Reviews for Michael's in Santa Monica, CA
Before we even ordered, Michael came out and greeted us himself. An unexpected treat. The food was fantastic. The ambience was... too tier. Wish I was I local so I could enjoy this gem more often. Read more
We had an amazing meal here. The back patio was perfect for a group of 5 of us at a roundtable, able to talk with everyone. The... food was excellent as was the service. The pasta special with mushrooms and truffle was wonderful. Read more
The atmosphere is friendly, the food is interesting and excellent. The happy hour is a great value and Mac’s warm welcome... makes it a special place to be. And the cocktails and wine list are great! Read more
Absolute trash. We went there for the first time today for happy hour because fig at5 was full and oh boy we wish we didn’t.... The worst service, lobster roll was gray, bitter and off tasting, corned beef slider sour…service didn’t exist, martini madeof old olive juice…and we could keep going on… Read more
Came in and my jaw hit the floor with how nice it is inside. Then came the service. Completely awful. Got seated at 7:20, last... dish came at 9:28. Pizza was incorrect and we said it's wrong and they tried to convince us, we were wrong. Later they had toget the right pizza. Never apologized, no remorse. Spent more time topping up water than delivering food. Read more
Service was seriously confused and lacking. Food not nearly as good as the menu described. Overpriced for the quality. The patio... was fabulous, sadly the food and entire experience took away from the beautiful surroundings. 5 stars for the patio. Read more
Michael's has been around for 43 years or so. I have been going to dine there thru the 4 decades nev we have i had a bad dinner.... This times was exceptionally awesome. European white asparagus, Duck confitt, 28 day dry aged rib eye and cheese course. Pairedgreat with Rudd wines. Service was impecible.im looking forward to my next visit Read more
Overpriced, underwhelming. The bread was the best part. Nothing struck us as great, and when the $300 bill landed for the two of... us, it occurred to us that the salmon was over powered by the onion / bok choi, the Brussels sprouts were small and undercooked, the onion soup had a burnt flavor, the spare rib was cold, literally everything was underwhelming for an averagerestaurant, and extremely disappointing for a restaurant of this price range. The Vieux Carrie was nice and the sour dough breadwould have been excellent if it was warmed. We didn’t get Michael’s magic. Read more