Patina (Downtown LA)

141 S Grand Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90012
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Categories: French, Venues & Event Spaces
Neighborhood: Downtown

Yesssh please!

Valentines Day, prefix pick 3, 4, 5, or 6... 6 for me and 5 for the wifey!

Honestly... I thought we were off to a shaky start. Walk through the door and announce our reservations. Very friendly up front, but a little slow. We had to wait a little bit for our table to come available, but in all fairness, it's valentine's day.

Since we're waiting... uuummmm... drinks at the bar! Bartender made up a nice sweet drink for the wife and a gin martini (you know)... up with a twist... shaken, extra cold. Beautiful! Tasty! A perfect shake! OK, now it seems to be getting better... Friendly bartender who makes a righteous drink? Who could ask for more.

Number 88!! We're up! They take our drinks from the bar, tray them and bring us and our drinks to our outside table... Little chili for the wifey, but still manageable. Server was friendly and we even had a laugh... Good start. Oh wait! We're out of booze, another round monsieur. Of course another great round of drinks. Getting more and more chilly, although you would have thought the alcohol would have kept us warm by this point but the wifey all sexy wasn't having it. So we ask to be moved inside, and again well executed, a good transition. At this point I'm not sure what we're ordering with all the alcohol being consumed... 5 of one and 6 of another... The truffle risotto, amazing! Perhaps it was the fact someone comes out with a little wooden box, puts on white gloves and slices it right on the plate... bon travail! So good in fact although I ordered it, the wifey ate the whole top part with the truffle like a cute puppy who ate around his pill in the food bowl (she'll read this eventually, I did mention it was a puupy, a young one and that it was cute... a girl puppy, ok, done) and left me the truffle-ish tasting risotto... Still great!!! This place should have been a 2 star back in '09 when Michelin was still in the neighborhood!

Dessert was great... but chocolate thing's been done before.

But overall impressed by the food and service!

FINAL THOUGHT: Dinner for 2 @ $700 tax and tip included... No complaints! Would gladly do it again for the service and quality of food. T'was a good valentine's day all around :)

Stay hungry my friends! bon appetit!