Best Organic Food Restaurants in Simi Valley

Wonderful and attentive staff, nice courtyard ambience, fresh tasty food.

The best Mexican in LA, vegetarian, great atmosphere in West Hollywood

Just celebrated Father's Day at Larsen's Grill with the family. Overall positive experience with a couple things that could be improved upon. First, service was excellent, as always. Katie was our server and top notch, as were the busboy and food runners. Everyone is very young but gracious, patient, and friendly. The food tonight was either a hit or a miss. The chopped salad was a hit while the Caesar salad an unequivocal miss. It was a tiny salad with a handful of romaine (like out of the bags that come from TJ's), lots of shaved Parmesan and small croutons, and hardly any dressing. I actually thought it was a small side salad added onto the entrée until the bill came. It was maybe worth $3-5, total ripoff at $16, would never get it again and would highly recommend anything else. The full rack of ribs and Kurobuta pork chop were hits. The plank salmon and Dry aged rib eye were misses. The $44 salmon was on the smaller side and dry, although not painfully so. The $79 ribeye, although cooked to the right temp, was not tender. It wasn't bad, but for $79, it should have been better. The loaded baked potato and Brussels sprouts were great, but the broccolini was steamed, unseasoned, and served with a watery melted butter. Not worth $10, should be grilled and seasoned like at other steak houses. Last time we came a few months ago, we had a great meal with THE burger and stuffed chicken breast. So, it really seems to depend on what you order here. The good (ambiance, service, and good parts of the meal) overshadowed the bad (Caesar salad, ribeye, salmon), but there is definitely room for improvement at this price point. I can see how someone might experience this meal and never want to come back, but in this era, one can only imagine how difficult it is to run a restaurant of this caliber and make a profit to keep afloat, so we learn what to order and what not to order and move on from there. That said, we will stick with the dishes that we know are good.

Coin and Candor is my favorite restaurant to go to. Unfortunately, this time I was a little disappointed that there wasn’t an explanation under “Starters and Pasta” as to the size of the serving. The pasta dishes that we ordered were very small which left some of our guest still hungry. Also, the dessert this time was a little underwhelming. It pains me to say these things as I really do love going there but this time was a bit of a miss. Sorry.

Amazing food and amazing service. This will be my new favorite place. Loved it.