Best Seasonal Restaurants in Torrance / Carson

The food was excellent. Alex was a fantastic cook and reminded me of the way the food tasted more than 15 years ago. Our server was of top of everything. Will be coming back.

I think the food is fantastic. Unique combinations that have wonderful flavor explosions. We especially love the oysters, sushi rolls and black truffle rice but everything is very, very good. The Maine lobster dumplings were nothing special and very pricey. I wouldn’t order again but that’s the first time that we didn’t care for an item. I was also disappointed that my grey goose martini was $24. That’s absurd. So the prices are up and the portions seem less. Otherwise it was a great experience and the service was great.

We love the Rex, and it's our go-to for Holidays, Anniversaries, Special Occasions., and the occasional burger/fries/martini at the bar. Food is outstanding, and so is the service, usually, but on this visit, the service was way way off. It took almost 15 minutes after we were seated for anyone to greet us and take a cocktail order. Then the cocktails took a loooong time. We had an 8 pm reservation, and we arrived a little early. We were seated right away, in a nice busy dining room, but after all the delays, we ended up being the only ones left, eating dinner in an empty restaurant after 9 pm. Not good, not why we want to go to The Rex. The food and drinks were very very good as always - really hoping this service lapse doesn't continue.

We had a large party with a rambunctious kid, and our server helped us with such grace and humor ….and patience!! I didn’t catch her name, but initials are TD. A restaurant might have great food, but if service is great too, then you’ve got loyal and returning patrons. Thank you North Italia for providing both!

Beautiful atmosphere , fresh and tasty food, clean and modern design of the restaurant ,