"This Santa Monica favorite is a visual stunner, with its exposed brick walls, high ceilings, and leather booths. But a pretty bar isn’t worth much without the cocktails to match, and the Chestnut Old Fashioned, with Elijah Craig, bitters, and sugar, is simple but excellently made. It’s a party atmosphere on Fridays and Saturdays, with live DJs late into the evenings, but the drinks are just as expertly made at midnight as they are at the bar’s open." - Vox Creative