Chef Amanda

Review of Mastro's Beverly Hills

Let me start by saying that this restaurant was no...

Let me start by saying that this restaurant was not my choice. I was invited to a dinner here, and the experience from top to bottom was deplorable. As I was meeting friends and arriving late, I was not there to eat dinner but to have a few drinks with my visiting friends. I requested a cocktail menu 3x, and each time that request was met with a comment about my weight and why I was not eating..... It's 2018, and I am grown. If I ask for a cocktail menu and tell you that I have already eaten, why are you (a server, not my friend) asking if I'm "on a diet", telling me I "could use a steak", and that I "need to eat something"???? What the hell????? To boot, when my friends food arrived, it had obviously been sitting under the heat lamp for a hot minute. Everything was so overcooked, I could see where the heat lamp started re-cooking the food. The servers, for all of the pomp and circumstance, still don't actually know the art of fine dining service. As they set the food down, they constantly reached over us and almost knocked things down. Hug the guest y'all! We serve from the left and clear from the right! None of this is really that hard. All in all, I have no interest in going back here. If you're looking to be seen, insulted, and overpay for fine dining but receive fast-food service, this place is definitely for you.