Espelette

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   Julie

   Los Angeles

   4 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 3 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Second time at Espelette, and it has quickly become one of our favorite spots. The service is impeccable, with staff who make you feel truly cared for. The food is delicious—thoughtfully prepared and full of flavor. The ambiance is simply lovely, creating a warm and inviting atmosphere perfect for any occasion. Highly recommend!
   

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   Grant

   Palm Springs

   71 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   71 reviews

   Dined on 27 October 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Three meals over three days and everything was perfection! Victor and Jaime are both outstanding servers and provided the best service! Love this restaurant and love this hotel. Looking forward to returning tomorrow!
   

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   Abraham

   Miami

   15 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   15 reviews

   Dined on 13 October 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We celebrated my husband’s birthday, the team did a great job, very engaging and professional since we arrived. We will be back.
   

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   Michael

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   vip
   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 11 October 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 5

   Not a restaurant anymore. But it is now a great bar lounge with abbreviated menu
   

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   Alan

   San Diego

   28 reviews

   5.0

   28 reviews

   Dined on 25 September 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We love returning to the Waldorf Astoria and dining at Espelette. The food and service are always exceptional.
   

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   Grant

   Palm Springs

   71 reviews

   vip
   5.0

   71 reviews

   Dined on 23 August 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We love the restaurant! The staff is outstanding and the food wonderful. Jaime, our server, is so friendly and really great. Oxana, the hostess, is also always so warm and welcoming. We had the Arabic breakfast and it was outstanding! Looking forward to our return!
   

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   David

   Hawaii

   157 reviews

   5.0

   157 reviews

   Dined on 16 August 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Our usual spot for breakfast when we stay at Waldorf Astoria Beverly Hills. Our 2nd day in a row this time. We love the veteran crew of Jaime, Victor, Alfonso, Elvis, Fermin and other bus people staff. They all are friendly, professional and work so well as a team. We always look forward to seeing them and catching up with them. The American Breakfast combo is great: we love the heirloom tomato/cucumber salad and the fingerling potatoes that come with it. Great La Colombe coffee and Earl Grey Lavender tea. Fresh-squeezed orange juice. Good sourdough and rye toast, ham and bacon. All praise and no complaints. Yesterday there were two separate guests who were clueless and oblivious, talking on phone and Zoom on laptop, unbothered by the fact that they were in a public room with other guests. Guess it's an LA narcissistic thing? Today it was very quiet, as we sat inside and most people sat outside.
   

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   Eunjung

   Hawaii

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 9 August 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Everything was great. The food was really delicious. The only thing was that the lighting was a bit dim, so the kids had a hard time coloring the kids' menu :)
   

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   omar

   Greater Boston

   4 reviews

   vip
   1.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 4 August 2024

   1. Overall 1
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 1
   4. Ambience 4

   The ambiance is nice, the food is ok, but the service was horrendous. Not even close to what would be expected in a Waldorf Astoria. Don’t bother or waste your money.
   

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    donh

    Las Vegas

    23 reviews

    2.0

    23 reviews

    Dined on 29 July 2024

    1. Overall 2
    2. Food 2
    3. Service 2
    4. Ambience 5

    I had breakfast here 2 days in a row and had been there occasionally when staying at the property in the past.Unfortunately I have never had a good experience here. Which is odd as even LA airport hotels do beautiful delicious breakfats in LA The ambience is spectacular and the servers really mean well and are very kind. Unfortunately I've dined in 3 and 4 stars hotels and simply put the food is way better. Espelette seems focused on presentation to their credit however when it comes time to execute is where it somewhat falls apart. Scrambled eggs came out highly satisfactory one morning and just ok the next morning mediocre. First morning eggs came with potatoes and tomatoes second morning served with nothing. It took 20 minutes to get my order taken and had to stand and escalate to get someone to come to the table.They did take a drink order right away upon arrival.Mind you there were only 6 tables occupied in the main dining room. Smoked salmon was fishy the prior day and they dumped dried up old scraps elegantly piled up on a plate and poured oil over it to hide the dryness. When asking for a fresh baked muffin was told we only do an apple danish or croissant. The Waldorf Astoria in Las Vegas has an exceptional pastry chef making wonderful varieties of beautiful pastry meeting 5 star expectations and a seasoned team that work brilliantly together.Leadership lacks severely at Espelette with team direction. Fruit plate had to much out of season fruit and spoiled blueberries that were mush.Rather than throw them away they serve it.Beautifully presented of course Cost is over the top high on everything so expectations go high. Gorgeous surroundings wonderful music and just sad all the way around from a culinary perspective and crazy expensive. The hotel itself is amazing but sadly no one cares about making improvement going forward. They did offer to take care of my breakfast but I already had most of it it included with room Won't be trying dinner here!
    

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