Halo

Despite having been opened for something like 2 years, Halo has been a practically deserted building the entire time. They only have two open businesses: Danny Boys Pizza and Shake Shack. They’ve been advertising Trejo’s Donuts for over 2 years and it hasn’t showed any signs of opening. There must be 8-10 vacant spaces with no progress being made. There is technically parking but it is not free. Street parking in the area is full 50% of the time and restricted the other 50% of the time. The building is gorgeous. There is a lot of potential. It’s obvious, even to an outsider, that Halo is asking FAR too much for rent and that’s why it’s been sitting empty for years just like half of DTLA. Oh, and despite having dozens of apartment buildings nearby, everything here closes at or before 5pm on weekdays and the entire place is closed on Sunday. I would get dinner here regularly if it was open, but it’s clear they only care about the lunch rush from nearby offices while ignoring the plentiful nearby neighbors. So, in summary, a nice building with tons of potential, all wasted because of real estate corporate greed and extremely poor management.

This was a more beautiful plaza in the 1990s. A recent renovation and rebranding as "Halo" has left the place looking sterile and austere. There are very few restaurants or businesses inside as of November 25, probably due to the overall post pandemic decline of Bunker Hill as a business district. The same has happened to California Plaza across the street. Hopefully, it will spring back.

Really great food hall and it is still growing. It is nice, big, and the current restaurant offer great quality food and they are opening up more options soon. Currently they have Danny Boy Pizza, Nick and Stef steak house. Soon they will Shake Shake, Trejo’s Tacos and Coffee and Donuts.

I stumbled upon this space today and it’s so beautiful and peaceful. Will definitely be back to grab some Shake Shack or a taco and get some work done (they have ample seating and plug ins). The only downside is it’s not really open late/weekends which makes sense for the area but still it would be nice to stop in here for a nice respite from the noise of LA after visiting museums & biking on the weekend.

Nice modern food court for office workers. However, Shake Shack has now closed, and there's only the pizza shop left. This place and basically the vicinity of this part of DTLA lacks the people traffic it needs to support businesses. There are also restaurants at Cal2 plus the food trucks, etc, so there is quite a bit of competition. Obviously, the number of people who reside in the few buildings nearby isn't enough to support these places to atay open past office work hours. Things appear to be close, but they are still spaced pretty far apart. Halo needs more restaurants. Having 1 pizza shop is a joke.

I'm not sure what to say about this place as I visited for an L.A. Magazine food event, so the food, service and crowd was atypical. It appears to be intended as a food hall a la Smorgasburg or DeKalb Market in NYC or Grand Central Market in DTLA, but with a more corporate atmosphere, less character and less convenience of access. The space itself, architecturally, is completely in the background which worked for the style of event I attended. The circulation could use a lot of work, with the central collection of booths forming a wall and forcing visitors to move around the outside of the space instead of through. It's a bizarre space to move through but it was adequate for our needs, if a little annoying. Right now, it seems like the only permanent vendors are Danny Boy's pizza and Shake Shack and you can't really go wrong there if you like their styles of pizza and burgers. The rest of the vendor spaces are closed and surrounded by temporary walls advertising the space itself. If I go to Halo outside of an event, I'll update this review with my thoughts.

Most useless “food court”. Literally 2 restaurants. Pizza & burgers. False advertising, Trejo’s Tacos has been “coming soon!” for at least 3 years. WASTE OF DTLA SPACE.

Went to the Shake Shack in Halo and thoroughly enjoyed having lunch there. The staff is friendly and the food is great. So happy that it's only a block from my house now. Looking forward to all the other food offerings that Halo will offer now that covid-19 is hopefully in our past.

The upscale food hall located in the center of business district. It is very modern, clean and spacious, and still growing in merchants, current restaurants they have Nick + Stef's Steakhouse, and Danny Boy's Famous Original Pizza.

Really great food hall and it is still growing. It is nice, big, and the current restaurant offer great quality food and they are opening up more options soon. Currently they have Danny Boy Pizza, Nick and Stef steak house. Soon they will Shake Shake, Trejo's Tacos and Coffee and Donuts.

This place had so much potential but the limited hours and the fact that they close on weekends ruins it all. Most of these places are only open for lunch during the week, even though they are surrounded by residential apartment/condo towers full of people who would patronize them at all hours of all days. I live a block away and have only been able to go once during the operating hours.

I don't know if halO normally functions as the front lobby of the Wells Fargo Center in DTLA, but it served as the location of Los Angeles Magazine's 10 Best New Restaurants event. It didn't seem ideal for this. The food stations were located off in side corridors which made reaching them and returning with food samples difficult. The central area was broken up with banquettes and seating which were not movable, so you were unable to easily meet up with other participants. Plus, you had to register one floor below then climb stairs. Not an ideal location.