Lillie's At The Culver - Culver City

I enjoy eating in the lobby of the hotel and people watching. The afternoon tea was delicious and my guest had such a relaxing experience.

We were first seated in an almost empty lobby within inches of a couple. When we asked about a number of different open tables we were told that they’d either been reserved by request or not available because they were for hotel guests. Strange. Our first server didn’t know what she was doing and didn’t write anything down. We ordered two drinks, steak and frites and the crudo. Our waitress didn’t know that frites were fries-she thought they were mashed potatoes (NBD). Our food arrived well before drinks even though the place was almost empty. When the waitress saw this she said that the bartender was in the basement looking for ingredients for my drink (vodka Ricky: vodka, ice, lime, simple syrup and soda). I’m not sure what they’d be missing from a bar from that list, but ok… Except what I received was whisky with soda and bitters… Eventually I did receive a drink but not what I ordered. Our waitress was replaced by Jessie and Alejandro. Both gave excellent service. To make up for this lack of quality in our initial experience we were offered a free dessert and accidentally received two. As we were leaving I met some friends and stopped by the bar to buy them champagne on me. What happened next explained a lot about my drink order debacle: 3 bartenders couldn’t identify a single bottle of champagne nor could they identify what to offer me instead. The staff clearly needs training here. We’d intended on a long evening of cocktails after dinner but decided to go to the bar down the street instead.

Celebrating my husband‘s 60th birthday. Our server made it extra special. It was such a lovely environment. The food is delicious. We had a memorable dinner.

Cappuccino was delivered lukewarm 2 different times. Regular coffee was literally undrinkable despite filling with milk to the top. It was burnt. What gives? Food was great.

Celebrated a birthday with afternoon tea and had an amazing time complete with the sweetest complimentary glass of sparkling wine and some extra macarons.