Madera Kitchen - Los Angeles

Absolutely shameful. Made this reservation over a month ago on Open Table and they turned us away at the door since they apparently rented the place out to a large party and never bothered to cancel our reservation. What a huge disappointment. You should be ashamed.

This restaurant was excellent! We went there after seeing a show in the nearby theater, with it being Sunday evening we were the only ones inside. The staff was friendly, the food was excellent, and the ambience is great. It did take a little while for us to get our place settings and our initial waters, which seems strange since were the only people inside the restaurant. I even made reservations, and it seemed as though either they didn’t know or they had forgotten. I would highly recommend the prosciutto wrapped watermelon, the brussels sprouts, the wild boar pasta, and the ravioli. They also have an excellent drinks list and menu. We will certainly be returning.

Disappointing since I live in Franklin Village and was seeking out a new local place to frequent. The service was pretty good, although for a Saturday night they only had one server for the entire patio. We planned on sitting inside but it was extremely stuffy in there so we opted for a patio table. We ordered two cocktails off the menu but after 20 minutes we were told that one of them couldn’t be made because they didn’t have the ingredients. We pointed out that the candle on our table wasn’t lit (like everyone else’s was) and the server noted it but never came back to light it. We ordered the yellowtail appetizer — which didn’t look like yellowtail it looked and tasted like tuna. We ordered the flatbread with burrata cheese but expected fresh burrata and instead we got melted chewy mozzarella. The watermelon wrapped in prosciutto was just ok. The server comped one cocktail and overly apologized and I told him it’s not his fault that the food isn’t that good. OVERALL DISAPPOINTING — we will not be returning.

The restaurant is very nice, open and clean. Food was tasty. Someone that works for the restaurant had a dog with them and it would not stop barking. Also, towards the end, it seems our waitress lost interest in us. We had asked for a coke and she forgot and brought it maybe 15 minutes later. It took even longer to get the check.

I love going to madera every Sunday with friends and family food is great staff is great clean area went on my birthday thought the DJ was going to be there but no music.