Venue ideas for a Friday evening Wedding rehearsal dinner in West LA?
June 26, 2017 8:51 PM Subscribe
We're in search of ideas of restaurants to hold a Friday night wedding rehearsal dinner in February near (near-ish?) Olympic and La Cienega?
We're expecting maybe 40-50 people (it's in FEBRUARY which is a long time from now so who knows, but about 1/2 to 2/3 of guests are flying from the East Coast).
The rehearsal [where only the wedding party will be] is around Olympic and La Cienega, and guests will likely stay nearby. Some will rent cars, and, of course, there is uber/lyft, but I'd like to not make people drive all over town.
It's awkward because it's not my money, but the general idea is:
-not fancy fancy, but classy. Maybe cozy?
-relatively affordable?
-variety of offerings so everyone might find something they can/want to eat (meat eaters, vegetarians, probably some GF people [but please suggest places even if they don't have GF], traditional (boring) eaters and people who are more adventurous?
My first thought was La Dijonaise by the Helms Bakery-wide variety of menu options, affordable, lots of wines, not fancy, but comfortable and delightful. I haven't contacted them, but because of it's size I'm guessing we'd have to use the whole restaurant which they might not enjoy.
So, restaurant ideas? I guess a 5 mile radius or so?
We're expecting maybe 40-50 people (it's in FEBRUARY which is a long time from now so who knows, but about 1/2 to 2/3 of guests are flying from the East Coast).
The rehearsal [where only the wedding party will be] is around Olympic and La Cienega, and guests will likely stay nearby. Some will rent cars, and, of course, there is uber/lyft, but I'd like to not make people drive all over town.
It's awkward because it's not my money, but the general idea is:
-not fancy fancy, but classy. Maybe cozy?
-relatively affordable?
-variety of offerings so everyone might find something they can/want to eat (meat eaters, vegetarians, probably some GF people [but please suggest places even if they don't have GF], traditional (boring) eaters and people who are more adventurous?
My first thought was La Dijonaise by the Helms Bakery-wide variety of menu options, affordable, lots of wines, not fancy, but comfortable and delightful. I haven't contacted them, but because of it's size I'm guessing we'd have to use the whole restaurant which they might not enjoy.
So, restaurant ideas? I guess a 5 mile radius or so?
Bella Roma is lovely and cozy and sort of....rustic in that "comfortable and delightful" way, I agree. It is small like Dijonaise, though.
If you want to go a little more expensive, AOC is right there on 3rd now and it's very pretty and classy and rehearsal dinner-y, to me.
If you want to go super casual but delicious (and garlic-y), you could go down Olympic to Versailles.
posted by Countess Sandwich at 10:14 AM on June 27, 2017 [1 favorite]
If you want to go a little more expensive, AOC is right there on 3rd now and it's very pretty and classy and rehearsal dinner-y, to me.
If you want to go super casual but delicious (and garlic-y), you could go down Olympic to Versailles.
posted by Countess Sandwich at 10:14 AM on June 27, 2017 [1 favorite]
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