Violet L.A.

Best French restaurant I’ve been to in a long time! Everything is wonderful - food, service, atmosphere.
Setup shows the great taste of owner Dana and her team.
Even plates and napkins are amazingly beautiful! They also run a cooking school upstairs and over zoom - would love to attend.
Finally, tips are calculated based on pretax amount, and there is no additional charges of any kind.

Owner response

To say that this is the BEST French restaurant I’ve been to, will not be enough! My wife and I used to work at Les Halles in NYC years ago, after it shut down it has been hard to find a place to match its unique flavors until Violet! The onion soup it’s AMAZING! My wife had their Bistro steak, and I had their burger, we also shared truffle frites and they were delightful! Our server was super sweet and knowledgeable of everything.
I would give this place a million stars if I could.
And to top it off, you guys were great accommodating us to the needs of our son's service dog.
We live in San Diego and go to LA often, so trust me we will be back OFTEN! 🩵🩵🩵

Owner response

Can confidently say Violet is one of my very favorite French restaurants in LA.
It’s located in beautiful Westwood Village and the atmosphere is truly special, it’s the sort of place that you will want to stay awhile.
It’s designed really well on the inside with a beautiful bar, an outdoor atrium in the middle of the restaurant, and lots of great design touches including white brick walls, and chandeliers.
Our server was extremely polite and was very prompt.
They don’t have a dedicated parking lot, but street parking is easy to find in this area, we were able to find a space directly across the street for a 7PM Saturday dinner. They have a lot of great options on the menu.
It’s a traditional Bistro so they have many of the classics.
For our dinner we chose French Onion Soup, The Bistro Steak Au Poivre, and the Quiche.
The French Onion Soup was exactly how I like it, rich in flavor and almost sweet at the same time.
They use the traditional mushroom stock instead of the deeper wine stock so it really adds a meaty and layered taste profile to the soup.
The Bistro Steak was incredible and probably our fav dish of the night.
It was cooked perfectly, and the au poivre sauce was so good that it was almost drinkable.
The Quiche was also one of the very best that we have ever had, and we have had many.
All the flavors were balanced really well and the outside was pleasantly crunchy. Overall a terrific French bistro in a great part of LA.
I would recommend to anyone for any occasion and certainly plan to be back in the near future to try more dishes.