04/28/08

off vine i'll miss you, come back soon!

by lafiera

off vine is gone! my husband and i are soo very sad to hear that our favorite resturant is gone. we have been going to off vine since day one, we always had a great time and were always welcomed at the door as if we were family. the food was so great and almost guilt-free because it was healthy, flavorful and plentiful. the souffles were to die for! our hearts are broken. we love you all and you are all in our prayers. hope you come back very soon!

• Pros: great souffles
• Cons: uni=sex bathroom

04/28/08

GONE :(

by tyguy81

Off Vine caught on fire last night and and, while not burned to the ground, is pretty much irrepairably damaged. I will miss my favorite restaurant.

03/05/08

Romantic bungalow - a hidden gem

by citrusave

This is my favorite restaurant in L.A. It's a little pricey, but I like to go there for special occasions or just to treat myself. The atmosphere is truly special. The service is impeccable and I've always had very good food. It's a cheery spot for breakfast or lunch and turns more romantic at night. Take a date or your mom, either will be impressed!

• Pros: Service, Atmosphere
• Cons: Location - but it's a fun surprise beyond the gate and you forget the bad neighborhood.

12/19/07

had a great meal and a great time!

by hollyjim

I really love this place. The food is great and has something for everyone. I had one of the seafood specials and loved it. My friends and I loved the setting. Its really comfortable and classy and different, not like most of the other hollywood restaurants now that all look the same. It feels like you are out of LA. Take some friends for a fun night and show them something different.

12/15/07

Great food, great people!

by scottsites

Off Vine is one of my favorite restaurants in Los Angeles. The food is always great and the staff and ambience are first rate. I recently had the filet mignon and it was the best I'd had in years. It was cooked to perfection! Also, the pumpkin souffle is out of this world. Off Vine is a fantastic choice for a special occasion or just a great dinner out.

• Pros: wait staff, ambience and consistently good food
• Cons: the pumpkin souffle is only seasonal

12/04/07

Aptly named, since the food is off.

by mike3333

Off Vine is cute and comfortable, hidden in the bushes on an otherwise not-so-cute block that serves as the rear end of Sunset. While it claims to serve comfort food, many of its dishes are likely to make you somewhat uncomfortable due to their poorly conceived recipes. The most disappointing are the ones with unnecessary Asian influences--like another diner noted, those chicken ravioli are fine, but darned if that mango chutney doesn't taste just like takeout duck sauce--flavors that just don't go together. The shrimp over Asian vegetables is pretty much what it claims to be, but you should be offended that it costs anything over 7 bucks since it has a taste reminiscent of Panda Express. Other dishes are also average, a passable Caesar salad and just okay crab cakes. My free advice? Since the place is in a cozy bungalow, they should revamp the menu to be even more comfort-oriented, like adding a great mac n' cheese, for example. Lose the Asian influences, forget the complicated stuff and create a solid menu of well-done classics.

• Pros: Homey atmosphere, pleasant staff
• Cons: Disappointingly average food

10/30/07

Amazing Food & Wine in Hollywood!!!

by natehogue

I recently had a first date at Off-Vine and had a great time. The wine list was amazing!! They have a huge selection of wines by the glass and by the bottle - great prices. I ordered the NY Steak and it was perfect! My date had the Pecan Chicken and loved it!! And finally, we had the souffle which was the perfect ending to a wonderful dinner! What we liked the most was the "vibe" of the restaurant. Though it is in the middle of hollywood, we felt like we were someplace else! it was really cozy and familar. The servers were really friendly and the music was cool. I'm definitly going back, maybe nextime with friends - because it also seems like a great place to celebrate a birthday with a group of people!! I feel like I discovered the new "hot spot" in Hollywwod to impress a date and have a great dinner with a group of friends!!!

• Pros: Great wine selections, cool vibe in hollywood, friendly service

08/05/07

Mediocre food

by jakers333

Service was fine, but all 3 of my courses were mediocre to poor. Really disappointed in the food. The ravioli in "mango chutney" actually tastes like ravioli in duck sauce from a cheap Chinese restaurant. And the rasberry souffle is just a vanilla souffle with like three rasberries tossed in. I'll never eat here again.

07/19/07

Eh, okay

by bowersmt

So, the food was average; service was average; price was high; ambiance was very cute. Would recommend going for the cutesy, cottage appeal, but honestly, the food at the Ivy is much better.

• Pros: Cute cottage
• Cons: To put it honestly, kind of "boring"

06/04/07

Avoid Theatre Nights

by primojade

Let me start by saying that I've been to Off Vine before this last visit and had a fantastic experience.

They have a decent wine list (not too overpriced) and good food.

This past weekend, my coworker, his wife and my husband and I made reservations at Off Vine for dinner before going to see Wicked. We had raved about Off Vine and since it wasn't a far walk from the Pantages, it was the perfect choice.

My coworker called to make a reservation but was told that the time we requested was not available so we had to make an earlier reservation. Good thing we did!

My coworker has a newly found love for fish and he picked one of the specials of the day... the trout with shrimp. He loved it!

His wife is a vegetarian and chose the meatless lasagna. Easy enough dish right? When her food arrived, she had a bite and the middle still had frozen cheese! We could not believe it!

My husband ordered the NY Steak and asked for it medium rare. The steak came and was almost well done. I ordered the duck breast (I was a little peeved that our server did not ask how I wanted it done...I always prefer medium rare, but I wasn't given the choice) and it came almost well done again.

We had to send the lasagna and the steak back. The manager came out and apologized and said it was Murphy's law that it doesn't usually happen so they were comping the souflees that we had already ordered...a chocolate and a raspberry.

We were finishing our dinner and before I could finish my duck, the server brought out the souflees in which I was very disappointed, because they were already falling flat. The raspberry might as well have been fruit soup because that was what it looked like. The chocolate was just a little better, but we were so disappointed!

Free did not mean that they didn't have to put any effort into it.

I have to say that this last experience was very disappointing and I hope this is not how Off Vine will continue.

Perhaps it's best to just not go on a theatre night!

• Pros: Close to The Pantages, Nice Patio Area
• Cons: Don't go on theatre nights, Make sure you have enough time in case they need to fix your order