Daily Grill - Santa Monica

Daily Grill - Santa Monica reviews from people who’ve dined at this restaurant. Based on recent rating.

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   SteveS

   Los Angeles9 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on August 17, 2020

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Despite taking a reservation the restaurant was CLOSED. You should update your settings
   

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   AnneG VIP

   Los Angeles1 review

   1.0

   Dined on August 17, 2020

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   We made a reservation that was confirmed for 2 on Sunday at 5:30. When we arrived the restaurant was closed! Would have been helpful to be notified. Open Table, we blame you for this mishap. Do not confirm or even take a reservation until you are certain it will be fulfilled.
   

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   mgcross

   Los Angeles6 reviews

   1.0

   Dined on August 11, 2020

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 1
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 1

   Even though my reservation was confirmed the day before by my responding to the OpenTable email I received asking me to confirm that I was going to be there on Tuesday, when I got to the restaurant it was CLOSED. No one was there and the doors were locked.
   

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   VenturaVisitor

   Los Angeles52 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on August 3, 2020

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 3
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Very quiet on a Sunday. Nice to be open! Pleasant setting and friendly service. Will be back!
   

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   Lisai

   Los Angeles8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 10, 2020

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Consistently great!
   

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   Carrieberrie

   Los Angeles6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 7, 2020

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our dinner was excellent, as was the service. It was quite noisy and difficult to have a conversation, but we will definitely go back again and again, as we have in the past. I highly recommend this restaurant.
   

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   HowardR VIP

   Los Angeles497 reviews

   4.0

   Dined on February 23, 2020

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Four of us enjoyed our dinners. First of all it's nice to see that they added vegetarian items. I had the meat loaf with steamed asparagus and a baked potato......very generous portion and excellent. My wife just had a mixed green salad. Service was very accommodating, but we had three different servers during the course of the meal. Booths are very comfortable and the restaurant is not noisy unless you come when the bar action is more hectic/ We always ask to sit near the back of the restaurant away from the bar area..
   

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   ggggg

   Los Angeles82 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on February 22, 2020

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 4

   Food is very boring and way overpriced
   

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   Joan

   Los Angeles17 reviews

   2.0

   Dined on February 21, 2020

   1. Overall 2
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 1

   A major problem, for me, is that the picture they've posted on Open Table is not at all what the restaurant was like. The Open Table picture played a large role in my selection of that restaurant. From the picture, with small tablecloth-covered tables with flower vases on them, I expected a quiet, elegant restaurant when I booked. In contrast, the place is a fricking madhouse--booths instead of tablecloth-covered tables, and a decibel level high enough to drive you mad. I wish Open Table would require them to post an accurate photograph. On the plus side, the food was good, and the staff was very kind and attentive.
   

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    arthur

    Los Angeles15 reviews

    2.0

    Dined on February 17, 2020

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 1
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 4

    We ordered the Valentine's Day special dinner. The appetizer was one shrimp cocktail for two people. The shrimp appeared to be raw and were not deveined. After deveining the shrimp by hand, and biting into them, they were obviously raw or severely under-cooked. We should have sent it back, but we were with friends and we didn't want to disrupt their dinner. On the other hand, the salmon was extremely overcooked to the point of being tasteless. We were then given one piece of cheesecake to share. I can report that the cheesecake was excellent. We have been going to Daily Grill since it opened many years ago and we have had many lovely dinners there. This is the worst meal we have ever had there. I'm not sure we will want to go back.
    

    Daily Grill - Santa MonicaResponded on February 19, 2020

    Hello Arthur, First, we want to sincerely apologize that you and your guest had such an unsatisfactory experience with regards to the shrimp cocktail and salmon, the preparation you described definitely does not meet our standards and we're very disappointed to hear about this. However, we want to thank you for your feedback, this gives us the opportunity to improve and ensure that you and all our guests leave completely satisfied. In fact, our goal is to exceed our Guest expectations! This is indeed a very rare occurrence and given the circumstances, if you would allow us we'd like to show how sorry we are, we'd like to invite you and your guest to return for dinner on us so we can have the opportunity to give you the experience you deserve and that Daily Grill usually provides, please contact myself or any manager and we'll make a reservation for you. We want you to know that we truly value your patronage over the years and want to be sure you continue to join us in future! Best regards, Brent Bambic Manager 310-309-2170
    

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