Justin J.
Yelp
Had seen singing about this new rooftop venue, and had some time, so we went by to check it out. Now, getting there is interesting. Basically you walk through a parking area, and straight ahead, on a wall, crossing an alley, is a green kit up sign. Enter here (there is security at the door) and then you'll head up to the rooftop to enter Florentine.
Waking inside, the venue isn't huge, and it's is self seating, with constant chairs and semi couches. You order food and drinks at the bar, so don't wait for anyone to come to you. We started with cocktails, grabbing the passion fruit paper plane and the mango sticky rice milk punch. The paper plane comes out looking like a liquid orange vanilla drink, but it's very nuanced in it's flavor profile. It could have been a little more passion fruit forward, having it at the beginning of the drink name, but it was well balanced and you tasted the different notes involved in the drink. The mango rice milk punch was the real shocker, looking nothing like you might expect and tasting even better then you might expect. This was a truly artisanal cocktail and whoever thought it up, please take your flowers. Fabulous drink!
We also grabbed a margarite pizza as you have to also try the food. It wasn't the best pizza I've ever had, with the crust being more on the chewy end of the spectrum, but the ingredients were good quality and it is a decent size for a bar/lounge pizza.
Ideal, drinks were excellent, service was great, people were friendly and the pizza was decent. It may not be the biggest rooftop venue in LA, but it makes the most of what it has and is a quality addition to the LA nightlife scene