Clafoutis
Los Angeles, CA 90069-2302
Phone: (310) 659-5233
- Price:
- $$
- Cross Street:
- Sunset Plaza Drive
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 8am-11pm, Fri-Sat 8am-12:30am
Editorial Review for Clafoutis – by Citysearch Editors
In Short
With a prime Sunset Strip location, this bistro is the perfect people-watching spot--especially for patrons who can snag tables on the sidewalk patio. Diners select dishes from an eclectic menu that includes starters such as crab cakes with green peppercorn sauce, and smoked salmon-goat cheese roulade. The popular house salad is a mix of goat cheese, grapes and walnuts in raspberry vinaigrette. The more traditional chicken Sunset is basic bistro: grilled and served with shoestring fries.
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Insider Tips
Know Before You GoThe cafe's namesake is a French pastry of custard and cherries--but it's not on the menu. Instead, try one of the onsite bakery's mixed-fruit tarts, mousses or cakes, made fresh every morning.
User Reviews for Clafoutis
11/26/2007 Posted by marpop
The reason this place is so popular is because 1) followers think they 'should' eat here cos it's on Sunset Plaza so that makes them feel important 2) rich bald men (or young hotshots) just want to show off their fancy car if they can find a parking spot out front and 3) it really does offer some great people-watching. The restaurant is named after the French dessert, but i've never even had it here. The food -- LIKE ALL THE PLACES ON SUNSET PLAZA -- is pretty substandard in the same vein that I find Red Lobster, Olive Garden and Chili's substandard. It's like a glorified Mimi's Cafe or something. So yes, it's great for ogling people ogling other people, but beyond that, not much below the surface.
Pros: The human comedy
Cons: The human tragedy
01/29/2007 Posted by acrosskill
The meal was fine and the service OK until the bill came.That's when things went sour. For some reason, the waitress felt that it was necessary to UNDERLINE and CIRCLE MULTIPLE TIMES the blurb on the bill that states "GRATUITY IS NOT INCLUDED". It seems the myth that black people do not tip is alive and well in this restaurant. We respectfully brought it to the attention of the waitress and manager that this sort of action was unacceptable and unprofessional. Of course, the waitress denied that her decision was discriminatroy and said that she does this on ALL her bills. The manager, whom I'm most disappointed in, said nothing if you can believe it. All this leads me to conclude that this is an establishment that thinks that it is OK to discriminate against people who are deemed not to be tippers. It was a good evening spoiled, and I hope Clafoutis never does this sort of thing to another customer. ps We left a big tip for the service we received up until we were disrespected.
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