Father's Office
- Hours:
Mon-Thu 5:00 p.m.-1:00 a.m.
Fri-Sun 12:00 p.m.-2:00 a.m. - Price Range: $$
- Accepts Credit Cards: Yes
- Parking: Street
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: No
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: No
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: Yes
- Good for: Dinner
- Music: Juke Box
- Best Nights: Thu, Fri, Sat
- Happy Hour: No
- Alcohol: Beer & Wine Only
- Smoking: No
- Coat Check: No
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Los Angeles, CA
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Come here right when it opens or on off-hours if you have the ability to do so. Everyone compares it favorably to the Santa Monica location, and they're totally right. I didn't really taste the difference on the burgers that everyone below me is talking about, but I did notice that the people working are knowledgeable, happy, and polite, as opposed to their Soup Nazi counterparts over in Santa Monica. Also, tons more seating than the SM location.
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Much better than the crowded Father's Office in SM. There is breathing room here, including an outdoor patio area.
Can't complain about the awesome blue cheese burgers and assortment of beers. Great parking and no hassles to get in.
However, the "hovering" to get a table always gives me angst. They really should get rid of that system - two stars taken away just for that cause it can be a real pain.
FO is my new favorite hangout place. After rave reviews from quite a few friends, I decided to check it out. It's really cute, and totally a neighborhood bar. I've been there and caught the after-work crowd....I've gone late, and caught the late-night crowd. No matter when you go, the vibe is great, and the service is just as good.
I'm all about the fruity beer, which is usually what I end up getting. My fave...still the Craftsman Hef. Haven't had anything outside of the Office burger, which is pretty darn good. It has Maytag bleu cheese, which i'm not a fan of, but it's actually not bad in the sandwich. They won't do substitutions, and they won't remove the damn cheese, either. It's pretty much as-is. Ahhhhh, and the sweet potato fries. Nothing but fried goodness.
Note to self: next time, try the wine on tap.
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The burger might not be as good as the one in the Santa Monica location, but it may also be that the magic has worn off. I really like the staff, though - very friendly, personalized service. Everyone hates the hovering but it's the name of the game when you come here. Their food specials have never disappointed but you do end up shelling out more cash for them. A good, solid upscale gastro-pub.
The BF and I came here to meet up with his friends who live in Beverly Hills after we requested a joint we could "dress down" for, considering the dress code out there for most of the restaurants. They suggested Father's Office and we didn't know what to expect.
I noticed their shirts said "FO" - to which I thought was a funny play on letters from their restaurant name to insinuate "F Off!" considering we were standing in a line similar to getting in a club, velvet rope and all. After the velvet rope was dismissed, I was told to "find any available table and you have to be quick." Didn't I just stand in line waiting for one?
While you are hovering over tables annoyingly waiting for them to hurry up and eat, you can order drinks and your food from the bartender. They make some of their own beers, which are pretty good, but what is about to come next I still dream about.
Once we were able to snag a table (30 minutes later) in the back corner, a server dropped off the "Office Burger" goodness we were about to consume, along with Sweet Potato Fries which arrive in a mini shopping cart with aioli dipping sauce. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I ate the entire thing.
Just looking at the picture attached to the main page for Father's Office makes my mouth water.
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not sure that i like the open seating policy - i like to eat & drink and peace without strangers hovering.
good selection of beers on tap... wines avaiable by glass or carafe (varied price range)
sweet potato fries were GOOD, the office burger was worth the $12.
Ugh! Super crowded! Great beer selection, better than average food (they have sweetheart fries! A big plus, no Ketchup though...weird). I felt rushed throughout my stay. It's just OK.
Solid burgers -albeit not traditional, great draft beer selection, much roomier than santa monica location -thus the wait is not as long USUALLY, and like everyone says, the sweet potato frieds are delish. I also tried the soft shell crab entree and beet salad - both great.
I've been wanting to try this place forevers! Thanks to Sabrina L and her hubby for taking us here and treating us to a delicious meal! Located in Culver City in a new strip plaza, Father's Office stands out from the other locations with their outside elongated patio area. It's the first time showing my ID to enter a restaurant (rather than a club..haha) and order your food at the cash register. There are seats inside but if your'e lucky, grab a seat outside (since it does get crowded even for a Sunday afternoon) and enjoy the breeze. The burgers were delicious - on baguette breads with blue cheese and mixed greens sandwiched inside. Their beet salad was fresh and yummy and my favorite..the sweet potato fries were just fabulous and a perfect complement to the burger. Also, had a great light beer recommended by one of the folks there too! Definitely would like to come back here again!
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Neither a rant nor a rave, after much build-up, I find that I am neither blown away nor disgusted by the amount of hype.
We arrived at 7ish on a Sunday, I dare say a good time to show up. We ordered fairly quickly and got a good table. There's no table service- you have to order food and all from a barkeep.
What I really liked was the atmosphere and the decor. Like a dive bar if it were all shiny and new and posh. It's an oxy-moron that somehow works. The bathrooms are especially pretty.
Yes, the selection of beer is dizzying, especially since I ain't heard of none of these beers! Thank goodness for the menu that organizes them by taste and describes with adjectives I can actually understand (I'm not a real beer drinker, I look for the word "dry".) Are these arcane beers worth the extra bucks? For something like $8 a pint, you better hope you like that beer you chose cos of its clever name.
The menu- very intriguing. I was truly excited to see tapas style eats and a specials board full of foodie-friendly eats. Of course, we were compelled on our first visit to try the famous thou-shall-not-modify-me burger with frites.
The burger. It was good. Not unbelievably good, not I-wouldn't-change-a-thing perfection. It's a bit saucy, for one. The sauce is real sweet, kinda like teriyaki. I missed tomato, and I couldn't really taste the gouda with all that sauce.
I'm just gonna come out and say it. I wanted Ketchup, damnit! I am secure enough in my epicureaninity to say that. You ever heard "the cock wants what it wants?" Well, my palate is my version of a man's cock. I love what it does for me, the wild rhapsodies of pleasure it brings me. So If it wants ketchup with its fries, so be it! I don't talk down to my palate and I feel a ferocious protectiveness come up when someone else tries to put it in a corner.
These fries in question are pretty good when they first come to your table, crispy and thinner even than the shoestrings for which they were named. But the aioli just isn't doing it for me. It tastes like mayonaisse. I know aioli is a garlic mayo, but this one, for me, is like pure mayo. I. want. Ketchup. Like Amy Winehouse wants crack.
The fries turn into hard little sticks after sitting for ten minutes. When this happens, even ketchup wouldn't save them. And the awesome sweet potato fries? Why don't I just get those? They're seven bucks. That's a bit steep. I make them at home for a fraction of that.
That's the final issue here- If money were no object, I'd enjoy grubbing on upscale eats in a booth at a bar, without a real wait staff and without the fineries of a table cloth. It's kinda fun to blend genres. But for these prices, you might as well be going to the bistro. We sat in a bar and each had a burger with a beer and spent $48 with tip. Maybe I shouldn't have left a 20% tip for the bartender who rang in our order, giving us exactly 45 seconds of service.
I prefer The Counter for a great burger & fries experience, but if I were rich, I'd come here for the ambience, try every beer they have and every dish too. My assistant would smuggle in ketchup.
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This place may serve the best burger in the city. It's amazing and complemented with skinny seasoned fries and some sort of aioli dipping sauce. So damn good. They also had a great beer selection and actually carry Hitachino beer. Woo hoo. The bartender was kind of bizzaro but other than that try the burger!
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Sorry, I was expecting a lot, but it didn't deliver. Sure, I knew it was one of those "order at the bar" places. Not my favorite thing, but I was sure to be knocked out by the burger. Well????? As Simon Cowell would say, NOT GOOD ENOUGH! Try the burger at the Granville Cafe. IT will knock your socks off. Everybody in my party at Granville said WOW when first biting into the Granville burger. But at F.O., everybody said it was just OK. Why? Well, the inside is good both places. But the Granville burger seems bigger and thicker. And the onions are better. And the bun is a big BUTTERY brioche bun, not some cheap French bread.
The sad thing is the Granville is probably trying to do the corporate knockoff thing of F.O. (same bar service at lunchtime, but full table service in the evening). And Granville pulls it off better. Just taste these two expensive burgers side by side, and there's absolutely no comparison!
The fries were mediocre. I've had better much better, more flavorable, etc. at chain restaurants. Nevertheless, I did enjoy munching them. But fries have to be pretty bad for me not to.
Three people. three burgers, water, coke, and a beer: $50 plus tax and tip. Why did I tip? I dunno....... Other than a quick beer recommendation, there was no service to speak of. The little guy running everybody's orders? Yeah, maybe it was because I felt sorry for him.
Big waste of time this place. But the bathroom decor was cool.
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Father's Office is where the non-burger aficionado comes to have a tasty burger and down some IPAs. I, being a non-burger aficionado, have no qualms when it comes to getting my burger on at Father's Office. The only advice I have to give is if you don't like blue cheese, caramelized onions, arugula, or bacon, then the FO burger is not for you.
I don't know much about burgers nor do I care. I lvoe my designer jeans way too much. But I do have to say, I heart their sweet potato fries! Tell me where I can get better and I'll be there. French fries are my weakness and FO does them well. Paired with strong, hoppy IPAs suggested by cute bartenders, and I'm a happy woman.
BTW, which one of y'all keeps on stealing them cute carts! Now they are using some funky colanders to serve the french fries!
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You know you're in for a treat when you go to a place called your dad's office haha. THeir burger must be one of the BEST i've EVER had... i kid you not.... its soooooooo good.. oh and their YAM fries are to DIE for .. you HAVE to get them...
One star off for having to wait for your own table.. so our group had to hover over a table that's almost done in order to get our table..
Okay, I really don't know how to rate this place since I didn't actually go in. My friend didn't have her ID with her, so we got denied and went down the street instead. But it was definitely bigger than the SaMo location, I like the outdoor seating, and the people were nice. You're definitely not getting in this place without an ID, no exceptions allowed. The guy at the door and the manager were both really nice about it, and I can appreciate them doing their jobs.
We got there around 6:30 on a Saturday and there was still parking along the street. By the time we left around 7:30, no more street parking.
I snuck a sip of my friend's Lambic and it was delicious. Next time.
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So i've eaten at the Santa Monica F.O. a few times & this F.O. a few times and for some reason think the S.M. F.O tastes better.( Is it just me??!) I think the trick is the less time it takes to travel from the grill to your mouth, the tastier the burger is. The first time I had it, the burger was still bleeding out juice....it was so good......
However, I give major kudos to the Culver City F.O. for being more comfortable and spacious!
I tried non-burger dishes here with friends and shared the beet salad (good but not amazing) and the seared albacore (quite good!). I jumped along the beer bandwagon with Jenny L and joined her in an icy pale ale to go with our beer.
It's so nice to sit outside when the weather is nice and just gobble down good solid tasty food. Especially when it's accompanied bt delicious sweet potato fries....
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I've only been here once for lunch and it was good. Atmosphere is nice. The burger was good, though I'm not a fan of caramelized anything. Not a fan of sweet potato either. The regular shoe string fries were ok but nothing to rave about. I didn't get any drinks since I had to go back to work, but I'd go back to try other stuff.
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Went here last night...the line was humongous!!! Waited in line to get in for 30 minutes just to get a burger!!! Worth the wait...easier to find a table when there is only 4 of us...service was a bit slow, but, they were REALLY busy....still, I like this place.
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07/02/2008
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I finally made it down to the Fathers Office and it was well worth it. They have picnic tables outside underneath a shaded patio. A good way to spend a sunny afternoon with your sweetheart. Order the Sweet Potato Fries and the Speckled Hen Draft Beer. Did I mention the free parking!
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Best sweet potato fries. Mmm The soft shell crab special was good too. Beer with anything makes my day. And I really do enjoy the whole 'you get what we give you' policy. Kind of reminds me of my mother when I was younger. "you eat it or you don't eat at all!!" hehe. Ok not the same but I would love to go back to FO when I'm in the area.
Working from home on Fridays means that your weekend starts early...and I finally got to hang out with friends at the new Father's Office with the sun still shining. "Let's meet at 4pm..." Even for me that's too early so a little later we were drinking and being merry on the patio picnic-style benches.
During the next few hours F.O. (that's funny in a French Connection cheeky kinda way) packed out...some relaxed flip-flop wears who got lost trying to find the Santa Monica F.O., some clipitty heel wears looking for the Sex In The City set. And then us.
We didn't eat more than fries (no more shopping carts), by were tempted but the soft-shell crab and of course the burger. Another time.
Went to Father's Office in Culver City for the first time... Saturday afternoon, the place was packed.
We did not have to wait, could walk straight in and found ourselves a table outside. Being European I am used to this kind of place where you order both food and drinks at the bar and I like it.
Sometimes it's just great to go out for a beer and have a small bite.
Of course I had to have the famous burger and it did not disappoint me; good quality meat and the sauce was fab.
Understand why the hamburger is their siganture dish.
The fries were good, a tiny wee greasy but I still like them.
The menu was a pleasant surprise.
To have a place where one basically goes to have a beer and eat something small, this menu offered nice options, not your boring average food.
The service is fast, the girl behind the bar was not particularly friendly (and that's an understatement....) She gets the benefit of the doubt: a happy hour can be stressful in a place like this. So let's hope that this will be better the next time...
Because there will be a next time....
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NOTE: THIS PLACE IS A BAR WITH FOOD, NOT A RESTAURANT WITH A BAR.
Well, all I can say about this place is I love the beer selection. And the food selection is scant but adventurous. It is basically bar food with a country French twist.
Yes the cheeseburger lives up to its reputation. And there are some exotic eats like bone marrow on baguette slices and bacon wrapped roasted figs. But don't be surprised if the food is fatty because it is meant to be consumed with beer. This is not the place to go to DIET!
Great beers too...
Enjoy your fatty day off and hunker down in this place. But come early as the guests tend to be very territorial over the tables they are saving.
Also, bad point is the barbacks are not very knowledgeable about the food nor are they that friendly. Not your typical neighborhood bar. Dichotomy between upscale and being a dive. depends on your visit.
There are certain things that as a human, you just aren't supposed to do. Drop kicking baby puppies is one of these. So is committing ethnic genocide. They are things that are just universally unacceptable, even among those of us with hearts two sizes too small.
So imagine my surprise when an "F.O." t-shirt clad bouncer committed one such crime (against humanity) the other night -- when he purposefully and rudely ruined a girl's birthday dinner. Who does that?!
Here's the scenario: a group of 10 of us got together Friday to celebrate said girl/friend's birthday. After logging a gigantic tab (they can eat/I can drink), one attendee decided to surprise the birthday girl with a personal-sized birthday cake along with candles and an impromptu "Happy Birthday" song. We barely get to the second "happy" when wannabe A-Team member hops tables to run over to us and starts yelling and pointing (mid-birthday song!) to "get that cake off my table!" like it's a bomb that can't be defused in time.
Look, I understand that you're not supposed to bring in outside food to restaurants. But it's not like we were unloading bags of Taco Bell crunch wrap supremes at Patina here. This was a tiny cake brought to a "gastropub" which doesn't have servers and is self-seating... and we were on the patio to boot. If FO had cake, we'd have bought it! Further, if you were a bouncer in his position, wouldn't you be at least somewhat conflicted about having to ruin a girl's birthday dinner and calmly sit down next to them to preface things with "ok guys, now I don't make the rules around here and I'm really sorry to have to do this, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave..."? Wouldn't you at least be courteous? Even just professional?
That's the most confounding thing here. Drill Sergeant Douchenozzle barked at us to put the cake away before kicking us out -- to the point that nearby patrons were taken aback and offended by his behavior. And when the girl in charge of putting the cake away was doing so too slowly (it's not like cakes are delicate or anything), he yelled at her too! SOMEone needs to go balance their chi.
In the meantime, look for Mr. Tranquility's plates to be flashed on an Amber Alert near you. I bet he throws rocks at koalas at the zoo. And whenever neighborhood kids errantly toss a football into his yard, I'm sure he smiles while he deflates them in front of their horrified faces.
So the moral of the story is don't do your job too well (*cough* meter maids* cough), especially when it makes you look like Henrich Himmler. That, and apparently the "F.O." on the t-shirts of Father's Office bouncers stands for either "Fun Oppressors," "Forget [birthday] Observances," or quite simply, "F*ck Off" -- which was the attitude we got from Fathers Office staff.
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I really just want to say Wow. The beers, holy shit, I felt like I was at the Sunset Cantina in Boston (not quite, thats my benchmark), and the burger is actually up to par entirely. Fantastic. Arrived at around 5ish, or was it 6, LA, time makes no sense, but in any case, by 8 I was trashed off some Canadian beer I didnt get to drink in Canada, from all my time there. Also, I discovered Lambic, which is my new favorite. Place is amazing.
Also, they played virtually my entire playlist on my ipod but my ipod was in my car. Interpol. New Radiohead. Feist. The New Pornographers. What?! Good music at a bar? Fucking hell!
Not that there is much to add to almost 200 reviews, but i just couldn't resist. I absolutely love Father's Office. I simply just liked it in Santa Monica, but now I love the new bigger, lighter space in Culver City.
The small food menu does not disappoint. Yes, the burger is fantastic, but i think my favorite item is the sobrasada appetizer. And of course, you must get the fries... regular or sweet potato, i'm not sure which one wins out, so get both!
If you're ready for something super interesting and delicious, try the Alagash Curio, it's a beer made in whiskey barrels.
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Oooh, hello there FO2....
Why...my goodness, you're certainly a LOT bigger than your brother, and niiiiiiice, you've got more style too.
You're big, you're easy, and you're tasty too....
You make me take it how you wanna give it, and...
I think I like you better..
(Ok, the burger is actually better here than at the Original FO location, and I really like the outdoor patio. Come for a after work beers, or an early dinner, because it gets insane after 7ish)
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I love their outdoor tables. They are huge which allows for people not in your group to sit with you. This allows for social interactions with new people. Plus they have wine on tap and a huge selection of beer. Definitely a cool Culver City/West LA spot.
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Burger #..... wait, I didn't get a burger.
That's right, I went to the new Father's Office for the first time and did not order myself a burger. But Eli you're that burger guy! Well eff you in the A! I like other things than just burgers! I swear I do! Well to be kind of honest, the driving force behind my lack of burger ordering was the fact that I ate a giant burger for lunch that same day, http://www.yelp.com/bi...
I met up with the crew just after 6pm on a Wednesday and the place was... NOT PACKED! Sweet! No lines, lots of open tables inside and out. I wish it was always like that. By 7pm though it had transformed into F.O. haters worst nightmare. Long line to get in, people hovering near tables or worse yet, sharing tables with strangers! But we had our own table and the nearest lurker was at least a meter away.
Since I was all burgered out and I had been meaning to try the rest of the menu, we did just that. I was able to sample the cheese plate, the mushrooms and the smoked eel. Boy did it all suck!
* Cheese Plate - Never had I had such a terrible cheese plate. Every cheese was just no good. There were at least 6 cheeses and not one did it for me. The bread they served with it wasn't toasted and was just stupid. Yep, stupid bread.
* Mushrooms - A bowl with pizza topping quality mushrooms. Little flavor and uninspired.
* Smoked Eel - Tasted like the herring in sour cream us Jews like to eat. Hardly any eel flavor.
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I did steal a few bites of the burger and it was still damn good. I also brought my own supply of ketchup and mayo packets that really jazzed up the plain and sweet potato fries. They really need to start serving other condiments here, just no good reason not to.
4.7 stars for the burger, 0 stars for all the other food and 3 stars for the atmosphere at 6pm on a Wednesday = 2.4 stars. Come early and just get the burger and fries. You'll leave full and stress free.
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Despite high prices, long lines and overcrowding, lackluster decor and the absence of common amenities such as wait service, the food was quite delicious. And judging on that, plus the extensive beer selection, "Father's Office" is definitely worth a visit.
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New location has a lot more space and parking. The burgers are still amazing. Beer is good too. I recommend sitting outside. Try to arrive early, this place fills up as quickly as the old location.
The burger is solid and go with the sweet potato fries, you won't be disappointed. Any reason I return is for of the beer. There is a great selection of imports to choose from including one of my favorites, the Westmalle Tripel, a Belgian beer brewed by Trappist monks. Yes, monks!
I'm sorry but this place really disappointed me! All my friends had been raving about it. And yeah, it's a great happy hour spot. The crowd is decent. Tons of beer. I like beer and decent crowds, so this is fine with me.
But I went there to have a meal and some beer only to find that FO offers ONE BURGER. JUST ONE! No one made that clear to me when they were raving about how great the burger was. One. Burger. And that one burger has blue cheese, which I don't even like to eat. Since there are no alterations, I just ate nothing at all.
Plus, I wouldn't even feel comfortable eating during Happy Hour because its crazy crowded and no one is really eating. So you'd feel like a fat ass standing there, shoving your face, while everyone else socially sips beers.
I'm not into it.
Now, if you read between the lines of this review, you might find exactly what you're looking for: A boisterous happy hour with good beer. Ain't nothin wrong with that. But just know that it is only that. Don't be lulled into the false hope that you'll actually be eating anything while at FO.
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I've always found a good beer paired with a good burger to be a rather decent meal. However, most places you find a superior burger you find an inferior beer selection, or vice-versa. The quest for a location that takes pride in offering up both can prove to be a fruitless one.
Then there are places like Father's Office, where the range of beer offerings runs the gamut from malty to spicy to fruity. As well, the burgers with their goat cheese, spinach, and caramelized onions are just enough different to make interesting and cooked to perfection to make you want to come here again and again. Plus, as an added bonus, their medium is more akin to medium-rare, which is what any savory hamburger should be cooked to in my humble opinion.
Yes, the place does fill up quite fast. Yes, the rest of the menu may only be so-so, but if you're an individual who knows what he or she likes and if what you like is fabulous fare paired with a beautifully-brewed beverage then this place should be your first and last stop.
This review is for food only, at the Culver City location-- I got a burger, my pal got the steak, we split a shopping cart of sweet potato fries... and WOW it was good.
The burger had bacon, Gruyere, Maytag Blue and grilled onions... damn it was amaaaaaazing. I got there at 7.40p on a Monday night, right after swim practice, and it was at like 97% capacity... no line, no wait, but we def picked up some of the last open seats.
GREAT food. Amazing beer selection, though I didn't have any.
Oh-- and no substitutions, modifications, deletions or additions on the food. None, at all, really. My friend wanted a burger with no cheese-- they can't do that. Huh.
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You know how we tend to be extra critical of places that get over-hyped like Father's Office? Over-hyped as in, in my 2.5 days in Los Angeles, talk of the burgers and sweet potato fries comprised 30% of conversation.
30 minute wait in line. 30 minute wait for fries. The nut brown ale? Yum. The sweet potato fries a la carte (cheeky!)? Absolutely worth EVERY SINGLE MINUTE of the wait.
Our conversation as we left the place? How my friends planned to come back for lunch tomorrow.
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Got here before 6pm on a weeknight. This gigantic place (compared to the original one) was almost empty and it was very easy for us to grab a table at the outside patio. What a surprise! We can grab a table without any hustle at Father's Office? Wow!
As they don't have a wait service, we went inside to order our drinks and munchies. First thing that caught my eyes was cheese plate! Wow, I didn't know that Father's Office had a cheese plate! So I ordered one as well as Spanish Mushrooms, thinking that it'll be a great munchies with a glass of wine. So I looked into the wine section, and see that they only offer about 3 to 4 selections each per glass. First one, $9, second one, $14, and third one, eve more expensive. Call me cheap, but I wasn't gonna pay $14 for a glass of wine, so I went with the cheapest red. We also ordered sweet potato fries and we went ahead and sat at the table.
Food came relatively quickly. Cheese plate came with this cheap un-toasted French bread that I was very unimpressed with. But the horrifying part was that none of the cheese out of 5 varieties on the plate was good. What? Is that even possible? I can even pick out some random cheap cheese from Trader Joe's and it tends to turn out to be decent. But no, their cheeses were all below satisfactory level. I've never had such a sad cheese plate in my life. Spanish Mushrooms were just... mushrooms. Nothing special. And their $9 red was disappointing as well.
As more people joined us, more items were ordered. The boy was very excited to get eel here, but it also turned out to be yucky. The eel tasted like pickled herrings. Eew. Who pickles eel???
I must say, their burger and the fries (both sweet potato and normal one) were very good. But lessons learned. Do not, I repeat, do not order anything other than burgers, fries, and beer as Brian C says.
1 star for wine, cheese plate, mushrooms, and eel.
5 stars for burgers and fries.
3 stars to average them out.
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The beer: epic!
The burger: epic!
The sweet potato fries: epic!
The crowd..... weird Culver City uber yuppies.... they scare me....
it's the perfect place to drink on a quiet afternoon... just bring friends (strength in numbers... keep the uber yuppies at bay)
Apparently being a chronically late whore has it's downfalls.
My group got there around 6 and I got there around 8. There was a freakin line! I assumed that the line was for a table so I walked up to the bouncer and said...
me: Oh. I don't need to stand in line. My party is right there. (do you know who i am?)
bouncer: You still need to stand in line.
me: ........what do you mean? you see that white boy waving me down? That's my table. (let me in you prick)
bouncer: yea. ok. everyone else in line has friends inside too. we're at capacity.
me: ...........(i hate you and i hope you burn in hell)
epic fail.
Luckily the outside line went fast and I was able to order a nice juicy burger medium rare and sweet potato fries with zero bar line (maybe hence the reason for the outside line...ohhhhhh.)
The outside setting was cool. The heat lamps worked yO! I couldn't even tell that I was outside. The patrons are young, hot, and professional. You could pick up a dick or three.
The food came quickly and OMG... the burger was good. Simple but good. I only had sp fries at the Counter and I was highly anticipating the infamous shopping cart fries esp since i knew our party brought ketchup which brings me to epic fail #2.
me: where's the ketchup?
eli: oh. we ate it all. here's some mayo packets.
me: ............i'm not white.
Somewhere down the line. someone commented on how cute the shopping carts were and how much he/she wanted one. So my brilliant ass devised a plan.
me: OK. Since we're sitting on the balcony. let's drop the cart on the ground.
*drops cart on floor*
others: ....... and then what?
me: oh. ummm. i didn't' think that far. :( i was just hoping it'd roll down the parking lot.
F A I L.
I suck at life :-/
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