Bar Ama

“The Amá margarita and the Negroni Mexico are especially good.”

A L★★★★

First, the food is amazing. No complaints. This review is primarily about the dining experience. We visited for dinner twice in 2 weeks and had two very different experiences. The first night was a Thursday for 3, and upon arriving the restaurant was only half full. Moderately noisy, but nothing excessive. About 10 minutes after we ordered the place was packed, and it seemed as though the music was turned up to be heard over all the talking. We didn't think anything of the full tables, because we had already put in our order before most people had arrived. However most of these people began re

Martina Mattar★★★

3,5 / 5 - Staff was super friendly, nice atmosphere, but the food we ordered didn’t impress. We got the Mushroom Birria, the stew was flavorful but the mushroom felt like it had been cooking for too long in it and lost its flavor. The pita bread was top notch, though. We also got the shrimp. It was pretty good, but not amazing. Maybe we ordered the wrong dishes. On the other hand, the drink we got was pretty great. There’s an 18% required fee that is supposed to go towards the workers but that’s on top of tax and tip, so the total came out pretty high for the food we had. I admire the attemp

Al Wong (wcb79)★★★★★

Came here on a recommendation from a friend, and it definitely didn't disappoint. The staff was super friendly. I asked them about portion sizes and any dishes they'd recommend. My favorite was the puffy shell shrimp taco.

Sandra Simmons★★★★★

A few months ago the Food 52 cookbook club on Facebook (around 35,000 members) cooked from the Bar Amá cookbook and everyone fell in love with Tex-Mex, Josef Centeno's family stories, the absolutely excellent recipes, and the alcohol section too. When I finally decided to fly after months and months of being at home during the pandemic, I came to see my daughter in Los Angeles and had literally only one food wish - to go to Bar Amá. I wasn't disappointed. They have the alley open for outdoor dining, our server was fantastic and she seemed to enjoy all my cookbook stories 😂, I mean, if she di