Panzanella Ristorante

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   Sanaz

   Los Angeles2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Great service and delicious food!! Highly recommend
   

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   PatrickBA VIP

   Los Angeles15 reviews

   5.0

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   This was our first time at Panzanella and it was absolutely beautiful. We sat on the patio, which had a lovely ambiance. The food was incredible—everything from the antipasto to the pasta was top-notch. Highly recommend the grilled octopus; it was outstanding! Our server was friendly and gave us a great wine recommendation that paired perfectly with our meal. At one point, the restaurant got really busy, and service slowed down a bit, but it seemed like they were just handling a rush. Otherwise, everything was excellent! We’ll definitely be back. Amazing food, great wine, and a beautiful setting—highly recommended!
   

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   Stuart VIP

   Los Angeles6 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 16, 2025

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

   Amazing dinner as always. Rosie really topped it all off with her amazing passion of food and great service. 5 star experience
   

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   Allen

   Los Angeles16 reviews

   3.0

   Dined on March 16, 2025

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

   The quality of food and presentation is pretty high. Prices are also higher (than comparable restaurants) but not too noticeably. The quality of service is a different story - Very poor attention both from the waiter and even the bus people. The older manager on duty was the one who was actually attentive and caring. Noise level is very high so having a descent conversation without shouting is near impossible. Tables are also very close to each other and they are generally on the smaller side so the dining hall was just packed with people. One low class and unbecoming element was charging $1.50 per head for bread. As we all have seen, some restaurants do charge for bread baskets (as a menu item) but Italian restaurant normally do not. This, to me, was a very déclassé way of trying to make a few extra bucks per table. Lastly, the $12 compulsory valet is something that’s also uncharacteristic. The same place valet parks cars should be available to self park. Overall, very good to great food but not worth all the negatives. We’ll hesitate to go back to this restaurant.
   

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   Sylvie VIP

   New York City11 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 8, 2025

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

   Overall it was excellent! It is Definitely one of my favorite restaurants now. Great service and food was absolutely delicious with lots of choices on menu.
   

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   JoAnn VIP

   Los Angeles81 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on March 2, 2025

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

   Great food. Outstanding octopus, vongole, burrata ravioli, spaghetti granchia, profiteroles and brown butter black berry tart. A truly amazing dinner. One big complaint. Unbearably loud. So hard to hear in the din. Please do something about the acoustics. I saw several people turning down tables in the main dining room because it was too loud.
   

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   OpenTable Diner VIP

   Los Angeles10 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 23, 2025

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

   Great restaurant, but noise level was extremely high and made conversations virtually impossible. Kristine was a great server.
   

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   greta

   Los Angeles2 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 22, 2025

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

   Love this restaurant! Food is excellent and I’m italian. Service is awesome and I love the classic deco.
   

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   Melissa VIP

   Los Angeles8 reviews

   5.0

   Dined on February 16, 2025

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

   Wine and pasta were wonderful. I would not order the Caesar salad again. Juve’ was a fabulous waiter!
   

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    OpenTable Diner

    Los Angeles1 review

    5.0

    Dined on February 2, 2025

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

    Our waitress was amazing. Kind and warm and helpful. But they seated us in the back room which is for private parties and the ambiance was too bright and felt like… we were stuck in the back of the restaurant!
    

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