Experts' Choice Award Musso & Frank Grill
What the experts agree on
Hollywood's oldest restaurant (since 1919), a time-capsule steakhouse with mahogany booths and old-school charm once favored by Chaplin and Hemingway. Come mainly for the legendary martinis at the bar.
“A traditional American menu (steaks, sandwiches, and the "original Fettucine Alfredo") and classic cocktails are presented in an old-fashioned Hollywood hangout.”
– Insight Guides
Concierge "The best... old-time steak house. Flawlessly executed classics."
Fodor's "Liver and onions, lamb chops, shrimp Louie salad, dry gin martinis, gruff waiters—you'll find all of the old favorites here in Hollywood's oldest restaurant."
Lonely Planet "Hollywood history hangs thickly in the air at the boulevard's oldest eatery." Full review
Travel + Leisure "The bar is known for its martinis, and steaks and chops dominate the dinner menu, along with items like calf’s sweetbreads, turkey á la king, and Welsh rarebit." Full review
Zagat ""Old Hollywood is alive and well" at this "charming" former literary haunt." Full review
BlackBook "Landmark Hollywood haunt of mahogany booths and surly waiters. Founded in 1919, it might need a little botox; endlessly overrun by gawking tourists."
DK Eyewitness "Steaks and chops dominate the menu of Hollywood’s oldest (since 1919) restaurant. It was a major hangout for celebrities such as Hemingway and other literary giants."
Time Out "Open since 1919, the Musso & Frank Grill is Hollywood's oldest restaurant, a steak-and-cocktails joint formerly favored by Charlie Chaplin and Raymond Chandler." Full review
Gayot12.0
"If nothing else, come for a martini at the bar, but you'll be tempted to stay and eat after perusing the extensive menu filled with nostalgic dishes." Full review
LA Weekly "Avocado cocktails smeared with sweet, pink dressing and frigid bowls of chilled consommé; great naked planks of boiled finnan haddie and dainty plates of crab Louie; kidneys Turbigo." Full review
