Nerano - Los Angeles

Love the food here, consistent and always delicious. Service seemed to be lacking because of the short staff (2 servers, 1 busser and 1 bartender). Servers seemed to have arrived at 7, we sat at 6:45 and waited 15min before a server came over and no servers were around that we saw. The Hostess and chef were running around as well, but not chaotically, just trying to make it all work. It was hard to watch being that I’m in the industry. Will still come back, just hopefully with more timely service.

Lunch for 2 on a Summer Saturday-the restaurant was very quiet .. We were assisted by the wonderful Jana. Really enjoyed the pizza bread, salmon carpaccio, burrata with eggplant and especially the gnudi with truffles. The beignets for dessert were also outstanding. We returned the next night for dinner with friends- the experience was not as good. The pizza bread and beignets seemed to be day old and the Grilled Dover Sole was disappointingly overcooked. We will try again for lunch soon

The food was outstanding. The service was not. I stood at the front desk for five minutes to be taken to my unoccupied table. The waiter avoided our table for 10 minutes with no water or cocktail. His first pass at the table, instead of asking if we would like a drink, he launched into the specials for the evening. Food was timely and tasty. The waiter also claimed twice that he was running in the back to get the fococcia. No focaccia arrived. Main course arrived. The waiter did not. No pouring of wine, water, etc. Bad service took away from the overall experience.

We just finished a second great meal at Nerano. Everything was delicious. The space is bright, airy and casual cool. The service was attentive but never over-bearing. This is on our short list for out of town visitors.

Warm and friendly. Food is ok. Overall experience was fun!