Swingers
Los Angeles, CA 90048-4504
Phone: (323) 653-5858
- Price:
- $
- Cross Street:
- Laurel Avenue
- Best of Citysearch:
- Late-Night Dining 2006
- Hours:
- Daily 6:30am-4am
Editorial Review for Swingers – by Scott Weier
In Short
For better or for worse, Swingers has become an L.A. institution. Andy Warhol-inspired wallpaper (cows, not cans), tartan-plaid booths and waitresses in fishnets epitomize L.A.'s retro diner scene where vintage-clothed screenwriters hang. The elaborately illustrated menu includes grilled cheese stuffed with sharp cheddar and avocado, milk shakes enriched with fruit juice, and salads topped with ahi tuna.
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Insider Tips
The ExtrasHave a party here; if you call ahead, you can even make cake arrangements. But plan your festivities for off-peak hours--reservations are not accepted.
Look GoodWhile "B" stars are frequent patrons, it's not kosher to approach them, so curb your celeb-happy, out-of-town guests or you'll get dirty looks.
Know Before You GoAfter your meal, walk over and catch a flick at the nearby Laemmle Fairfax Cinemas.
User Reviews for Swingers
07/02/2008 Posted by tonystarksgirl
Good food at this place. Highly recommend the BURST OF BLUE smoothie. Good service. Not pretentious at all.
05/29/2008 Posted by lalocalsince86
I've eaten there on several occasions, and had great service and great food. Recently, I had the unfortunate circumstance to be waited on by a young man who couldn't care less about any of the diners he was serving. Not only did my five friends and I all have something to complain about with this waiter, the table next to us were shocked as well. The bus boys were doing all of the work, and when our waiter came around (only once) to check on us, we had already been taken care of by the bus boys. I wanted to tip the bus boys but couldn't do that without tipping the lousy waiter. I served drinks and food in LA since 1990 and tip really well, since I lived off tips for many, many years, but this was one of those rare circumstances where I actually brought something up with the owner/manager, and he was even rude with me. If you go there, only get waited on by anyone who's not a young, thin man who likes to flirt with other men. Wish I knew his name. It's too bad one lousy server and a encounter with an angry manager/owner can ruin a fun place to go after a movie. I wasn't going to go there ever again, until I met another manager and a waitress who work there, who were really cool. I told them about what happened, and lo and behold.... they actually knew who the waiter was, just from my description! Seems like the angry manager/owner really loves the guy that we had a problem with. Not only was his service bad, one of my friend ordered a shake, and tasted it. It was the wrong flavor, so the waiter took it back, but the other table ordered a shake too, so the waiter just took the shake to the other table without making a new one! EWWWW..... If the waiter had even cared to pause long enough from flirting with other men, we would have told him that our friend tasted it and that it should be dumped!
