Jones
Italian restaurant · West Hollywood
7205 Santa Monica Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046
Highlights
Iconic Hollywood hangout for Italian plates & cocktails
Iconic Hollywood hangout for Italian plates & cocktails
"The more you bring Jones Hollywood into your life, the better off you’ll be. And that’s especially true for after-work drinks. While they do provide valet, street parking is usually readily available and that’s huge after another mind-melt of a work day. Waiting inside for you is a dark, retro bar/cafe, where people leave you the f*ck alone and let you drink your beer, talk your talk, and eat your apple pie in peace." - brant cox
"Jones is the kind of restaurant we’d like to have an affair with. We’ll tell our significant other we have to work late again, only to find ourselves sitting at the bar in a dark room, eating spaghetti and meatballs out of our own personal skillet. And sure, gin doesn’t go as well with pasta as red wine, but we somehow can’t sit down here without ordering one in martini form. We’re not sure why we feel like we have to keep dinner here a secret, but it just feels like the right thing to do." - jess basser sanders, sylvio martins
"Jones’ food is good, but it’s not the best on this list. That said, you won’t find a better red-checkered tablecloth atmosphere than at this Weho staple—which feels Old Hollywood, but not in a corny way. The crowd is cool, attractive, and always down to party, whether it’s for after-work drinks or late-night pizza. Get the spaghetti and meatballs served in a skillet, the spicy sausage pizza, and one of the best desserts in the whole city: their apple pie." - jess basser sanders, brant cox, sylvio martins, arden shore
"It’s 7pm, you just slid into a bar seat at Jones, and a gin martini and an order of fried calamari are on their way out. If there’s a more beautiful sentence in the English language, we don’t know it. This dark, sexy Italian spot has held court in West Hollywood for three decades and remains what we refer to as an ace restaurant: A place you can take anyone for any occasion and have a great time. Nights here aren’t necessarily about red sauce pasta and other nostalgic dishes—though their skillet apple pie is the stuff of legend—it’s about basking in a place that exudes the essence of what makes Hollywood cool in the first place." - brant cox, garrett snyder, jess basser sanders, nikko duren, sylvio martins, cathy park
"Jones is one of those few places we refer to as an ace restaurant. Pull this casual Italian spot out for any occasion, whether it be for a hot date or late-night drinks, and it will deliver on all fronts. The menu is full of delicious Italian staples like margherita pizza and spaghetti and meatballs, and the vibe is cool without being annoying. Also, save room for that apple pie skillet at the end, or don’t even bother coming." - brant cox
