Best Seasonal Restaurants in Hawthorne / Gardena

We had a large party with a rambunctious kid, and our server helped us with such grace and humor ….and patience!! I didn’t catch her name, but initials are TD. A restaurant might have great food, but if service is great too, then you’ve got loyal and returning patrons. Thank you North Italia for providing both!

The food was absolutely delicious—everything was fresh, flavorful, and cooked to perfection right in front of us! Watching the chef expertly prepare our meal was not only entertaining but also a testament to the skill and passion of the staff. The fried rice, steak, shrimp, and vegetables were perfectly seasoned and cooked just the way we liked. The service was top-notch; our server was attentive, friendly, and made sure our drinks were always refilled. The portions were generous, and the variety on the menu ensured there was something for everyone in our group to enjoy.

The steak and African lobster was cooked perfectly and had a great flavor to it. The crab cakes were delicious and the fresh squeezed lemonade was everything. However I didn’t like that our food was not packaged for us like the other tables and when told a certain sauce we didn’t want with the crab cakes the response was “it’s on the side” by both waiters when clearly even on the side it’s on the food as well and if asked to have it with none it should’ve just been okay. It’s whole have it brought out. Other than that the service and everything else was perfect ! Enjoyed my bday my ID OK thank you 6 yeah yeah that’s not my ID. Yeah I forgot. I just put it in like my little finger.

Still the best deal in the Southland!! Quality, freshness, simplicity and healthiness are hard to beat in this crappy economy but Shinsengumi Shabu delivers like a Shohei Grand Slam!! Tonight my dude bros Cody and Micah handled the hungry crowd with gusto and bravado…….but kind of missed my ATF servers Riley and Kendall……oh well!! Seniors like me get a discount and the Sapporo draft is hard to pass up…….life is good as long as you’re still ticking and there’s this joint to celebrate!!

I took my boyfriend here for his birthday and when we first walking into the building it was really cool and nice getting to look at the cars, the little shop, and cafe. I also now see why the wait to land a reservation here is pretty long because walking in, it did not feel packed or too chaotic. I’m a very anxious person and get uncomfortable whenever I’m at a setting where there’s a lot of people so this was extremely nice for me. Now, for the restaurant, I’m a pretty picky eater so not much stood out to me on the menu other than the classic 917 burger which happened to be delicious along with the side of fries that it came with. The bill for me and my partner didn’t come out to a lot or what I was expecting but I mean we did only have the burgers and no alcoholic drinks. Overall really nice and calm place, I felt comfortable and like I could talk to my boyfriend freely and admire the cars together. The service was also really good! I loved everything and my boyfriend enjoyed it a lot as well.