Reviews for Unwind in Tarzana, CA
Worst wine bar I have been in LA by far. It sells bad store wine at premium prices, plays loud arabic music, and serves even... worse food. Unbelievable how people gave such high ratings. We were hungry and this place was the highest rated one around.Nice people but we should have found a fast food location and have relatively decent meal By the way, they have bacon sliderson their menu, they serve pepperoni, not bacon :) on a burger. this place is a joke. Read more
Great new menu items at Unwind, I was lucky to enjoy a wine tasting there last nite!
Sweet hidden little spot. Food was great, especially because there were clearly labeled vegan options. Decent wine selection... too. Loved the atmosphere and service. Will be back! Read more
Great experience here! I came when they opened around 430pm. Prompt service, kind greetings, great thorough service throughout... my meal & dessert and I was greeted and asked “how everything” was by a manager! I loved my pretty drink???????????? prettyis always good! Nice mood music as well, lovely vibe & setting outside and inside, I’ll return to see how the night time vibeis, I imagine it’s just as pleasant! A lot of string lights & greenery outside! I like all those pretty cute things!?????????????? I even met the owner in the bathroom! Lovely lady! Girl power! The chocolate ball for dessert was cool, as inits presentation, it was small, but still yummy! Thank you! Read more
The food and service was really nice. The staff were happy to accommodate my party with a larger table (we were planning to... order a lot of small plates). We ordered just about every sharable there and they were fantastic. Their wine list was not largebut others in my party seemed to enjoy what was offered. The atmosphere was on par with what you would expect. Dim lights, softmusic, a good place for a date or a party. We will be returning soon for drinks and small plates at the bar. Read more
This place has been on my list for months. I couldn't wait to take myself on a date here. Alas, I would have expected this wine... bar to be excited about wine and food pairings, to make it a focal point of the experience. That is not what this place isabout. Pros: -This place gets an A+ for decoration. The place looks romantic when you walk in. Feels romantic. -Good housechardonnay -food menu has nice selection Cons: -I got the "this is a business and could be any other type of restaurant and wedon't particularly treasure food or wine here" vibe. -The music was annoying. It was kind of like the music you hear at TheHabit while you wait a burger: overplayed pop. The decor caters to a more sophisticated crowd so it just seemed out of place.Piano music or jazz would have been a nice choice. I got the sense they were trying to appeal to young people. -I ordered ahouse chardonnay which was good but it was served warm (!) in a chilled glass. Not to be dramatic but the combination was almoststartling...I would have preferred a cold chardonnay in a room temp glass. I'm not sure if he thought the cold glass wassufficient to cool down the wine but it was just odd. He's lucky I tend to prefer my wine a bit warmer because it brings out theflavor more but this was too warm. Room temp. -As far as food, I ordered the mushroom flatbread and it was absolutely drenchedin balsamic which is ok (usually yum!) except that mushrooms release a lot of water when they cook down, so the middle of theflat bread was very soggy. It interfered with the flavor of the carmelized onions, too. -I usually give poor service a bit of apass because it is understandable that your server is human and may have had an off night but I was disappointed. I didn't geteven one sentence of orientation on the menu. I asked for a house white and the server didn't ask me for clarification on whattype of white. I had to ask for the happy hour menu (I only knew about it because I checked online). I wanted Read more
Overall a good experience. Tucked away in the back of a strip mall, cool vibe and ambience with a lounge like feel. Good... selection of wine. We ordered mostly small plates. Pate was very good and the fig and Bleu was delicious. Mussels were prettygood and the wings and develed eggs were good but nothing special. Would probably go back to try some other dishes Read more
Food is not very good. My wife ordered a Vegan Pho. The first ingredient is tofu. When we complained that there was no tofu in... it, they responded that they were out of Tofu. No apology and still charged us full price. Read more