Pig N' Whistle

(323) 463-0000

6714 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028 34.1015 -118.3366

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Neighborhoods: Hollywood, Central LA

PIGNWHISTLE.COM

Price:

$$$

Last updated 1.17.11

Category:

Wholesale Bar Fixtures, Restaurants

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

People Watching, Bar Scene

Cuisine:

Eclectic & International

What People Are Saying About Pig N' Whistle

Featured Review

Martha Burr

Contributor

The Scene – Back in the 1920s, when movie palaces like the Egyptian reigned supreme, stars like Clara Bow and Fatty Arbuckle held court at the Pig 'n Whistle. After painstaking renovation and restoration, this gem has reopened, serving an eclectic, though no less ubiquitous Hollywood crowd. The front room is lively, with a hopping bar scene you can watch from comfy banquette seats along one wall. In the back room, tables hold larger parties, and several canopy beds offer that wacky new gimmick--dining in bed. – – The Food – The menu is pricey but adequate; heirloom…

Editor's Tips

When to Go:
With DJs spinning on Friday and Saturday nights from 10pm, and karaoke on Wednesdays, come early or come another night for a quiet dinner.
Where to Sit:
The Blue Room's canopied beds can be reserved for private parties of at least 10. Call at least two days in advance.
The Extras:
First Mondays, original shorts are screened for free. For more info call (323) 876-2870.
ambiance
100.0% positive
  1. The ambience of the restaurant is true old style Hollywood, the service was prompt and pleasant and the food was delicious.
  2. The ambience is great (sans the TV's, which were showing a video game or something.
  3. Great location in the heart of Hollywood.
  4. Great atmosphere and history (yeah the TV's are a little much) The trouble is the service.
  5. This place was very casual and the atmosphere was good enough for you and your friends to be left on your own and have a good time with your group.
  6. It had a really cool ambiance.
  7. The ambience is good, but the benefits stop there.
dessert
100.0% positive
  1. The food was absolutely divine-- I recommend the ny steak or penne a la vodka, and definitely the chocolate molten cake or apple pie.
  2. From the greeting at the door to the final taste of our delicious desert, it was first rate.
drinks
42.85999774932861% positive
  1. love to go for drinks and nosh on some of the tasty food.
  2. As a local, it is a great spot to stop in for a beer or a bite and to see what is going on in my neighborhood.
  3. Watch out though - the drinks are really pricey!
  4. The price for drinks is exorbitant and the quality of the food enormously poor.
  5. She reluctantly took my glass and filled it up with warm tea (getting ice would have required her walking three feet to the bar).
  6. The drinks are way too expensive though.
  7. Check out the back room with a full bar and canopy beds.
food quality
80.0% positive
  1. Good food, good service, and great Martini's!
  2. The food was absolutely divine-- I recommend the ny steak or penne a la vodka, and definitely the chocolate molten cake or apple pie.
  3. love to go for drinks and nosh on some of the tasty food.
  4. The ambience of the restaurant is true old style Hollywood, the service was prompt and pleasant and the food was delicious.
  5. ordered the california nacho's, which were honestly the best food I have ever tasted.
  6. However overall the value was so-so, not great food for the price paid for it.
  7. Beautiful space, great food and wonderful service!
  8. The bed menu was the worst experience ever,the food was terrible, service was ok.
  9. From the greeting at the door to the final taste of our delicious desert, it was first rate.
  10. The price for drinks is exorbitant and the quality of the food enormously poor.
menu variety
0.0% positive
  1. The bed menu was the worst experience ever,the food was terrible, service was ok.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. But, for all the beautiful women, and men, who are just really looking for a down-to-earth, all around good vibe spot- this is NOT the place to support.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. This was overall a wonderful experience, and we will definitely return whenever we are in town on business.
  2. highly recommend this restaurant to anyone who plans to go to L.A. I can't wait to eat there again when my mom, my friend and I go back to L.A this march.
service
70.0% positive
  1. theyre rude and slow and dont really care about pleasing the customers and jus wanted to be discovered.
  2. Good food, good service, and great Martini's!
  3. Great atmosphere and history (yeah the TV's are a little much) The trouble is the service.
  4. Food came out quickly by a VERY friendly server (the only one there probably not wanting to be discovered).
  5. The bed menu was the worst experience ever,the food was terrible, service was ok.
  6. The waitstaff is rude, incompetent and snobby - most likely because they're all sulking over their failed auditions.
  7. The service was fine, the waitress was very attentive.
  8. Beautiful space, great food and wonderful service!
  9. the manager was very accomodating, however their waitresses really suck.
  10. The ambience of the restaurant is true old style Hollywood, the service was prompt and pleasant and the food was delicious.
value
50.0% positive
  1. The price for drinks is exorbitant and the quality of the food enormously poor.
  2. Watch out though - the drinks are really pricey!
  3. The drinks are way too expensive though.
  4. Meanwhile, the Bass Ale Battered Halibut Fish'n Chips are the best I've tasted, and the portions are abundant.
  5. It was only about 10 dollars so it was a really good price.
  6. However overall the value was so-so, not great food for the price paid for it.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. best apple martini and long island ive ever had.
  2. theyre rude and slow and dont really care about pleasing the customers and jus wanted to be discovered.
4 Star Rating: Recommended

11/07/11

Weekend Beer

by theman1965

Great place to grab a beer at the weekend, parking is always difficult and its always busy but there is a nice vibe to this place. I dig it.

1 Star Rating: Poor

10/29/11

AVOID AT ALL COSTS!!! You're better off eating at McDonalds

by ctribbey

Once a bright spot on tourist alley (Hollywood Blvd.) the Pig & Whistle has become simply foul, and that covers both the food and management. Crap for service. Awful, truly awful. And they're trying to become some exclusive club on Friday nights, charging to get in (with rude, aggressive, goonish security guards to boot).

Save your money and avoid the headache. You're better off eating at McDonalds two blocks down.

1 Star Rating: Poor

01/20/11

Wow. What A Scam.

by GwenPenny

This place is a joke & a scam.

I don't know why so many others here rave so much about the architecture--This place looks just like any ordinary Irish/British dump you'd find in Boston, NY or Philly. At least the dumps in Boston leave you drunk and full.

The happy hour drinks were limited to draft beer & 'well' drinks, which for some reason didn't include martinis... just one shot of one type of booze w/ one mixer only. (other places count fake martinis as well drinks)

OK fine. Fiance forewent his preferred Newcastle for something cheap, and I got a couple Cape Codders. Again, it was a one-shot-only of booze drink. Not much to tell.

The service was slow and bad, but that should be expected from a dumpy bar--No qualms there. The FOOD is the much bigger problem.

Fiance was starved and so ordered a cheeseburger- not on the happy hour menu. He said it was fine, but the price ($12 or $15 bucks??) was a little much for such a dirty dump.

I wanted to keep it cheap, so I got the 'chicken fingers' from the HH menu. I quote 'chicken fingers' because it was not chicken fingers.

This will be hard to believe, but --I swear-- it was ONE CHICKEN FINGER sliced in 4 pieces the size of a french fry.

I couldn't believe it! $6 for A SINGLE chicken finger???

Scam Scam Scam.

Never again will I be taken by P&W--Paying out $60 to leave still hungry and with no buzz is just not cool. A regular side of chicken fingers (more than one finger) and a cosmo at regular price from another establishment would have been cheaper, and more fulfilling.

5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/18/09

excellent restaurant!

by danicaxox

When my mom and I went on a trip to L.A, the girl who worked at the front desk of our hotel recommended Pig N Whistle, so we decided to try it out. I'm so glad we did! This restaurant was by far the best one I ate at on my trip to Los Angeles. I ordered the california nacho's, which were honestly the best food I have ever tasted. The plate they give you is huge and I could only eat half (and i can eat a lot of food). It was only about 10 dollars so it was a really good price. My mom was also very pleased with the menu and also the service. I highly recommend this restaurant to anyone who plans to go to L.A. I can't wait to eat there again when my mom, my friend and I go back to L.A this march.

  • Pros: the food, the location, the service
  • Cons: nothing
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

02/15/08

Great Hollywood Experience

by MaggieB777

After reading the previous reviews, I was hesitant to have our Valentine Dinner at the Pig N Whistle, even to the point that when we walking to the restaurant we almost chose the Italian Restaurant around the corner! I am very glad, however, that we stuck with our original choice. From the greeting at the door to the final taste of our delicious desert, it was first rate. The ambience of the restaurant is true old style Hollywood, the service was prompt and pleasant and the food was delicious. I am not one to usually take the time to write a review, but this was a very good restaurant and the reviews I had read did not seem to do it justice. I appaud this restaurant, would highly recommend it and will definately revisit it in the future.

  • Pros: Decor, Service, Food
  • Cons: None

The Details on Pig N' Whistle

Place Categories:

  • great food
  • cold restaurant
  • rude waitstaff
  • recommended highly
  • great ambience
  • nice hollywood spot
  • great atmosphere
  • recommend place
  • wonderful service
  • really pricey drinks
  • very attentive waitress
  • full canopy beds
  • love pig masks
  • pleasing customers
  • great decoaztec
  • like dogs
  • great history
  • fails else
  • warm tea
  • great egyptian theater
  • really cool ambiance
  • delicious desert
  • beautiful space
  • wonderful dining experience
  • friendly server
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