Pacific Dining Car
Los Angeles, CA 90017
Phone: (213) 483-6000
- Price:
- $$$$
- Cross Street:
- Witmer Street
- Hours:
- Daily 24 hours
Editorial Review for Pacific Dining Car – by Jane Tunks
In Short
Open since 1921, this railway car recreation has always been popular with local politicos. A cozy maze of rooms provides plenty of nooks and crannies for plotting and planning over a steak-and-eggs breakfast. Thick, juicy steaks cooked over a mesquite fire are the main attraction. Start with the classic shrimp cocktail, four mondo shrimp with a zesty cocktail sauce, or a garlicky Caesar salad. The gargantuan cowboy steak, a flavorful rib steak, is charred on the outside yet rare inside. The baseball steak (a two-inch-thick cut of top sirloin), Delmonico (bone-in New York strip) and buttery filet mignon are other well-known cuts. Although side dishes merely distract from the sheer joy of red meat, if you must, order the onion rings, thinly sliced and cooked till just droopy, or the overloaded baked potato, dressed tableside with sour cream and chives. And if you have room after all that, try the piping hot souffle--just make sure to order it at the beginning of your feast.
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Insider Tips
When to GoFrom 3pm-5:30pm every day, afternoon tea is offered with finger sandwiches, scones, petite fours and complimentary sherry. Reservations recommended.
The ExtrasThe restaurant provides a free shuttle to the Staples Center and the Music Center exclusively for its guests. This service is only available Tuesday through Saturday evenings.
User Reviews for Pacific Dining Car
06/25/2008 Posted by whisky2a
I enjoyed this restaurant in the 70's and 80's before I moved from Los Angeles. Recently I found myself staying overnight downtown. I decided to return to the restaurant for old times sake thinking that L.A. icons like this never change. Big mistake. Our party of three noticed only four other tables occupied where 20 years ago it would have been packed. We thought this a bad omen, but forged ahead anyway. It sure ain't what it used to be. Price to food value very poor. A wine list with very few bargains, most bottles priced over $100. I ordered a bottle of red. My wife wanted a glass of chardonnay. We had already sent the wine list back, but the waiter suggested the Berringer house chard and we went with it. Should have asked the price. I thought maybe $8.00. Would you believe $23. The things I do for nostalgia. Never the Pacific Dining Car again.
1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
12/02/2007 Posted by guidry
First service is really bad, have to agree with prevoius post,food was served not the way we ordered and it took ever for our steaks and we spoke to the restaurant general manger he was not helpful or understanding!
Pros: none
Cons: evertthing
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