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Dal Rae

Dal Rae

9023 Washington Boulevard, Pico Rivera, 90660, United States Of America

Wine • Meat • Seafood • American


"Dal Rae is an Institution and has been around since 1951. This place is totally old school, and in the best way possible. It reminds me of old, classy Hollywood with the overstuffed booths, dim lighting, piano bar and ambience. There is tableside preparation for their signature Caesar Salad and the flambe desserts, that you rarely see anymore, such as Bananas Foster and Cherries Jubiless. Romantic restaurants are no longer plentiful, and this is perfect for a first date, anniversary, birthdays, or just good food. It isn't light on the wallet, but the food is quality. We had the Oysters Rockefeller, which were the best I ever had. We also had the Crab stuffed Artichoke Bottoms you can have Crab Stuffed Mushrooms or Artichoke Bottoms, but Mushrooms you can find on other menus. Never saw the Artichoke version. .The Crab Stuffed Artichoke Bottoms melt in your mouth and were unbelievably good. We shared the prepared at your tableside Caesar Salad there is enough for 4 and again, never had a better Caesar Salad, made with their own homemade dressing, prepared right in front of you. For entrees the melt in your mouth Chilean Sea Bass was beyound comparison and the Prime Rib was as good as any place I have ever had. I was celebrating my birthday, and did not have room for dessert, but the table ordered Bananas Foster, just for the experience, and it did not disappoint. This restaurant provides an experience vs. a dinner out. Additionally, the menu is very large, and I can imagine everything is excellent. This would be my number one recommendation of any restaurants in L.A. County that I have frequented, and there have been many. This just stands alone based on the variety of menu, quality and tasted of food, the tableside experience and ambience. Too top it all off, the service was very attentive."

The Vintage Steakhouse

The Vintage Steakhouse

26701-B Verdugo Street, San Juan Capistrano, United States Of America

Fish • Meat • Steak • Desserts


"This was a choice for a nice Valentine 's Day dinner. To start, I checked the Open Table menu for this place and it had a good selection of entree choices. Now I chose this restaurant from Open Tables Valentine restaurant list. The price list shows $30 for an entree on the app. I was a bit shocked to find out when I arrived that the restaurant had a fixed menu selection for VD at $75 per person. No mention of a fixed menu when I made my reservation. This included a starter choice, one entree and a desert. We were seated right away and our waiter took our order promptly. We ordered our meal and two cocktails. Our starter/appetizer arrived, was eaten and gone before we ever got our cocktails. We both ordered the New York steak with shrimp. The steak was great in size and flavor, but TWO regular sized shrimp..........come on. Desert was a single serving heart shaped cake. Now I must say without a doubt, all the food was delicious. The service was seriously lacking, by no fault of our server. Our server was working very hard and non stop with a lot of tables. The food and drinks were just very slow to come out. With a fixed menu and only a handful of choices, those items should fly out of the kitchen, but it was obvious their coordination of service was very poor. Now my food, when it did arrive, was just as I ordered, but not so for other customers. The table next to us had to send an appetizer back because it was cold. Another table sent their meal back THREE times and finally left without eating. It took nearly two hours to have a three course meal from a fixed menu. At $75 dollars per person, I was not impressed and felt the overall experience was nowhere worth the price."