09/23/09

Avoid Avoid Avoid

by 100hugs

This place steals from its customers. The menu reads (at the bottom of page one) $25 minimum per person on show nights or subject to a cover charge. Well my party and I spent well over $25 per person and we were still charger a cover charge. When I spoke to the manager I was told, the menus are old and it’s too expensive to purchase new ones. Give me a break, the real deal is you like stealing from your customers and last time I checked that was illegal.

• Pros: none
• Cons: steals from its customers

07/24/09

Great

by CSMobileUser

Its Really Great I enjoyed the food and entertainment.....I also took friends and fam On diffrent occasions they love it.

07/06/09

Honestly the worst restaurant I've ever been to!

by sheketz

Stevie's is lucky a rating is required...I never write reviews! Since I'm not a food critic I feel like "who am I to say what's good or bad" However my experience (or should I say my non experience) at Stevie's yesterday left me no choice. I have to speak up! This place is horrible! No really...it's bad! Don't ask me how the food was because I couldn't eat. The complete lack of customer service and the foul smell ( a mix of B.O. ,mold, and pork product) made me loose my appetite. And I was starving when I went in! As were the 3 other people I came with. We walked in, waited for what felt like an eternity for someone to greet us, and when they never did we walked to the bar looked around, and walked out. Oh yea but on our way out a waiter walked by to drop off "food" to a patron. A plate of gravy with a side of chicken. If we weren't already in Encino and came from weho just to eat here we would've been pi**ed! I was ashamed that I had suggested it after seeing the sign creole cafe. So to wrap this up... just don't go there. Don't spend hard earned money on cr*p! Save the money & plan a trip to New Orleans. And by the way chicken & waffles is not creole! And another thing if they have an A someone paid someone off!!!!!!!

• Pros: it's next door 2 Johnny Rockets where u can actually eat
• Cons: everything

06/03/09

Horrible!

by rainbowland

The Management is HORRIBLE! The owner actually make their servers pay for voids. What kind of management is that???? I would never support or return to this establishment! Avoid this place like the plague! Dirty business!

• Pros: Most Wait Staff are Friendly
• Cons: Management

05/10/09

not surprise

by cellfish1

i dont feel bad now...i went to stevies a month ago, the place was empty, few at the bar....ordered my usual, it was fine..had a nice time....in and out in a hour........NOW....went on a busy night, im not paying that 7bucks...sorry.and they didnt asked. got seated and it started...slow service, no water,asked for a v.s.o.p. drink they gave me v.s.................. thought i wouldnt notice steve!!!........................when i checked them on it ...oooohhhh im sorry they said that wasnt the point for me..................food was cold, everything.....asked for xtra shrimp.... didnt get it......bottom line you got a great thing stevie, but get it together ,touch the place up a bit ..with paint around the edges, and on the bathroom doors..........dont get cocky..you need peolple to pay your bills....you came a long way....check yourself..........havent been back since.....out..

• Pros: locations
• Cons: inconsistent

05/09/09

salty food

by stjulia

The place was cool-looking. The servers were pleasant, however, the food was so expensive and so horrible. The 2 entrees were sooooo salty. The shrimp was rubbery. Be careful if you have hypertension; you'll definitely be very thirsty after the meal.

• Pros: nice atmospher
• Cons: overpriced nasty food

05/08/09

SERVICE IS A LAUGHING MATTER

by DANIIBABII

DONT ASK FOR ANYTHING TO DRINK, YOUR NOT GOING TO GET IT!...FOOD WAS ALRIGHT. WHO WANTS TO PAY $89 FOR 2 POUNDS OF SPLIT IN HALF KING CRAB LEGS? HECK GO TO TONYS ON THE PEAR IN REDONDO BEACH,CA AND PAY $44 DOLLARS FOR THE SAME THING AND ENJOY THE OCEAN VIEW. WAITRESS OBVIOUSLY ARE NOT TRAINED, BUT HEY WHATEVER. OOOOH THE ENTERTAINMENT WAS GOOD, I HAPPENED TO KNOW THE SINGER MADAM D. SHE WAS GREAT. OTHER THAT THAT BOoo.....

• Pros: HA!
• Cons: Entertainment

04/06/09

Entertainment scam?

by director

My singing group was asked to perform at the restaurant on a Sunday night. We were told that any of our guests would have to pay a cover charge and were expected to order dinner. When we got there, we were told that everyone in our singing group had to spend a minimum of $12 plus tax and gratuity also! We were shocked! Seems like a scuzzy way of getting people to eat at the restaurant, -- inviting us to perform as entertainment at the restaurant and then charging us for dinner that we hadn't planned to eat!

• Pros: Good food
• Cons: Entertainment had to pay for dinner

04/03/09

Booo just f'n Boooo

by blissme2

I took my sister and 10 friends to Stevies last week 3/28/2009 for her birthday, it was awful. First off the waitress had an attitude, after 20 minutes I asked for a glass of water and a menu, she rolled her eyes and ignored me for 20minutes each time she walked by our table. Finally, my brother got her attention and asked again for water and menu's for the table. 5 people in our party had arrived, she then threw my water across the table, so hard it spilled and walked off. When another friend arrived 20 minutes later, we still had no food. The owner little midget man himself walks over and asked f we were eating because if not we needed to get up and leave! Yet the waitress never came to take out order, I explained that to him and he said he would send her right over.

Finally she took our orders and came back what felt like hours later with the wrong side orders, When I told her that's not what I ordered she rolled her eyes and said tha'ts what I'm eating! I was scared to send it back! Our next guest arrive, still no waitress, but here comes lil midget man who screamed at my 21 year old nephew " are you eating, cause if not you gotta get up or pay a cover. My nephew told him he was drinking only and would pay the cover charge. He came back 20 minutes later being a complete clown screaming that he hadn't ordered yet. I told him the waitress never came back and that he needed to to calm down with all the agression, he told me he was agressive and I needed to deal with it. I asked for the check, the rest of our party hadn't even arrived! We had been there for a little over an hour.

When the bill came it was almost $400! And we hadn't started drinking yet! An arguement ensued, Stevie told me he was calling the police, I told him he should because he was robbing us, 4 people had received their dinner and noone was drinking because the waitress hadn't come back. After him screaming at me and asking me (a female) to take it outside, my niece added up the bill and found our bill was $140.00! He had over charged us by $260.00! He quietly apologised even though he loudly accused us of trying to dine and dash even though the food was still on the table untouched because we never got silverware to eat!

The music was too loud, the performer was grossly obese with an awful wig on her head, and a leather half top exposing her stomach, wailing loudly, so loudly we could not conversate! We all sat there blown away at the experience, my sister was almost in tears at how bad her birthday "party" was going. I WILL never go back there.

Also when I told my girlfriend about the experience, she shared with me a similiar experience but she is a celebrity wife and they charged her and her husband over $800! Seriously! They paid it because the owner became obnoxious and swore they would never go back. What use to be a great restaurant has become the epitome of a stereo typical black owned establishment, and I'm black so I do not mean this in a discriminatory way, I mean it in a shaking my darn head at the foolishness that is Stevie's way!

• Pros: Absolutely Nothing good to say
• Cons: Bad Attitudes, The owner has a nepolian complex!

02/19/09

GREAT Setting

by Lori1983

I've been to Stevie's on more then one occasion. Each time I had a blast. There is a cover charge now due to the bar and loitering around listening to the band, but it is given back once you order dinner. You just have to remember to give your server the ticket. Everyone was friendly and did the best they could. If your looking for someone to kiss your butt go some place else. You get what you give here. The crowd is laid-back and just there to let loose.

• Pros: Great menu, bar, live band
• Cons: small but cozy