Kendall's Brasserie

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   Debbie

   Los Angeles

   26 reviews

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   1.0

   26 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 2

   The food was tasteless! The salmon was over cooked too. Extremely disappointed. It was also expensive. Real bummer. As convenient as it is located below the music center not worth the money.
   

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   Joie

   Palm Springs

   48 reviews

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   1.0

   48 reviews

   Dined 1 day ago

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Ordered 45$ charcuterie board. I would be embarrassed as a chef to present this to a guest in my house. Waitress removed it from our bill w great understanding-10$ for 2 pieces of bread and 2 rolls!! What happened to this restaurant?
   

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   Ercument

   Los Angeles

   51 reviews

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   3.0

   51 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Several problems: 1. Roasted bread for $10. It was cold. Why such a cold bread is brought in a skillet? 2. $40 corkage fee is way too much. 3. Only 2 red wines served in glass: French Gamay $19 American Pinot Noir $21. Include more wines. Serve wine in appropriate glasses. Wine glasses are too small. 4. Chopped salad, really bad. Can't tell what is chopped into this salad. Serve it with vinaigrette 5. Steak and frites ok fries too greasy, $52 way too expensive. Duck is too sweet and expensive $40. Positives: 1. Close to Disney Hall. 2. Quick service. Please don't kill this restaurant. It used to be my favorite.
   

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   Molly

   Greater Boston

   5 reviews

   3.0

   5 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Kendall's is very convenient to the Music Center and Disney Hall, and our server was lovely this last visit, but the food has been consistently disappointing.
   

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   Laura

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   vip
   2.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 2 December 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   David our server was wonderful, but I felt bad for him because 50% of the things we wanted he had to say, "I am sorry, we are out of it." They did not even have Tanqueray gin (I wanted a G&T). The Maker's Mark Manhattan was made well. After several of our requests were met with "I am sorry, we are out of that." I finally asked what was going on? He said Sunday "theatre nights are slow" and so by then that time they are out of many dishes. The French onion soup was outstanding. We settled for salmon Caesar salads which were tasty. The did not have decaf Americano, so we had regular Americanos which were good. We ordered the bread pudding dessert. Wait for it...but the waiter came back to say they were out of that. We got the check and were bid a very friendly good-bye by a great staff. I felt badly that they fronted a restaurant, sparsely populated on a Sunday eve in downtown LA, because they are good. But disappointing pre-Disney Concert Hall experience. I might try again. Not sure though...
   

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   Margaret

   Los Angeles

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 2 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Excellent service. Friendly, knowledgeable staff. Food was interesting and well-prepared. We ordered two appetizers— ahi and Brussels sprouts. Both excellent. Also ordered dessert— gelato macaroons. Yum!
   

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   Anna

   Los Angeles

   8 reviews

   2.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on 24 November 2024

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Brunch is typically creative and indulgent but it would have been better at a diner.
   

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   Linda

   Los Angeles

   24 reviews

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   5.0

   24 reviews

   Dined on 24 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I frequently dine at Kendall’s prior to event at Music Center. I had Steak frites as my entree. For dessert I had coffee and macarons. My meal was great and excellent service. I would recommend Kendall’s.
   

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   Andrea

   Los Angeles

   5 reviews

   1.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on 24 November 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   I rarely write reviews; however, we were very disappointed with our lunch today. Our server, Kate was fantastic but she was the only good thing about the lunch. The food was poor and disappointing. We both ordered the TBLT. The turkey was not fresh, it was processed. The avocado was a spread and very little of it. The bacon was cheap and fatty and the salad was all of 3 bites. It is not what it used to be, and for $26 I expected at least 1/2 the plate with lettuce, a decent salad. Service was great and Kate was very friendly and great, that was the only thing good about the lunch.
   

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    Joan

    Los Angeles

    59 reviews

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    3.0

    59 reviews

    Dined on 24 November 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 3
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 3

    service was very uneven. Started out pretty well, but then the time between first course and main course was VERY long, our server seemed to have disappeared even though she knew we had a curtain time to make, had to talk to someone else who checked, apologized and said it was being plated, The 5 of the 6 entrees came out, but one persons wasn't ready. Took another 10+ minutes for the last main to show up. So we went from having a lot of time to being worried and rushed. Food was somewhat uneven. Salads and brussel sprout starters were good. Mussels got mixed reviews. One person felt the sauce was lacking in flavor. Loup de Mer/branzino was good , as were the steak frites and short ribs. Person who ordered the pasts dish said it wasn't great and he would not order it again.
    

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