"An all-in-one steakhouse, raw bar, and butcher shop, Echo & Rig does it all and they do it well. They happen to offer my favorite oyster variety, the Malpeque, which is reason enough to grab a seat at the bar. However, the thing that keeps me coming back is their brunch! Echo & Rig’s second-floor patio is a beautiful way to spend a weekend morning, especially with bottomless mimosas. The house-made breakfast sausage and bacon, straight from the in-house butcher shop, is so necessary. For non-meat eaters, you must have the portobello fries with an avocado dipping sauce. If you’re saying “I don’t like mushrooms,” we bet you a dollar you’ll like these." - Paper & Home
"Echo & Rig Butcher and Steakhouse Casual and affordable, Echo & Rig has a solid steak lunch when you can’t wait until dinnertime for a hunk of red meat. Their New York strip is a relieving $40—marbled like a cut that’s three times the price elsewhere—and goes well with the brandied mushroom sauce that has just the right level of sweetness. On your way out, pick up corn-finished ribeye from the butcher side of the restaurant, so you can grill another steak (or three) for dinner back at home." - melinda sheckells
"With an in-house butcher shop, Echo & Rig’s butchers not only skillfully slice requested cuts of meat, but also are willing to share history about a preferred cut as well as demonstrations. Echo & Rig at Tivoli Village and in Henderson cooks every steak over red oak and pairs each piece with fresh garlic chips, mushroom Rockefeller, and a variety of sauces such as blue cheese and lemon chimichurri. Favorite dishes on the menu include the crunchy portobello fries with herb aioli sauce and the rib-eye cap steak. Takeout, as well as indoor and patio dining are available." - Janna Karel
"This semi-secret, 40-seat Mexican eatery hums behind a set of sliding doors and then up a set of stairs. A risk-taking kitchen plates creative, coursed dishes such as a whole roasted branzino and roasted corn salsa served over rice noodles with poblano Parmesan sauce; as well as tamales with yellow curry shrimp and crab. Meanwhile, the bar is mixing noteworthy cocktails like a piña colada made with horchata. La Cocina Exclusivo sits next to El Dorado Cantina, a restaurant from the same operators, at Tivoli Village." - Susan Stapleton
"There’s that moment on weekend mornings when a decision has to be made: add to your sleep deprivation to make it to brunch, or go back to sleep and annoy your Type-A friend who made all the reservations. Echo and Rig, an upscale butcher and steakhouse in Tivoli Village, makes your decision a bit easier by serving brunch until 3pm on Saturdays and Sundays. Focus on the small plates portion of the brunch menu and order things like portobello fries and half-inch-thick bacon, plus the french toast with cinnamon crunch from the mains." - emmy kasten