Verdugo Terrace At Castaway - Burbank

We were seated immediately but it took over an hour just to get an appetizer. Water was brought after 20 of just waiting. Waiter had zero knowledge of the basic menu questions we had. They seemed very short staffed and stressed. Very disorganized. Management missing. The booking window stated we need to be done with the reservation within 1.5 hours, however, it took over an hour to get our food so how does that work exactly? We were so hungry and fed up, and our kids were starving because they didn’t offer anything kid friendly, so we quickly ate and left before even ordering dessert. And it was my birthday.

Wonderful ambiance and great service from our waiter, Mitch. I would have liked to see one or two more vegetarian entrees. That being said, the vegetable platter with beets, radishes, carrots and cauliflower was delightful. I loved the European style credit card reader at my table. It was great that no one disappeared in the back with my card and I controlled the transaction right at my table. The whole experience was a class act.

Pretty expensive for small servings but the food was good and the service was great and though the verdugo terrace was in the parking(due to covid) at least we still had a viewanother negative thing was the limited menu we wanted to have dinner inside but there was no slot for the time we wanted to have a better choice for food.

The first time I came to LA I dined at the Castaways. Early bird special, excellent salad buffet, incredible soups and plenty of extras. Those days are gone. Oysters were very fresh great! Scallops were a bit overcooked and rubbery not so great. The braised short ribs were melt in your mouth good as was the lab rack Perfect! The beans were made fresh and it was too bad they were not tasted before serving . Blecch! Then a bit of a treat for our 11 year anniversary chocolate cake with twin chocolate icing (leftover from what must have been a catering project three weeks ago, because we could taste the freezer in the icing) all in all a beautiful view, terrific company and an OK meal for a C note

Beautiful view. My party was skeptical at first as the restaurant it is on the parking lot. There was no space in their patio or courtyard. However, we had an amazing experience. The view was perfect, they have upscale the place with awesome heaters and fireplace pits, where you just can enjoy the sunset and the space is very open, ventilated and they created an amazing outdoor space.