Redwood Bar & Grill

(213) 680-2600

316 W Second St
Los Angeles, CA 90012 34.0525 -118.2468

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Neighborhoods: Historic Core, Downtown, Central LA

THEREDWOODBAR.COM

Hours:

Mon-Fri 11am-2am

Sat-Sun 10am-2am

Last updated 10.15.11

Category:

Restaurants, Singles Bars, Lounges

Payment Methods:

Visa, MasterCard

Bar & Pub Special Features:

Bar Menu

Bar & Club Special Features:

Outdoor Seating, Late-Night Scene, 21 & Over

What People Are Saying About Redwood Bar & Grill

Featured Review

Tara Lis

Contributor

In Short – A Miami salvage yard provides the inspiration for this nautical watering hole, with a decor scheme that includes old alcohol barrels doubling as tables, rope ladders, fishnet-lined walls and steering wheel chandeliers. Downtown workers start to file in after 5pm, followed by nearby loft dwellers and their friends from Silver Lake and Echo Park. The kitchen serves up both a lunch and dinner menu, including veggie Ruebens, fried catfish burgers, crab cakes and grilled meats.

Editor's Tips

What to Drink:
A playfully named list of specialty cocktails includes the Lava Lamp, Schooner Float and Cloud 9.
When to Go:
Monday through Friday landlubbers take advantage of Happy Hour specials from 4pm-7pm.
ambiance
93.33000183105469% positive
  1. Great design, great downtown location, friendly owners and bartenders who are obviously really trying to start a tradition there.
  2. loved Redwood Bar and Grill's atmosphere.
  3. Great food, good beer, fun people
  4. Until this past saturday, the fish and chips stayed good but the atmosphere and the music was shocking!
  5. This restaurant is pirate themed and the ambiance was interesting.
  6. There are HUNDREDS of cool, fun places in this great City, so WHY go to a place where the people who work there are TOTAL JERKS?
  7. If you want pirate decor, good food, good drinks and great people watching, the Redwood is a great bet.
  8. fun bar to hang out in downtown
  9. It's very fun to walk into the place, the decor is great.
  10. After wasting 40 minutes of my time waiting to pay for a parking ticket, I wind up walking into this huge (from the outside you can't tell how big it is), cozy and cool bar, wich made me feel like I was on a Hollywood movie set, keeping my expectations to
  11. The best thing about this bar is the stunning decor.
  12. food, staff, atmosphere
  13. Great food, great fun
  14. Not a friendly atmosphere!
  15. The decor is pirate ship themed, while the drink prices are reasonable and the food just what you need.
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. The drinks are good and I especially like the fish and chips.
  2. Their array of fine Rums make for some great exotic cocktails with definite Tropical flair!
  3. fun bar to hang out in downtown
  4. The decor is pirate ship themed, while the drink prices are reasonable and the food just what you need.
  5. When I arrived, the place wasn't very busy but like others said, there are very few seats which seems especially strange since on this website their video raves about what good food they have which makes the place sound like more of a restaurant than a ba
  6. best place for a beer
  7. If you want pirate decor, good food, good drinks and great people watching, the Redwood is a great bet.
  8. live downtown and this is my new favorite bar.
  9. Great food, good beer, fun people
  10. solid selection of beers on tap, the food is mighty tasty, the space is big with a small feel, the vibe is chill.
  11. Gotta say, I've done all the fancy LA joints and it didn't turn me off one bit in that way, it gave the sweet comfy cool vibe of being a local bar.
  12. The food is very fresh, and it isn't that run-of-the-mill frozen and reheated bar food.
  13. The bar top is sticky, but the drinks are good and the bartenders are nice.
  14. love their collection of draft and bottled beers and they have all sorts of liquors.
  15. Lot's of room, great jukebox, strong drinks, and oh, yeah - pirates , lots and lot's of pirates.
  16. good bar but needs more pirates
  17. I'm so glad there's finally a bar with great food.
  18. After wasting 40 minutes of my time waiting to pay for a parking ticket, I wind up walking into this huge (from the outside you can't tell how big it is), cozy and cool bar, wich made me feel like I was on a Hollywood movie set, keeping my expectations to
  19. local artist named the Gray Kid got everyone moving and the bar suddenly transformed into one of the best intimate venues I had ever been too.
  20. Really good food, cheap beer, friendly staff
  21. Best bar food, best service, best night out.
  22. used to like the Redwood bar, especially for the fish and chips.
  23. was immediately greeted by a young lady behind the bar with a warm smile.
  24. The best thing about this bar is the stunning decor.
food quality
89.58000183105469% positive
  1. used to like the Redwood bar, especially for the fish and chips.
  2. Really disappointing food, despite the other reviews.
  3. food, staff, atmosphere
  4. Its a great place to catch a show and a bite and maybe reel in one of the many fish in the sea.
  5. Really good food, cheap beer, friendly staff
  6. The drinks are good and I especially like the fish and chips.
  7. The food is very fresh, and it isn't that run-of-the-mill frozen and reheated bar food.
  8. wanted to go back into the kitchen and offer help: a good garlic, thousand island or roquerfort dressing for the salad, spinich or a crispy vegetable with the salmon, thinner non-mealy french fries.
  9. The soups of the day are delicious (tomato basil is my favorite!)
  10. Best bar food, best service, best night out.
  11. Until this past saturday, the fish and chips stayed good but the atmosphere and the music was shocking!
  12. The decor is pirate ship themed, while the drink prices are reasonable and the food just what you need.
  13. The food is fantastic too.
  14. It went like this: Wedge salad really awful A terrible tasteless "coconut" dressing with limp lettuce (hard to imagine possible with iceberg lettuce) and unattractive.
  15. The burgers are huge and juicy and oozing with real burger taste.
  16. Dinner was perfect, that burger was incredible - my friends talked it up and they were right on.
  17. was especially surpised with the mussels and fries which has a great broth that really brings out the magic.
  18. It was maybe the best pizza dough I've ever had.
  19. and I had the wedge salad (great dressing) and the crispy barbecue wings (soooo good, and definitely had leftovers for the next day.)
  20. When I arrived, the place wasn't very busy but like others said, there are very few seats which seems especially strange since on this website their video raves about what good food they have which makes the place sound like more of a restaurant than a ba
  21. Great food, great fun
  22. am the guy who drives to Baja more than a few times a year just to eat fresh fish.
  23. The food is equally as great!
  24. solid selection of beers on tap, the food is mighty tasty, the space is big with a small feel, the vibe is chill.
  25. Great food, good beer, fun people
  26. My boyfriend had the burger (which was huge and very good, make sure to order the sweet potato fries!)
  27. I'm so glad there's finally a bar with great food.
  28. The perfect blend of meat and bun and a nice cold brew to wash it down.
  29. As excited as I am to find a place with such great food, I am equally impressed with the service.
  30. I've lived in London and Australia, places where the word "Pub" is more than a cute marketing hook and the term "Gastro Pub" a brave statement, best backed up with very good food.
  31. If you want pirate decor, good food, good drinks and great people watching, the Redwood is a great bet.
  32. If stale buns, burned patties (ordered medium) and cold fries = a gastro pub, im never going to one of them again.
menu variety
100.0% positive
  1. have worked my way through the majority of the menu and strongly recommend the inventive Winemakers Steak.
  2. solid selection of beers on tap, the food is mighty tasty, the space is big with a small feel, the vibe is chill.
  3. As for the clientele I am amazed with the great variety of people that frequent the place and the new life of Downtown.
overall
100.0% positive
  1. If you want great restaurant service, go to Patina, or the Water Grill.
  2. Its a great place to catch a show and a bite and maybe reel in one of the many fish in the sea.
  3. This place is great for large groups of people because it is the kind of place where people are milling around mixing and mingling.
  4. best place for a beer
  5. When I arrived, the place wasn't very busy but like others said, there are very few seats which seems especially strange since on this website their video raves about what good food they have which makes the place sound like more of a restaurant than a ba
  6. As for the clientele I am amazed with the great variety of people that frequent the place and the new life of Downtown.
  7. When Some places have lines and attitued that look like the US border, Redwood is the best place to anchor and "make-port
  8. There are HUNDREDS of cool, fun places in this great City, so WHY go to a place where the people who work there are TOTAL JERKS?
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. wanted to go back into the kitchen and offer help: a good garlic, thousand island or roquerfort dressing for the salad, spinich or a crispy vegetable with the salmon, thinner non-mealy french fries.
service
95.2400016784668% positive
  1. As excited as I am to find a place with such great food, I am equally impressed with the service.
  2. Best bar food, best service, best night out.
  3. Great design, great downtown location, friendly owners and bartenders who are obviously really trying to start a tradition there.
  4. Not a friendly atmosphere!
  5. We loved our server and our eventual bartender was wonderful and much too charming.
  6. The servers are friendly and attentive, the bartenders are supercool and quick, and the management is very involved - which makes for a great experience.
  7. If you want pirate decor, good food, good drinks and great people watching, the Redwood is a great bet.
  8. I've always received great customer service and the staff is super friendly.
  9. No highbrow holier than thou attitudes here just great real people that arent afraid to talk to a stranger.
  10. Great food, good beer, fun people
  11. Even the cooks are friendly!
  12. Really good food, cheap beer, friendly staff
  13. This place is great for large groups of people because it is the kind of place where people are milling around mixing and mingling.
  14. The service is great and the bartenders knowledgeable and friendly.
  15. food, staff, atmosphere
  16. Overall, it was a great experience, very chill and unpretentious, and a crowd that was friendly and relaxed.
  17. The bar top is sticky, but the drinks are good and the bartenders are nice.
  18. There are HUNDREDS of cool, fun places in this great City, so WHY go to a place where the people who work there are TOTAL JERKS?
  19. It was packed but the service was excellent which is seriously a rare find in this town.
  20. If you want great restaurant service, go to Patina, or the Water Grill.
  21. As for the clientele I am amazed with the great variety of people that frequent the place and the new life of Downtown.
value
100.0% positive
  1. Really good food, cheap beer, friendly staff
  2. After wasting 40 minutes of my time waiting to pay for a parking ticket, I wind up walking into this huge (from the outside you can't tell how big it is), cozy and cool bar, wich made me feel like I was on a Hollywood movie set, keeping my expectations to
  3. The decor is pirate ship themed, while the drink prices are reasonable and the food just what you need.
  4. My boyfriend had the burger (which was huge and very good, make sure to order the sweet potato fries!)
  5. The burgers are huge and juicy and oozing with real burger taste.
wait time
100.0% positive
  1. After wasting 40 minutes of my time waiting to pay for a parking ticket, I wind up walking into this huge (from the outside you can't tell how big it is), cozy and cool bar, wich made me feel like I was on a Hollywood movie set, keeping my expectations to
  2. This great ol spot sat empty for so long I always wondered what was going to become of it and I was excited to the stir of activity there over the last few years.
  3. The servers are friendly and attentive, the bartenders are supercool and quick, and the management is very involved - which makes for a great experience.
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

01/09/11

Tears

by earthmothernature at Citysearch

Great!

3 Star Rating: Average

02/03/10

Pirate Bar- Enough Said

by Erin W Davis at Citysearch

Mostly I just like this place because of the pirate theme. Drink and crowd wise, there’s nothing stand out about this spot, but the pirate thing makes it worth the trip. I’ve been here a bunch of times for friend’s birthdays, and it’s a good choice for a large group. There’s enough space for everyone to spread out, and it’s not too loud that you can’t hold a conversation. I’ve never had the food here nor been to their live music nights, but if you’re looking for a casual bar, it’s a good one. Also, I think that they serve Dark and Stormies which I love, but no one serves them.

  • Pros: Pirate themed
  • Cons: eh
5 Star Rating: Highly Recommended

10/25/08

Really good food, cheap beer, friendly staff

by sehansen at Citysearch

I had wanted to check out the Redwood for a long time, so one day I went in for lunch on a Saturday. I ended up staying four hours! I had such a great time hanging out with the staff that I'm going there every Saturday now.

The food is very fresh, and it isn't that run-of-the-mill frozen and reheated bar food. Very delicious. I think today I'll try their breakfasts. They're not on the menu yet, but you can still order them. Even the cooks are friendly!

Try the grilled chicken. mmmmm.

But, yeah, this place is definitely more a bar than a restaurant. Come here to drink and eat, not eat and drink if you know what I mean. And to hang out with all the awesome, chill, unpretentious people.

  • Pros: Friendly, cool staff, fantastic food, chill patrons
  • Cons: no where for large parties to sit together
4 Star Rating: Recommended

09/11/08

A good bar but needs more pirates

by glazz at Citysearch

I had hoped there would be more pirate stuff at this bar but I still had a good time. The drinks are good and I especially like the fish and chips. I just want some more pirate stuff!

1 Star Rating: Poor

08/18/08

Sad place to be

by JoeMerlos at Citysearch

I used to like the Redwood bar, especially for the fish and chips. Until this past saturday, the fish and chips stayed good but the atmosphere and the music was shocking!! I dont know who in their right mind put the entertainment together but the MC a mister "Old White Man" was offensive to say the least. Along with the other "entertainers" as well the only word you heard out of their mouths was either X-rated, or blasphemous or both. From sexually perverted ABCs to describing sexuall fantasies on stage, it was just waaay out of hand. The fact that there were children present did not seem to phase neither the performers or the staff either. What a shame!I will not recommend this place again nor stop by for any reason at all.

  • Pros: None
  • Cons: Drink prices

The Details on Redwood Bar & Grill

Place Categories:

  • great bar food
  • best place
  • favorite nautical bar
  • great fish
  • much too charming server
  • great customer service
  • good strong drinks
  • friendly bartenders
  • great fun people
  • super friendly staff
  • great experience
  • good chips
  • incredible burgers
  • much too charming eventual bartender
  • great decor
  • great crowd
  • great good beer
  • like redwood bar
  • tasteless coconut
  • worst dining
  • interesting ambiance
  • great bet
  • nice cold brew
  • loved atmosphere
  • recommend inventive winemakers steak
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