Madera Kitchen - Los Angeles

Absolutely disgraceful. I made this reservation over a month ago through OpenTable, only to be turned away at the door because they rented the venue to a large party and never bothered to cancel my reservation. What a huge disappointment. You should be ashamed of yourselves.

We arrived 30 minutes early for our modified reservation and were asked to wait for a table. Despite several open tables while we were there, we were never seated. This poor treatment felt influenced by homophobia and racism.

Incredibly delicious food and a wonderful atmosphere. This has become my new favorite place for an early dinner!

Food was excellent. Had the sea bass on cauliflower rice which was a little pricey for the size of the fish but it was delicious. The roasted carrots and the goat cheese raviolis were super tasty and both were a good sized portion. Overall, we were very pleased with our meal. I had the Belgian White Alagash on tap which was also very tasty and my hubby got a hot toddy which is nice when a bartender will make that for you. We ate at 9pm so it was very quiet. Patio had heaters so it wasn’t nice to sit outside. However all of the plants were completely dead or almost dead which was very odd. That killed the ambiance. Nonetheless we would definitely return.

Made a reservation, showed up to the restaurant and there was a private event. Didn’t get a text or a call warning us.