. I was partly present, and I just heard the music, I did not appreciate the performers. It happens. So Conrad and I play all the time together. And I saw a guy playing by himself. We quickly introduced oursevles and then we played pool. Here is the thing that I am happy to write about this place. Unline a regular bar with a pool table, where every one knows your name, this place had the opportunity to meet new people. And I enjoyed playing with this guy. He was a new challenge. He had fresh stories. And he offered a view of the world I enjoyed. So this place offers the opportunity to meet new people over a game of pool. If pool is your thing than this place will make you happy an if pool is your way of meeting new folks then this place will make you happy and give you opportunities to find the folks you imagine you need in your life. In the final analysis, I want to go here again, and experience the place more broadly. Not sure if I will write a new Yelp, because even though I bared bone this one, it still gives the primary messages I want to. And to the guy who I played with thanks for having a good time with me, even if it was short. And sometimes, short, can be just enough.

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.

Honestly, this is one of my favorite diners in LA. I like this location more than the one on…read moreVentura and can say that the food quality and service is better being that I was recently at the other. Parking is really easy here, there is a large free parking lot attached right in front. As mentioned service was extremely polite and everything that we ordered came out very fast. One thing I love about this place is it's very long and there is a very big counter if you prefer to sit there or there's also a long row of booths. So it can host many different sized groups. It has a true retro diner aesthetic to it, which I really love. For this visit, I chose the Turkey Chili and Cheese Omelette and thought it was absolutely fantastic. Everything about it was just great and I would highly recommend to anyone. I also want to point out that their coffee is especially tasty and strong and was another highlight of the meal. I will definitely be back next time I am up in the valley.

Nat's West Cafe is a long time Canoga Park staple. They offer great and prompt service, the food is…read morealways great, they make their own salsa, the place is always busy but they have plenty of seating and they seem to be able to get you in and out in a reasonable amount of time. The ambiance is what you would expect of a good cafe, busy, people enjoying their food and the staff engaging with their clients. I'll continue to come back.