Asia de Cuba at Mondrian
West Hollywood, CA 90069
Phone: (323) 203-1132
- Price:
- $$$$
- Cross Street:
- La Cienega Boulevard
- Best of Citysearch:
- View 2007
- Hours:
- Mon-Thu 7am-3:30pm, 5pm-11pm, Fri 7am-3:30pm, 5pm-12pm, Sat 11:30am-3:30pm, 5pm-12pm, Sun 11:30am-3:30pm, 5pm-10:30pm
Message from Asia de Cuba at Mondrian
Redefining dining, California style.
- Gift cards available
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- Special Events (323) 848-6075
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Editorial Review for Asia de Cuba at Mondrian – by Kim Cooper
The Scene
The restaurant at the hip Mondrian hotel is a white-on-white fantasia packed with expense accounters, hotel guests and pretty people on dates. Stylized clocks line the stark walls, while hundreds of tiny lights create a warm, romantic glow. The patio, with its surreal giant clay pots, ficus trees and panoramic views, is one of the loveliest dining spaces in town. Attractive servers are pleasant and unobtrusive.
The Food
Unique Caribbean/Asian recipes, served family-style, are sophisticated, inventive and flavorful. Juicy crab croquettas are a lighter spin on crab cakes. Vietnamese-inspired lettuce-wrapped duck ropa vieja are moist, rich and fun to eat. Asian pesto grilled shrimp with wok-charred coconut-pineapple relish is so delicious, the shrimp become an afterthought. Pan-seared ahi is more robust than most, with its mashed potato accompaniment studded with crunchy wasabi peas. Desserts are elaborate architectural concoctions that don't sacrifice flavor for height: The Bay of Pigs banana split is especially scrumptious.
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Insider Tips
Look GoodThe restaurant entrance is at the back left side of the hotel lobby, past the elevator bank.
Where To SitFor an especially romantic dining experience, request an outdoor table with city views.
ParkingEven with validation, valet service runs a staggering $12, but it's difficult to find a better deal within walking distance.
The ExtrasThe space is also available for private parties and events.
User Reviews for Asia de Cuba at Mondrian
07/02/2008 Posted by PhatLadySweets
Hey, so like everyone else I just had to try Asia de Cuba. I heard all the reviews and raves on the view, the butterfish, and the lobster mash. Everyone was correct. I had a Saturday night reservation at 9:30pm, my guest and I arrived a little early hoping to go over to Skybar for a drink before dinner .... well no such luck. The doorman at Skybar was RUDE, he is one of the rudest ppl I have come in contatc with in a very long time, he needs to be retrained!! Anyway, we went back over to Asia de Cuba only to have the Host tell us that we still needed to wait another 20 minutes, because we had requested the patio with a view. Okay so we went over to the bar and had a few drinks (mojitos are to die for), and before we knew it our table was ready. Now for dinner: Our server was amazing, he recommended the Crab Croquettas, and ropa vieja of duck for our apps (he offered the Calamari salad, but too many ppl had allergies to items in the dish) the Char sui short ribs and butterfish as entrees, for our side we had the Plantain fried rice, and the Lobster mash. We were in heaven!!!! Food came out at decent intervals, not to quick and not to slow. Dessert was excellent, we had the Carrot cake and the Flan. I have tried Carrot cake and Flan from other places but they don't have anything on the Carrot cake and Flan at Asia de Cuba. Carrot cake was really moist, not too sweet, and the icing was perfect. Asia de Cuba is 1 of my favorite places to eat. The staff there is amazing, from the ppl who make your reservation (Tica & Jessie), to the host (Bea, Danielle, Jason), the servers (Michael Banks, James, Larry) to the management (Stephanie, the funny french lady :) ). The only donwn side to Asia de Cuba is, parking is way to expensive, and sometimes it takes a really long time to get seated, even if you have reservations. Oh yeah and that you can have guaranteed seating, I hate that, sometimes I just want to know where I'm sitting LOL
06/23/2008 Posted by siulamwin
It was actually my 2nd time to this place! The previous experience was fine; nice environment, great food, good service. This time it was totally a blown off!!! My party has a total of 17 people. I made a reservation about 3 - 4 days ago. Since it was my 2nd time there, I already knew that we were required to order from their party menu (13 people or up). However, after discussions with my friends, we decided to put ourselves into 2 tables so we get to order from their regular menu and hence to try more different plates. So I called and their attendent said it was ok to put us into 2 tables but we need to put these 2 tables under 2 names. It was not difficult at all, so I did. When we actually arrived, the difficult part was actually come. The resturant manager forced us to order from the party menu and purposely arranged us into 2 tables with an absolute different direction (the restaurant wasn't filled at all). At last we had no choice but to pick from the party menu. After we sitted, we ordered our drinks and water, they only gave us options of sparkling and distilled. It was $10/bottle for distilled water and that we actually wanted the regular iced water (they have but they didn't provide you the option until you asked)!!!! The food was fine but then when these waiters come to change your plates, they would push off your hand, spank your head, etc. just to get the plates???? Not even a fast food restaurant would do these to their customers indeed we are required to pay 20% guauity for this kind of service!! Honestly, their food was great but with this kind of service and attitude, it wasn't worth a next time!!!!!!
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