Louise's Trattoria - Los Angeles

Wonderful place. Wonderful customer service. Wonderful food.

Great location and ambiance. The menu has lots of choices. Delicious food and the best focacia bread! I had a glass of malbec. It was so smooth. I tried the angel hair pasta with a pesto and vegetable sauce. Fabulous!

Louise's Trattoria in trendy Larchmont Village has been a local staple for almost two decades, serving Italian style food. Street meter parking is a challenge but if you get lucky, 2 hours max. There are a few pay to park lots in the village.This restaurant didn't have a wait for seating compared to Great White restaurant which had 25 minute wait during lunch time.Was out with my niece, who prefers vegan and gluten free foods and the menu had a decent selection. Indoor and outdoor seating available, and is pet friendly. We sat outside beneath a parasol for shade during a lovely sunny day in LAOrdered the signature Louise's chop salad, which we shared. This salad was delicious and I could have eaten this salad as an entree as is. My niece ordered a gluten free and vegan penne bolognese. Upon presentation, it looked good but since I'm not a fan of fake meat aka Beyond meat alternatives, it was all for my niece to enjoy. She ate about 1/3 portion and boxed the remainder togo. There is a Louise's located on Pico Bl in WLA, which I have been to years ago. My last visit at this Larchmont location was over 15 years ago. Not much had changed, the food hasn't changed either. I would consider this restaurant as an Italian food diner which is great for families, it's kid and dog friendly. Our waitress was cordial, attentive and nice. Unfortunately, our waitress had zero help from any servers or other staffers to help clear tables, wipe clean and disinfect the tables/seats and bring out the food. The waitress did most of the work.The restaurant wasn't too busy, yet the kitchen staff were slower than usual preparing our food. If your time is limited I don't recommend dining here, the food takes too long to be presented. My niece liked the food, but I can tell she wasn't too impressed with the bolognese as she barely ate it. We both agreed the chop salad was delish, light and was loaded with various veggies was also full of flavor. For the salad alone gets my Recommendation.

I see they paid to get my review removed. Hilarious. I have a lot of time on my hands for people that are rude. Anyways, came here to pick up an order and the hostess who was a young a sian woman didn 't bother to greet me. When I asked her where the pick up was, she stared me up and down and only pointed to the back. I said okay? cause i felt really awkward with the silence. When I went to the pick-up section, some older a sian woman asked me the name of the order and when I gave it to her, she was looking through a bag. I thought she was confused so I said the order number is and she snapped at me and said i know which order it is, I 'm just double checking!!! And i told her ok i 'm just trying to help there is no need to be rude and she was mumbling stuff. Very rude people, rude staff. I can see why they have lots of negative reviews.

Food: Solely based off the Margherita Pizza Brussel Sprouts ... the best part was the bread basket. The Pizza was flavorless and soggy like eating a frozen pizza that was cooked in the microwave, and the Brussel sprouts were also soggy. Very disappointing and we didn't finish eating either. Both our waitresses were great though, and very friendly. Hopefully their other food is better. Until next time.