(323) 667-0062

1850 N Vermont Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90027 34.1048 -118.2916

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Neighborhoods: Los Feliz, Central LA

FRED62.COM

Hours:

Sunday To Saturday From 12:00 AM To 12:00 AM

Price:

$

Last updated 7.20.11

Category:

Restaurants, Diners

Payment Methods:

American Express, Visa, Discover, Diners Club, MasterCard

Restaurant Special Features:

Local Favorite, Family-Friendly Dining, Late Night Dining, Brunch, Outdoor Dining, People Watching, Group Dining, Cheap Eats, Dine At The Bar

General Info:

Open 24 Hours

Cuisine:

Eclectic & International, Californian

What People Are Saying About Fred's 62

Featured Review

Contributor

Contributor

The Scene – Bowling-alley fashion sense, classic Hollywood charm and a chrome toaster on every table make Fred 62 the hippest place in town to get your chow on. – – The Food – Expect creative riffs on comfort foods served up with funny names. Witness the golden, velvet Mac Daddy and Cheese, the towering ham and swiss of the Charles Bukowski, and the fluffy pancake, crisp-tender hash browns, ultra-crisp bacon and filling eggs of the Dime Bag. For arterial redemption, try one of the Japanese sobas: The Bang Bang's sweet fire of plum and hot pepper sauces makes it a…

Editor's Tips

Where to Sit:
For a romantic experience, request the window table in the back dining room--you sit on cushions on the floor, and it has drapes for privacy.
Save Time:
Sit at the counter if you want service in a jiffy.
ambiance
92.30999946594238% positive
  1. Nice decor, worth checking out of curiosity, or if it's 5 in the morning.
  2. My biggest complaint would be the parking can be pretty bad.
  3. great variety of food, fun place!
  4. We love everything about this diner -- the cool and unique ambiance, the hipster waitstaff, and the delicous food.
  5. The scene is amazing and I always feel very comfortable here.
  6. It's also in a convenient location, just down the street is the Los Feliz 3 movie theatre, Skylight Books, and House of Pies.
  7. The decor is interesting, but that thrill is over in 3 minutes.
  8. Casual atmosphere, friendly service, big menu with lots to c.
  9. The ambience is casual and perfect for late night snacks - those late night places that actually have good food are hard to find in L.A.
  10. The food is amazing and ambiance like the food is very eclectic.
  11. Sure there may be a little wait, but the servers are super fun, especially Emily who is quite possibly the happiest waitress alive, and the food is always yumolicious.
  12. Im fine with waiting here cause the food is good, the music beats Denny's, and the atmosphere is fun (mostly fun to poke fun at).
  13. The food was tasty enough, but the atmosphere and crowd made it a less than fun night out.
dessert
71.4300012588501% positive
  1. The soup is usually amazing, just not the cream of mushroom.
  2. Not as good as that sinful waffle dessert we were eyeing.
  3. The food is overpriced and you are excessively overcharged for extras (items like cheese, sour cream, onions).
  4. While the food actually pretty good - I recommend the dime bag for breakfast (2 of everything greased to perfections) the mac n cheese for lunch, and the caramel, ice cream, decadent waffle for dessert - the lines can quickly turn the experience sour and
  5. My favorite is the burgers, especially the Patty Melt, and for dessert the waffle with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
  6. The food is mediocre, but the brazilian waffle desert thing is good.
  7. Everything from root beer floats to amazing omlettes to hamburgers to red velvet cake.
drinks
100.0% positive
  1. Everything from root beer floats to amazing omlettes to hamburgers to red velvet cake.
  2. But if you live in the neighborhood or just yearning for that Los Feliz/Silverlake charm, find yourself a booth, bring a newspaper and order yourself up some good 'ol scrambled eggs, coffee and toast (ahh, the best).
  3. The burgers here are tasty, no doubt, and this is a good place to go in the middle of the night when you just want to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes.
food quality
82.04999923706055% positive
  1. the food is good.
  2. This place never fails to serve the best food and for a 24/hr place, you can't get better!
  3. (Although I love the tofu scrambles.)
  4. The food is mediocre, but the brazilian waffle desert thing is good.
  5. When I need some amazing diner food fusion at 3 am, this is the ONLY place to go.
  6. My favorite is the burgers, especially the Patty Melt, and for dessert the waffle with ice cream and chocolate sauce.
  7. Fred 62 offers your favorite comfort food, but gives you also the opportunity to try something new and edgy.
  8. My friends and I will skip a club just to get a taste of the famous burgers and fries with there decorative bags, bossa nova waffles, and the ever so famous to die for mac n cheese.
  9. Also incredible burgers and milkshakes if you are swinging by late at night.
  10. If you are a health freak, you might not like this place unles you order a salad and custom order the ingredients.
  11. like the Punk Tarts, Hot Dogs, Burgers and Salads; food is always fresh and salads are crisp!
  12. shame really as the food has always managed to stand out but with this new LOUD music and bad waitresses Fred 62 can't make the cut.
  13. after 10 years of going to this resturaunt I loved the food, its in my area, and its open
  14. We were seated quickly and our food was delish.
  15. nice if you're a veggie lover--there's huge baby green salads served along with all the greasy diner food.
  16. Uber cool comfort food with hip, sassy waitresses
  17. $6 and some change for a fresh egg breakfast sandwich ain't too bad.
  18. Go for the delicious food and clever, if completely meaningless kitsch, but beware, this place is super loud.
  19. Just ate here today and the food was horrible
  20. It's good diner food but with it, you get bad diner service.
  21. The rest of the time, you're stuck with re-invented Hollywood-ized food that's overpriced for what it is.
  22. Funky diner with interesting food (Hunka Hunka Burnin Love Pancakes)
  23. good food--bad service
  24. went there today and ordered the Hunka Hunka Lovin Pancake (or whatever it's called) and I was disappointed that it was just one big pancake.
  25. The food is good.
  26. they have good food and trendy looking waiters.
  27. Say what you will about the service and the rather odd Americana concoctions, but Fred 62 is the only place in the area that serves good, fresh, crispy french fries.
  28. The food was great as well.
  29. Great place when you're craving good diner food late night.
  30. They have the best hashbrowns, round pieces of toast (crazy!)
  31. The food is overpriced and you are excessively overcharged for extras (items like cheese, sour cream, onions).
  32. great variety of food, fun place!
  33. The only problem is that all the tables are small so our party had to sit separately but the food was awesome.
  34. Fred 62 isn't the kind of restaurant you go to expecting them to come by every 3 seconds to fill up your glass with Perrier, its the type of restaurant you go to at midnight because you've got a hankering for a good pb&j sandwich.
  35. Too bad - good food, bad service!
  36. While the food actually pretty good - I recommend the dime bag for breakfast (2 of everything greased to perfections) the mac n cheese for lunch, and the caramel, ice cream, decadent waffle for dessert - the lines can quickly turn the experience sour and
  37. Some of the food is pretty good, and they have just added TWO more Tofu Scrambles to the menu (the big vegan draw for me).
  38. The soup is usually amazing, just not the cream of mushroom.
  39. Great food!
  40. My boyfriends complains about the service, but this place is reliably delicious.
  41. agree with a lot that was already said -- the food is good, the service is OK (typical diner, but not horrific by any means, in my experience), they try way too hard to be cutesy, and the waitstaff all wanna be cool.
  42. If you like salmon, order the Fairfax High.
  43. And smart---that toaster outside is perfect---no more cold toast!
  44. The waiter was horrible there was no apology for the hair in the food,i wouldn't eat here again even if they offered me a complimentary meal.
  45. Delicious food, big portions
  46. Sure there may be a little wait, but the servers are super fun, especially Emily who is quite possibly the happiest waitress alive, and the food is always yumolicious.
  47. The ambience is casual and perfect for late night snacks - those late night places that actually have good food are hard to find in L.A.
  48. Im fine with waiting here cause the food is good, the music beats Denny's, and the atmosphere is fun (mostly fun to poke fun at).
  49. full menu, with a variety of food to choose from.
  50. open ALWAYS good food ALWAYS
  51. The Alice sandwich was great, not very filling and a little pricey,
  52. But if you live in the neighborhood or just yearning for that Los Feliz/Silverlake charm, find yourself a booth, bring a newspaper and order yourself up some good 'ol scrambled eggs, coffee and toast (ahh, the best).
  53. However, even though it is really crowded on the weekends I keep going back because the food is so good.
  54. was there before and again, food took forever to arrive but the place was not full!
  55. If you like feeling hip, artsy and cool while eating overpriced (albeit sometimes tasty) food, and enduring not-so-good service, this is the place for you.
  56. The burgers aren't the best in the world, but always manage to control my need to fast food without being too horribly greasy.
  57. think the food is ok, and I really like the Los Feliz area, but I feel the service really isn't as good as it could be, and their prices a.
  58. These other people's reviews really make me sad: bad service, mediocre food, blah blah blah.
  59. The burgers here are tasty, no doubt, and this is a good place to go in the middle of the night when you just want to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes.
  60. The food is decent, but the fries are above average.
  61. The food is good - not great, but good.
  62. Open 365/24/7 This place has really good food and cheap prices.
  63. creamy, fresh tasty.
  64. Yeah, someday somewill somewhere (well, somewhere on the Eastside) will open the perfect restaurant, where you can get bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, customer-is-always-right service; delicious food for cheap prices and a hip vibe all in the immediate pre-daw
  65. The food was excellent but the waiter ruined the whole dining experience for my party.
  66. We love everything about this diner -- the cool and unique ambiance, the hipster waitstaff, and the delicous food.
  67. find this place most enjoyable on the off-hours--when there aren't lines of irritable hipsters moaning about their 2 hour wait for a table and 1 hour wait for their food.
  68. The recently re-named Mike D. Special (formerly the Sammy Davis Jr. though now on a roll instead of rye) is the best sandwich I've ever had.
  69. The service is quick and the food is great, highly recommend their burger and shakes.
  70. It's menu is decent, though I wouldn't recommend their attempts at any Asian-style food on the
  71. The food was tasty enough, but the atmosphere and crowd made it a less than fun night out.
  72. the food is really good, but the place is so trendy i avoid it like the plague on the weekend.
  73. and all of their egg dishes are delicous --- my personal favorite is their egg in the hole.
  74. The food is amazing and ambiance like the food is very eclectic.
  75. Freds is a great to have an early breakfast, some hangover food or settle a late night craving.
  76. recommend their sandwiches and their mac daddy and cheese.
  77. Surprisingly one of my favorites at this spot is the japanese UDON shrimp noodle soup.
  78. Mediocre, over-priced food, small servings, annoying, terrible service from wanna-be actors and long waits for not much reward.
menu variety
78.5699987411499% positive
  1. It's menu is decent, though I wouldn't recommend their attempts at any Asian-style food on the
  2. full menu, with a variety of food to choose from.
  3. Casual atmosphere, friendly service, big menu with lots to c.
  4. great variety of food, fun place!
  5. Some of the food is pretty good, and they have just added TWO more Tofu Scrambles to the menu (the big vegan draw for me).
  6. There are a couple of things on the menu that I tried and haven't liked but truthfully I don't hold it against them because my favs have always been consistently amazing and their selection is so wide.
  7. The menu was huge (something for everyone).
overall
88.88999938964844% positive
  1. This place never fails to serve the best food and for a 24/hr place, you can't get better!
  2. great variety of food, fun place!
  3. Really nice and friendly (particularly since I've been going to the place on a semi-regular bais since it opened).
  4. Overall, Fred 62 is a great restaurant.
  5. This is the best place ever.
  6. If you like feeling hip, artsy and cool while eating overpriced (albeit sometimes tasty) food, and enduring not-so-good service, this is the place for you.
  7. One of my favorite hangouts, and great place to take dogs (outside tables) or even kids (!)
  8. The burgers here are tasty, no doubt, and this is a good place to go in the middle of the night when you just want to drink coffee and smoke cigarettes.
  9. the food is really good, but the place is so trendy i avoid it like the plague on the weekend.
return potential
100.0% positive
  1. Despite the noise level, I continue to return because I can't think of anywhere else I can order deep-friend mac & cheese or homespun pop tarts as good as here.
service
64.34000015258789% positive
  1. The waiters were not friendly.
  2. The service is quick and the food is great, highly recommend their burger and shakes.
  3. While it's true that the service can be less than stellar, the servers themselves aren't bad.
  4. The service is always pretty friendly, and always fast.
  5. 24/7. The service is horrible.
  6. Yeah, someday somewill somewhere (well, somewhere on the Eastside) will open the perfect restaurant, where you can get bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, customer-is-always-right service; delicious food for cheap prices and a hip vibe all in the immediate pre-daw
  7. We've had nothing but friendly and FUN service there.
  8. Uber cool comfort food with hip, sassy waitresses
  9. It's good diner food but with it, you get bad diner service.
  10. agree with a lot that was already said -- the food is good, the service is OK (typical diner, but not horrific by any means, in my experience), they try way too hard to be cutesy, and the waitstaff all wanna be cool.
  11. Nice people, bad service - great pancakes!
  12. Fed has been rewarded handsomely for his overpriced cute combined with the WORST service known to man.
  13. Mediocre, over-priced food, small servings, annoying, terrible service from wanna-be actors and long waits for not much reward.
  14. shame really as the food has always managed to stand out but with this new LOUD music and bad waitresses Fred 62 can't make the cut.
  15. The service here is great too- really friendly people.
  16. But it's overpriced, and the service is pretty damn bad.
  17. While the food actually pretty good - I recommend the dime bag for breakfast (2 of everything greased to perfections) the mac n cheese for lunch, and the caramel, ice cream, decadent waffle for dessert - the lines can quickly turn the experience sour and
  18. Maybe I just had an awful waiter but the place itself is normally a decent place to go.
  19. Great people watching.
  20. This place is kind of retro, kind of new age, and attracts very interesting people with interesting thoughts or looks, or both.
  21. they have good food and trendy looking waiters.
  22. I've always had pretty decent service at Fred62!
  23. Really nice and friendly (particularly since I've been going to the place on a semi-regular bais since it opened).
  24. The wait staff generally IS cool.
  25. The waiter was horrible there was no apology for the hair in the food,i wouldn't eat here again even if they offered me a complimentary meal.
  26. think the food is ok, and I really like the Los Feliz area, but I feel the service really isn't as good as it could be, and their prices a.
  27. These other people's reviews really make me sad: bad service, mediocre food, blah blah blah.
  28. Too bad - good food, bad service!
  29. He insulted us and made rude comments to us until we left.
  30. Say what you will about the service and the rather odd Americana concoctions, but Fred 62 is the only place in the area that serves good, fresh, crispy french fries.
  31. My boyfriends complains about the service, but this place is reliably delicious.
  32. The wait staff is always great -- even on busy Saturday mornings.
  33. If you want to go to a place and people watch, Fred 62 is great.
  34. Casual atmosphere, friendly service, big menu with lots to c.
  35. good food--bad service
  36. Sure there may be a little wait, but the servers are super fun, especially Emily who is quite possibly the happiest waitress alive, and the food is always yumolicious.
  37. The worst possible service (by diner standards, so keep in mind we're giving them every chance).
  38. The waiters have always been very nice and the service is pretty quick.
  39. The food was excellent but the waiter ruined the whole dining experience for my party.
  40. The hostess was TERRIBLE.
  41. If you like feeling hip, artsy and cool while eating overpriced (albeit sometimes tasty) food, and enduring not-so-good service, this is the place for you.
  42. Great service all.
  43. The staff is nice, but know nothing about good service or how to accomodate - they spent more time getting dressed for their shift and trying to look trendy instead of learning how to provide decent and quick service.
value
51.84999942779541% positive
  1. Yeah, someday somewill somewhere (well, somewhere on the Eastside) will open the perfect restaurant, where you can get bright-eyed, bushy-tailed, customer-is-always-right service; delicious food for cheap prices and a hip vibe all in the immediate pre-daw
  2. Fed has been rewarded handsomely for his overpriced cute combined with the WORST service known to man.
  3. Pretty pricey, and the wait can get long during peak times (think weekend hangover brunches).
  4. Fred's breakfasts are so delish, and sure, while they may not be as cheap as Denny's (but then what is?)
  5. They have great specialty sandwitches and they are not pricey at all ($7 - 9).
  6. The Alice sandwich was great, not very filling and a little pricey,
  7. The prices are cheap and the portions were huge!
  8. Nice decor, worth checking out of curiosity, or if it's 5 in the morning.
  9. If you like feeling hip, artsy and cool while eating overpriced (albeit sometimes tasty) food, and enduring not-so-good service, this is the place for you.
  10. The food is overpriced and you are excessively overcharged for extras (items like cheese, sour cream, onions).
  11. The rest of the time, you're stuck with re-invented Hollywood-ized food that's overpriced for what it is.
  12. Open 365/24/7 This place has really good food and cheap prices.
  13. The menu was huge (something for everyone).
  14. But it's overpriced, and the service is pretty damn bad.
  15. think the food is ok, and I really like the Los Feliz area, but I feel the service really isn't as good as it could be, and their prices a.
  16. Delicious food, big portions
  17. Go at 11 AM on a Tuesday or 11 PM on a Sunday to really experience the "legacy" of this somewhat overpriced diner.
  18. nice if you're a veggie lover--there's huge baby green salads served along with all the greasy diner food.
wait time
66.66999816894531% positive
  1. The staff is nice, but know nothing about good service or how to accomodate - they spent more time getting dressed for their shift and trying to look trendy instead of learning how to provide decent and quick service.
  2. The service is quick and the food is great, highly recommend their burger and shakes.
  3. The decor is interesting, but that thrill is over in 3 minutes.
  4. Pretty pricey, and the wait can get long during peak times (think weekend hangover brunches).
  5. Mediocre, over-priced food, small servings, annoying, terrible service from wanna-be actors and long waits for not much reward.
  6. The waiters have always been very nice and the service is pretty quick.
3 Star Rating: Average

10/17/11

Good.

by Eric Hirbour at Citysearch

Beautiful atmosphere, positive people, fast service.

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/05/10

Posers, Awful Service, "Lesbians Eat Out"???!!!! WTF!?

by Jojo333 at Citysearch

Absolutely the most poser-esque place in the area besides Millie's except Millie's is NOT TRYING TO BE COOL...they just are. Imagine, 6, yes 6 guys standing around in a corner, all Mexican guys doing nothing but yakking it up at the counter at the top of their lungs....one of which wearing a shirt provided by establishment that reads, "Lesbians Eat Out", the other guy has one that reads, "Rehab Is For Quitters", another, "Got Beer". Yes, nifty I suppose....if you're not a Lesbian and you didn't go to rehab and ya don't mind their mindless pow wow in the corner that supersedes all other conversations....even the patrons. Slapping each other on the back, saying "F That Brother" and "Sh#t ya man...did you see what he was wearing? Hahahahaaa...". Paid $15 w/o tax or tip for some horrible Deli noodle soup shrimp thing that tasted like it was made in the back alley with a bunsen burner that you use while camping. Seriously, if u r a poser and like to show off your fancy new tattoo, spend your $ elsewhere that at least doesn't rape you with poor service, poor food, and subject you to 6 guys wearing classless shirts that, in some way, are trying to be "cool" and that love to have a good old weenie rub in the corner at the expense of diners trying to relax. Not cool, not hip, no good. Pose somewhere else BUT NOT AT FRED 62 on Hillhurst.

1 Star Rating: Poor

09/10/09

DO NOT PAY WITH CREDIT CARD THEY DOUBLE SWIPE

by JamieJamieJamie525 at Citysearch

THE WAITERS WILL "ACCIDENTLY" DOUBLE SWIPE YOUR CREDIT CARD. I KNOW SEVERAL PEOPLE THEY HAVE DONE THIS TOO.

DO NOT PAY WITH CREDIT OR DEB-IT CARD UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THE RESTAURANT WILL STEAL YOUR MONEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Pros: DO NOT PAY WITH CREDIT CARD
  • Cons: DO NOT PAY WITH CREDIT CARD
1 Star Rating: Poor

03/13/09

No tip no service

by Nancy1334 at Citysearch

after 10 years of going to this resturaunt I loved the food, its in my area, and its open 24/7. The service is horrible. Its apparently an "industry-service" and the waiters can decide whether or not to serve you based on whether or not you've tipped before (I always tip, in cash and more than deserved but if its not more than a 5 buck tip you should be weary of the service). Sadly, I wont be returning and niether will many of my long time friends and regulars of this resturaunt. Its a shame when service like this is allowed at a good(food wise) resturaunt. As far as I knew, tips are optional based on service.

  • Pros: good food, brunch and the new waitress is nice
  • Cons: premadonna waiter/night manager, tipping not optional
2 Star Rating: Below Average

03/04/09

Rudest, Unattentive Waiter Ever!!

by Jewels321 at Citysearch

I had a HORRIBLE experience. The food was excellent but the waiter ruined the whole dining experience for my party. We will never be back EVER!! It took forever for the waiter to pay any attention to us. The place was dead but he would rather sit and talk to his friend at the counter than work. The food is overpriced and you are excessively overcharged for extras (items like cheese, sour cream, onions). They even charged for a side of ranch which most restaurants would never dream of charging you for. When we relayed to the waiter that we thought the charges for extras were excessive and the charge for ranch was unexpected, he said he agreed with us and had already told management that. We asked him to let them know that customers were unhappy with it. He then became condescending, rude, and sarcastic. He insulted us and made rude comments to us until we left. This place was an awful way to end an evening that up until this point was so much fun. If you want to pay too much and put yourself in a bad mood, this is the place to go. Our waiter should be fired!! I did call in and talk to management about it the next day. They were extremely courteous and said they would address the problem personally. Maybe I just had an awful waiter but the place itself is normally a decent place to go. It's hard to say.

  • Pros: Food was great!!
  • Cons: Waiter was the rudest I've ever had!!!

The Details on Fred's 62

Place Categories:

  • good comfort food
  • bad diner service
  • friendly service
  • mediocre overpriced food
  • incredible burgers
  • like hunka burnin love pancakes
  • very nice waiter
  • fabulous breakfasts
  • never bad experience
  • famous crispy french fries
  • full menu
  • always great wait staff
  • recommend j sandwich
  • favorite restaurant
  • nice grilled cheese
  • pricey alice sandwich
  • very interesting people
  • nice really
  • favorite japanese udon shrimp noodle soup
  • great fred
  • nice decor
  • favorite egg
  • great place
  • best greasy diner
  • favorite hangout

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