(323) 467-1175
6145 Franklin Ave
Los Angeles,
CA
90028
34.1053
-118.3234
Neighborhoods: Hollywood Hills, Central LA
Price:
$
Last updated 9.13.11
Category:
Payment Methods:
Check, American Express, Visa, Discover, MasterCard, Travelers Check
Restaurant Special Features:
Local Favorite, Hotel Restaurants, Late Night Dining, People Watching, Lunch Spot
Cuisine:
What People Are Saying About 101 Coffee Shop
Featured Review
Contributor
Contributor
In Short – With stylish early-1960s decor, red-and-brown booths and a jukebox filled with everything from the Allman Brothers to Marvin Gaye, the 101 has an ambience that appeals to both neighborhood hepcats and motel guests. A large menu features the usual diner staples--burgers, grilled cheese, pancakes and eggs--along with twists such as fried-green tomato salad and "No Huevos" rancheros, a spicy vegetarian scramble of tofu, soy chorizo, corn and peppers.
Editor's Tips
- Parking:
- Street parking can be tough on Franklin: Definitely take advantage of the motel's free underground lot.
| ambiance | 78.5699987411499% positive |
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| dessert | 100.0% positive |
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| drinks | 60.0% positive |
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| food quality | 77.58999824523926% positive |
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| menu variety | 100.0% positive |
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| overall | 100.0% positive |
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| service | 61.99999809265137% positive |
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| value | 87.5% positive |
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| wait time | 0.0% positive |
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Terrible food in a dimly lit atmosphere
by Masonmindell
The funny waiter keeping my son laughing was not enough to make up for undercooked green beans (the waiter hopefully exlaimed "They're al dente!"), lumpy, flavorless mashed potatoes with inedible over cooked meatloaf and tepid, bland lentil soup (I've had better from a can). The atmosphere may be mid- century modern but it feels more like an uninviting cafeteria in a the lobby of a flea bag hotel. My wife said I ordered the wrong thing but a quick look around the place and I could see other underwhelmed patrons looking wanly at their bad looking sandwiches and over dressed salads. Style mid century or otherwise does not an eatery make.
Try the Barbecued Chicken
by Richard Coanda
The barbecued chicken came with the best mashed potatoes and gravy I've had in 50 years, along with an enormous salad and decent coffee, and the chicken proved outstanding. A flatiron steak by comparison seemed rather ordinary. Eggs benedict were good. Muffins you can buy at the cash register are heavenly. Cappaccinos are okay. Service was usually swift. Good ambience too. I like it.
- Pros: Great mashed potatoes and gravy
- Cons: A disappointing waffle once
Love this place
by StephieMM85
I have always loved this place for a good late night bite, and though it is usually pretty packed on weekend nights, I love thsi place. I really hate diners that try to look all 50s. Boring. You know it's no good when Denny's starts remodeling trying to look like a 50s diner. But this place is so 60s/70s it's hilarious. The rock wall reminds me of my grandma's house and how she refused to update the look of her house. But my favorite thing about this place...The Fried Green Tomato Salad.
Loves it!
- Pros: Good Food, Great Late night place
- Cons: Busy
worst service in LA
by th0mkat
Three times the charm, as they say.
Well, each of the three times I have been here I have been an horrible experience with the waiting staff.
Let me say , the busboys were working there asses off, even pointing out to the servers they had customers.
Maybe the charm of this place is to the late night rockers and the history on the wall.
If you're on your way home from a late night of partying, maybe you don't notice the lousy service.
Don't stop here for breakfast in the morning if you are expecting more than cold eggs after 40 minutes.
The wait staff I have encountered could have cared less if I ever came back again.
My experience was so horrid with one young man that I stiffed him entirely, something I never do.
On another occasion, I watched two little chickies talking so profusely about how much their weekend "sucked" that they never had a word for me or any of their other customers.
You might as well go to Jerry's Diner for over priced diner fare, or Canter's for waitress abuse.
Later? I don't think so.
very good cup of joe!
by kidobandido
I have to say I've been to a lot of "diners"/coffee shops around the country and I was really impressed by their cup of coffee, just a cup of black.
Service was attentive but they had that kind of attitude "i'm here to help you, but not really serve you", not very upbeat.
I hope I get to eat something next time.
The Details on 101 Coffee Shop
Place Categories:
- good food
- slow service
- love thsi place
- favorite casual restaurant
- rude rudest waiter
- bad experience
- warm homemade taste
- reasonable prices
- warm vanilla ice cream
- really nice waitress
- great people
- fine hashbrowns
- cool atmosphere
- really hate diner
- cold fries
- full staff
- love mikey fitz
- outstanding chicken
- great local spot
- great atmospheredecor
- great late night grub
- good mac
- worst breakfast
- awful place
- full hot water bottle

