Posted by Cynthia Meyer on August 04, 2007
While I agree that the food is very good and the atmosphere is great, the last time I visited Musso & Frank, the service was horrible. This is not a roadside diner with great prices where you're happy to put up with surly servers; sometimes they can even be part of the charm. But for a restaurant that charges fairly high prices, nasty service is not acceptable.
We arrived about 45 minutes before the kitchen was to close (though the restaurant was to be open for a couple more hours). We asked whether they were still serving dinner; they said they were and seated the six of us. We were told that they would not make just about everything we wanted to order. The waiter was downright rude. If they weren't ready to serve dinner to our party of six, they should not have seated us.
But, because it's the oldest restaurant in Hollywood, it's probably worth going once. This visit was not our first, but I suspect it will be our last.
Overall: To Be Avoided
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