The Happy Ending

09/16/09

Great Food, Great Place to Bring Your Work Group

by Loubelle43 at Citysearch

I brought everyone from my office here for a party and they all had a great time! The food was fabulous, the drinks were priced well and they were constantly spinning their drink wheel (you should see it!) offering up drink discounts!! I would definitely recommend having a party here or coming for lunch or dinner, great food!

• Pros: Food, Price, Atmosphere, Staff

08/25/09

Great bar food!

by DaveHaar at Citysearch

For being a bar in Hollywood, the food is amazing! I recommend the filet sliders!

• Pros: Food and location.
• Cons: None.

08/09/09

not worth the effort

by chempenn at Citysearch

From the valet to the bouncers to the bartenders, if the staff decides that they don't like you that day, you'll have to wait an hour to get anything. I waited for 50 minutes to get my car from valet, cuz the guy let every blond girl cut the line. I understand if they pushed in their favorites inbetween every couple of people in line, but it was ridiculous. The doorman was rude, and the female bartenders upstairs kept skipping me to fill drinks for guys and flirt for tips to the point where it took 30 minutes to get a single drink. There were random nice employees, but they didn't make up for the 90% that were jerks. The inside was packed and dirty, and I spent most of my 3 hours there at the bar trying to get a drink or food instead of having fun. It's just not worth it, when there are plenty of places nearby that have better facilities and don't let you to die everywhere if you're no one of their fav regulars.

• Pros: beer pong, decent music, okay food for a bar
• Cons: most of the staff are rude and finicky, slow service, dirty

08/08/09

Multiple Cameras Observerving ones every Move

by anopinion at Citysearch

My second time at "Happy Endings." After engaging a longterm friend, I was escorted out by one of the security personel becuase I was observed by one of the Thirty Seven Cameres. Yes 37 cameras and was determined intoxicated and removed of my paid for drinks. After a brief interraction, the security personal determined that I was just fine and may go back inside, less my paid for drinks. Thirty seven cameras!!! No thank you very much. Give me my car and let me leave with a quick goodbye of my veryy good celebrity friends, as well as a beautiful girl who I have known for years. If you are a classy individual who enjoys a carefree enviorment, you will not be satisfied with this place. If you are a young and want a carefree enviorment go to Red Rock or Cabo Cantina. This place is very low end.

Beware.

• Pros: No Pros
• Cons: At Anytime you may be pulled aside for questioning.

07/26/09

Happy Ending? Try Angry, Arrogant Ending

by TheBocaj at Citysearch

Nothing about the restaurant, this is about the late-night bar half:

I didn't even get to see the inside of "Happy Ending". Two friends of our liked it a lot, and so we left WeHo and drove about fifteen minutes to get to the bar before last call. In our group of five, two were refused entry very briefly and rudely. I'm almost 23 and have never had a problem with my legitimate Texas I.D., and my other rejected friend has actually been to the bar before. Our 18-year-old friend who made her fake I.D. that afternoon AND was so drunk she couldn't walk straight got in without complication.

The bouncer took one look at my I.D., not me, and said "That's fake, have a good night". When I tried to say something to him, he said "I told you once, now get off my porch". When I asked another bouncer for an explanation, he said he didn't care what I had to say, his boss had already talked to me. Apparently, that main rude bouncer was not only head doorman, but manager of the whole bar. As another bouncer approached ME to mention, a second I.D. would have fixed the problem, and if the manager had asked me or given me a chance, I would have given him one. He then tried to convince me that he was close to last call, and it wasn't really worth it to get in anyway, but I'd be welcome back another time if I was nicer at the door. Seriously?

Any manager who can handle a customer like that doesn't deserve my business, and when I read how they treat other customers and their supposed connection with numerous drunk driving incidents, I figured I should speak up to readers. I do not recommend this bar, especially not on a Saturday night.

• Pros: No idea
• Cons: Bouncer/Manager/Asshole

07/15/09

Overpriced Bad Service

by markwhalberg at Citysearch

I wanted to love the place. Oh how I wanted to love it. I tried so hard, giving this place so many second chances, but at the end of the day, it came up short. Really great layout/concept for the bar. Has the back home sports bar feel that we all love, but is missing the heart. Way overpriced drinks. TERRIBLE service. Four times in a row it has taken 5-10 minutes to even be acknowledged by a server. I'm sure that the place is making money, so they probably won't take the time to properly train the managers or the staff any time soon. Good luck guys.

• Pros: Cool Layout
• Cons: Prices & Service

05/30/09

Um...NO.

by la2ny at Citysearch

All I can say is, this must be the mouth the Hell. They clientele was unattractive, unintelligent, and frankly...just creepy. I had to tell one guy that I cooked meth in my kitchen in order to get him away from me. Terrible, terrible amalgam of the worst Hollywood has to offer. Go elsewhere.

• Pros: reasonable valet parking, i guess?
• Cons: crowd, and everything else

03/22/09

not much honesty in advertising

by ehall91423 at Citysearch

We went in to Happy Endings to watch a little March Madness. The menu that was posted on the bar said 2 for 1 mimosas between 2pm and 4pm. On the same menu it said salad was $7. But, when the bill came we were surprised to have been charge full price for the 3 drinks and $11 for the salad. The bartender brought the manager over and he stated these were Happy Hour prices and it was "industry standard" that those prices are only good Monday through Friday even though that was not posted on menu. Well, I don't work in the "industry" so unless it is posted I wouldn't know that. I suggested to him that they give the correct pricing on the menu so people know what they are spending...especially in this economy. He comp'd us one mimosa but didn't adjust the salad and on top of that charged us a $1 upcharge for each martini...which also was not printed on the menu. He said the upcharge was charged on all martini's because of the type of glass???? I would have to compare this experience with buying a used car. I felt like I needed a lawyer to complete the transaction. Needless to say I won't be going back there as I like goind places where they aren't shady with their prices.

• Pros: Good Drinks
• Cons: Misleading prices

03/03/09

Do not even bother.

by BritMill87 at Citysearch

We had such a bad time and the service was horrible. I've been here before for just drinks and even then it wasn't that great, but if you're trying to get food here...don't. The food was bad, the server was not nice, it wasn't a good time. Like I said. Don't bother.

02/23/09

OVERPRICED RIP OFF WHERE NOBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME

by MadisonAvenue at Citysearch

New to Los Angeles from New York I was happy to see a New York themed sports bar in walking distance from my new apartment. After going to happy ending about ten times I have finally reached my breaking point.

Not one bartender recognizes us ever, we are charged for every single drink that we order every time we go and for Happy Ending that means $40 for a tiny glass of vodka and soda and two Jagerbombs.. These people have lost their minds charging Hollywood club prices for drinks at a neighborhood SPORTS BAR. Their ridiculous idea of Happy Hour is offering $10 pitchers of bud and bud light. I'm sorry, why would a pitcher of Bud ever be more than $10? It's usually a generic crowd and no regulars to speak of due to the way the bartenders treat people. I am shocked that the owners of this place are from the East Coast. NO sports bar in New York would ever treat regulars with such lack of hospitality and inflated drink prices. Save your money for Barney's Beanery where the drinks are twice as strong, half as cheap, and Happy Hour actually exists....

• Pros: Walking distance to home
• Cons: complete lack of hospitality, EXTREMELY expensive drinks (club prices)