Dusty's

In fact, it was the very first place my roommate and I stumbled into when we moved to LA two years ago. Unfortunately in the past 4 months all that has changed. Whether they sold the restaurant or brought in a new chef, who knows, but everything from the menu changes to their ingredient swapping has affected the overall customer experience and NOT for the better.

Unfortunately for those who dine there, the prices have remained in the upper stratosphere, but unlike when the food quality used to match the prices, customers these days will find their meals to be sorely lacking.

Pros: Lovely decor, nice wait staff
Cons: Expensive food for less than stellar quality

I don't know why I don't love Dusty's. The atmosphere was cozy. The wait staff was friendly and did their job. The food was good. Parking was easy. Maybe my big hang up is that the food is very expensive, but nothing special. It's good, but if I am paying 18 bucks for a burger and fries, I guess I expect phenomenal. I'm glad I tried this place once, but it wasn't mind blowing enough for a round two.

Pros: Nice atmosphere, good service
Cons: it was so-so for me

This is such a great restaurant! The staff is so friendly and unpretentious and the food is consistently great.
I have tried many items on the menu including the turkey burger, salmon, various soups and salads and each one of them have been delicious.
Everyone I know agrees.....Dustys is a gem.

Pros: Just about everything
Cons: can't think of anything

We have been coming here semi-regularly for about the past two years and have never been disappointed. These have all been dinner visits, so I cannot comment on the breakfast. The ambiance, wine and food are perfect. We always want to try new, nice places, but always end up at Dusty's.

Pros: Atmosphere, service, delicious food and wine
Cons: None

Gawker once listed restaurants in Brooklyn with different types of terrible, holier-than-thou hipster service. If they reviewed LA, Dusty's would make it on their list. The particular hipster/waiter that served us this morning could not have been more disinterested if he tried. He was so hipster-indifferent, that it was kind of charming. I couldn't order tea because the restaurant did not have hot water. Disturbing? But ok, I can deal with that. The hipster/waiter actually appeared out of the blue the first time and dead-panned "do you want to order?" No hi, or what do you want to drink. This hipster/waiter was not one for small talk. Ostensibly, we did want to order, ordered and that was the last we saw of the hipster/waiter. He never checked in to see if we liked our food - we did, it was delicious - and he never cleared our plates when we were done eating. He was way too cool to be bothered with that.. The fact that he didn't even try made it somehow ok, though, because it was not like bad service that intended to be good service. That would be worse. We knew we were done with him and had no false expectations. Oh, wait, he did reappear once when the table next to us asked for Equal. Without making eye contact, he grabbed the Equal/Sugar/Sweet-n-Low holder off our table and gave it to our neighbors. But even that was funny and gave us an opportunity to talk to our neighbor who kind of looked like Ryan Phillipe. In short, the food is good, the service is what it is but does place you in the proximity of servers who are so cool they are almost tragic and the clientle is really attractive/famous.

Pros: Food, really attractive clientele, great bread, proximity to really cool hipster/waiters
Cons: proximity to really cool hipster/waiters