Dolce-partners reopen Hollywood-hotspot without star-chef

"90s hotspot reopens as hot nightclub and lounge with mediocre restaurant"
- Ann Vine, Editorial Review Author

Bungalow-style restaurant and nightclub in downtown Hollywood

The Place:

Les Deux Cafe

The Scene:

LAs hottest restaurant of the 90s, the beloved Parisian-cafe and lounge known as Les Deux reopens under the management of Dolce's Mike Malin and Sylvain Bitton with a similar look and gentrified restaurant menu. The dining room hasn't changed much featuring those familiar peach-tinted mirrors and curvy-black architecture accented by Louis XVI candelabras. But a new Ultra Lounge features a dimly lit bar area with overhead projection of foreign films and vintage fashion shows, while deejays spin house music on the patio for an MTV-minded Hollywood clientele.

JetSet Tips:

An adjacent nightclub shares the valet lot, so feel free to park and club-hop in Hollywood till 2am.

Last Word:

More nightclub than restaurant, the food isn't what you remember under French-owner Michelle Lamy who sought foodie-exile back in Paris in 2001. The continental menu feels more American these days, divided amongst petite, grand and sweet selections of thyme fries, flatbread pizzas and decadent chocolate-lava cake.