10/26/09

my go to place for a nice dinner.

by Sheauen

things i love about this place:

cheese plate

dessert

braised kobe beef cheeks

things i hate about this place:

crazy bar area

cramped dark seating

slightly snotty service

Ford Fillings station consistently provides a menu that is fresh and up to the current trends. I have never had a bad meal here and its my go to place for a nice sit down dinner.

It can get pretty crazy here at night for dinner with a lot of professionals piling in to the bar after work. Love their cheese and charcuterie plate. I sometimes stop here for coffee and dessert.

The service is inconsistent. Sometimes the hostess and servers are nice and respectful. Other times, they're snotty and seem to be inconvenienced by simple requests. Its hit or miss.

for the most part I've had good experiences here, so 4 stars because the food is superb.

• Pros: cheese plate and banana split
• Cons: inconsistent service

05/21/09

chef world

by jkimmel

Being a chef, very cool sighting at my favorite neighborhood spot..... Alice Waters!!! It looked like she asked for a table for 4 even though she had 6 people. The Chef was bringing food to the table and enjoying a glass of wine with her in between courses. One of my friends had no idea who she was and the two were in awe of the relevant chef in the US if not the world.

• Pros: cool sightings
• Cons: none here

05/09/09

A proposal to remember

by grrreat

A few days ago I went to Ford's for happy hour, which turned into a long dinner when some colleagues walked in. We were sitting in the middle of the main room minding our business about to sign the check after the most delicious meal when one of the servers brought out a dessert to the table next to us. Since I had opted for no dessert, I was curious to see what they ordered. It was a jewelry box!!!!! His girlfriend was so surprised when he proposed. I looked around and every women around had tears in their eyes. It was such a beautiful moment. Life is beautiful.

• Pros: sweet vibe, food and music

05/09/09

A proposal to remember

by vavavavoom

A few days ago I went to Ford's for happy hour, which turned into a long dinner when some colleagues walked in. We were sitting in the middle of the main room minding our business about to sign the check after the most delicious meal when one of the servers brought out a dessert to the table next to us. Since I had opted for no dessert, I was curious to see what they ordered. It was a jewelry box!!!!! His girlfriend was so surprised when he proposed. I looked around and every women around had tears in their eyes. It was such a beautiful moment. Life is beautiful.

• Pros: sweet vibe, food and music

04/13/09

Food ok, service mediocre

by DenaG

I went to Ford's Filling Station on Saturday afternoon with 2 friends for lunch. The menu has a good selection but the food was only ok (nothing so delicious that I would go back). The servcie was slow and they were not busy at 1pm on Saturday, so we really didn't understand why it took so long for her to take our order or deliver our food. They also messed up one order when the hamburger is supposed to come with carmelized onions and the burger was delivered without what the menu said it came with. It was an ok lunch but with only one alcholic drink, the bill was $72, so I don't really have a need to try this place again.

• Pros: Located in a cute area in Culver City
• Cons: Slow service, waitress got our order wrong

01/30/09

BAR!

by liveyourlifein09

i really liked the BAR.

01/09/09

Okay food, bad service!

by gleasonrbrt

Our party of four arrived for dinner and was completely ignored at the door by several staff members. The hostess and waitress (Marie) were so rude and unprofessional that we almost left in disgust before finishing our meal. The food was decent, especially the meat and cheese platters and the flatbreads, but there are too many other really great restaurants in the area to put up with such bad service!

• Pros: Bar
• Cons: Service, staff

12/27/08

Love it

by michellesande

I'm a local thats been a regular at this place and they never dissapoint me. Their meat and cheese platters and their flat breads are so good! Whenever a friends comes into town i always bring them here and they love the place. once in a while you get to see ben ford.. the owner of the place!

• Pros: everything
• Cons: none

11/19/08

Wow. Huge Improvement from two years ago!

by puckstar68

So the last time I was there...

Yikes. Bad Service. Eh food. and even the drinks were (apperently I'm not allowed to say cr*p [*=a] on city search). So Last Sat. my friend really wanted to go, event after I told her all about what had happened. So we went. Um...180 anyone? Greeted immediately. Sat in less than 10 minutes. Our server was great. He was really helpful and steered us in the right way as far as food choice. I had a flatbread with burata (sp?) cheese on it. Amazing. So, I gotta say, it wasn't nearly as bad as I remembered. Dare I say...good? Ah screw it. I'll be back.

11/04/08

Yum.

by jbails1075

I really liked this place. It was a lot more casual than I expected and that was kind of refreshing. I loved the menu and thought the platter of assorted meats and cheeses was awesome. I'm still not brave enough to try the head cheese but I have every intention of going back and taking the plunge. Try it.