Nostalgia - Santa Monica

One of the best places to eat and have some drinks in LA. All their food is organic and top quality. Their cocktails are whimsical, nostalgic, and just delicious. Their newly added cocktails are also amazing. Please try the Bread and Butter Martini, you will not be disappointed.

The thing I love most about traveling is discovering and sampling new foods, ingredients, and dishes from different cultures, and the drinks at Nostalgia was like a little tour of the world! Each drink was creative, choreographed, and contained an element of fun or surprise; and the entire staff was a performance incorporating techniques from molecular gastronomy and influences from global mixology. The place was extremely fun, relax and chill, great for a night with friends. Really good food, unique presentation, phenomenal service. Chef Chris walking around and saying hi, was really nice to see. I highly recommend this place. Top 10 in LA.

The food and cocktails were great. We made reservations a few days before for two but the reservations were pointless. There was no one to check us in and we took the only available seats at a standing bar facing the wall. When the server acknowledged us after a while he gave us menus and once we placed order quickly took them away. The drinks arrived after food (we didn’t care) but this just signifies how long to make drinks to make. The problem is that we couldn’t order more to save our lives. We couldn’t get a menu or get servers attention. After finally flagging him down we finally got the bill. It was weird because the other white patrons were being visited by him. But we only saw him when he took our order and then gave us our bill. It sucks because the food/cocktails really are good.

Everyone at Nostalgia was attentive, kind, and overall made us feel like guests at their home! To Bianca, Kayla, Jack, Chris, Sean, and the rest of the Nostalgia team: Thank you! Undoubtedly, the best bar in Santa Monica. Try it all! But definitely the apples to oranges cocktail

Fantastic spot. Fun for trivia nights. Definitely recommend.