Getty Center Restaurant
(310) 440-6810
1200 Getty Center Dr
(at Sepulveda Boulevard)
Los Angeles,
CA
90049
34.0886
-118.4755
Neighborhoods: Bel Air, West LA
Hours:
Lunch: Tue-Sat 11:30am-2:30pm
Brunch: Sun 11am-3pm
Dinner: Fri, Sat 5pm-9pm
Price:
$$$$
What People Are Saying About Getty Center Restaurant
The Editor
Martha Burr
Citysearch
The Scene
California haute cuisine in a Richard Meier room overlooking the City of Angels--does it get any better? Oh yeah, and there's the art. White curves, glass walls and high ceilings create gorgeous modern dining space--all overlooking an unrivaled panorama of L.A. and surrounding Santa Monica mountains.
The Food
Elegant, modern California cuisine from Chef Anthony Jacquet fits in perfectly with the Getty's setting, which strives to contextualize itself within the L.A. experience. The lunch menu's star exhibitor is the lobster risotto, resplendent and complex with sweet, tender claw meat, fresh vegetables, basil and preserved lemon. Free-range chicken breast is stuffed with aromatic goat cheese and shiitake mushrooms, and maple glazed Tasmanian salmon perches haughtily, aspiring to Richard Meier, on diced potatoes, rich with green garlic aioli and rappini. The delicate pear and hazelnut Napoleon is the perfect coda. Dinner entrees include venison medallions, Muscovy duck and pan roasted arctic char.
User Reviews
haroldknows
October 03, 2008
I am suprised to see some of the reviews here. So I will make a point to write something nice. People can be sooo negative and just plain mean. I for one love this place. I have had a great time everytime my family and I go. Service and food is always great. They do tend to get busy though. I have learned that a reservation helps. Try their foi gras fantastic! Beautiful view too. I suggest to anyone that if you are that dissapointed in food and service you should let a manager know while you are there. Anyone who dines pretty much knows that. Why wait and write a nasty review, shameful if you ask me. I see people complain all the time about things that can be easily solved. Remember it's just food and drinks; dining with friends is supposed to be fun I love this place and look forward in returning
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californiasocialite
August 04, 2008
I happen to be the friend who always ends up planning the birthday dinners and such... I had a friend that was not into drinking or the typical Los Angeles scene, so we went to The Getty Restaurant for dinner... I heard it had great views, and amazing food. It was my best friends birthday, and we decided to sit down about ten minutes before our reservation to order drinks and appetizers while we waited for our fourth to arrive... The hostess said it was no problem, and welcomed our party to our table, asking who the special birthday girl was. The Waitress didn't come for like 15 minutes. And it took her another 15 minutes just to bring our waters. Then 10 more minutes for our drinks. Then we never even got a salad we ordered as an appetizer. She was rude to us the entire meal, and she never even checked on us once when we got our food (which came out extremely dry....) It was an awful experience. The restaurant was not even busy. The server's name was Lauren, so if you get her, ask immediately to be seated else where....
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koba_yulia
March 09, 2008
My Husband decided to surprise me and booked table on Sat night. When we arrived at the restaurant, I felt that very typical smell of food that you can smell at any bad diner place. We were seated by the window where the air was better. I have ordered "orange glazed duck breast" in about 20 min the waiter brought a nice looking dish with plain duck breast resting on some rice and oily tasteless souce. When I cut the meet I saw red juice coming out, the meet was raw. I love rear to mid. stakes but poultry MUST be cooked well! I asked the waiter to take my meet and cook it properly. In 10 min I got exactly same meet!!! I was hungry and dissapointed.
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When to Go:
Lunch is served all week except Mondays, but dinner is served Frisay and Saturday evenings only.
