Opus Restaurant

08/20/09

EXTREMELY disappointed.... OUT RIGHT PATHETIC

by mk008 at Citysearch

Wow, I can't say enough about this place. Let's start with the positive (I believe in that) the bartender was cool and the martini was good. He was very cool with us.

Servers at the table had a bit of an attitude when I questioned why they DID NOT HAVE ANY MENUS. That's right folks... NOT EVEN A PIECE OF PAPER NOR WRITTEN ON A NAPKIN. Their excuse, new chef and determining the menu.

They said they pretty much have whatever we ask for. So I ask if they have roasted chicken. NO, no roasted chicken. Ok so we are really contemplating whether to stay or what to do. We were going to a concert at the Wiltern.

We had read reviews about The Opus and they were NOT good but we felt we wanted to go with an open mind and decide for ourselves.

So after contemplating, I asked for something simple, grilled chicken, mash potatoes and veggies. UH... I am NO chef but Denny's would have been better. Seriously, not even being sarcastic here.

My friend, he got something off the "Happy Hour" menu (yes they did have a menu for Happy Hour) . He ordered a "BLAT". For those that are not hip (lol), Bacon, Lettuce, Avocado & Tomato". I'm saying, please. Are you serious! That was pathetic! How do you ruin that? Seriously, a child could have done this. And again, I'm seriously thinking Denny's would have done a better job.

My friend thought it was a cook and the NEW chef hadn't arrived yet (we were there 5:30 pm). I heard from our waitress their new chef was preparing the food. After being a bit surprised and literally almost in disbelief, I told our waitress (with lots of love) "If that is your new chef as Donald Trump would say, "you're fired". I mean really. If this was Denny's, we would have been fine and actually probably the BLAT would have been a better sandwich.

Then the final kicker... their "happy hour" menu shows $5.00 for Happy Hour. That is shown to the left column of their Happy Hour Menu. You know for easy eye and advertising purposes.

So on the first line in the center top of the small page, "Hours 5 - 8:00 pm " (hot happy hour but just hours)

on the second line "$8.50 Non- happy hour"

My friend was confused and I told him Happy hour is between 5-8 and everything is $5.00. And after 8:00 pm, it's $8.50. I'm thinking, simple and case closed.

We get the bill for the pathetic BLAT and another appetizer and we get charged $8.50 each. Of course, my friend is saying, see, I told you it's $8.50.

Inquring minds want to know. We had a waiter and a watiress so I asked our friendly (NOT) waiter, what the Happy Hour menu says. He proceeds to tell me happy hour is between 5-8 pm and it's $8.50 each appetizer for NON happy hour time and when there is a concert. Again, we are there 5:30 and it's probably almost 6:00 by now

UH..... NO, I don't think so. I asked him politley where does it state this on the menu. And he tells me our waitress was suppose to tell us.

Well I'm thinking weren't you one of the ones serving us. And he says it is posted in the front of the restaurant. My friend checked the front and there is NO SIGN!!!

Without hesitation (obviously they have had this issues MORE times than he will ever admit to me) he grabbed the bill and he came back with the correction and charged the happy hour prices.

So this leaves the long lasting taste of "let's see if these people are stupid enough to notice and let's rip them off... Oh shoot, WE got caught",

And to top it off, the table to the left of us was NOT happy either (they wanted to walk out) nor was the table to our right happy either.

So you decide if you want to go there. And if you do, I hope it's a better experience than we had.

• Pros: next to the Wiltern Theatre
• Cons: Everything Else

07/01/09

Great food and LA scene

by HopeNotDope at Citysearch

For my fellow foodies in LA I would definitely recommend this place!

Yes there will be the unavoidable LA scenester feeling, but I like to just sit back enjoy my meal while people watching, I find it to somewhat entertaining!

The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful when offering recommendations. I usually follow their judgment (mostly to see if they know anything about the food/drinks they serve) obviously Opus trains their staff very well!

My server recommended I have this fish dish, that was one of the specials as well as a TY KU martini….Both offerings were superb! Thankfully my server knows something about drink pairing because the martini was the perfect compliment!

I will definitely be back again!

04/17/09

awful

by jjenred5 at Citysearch

I went here for lunch with a friend today. They were out of one of the drinks on the menu, and 20 minutes in to making our order also let us know they were out of the salad I ordered. The food that did finally come was cold, overcooked and just plain nasty. The service was terrible and there were only four other tables that had people at them. No one was rude but everyone seems to be completely horrible at their jobs. I have no idea how they stay in business.

This is the worst place I've been to in ages. And the only place I've not tipped at in years.

• Pros: neat furniture?
• Cons: crappy food, awful service, menu was wrong