189 By Dominique Ansel - Los Angeles

Never a bad experience at 189. Went for that DineLA menu. Food was amazing, service right on spot atmosphere was perfect

An insulting combination of overpriced food and bad cooking.

I was surprised that this restaurant made the top 100 restaurant list from LA Times. Seems they are still working out the kinks. The service was spotty (though very friendly and pleasant). The food was inconsistent. My table-mates loved the pasta dishes (pappardelle, and duo pasta), but the chicken dish was not that exciting--not crispy enough. The sauce for the chicken was exactly the same as the sauce for the french fries--it was a good sauce, but kind of disappointing to have the same thing twice. The salads (Bibb salad and the herb salad that came with the chicken) were annoying to eat--large pieces of lettuce not cut up at all. And just not all that delicious.

Atrocious service. 20 min for the first cocktail, waited 45 for the second one. Inquired three times about it and it never showed up. Pork belly served cold and undercooked. Finally just gave the manager my card to pay and leave at which point the server graciously let us know she had taken off the negroni I never got and the raw pork belly. She was very sweet and apologetic, perhaps just understaffed. Regardless will never return.

So grateful for the team at Dominique Ansel. Food is always simply amazing!!! We appreciate the service we received!