| About: | Grace combines the intimacy of a favorite neighborhood haunt with the quality of a fine dining restaurant. It is elegant yet approachable, distinctive yet unpretentious. Its remarkable cuisine and design is progressive American. Grace marries passion, vision and skill to provide an extraordinary dining experience. |
| Hours: | Dinner Tues.-Sun. |
| Categories: | Restaurants, American Restaurants |
| Parking: | Valet |
| Payment: | MasterCard, Visa, American Express |
| Specialities: | People Watching, Formal |
| Amenities: | Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Beer, Celebrities, Counter Seating, Open late Fri.-Sat., Parking, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Wheelchair Access, Wine |
| Chef: | Neal Fraser |
| Cuisine: | American, Contemporary |
| Ambiance: | Elegant, Romantic |
| Feature: | Bar, Great Wine List, Late Night, Private Rooms, Take Out, Take Out |
| Reservations Policy: | Suggested |
| Smoking: | Non-Smoking Restaurant |
| Dress Code: | Smart Casual |
| Price: | $15 - $35 |
| Other Contact Info: | Email: info@gracerestaurant.com |
Grace - named for the chef's teenage daughter - is my favorite restaurant in Los Angeles and I dine out a lot at many of the best establishments on the west side of Los Angeles. To start with, I love the ambiance. The design of the restaurant is simple, modern and clean. I like to enjoy conversing with my dinner companion and at Grace, you can hear yourself talk. The background music is complementary, but never intrusive. The diners are not trendy and brainless but a wonderful cross-section of Los Angeles..from the young and beautiful to older people who love to eat. I usually eat at Grace once a month, so I have enjoyed everything on the menu and like virtually everything on the menu. Chef Neal Fraser likes wild game, so bison, elk, wild boar and venison are often on the menu. He also likes seafood and the menu has many items flown in from New Zealand. Fraser's meals have wonderful reductions, never over-spiced. He gets the essence of whatever he is cooking and never overpowers it with garlic or other spices. From his first restaurant Boxer on, you realize that Fraser has an instinctive ability to combine interesting ingredients to create his meals. I have always found the service to be exceptional and Scott and some of the other servers have been at the restaurant for years and are professionals rather than actors waiting tables. I have never been rushed...always enjoy lingering over an excellent meal. The catering is also good and I hosted a dinner there for more than fifty people and the staff did an incredible job for me. So, both my thumbs up, way up for Neal and Amy Fraser's exceptional Grace..go it introduce yourself, visit a few time and everyone there will become friends.
Went to Grace for desert at the special "Doughnut Shoppe" that they have on Wednesdays. The descriptions of the doughnuts are incredible, with flavors like Buttermilk Brown Butter and Bourbon Caramel, served with warm spiced milk for dipping. While the ambiance was charming and the wait staff were pretty attentive, the doughnuts were tiny and we honestly couldn't tell them apart because the three we got all tasted they same. They totally forgot the dipping milk. At $5 per doughnut, we expected at least as good as Krispy Creme.
Watch your credit card they double charged and still have not fixed it.. Food is great..