Black Market Liquor Bar - Studio City Restaurant - Brunch | Dinner - Dine-In or Outdoor Dining - Out

Good food and drinks. I love the environment and I’m a frequent visitor. Only complaint I had was the wait. There were a lot of clean and empty tables (including our table) and they had us wait standing outside for approx 30 mins to be seated. They’re not the only restaurant that I’ve seen do this. I don’t see any explanation for this, but perhaps there was a staff/server shortage? Other than that, once we were seated, food drinks and service were all excellent. I subtracted 3 stars mainly because of the experience upon entry. It can be a mood killer.

Atmosphere is very casual and comfortable. The food is very good. The staff is very friendly and professional. The skirt steak and the sea bass were excellent. Prior to the entrees we had the Brussel sprouts , crispy spring rolls and peel and eat shrimp. All were delicious. You can share small plates among everyone at the table if desired. This was our first time dining here. We will definitely return!

We went on Saturday as this place was in my list of restaurants to visit it looked in pics very nice inside, the bar area, ceiling and fans are very cool, but that's it. The menu for was ok with lack of variety in the main plates so we only ordered some plates to share. The spicy Korean wings were delicious, the shrimp with aioli were not my favorite way too seasoned and the "aioli" didn't really go with the dish, it would have been better to have a lighter dressing or just a lemon. Mussels were a disappointment, the sauce was way too greasy and heavy (usually we enjoy mussels and dip the bread in the sauce, well this was not the case, we both hated it) Service was bad and slow, we were waiting for our drinks and there was a bartender absolutely enjoying "il dolce far niente", only one guy was really doing his job. Maybe our waiter forgot our order, don't know. We had to wait between dishes when we ordered 3 small dishes to share, they didn't bring a clean plate after the messy but de