The Ivy
Los Angeles, CA 90048-3101
Phone: (310) 274-8303
- Price:
- $$$$
- Cross Street:
- Alden Drive
- Best of Citysearch:
- Power Lunch 2007, People Watching 2006, Celeb Hangout 2005
- Hours:
- Mon-Fri 11:30am-11pm, Sat 11am-11pm, Sun 10:30am-10pm
Editorial Review for The Ivy – by Andrea Rademan and Crista Bailey
The Scene
Husband and wife co-owners Richard Irving and Lynn von Kersting installed a white picket fence in front of the patio adorned with antique French garden chairs. Pre-dating shabby chic, the interior is cluttered with peeling, painted furniture, faded chintz, old paintings and more American flags than a revival meeting. Celebrity sightings are commonplace--everyone from J.Lo to Adrien Brody have graced this fixture on the power-dining map.
The Food
A place to see and be seen, the menu is traditional American, emphasizing comfort-food classics like fresh corn chowder, mesquite-grilled Cajun prime rib and fried chicken. Fish-and-chips consist of a giant platter with shrimp, scallops, cod and calamari, plus mountains of onion rings and fries. But the biggest compliments go to pastry chef Irving for seducing Hollywood's whippet-thin starlets with decadent desserts like fudgy pecan brownie and tart lemon pie.
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Insider Tips
Where to SitCelebs rendezvous at the four-top at the heart of the famed patio--request table 41, and let the paparazzi wonder who you are.
The ExtrasL.A. Desserts, the bakery arm of the Ivy, makes some of the best sweets in the city. Delectable, made-to-order cakes will make your sweetheart's birthday perfect. Call (310) 273-5537 to order.
User Reviews for The Ivy
07/10/2008 Posted by JMJ010
Beware, don't eat at the Ivy!!! They want to turn the tables so fast so they can make $100 a person over and over and over in a day that they risk peoples lives with PRECOOKED UNSANITARILY KEPT FOOD. I got very very sick after eating at the Ivy. I called them and when I finally spoke to the owner, he said I was making it up. They also demanded to know if I went to a doctor or an emergency room. When I got home I couldn't even get out of my bathroom for 6 hours that night and couldn't work the next day. It was horrible! My boyfriend had the fish and chips and mentioned that it tasted like leftovers from the day before like kind of refried fish. I had the lime chicken and a coke and I swear I have never been sick like that before! They serve the food so quickly after ordering it that my friends and I agree that they PRE-COOK THE FOOD AND LEAVE IT AROUND UNTIL IT GETS ORDERED AND THEN THEY HEAT IT UP LIKE ON A GRILL OR FRYER!!!!! NOBODY SPEAKS ENGLISH AT THE IVY - THERE ISN'T A MANAGER WHO I COULD SPEAK WITH. THE WAITERS AND BUSBOYS WEARING FLOWERY TIES WITH PINK SHIRTS LOOK COMICAL. THEY CAN BARELY UNDERSTAND OR SPEAK ENGLISH. A VERY UNPLEASANT PHONE CONVERSATION WITH AN IRANIAN GIRL WHO FINALLY ANSWERED "HOLLOO THIS IS NATA" ASKED ME IF I HAD DIAHHREA??!! WHEN I FINALLY SPOKE TO THE OWNER HE WAS THE MOST RUDE & ARROGANT PERSON I HAVE EVER SPOKEN WITH. FAIR WARNING: DON'T GO TO THE IVY. THERE ARE TOO MANY OTHER GREAT RESTAURANTS TO GO TO. I KNOW I WILL NEVER GO BACK.
06/29/2008 Posted by royalsmom2
My first experience at The Ivy was a few weeks ago with my family (party of 6). There was a 10 minute wait, not bad. We were then escorted through a very crowded patio having to squeeze through people and pole which I now realize had a 4 inch spigget sticking out of the bottom. Well, to my embarrassment the lace on my boots that I was wearing got caught on the spigget in mid squeeze between the pole and the chair, I could'nt move my foot and I didn't know why. I felt myself falling forward so I reached out for what was in front of me (very hard iron chair). I was holding my purse with the same hand I was holding the chair with so I could feel the iron digging into my bones of my closed fingers. The waiter stood there and watched the very painful sloooow fall and did nothing, nothing that is until I fell to the ground HARD. He saw that my boot was caught and quickly released it. When I got up off the ground, everybody was looking at me including the dark haired man in the suit at the desk, which I assumed was the manager. No one asked if I were alright or offered me an ice pack for my black and blue fingers. I used my ice water. There were no appologizes from the waiter or the staff and I was too embarased to speak to the manager. We ate our dinner which was incredible. Our bill came to $470.00 and nothing was comp'ed. I called the next day to speak to the general manager, who was very very appologetic. She promised to look into it. She did. The next week, I received a gift card from The Ivy for $50 whole bucks!! If I were 80 years old or pregnant at the time I would have called my attorney, but, since I'm not suit happy I called to advise them of their problem and their non-existent customer service. I think they could have at least invited us back for dinner on them!! SHAME ON YOU IVY!!
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