Best Restaurants for Groups in Downey / Norwalk / Santa Fe Springs

Still amazing place and branzino was a bit greasy not as great as I remembered it 4 years ago

On a Sunday evening at 5:00 PM, the place wasn’t exactly wall to wall with customers, but it was moderately busy. I’d been to this place 100 times and never left a yelp before about it. The food was ok. The prices were ok. What prompted me to leave a comment was the service. We had reservations, and were seated relatively quick enough. But once seated, we had to wait at least 45 minutes for our orders to be taken. By the time our food came, I had noticed the table across from us, who actually were there before us, still hadn’t even received their drinks. At the end of the meal, I still ponied up 20%, and I hate to be that guy, but in this day and age of “living wages” and tips of 20-30%, I felt obliged to voice my disappointment at the amount of time we had to wait. I’m not gonna go Karen and “call the manager” or ask for a discount. I’m just gonna finish and come give a review. Like there’s a long wait…and then there’s an unnaturally and excruciatingly long wait. That’s what this was. And it’s not always like that but I’m just sayin, this was really unacceptable. Thats it. It’s a good place, value is good, food is good and it’s clean. But this should never happen.

Ridiculously inventive yet also very familiar food. The technique is astonishing. Highly recommended.

I went for breakfast and I was very pleased with my meal. I had the Santa Fe Omlet and it was deIicious to me. I couldn't have ask for better service. My waitress Barbara Ana was wonderful. I was so happy with the service she provided. She was welcoming and she accommodated my party of six and gave us excellent service. I will be returning for lunch next time.

The experience was good, however, they were not aware of my reservation. Thankfully we had planned it for a time that was not super busy and were able to get in relatively fast.