Tallula's - Santa Monica

Half block from the beautiful will Rogers’ beach in santa monica, an exquisite real margarita as the magnificent Californian sunset turns the cozy terrace gold- paradise! the refreshing melon salad; the clean Kusshi oysters, which tasted from the nearby sea; the inventive and rich authentic cornish hen molecular with home made blue corn tortillas and the creamy enchiladas suizas-

I had been here a few times and was always pretty happy with the service and value. This past time neither were satisfactory. Food was average, prices ridiculous for what we got and they seem to be understaffed. Not sure I will return here again.

Tallula’s provided me with the worst service I have ever experienced in the US. When we arrived we were told that there were no tables available outside, despite having reserved one. We were offered a sofa but when we explained that we really wanted to eat dinner at an actual table we were seated inside (even though the hostess seemed reluctant to do this and had to check that this was permissible). Our server approached us almost immediately and took our order. The appetizers (guacamole and pickled veg) arrived swiftly and we were already finished them before our cocktails appeared. Then we waited for our main course (tacos, rice and a clam bowl) for well over an hour before anyone checked on us or even offered us more water. We considered leaving (with it being a Tuesday night and expecting a quick easy dinner) but finally our server chased the kitchen and the food eventually arrived 15 minutes thereafter. At no point did any manager approach us to apologize, or even offer us complimentary drinks for the inconvenience of having to wait about 1 hour and 15 minutes for our food. The food itself was okay (it would have had to been the best food we had ever tasted to make the wait in any way acceptable). It was unexceptional and overpriced especially considering the heinous service. At this point most decent establishments would have comped the entire meal. I would also note that contrary to the menu on Open Table there did not seem to be any Taco Tuesday specials or happy hour (or we certainly were not offered it). We won’t be back and I don’t recommend it. We left feeling disrespected and robbed. My husband will never trust me to pick a dinner spot in LA again!

I wouldn’t go back! The service was phenomenally terrible!!! The food came out and they were missing one childrens plate and it didn’t come out for another 40 min!!!!! Awful! The waitress didn’t apologize. Never again.

Great staff, service and food. I would definitely recommend Tallula's.