Dakota
7000 Hollywood Blvd., Roosevelt Hotel
Hollywood, CA
North Orange Drive
323-769-8888
800-950-7667
Dakota, a project from restaurateurs Tim and Liza Goodell, who also own Meson G, doesn't reinvent the contemporary chophouse genre (that's been done already by Tom Colicchio at Craft in New York). I admit I was expecting something spectacular from Tim Goodell, who dazzled at Aubergine, his now-closed Newport Beach French-California restaurant. But after 18 years behind the stoves, he seems to have switched direction and seems hellbent on teasing out his inner entrepreneur -- with mixed results. It's as if in staking his claim to this piece of Hollywood turf, he's decided to set his sights quite a bit lower than he has previously. That's exactly what it means to go Hollywood.
— S. Irene Virbila
Times Restaurant Critic
Aug. 17, 2005
Hours: Daily, 6-11 a.m.; Mon.-Sat., 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.; Sun.-Thu., 6-11 p.m.; Fri.-Sat., 6-midnight; Sun. brunch, 11:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Venue Details
| Cuisine |
American
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Steakhouse
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| Rating |
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| Ambience |
An old Hollywood hotel restaurant turned contemporary chophouse dressed up in black leather and suede. The crowd is a mix of hotel guests and the ferociously trendy style set looking for the next hotspot. This is it, for the moment.
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| Best dishes |
Kumamoto oysters, onion rings, steak tartare, Caesar salad made tableside, veal chop, duck breast and leg confit, hanger steak, maitake mushrooms, creamed spinach, potato gratin.
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| Best table |
One of the svelte leather booths along the windows.
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| Of Note |
Validated valet parking, $6.
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| Prices |
Dinner appetizers, $10-$30; fish/shellfish, $30-$60; meat/poultry, $24-$40; sides, $7-$8.
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| Service |
Can't decide whether to put on attitude or go with the flow.
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| Wine list |
A work in progress with more interesting choices than many hotel lists. Corkage, $20.
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