Bottega Louie WEHO
Italian restaurant · Norma Triangle ·
Italian fare, brunch, pastries, macarons & gourmet market
Italian fare, brunch, pastries, macarons & gourmet market
"If eating multi-colored macarons in DTLA was a core memory for you back in 2007, Bottega Louie probably holds a special place in your heart. Brunching at this patisserie and bistro was a bucket list activity up there with scoring tickets to the Sweet Escape Tour and showing off your Blackberry Pearl to friends. These days, Bottega’s center of gravity has shifted to Santa Monica Boulevard with a second location that’s as beautiful as it is corporate. The food is decent for a last-minute hangover brunch (stick to the thin-crust pizza), plus there’s plenty of room if the entire friend group shows up to rehash what happened at Hi Tops the night before. Skip the mass-produced macarons though, they’re flat, mushy, and $20 for a half-dozen. " - brant cox, sylvio martins
"If eating multi-colored macarons in DTLA was a core memory for you back in 2007, Bottega Louie probably holds a special place in your heart. Brunching at this patisserie and bistro was a bucket list activity up there with scoring tickets to the Sweet Escape Tour and showing off your Blackberry Pearl to friends. These days, Bottega’s center of gravity has shifted to Santa Monica Boulevard with its way-too-big second location in Weho that’s as bright, airy, and beautiful as it is corporate. The food is decent for a last-minute hangover brunch (stick to the thin-crust pizza), but overall there’s no reason to go out of their way for this place. And that includes the mass-produced macarons, which are flat, mushy, and $20 for a half-dozen." - Brant Cox
"There's one downtown and one in West Hollywood. It's a gourmet restaurant. It has macarons and stuff like that, and I don't wanna say this in a bad way, but it's super Instagrammable. It's like a patisserie. A lot of these places are also gourmet markets. I like when you can go and shop for specialty foods that you can't find at Ralph's or Whole Foods. And Bottega Louie has a really fun cocktail menu too. And they have this drink called La Passion on the drink menu, which has passion fruit—it's just so yummy and delicious. Sometimes you gotta wait for a table. It's that popular, especially the one downtown because it's near the Staples Center and it is a bit of a scene. If you want to be seen, go to Bottega Louie." - brennan carley
"After what seemed like an actual decade of build-out, the massive new location of Bottega Louie in Boystown is open. The multi-concept space includes a restaurant, gourmet market, patisserie, and cafe, but when it comes to weekend brunch, you want to enjoy it on either the back or front patios. The menu includes dishes like lobster hash and a $45 truffle pizza, as well as a la carte mimosas, bellinis, and Bloody Marys for $15." - brant cox
"I noted that Bottega Louie in West Hollywood had 10 confirmed COVID-19 cases, making it the leading confirmed workplace outbreak among the non-residential sites listed in Los Angeles County during the summer 2021 surge." - Farley Elliott