Madeo Restaurant
Italian restaurant · Crescent ·
Celebrity-favored Italian with pasta, fine wine, and views
Celebrity-favored Italian with pasta, fine wine, and views
"Madeo was a legendary restaurant known for its clubby, old-school New York feel. It closed in 2018 and moved to a new location on Sunset Boulevard. The original space has been redeveloped into a luxury condominium tower." - Matthew Kang
"Time Out food critic Patricia Kelly Yeo doesn’t hold back her disdain for the West Hollywood restaurant, calling it “one of the worst Italian restaurants at its extravagant price point — and a generally mediocre one overall,” and criticizing the ambiance and service by saying the pretentious atmosphere “falls somewhere between mildly anachronistic and downright geriatric.”" - Cathy Chaplin
"After a 36-year run and an itinerant period following the loss of its original Beverly Boulevard location, I’m relieved Madeo Ristorante has finally found a permanent home: it reopens July 1 at the 1 Hotel on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. The family-operated, classic LA Italian spot—favored by celebrities like Drake and run by Alfio Vietina, Elvira Buffoni, Nicola Vietina, and Gianni Vietina—keeps its menu close to coastal Italian roots with longtime dishes like scampi alla griglia and roast veal. The new space emphasizes al fresco dining while retaining the signature cream-and-gold striped booths, and it will be open for dinner from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tuesday through Sunday (reservations required via phone at 310-859-4903)." - Mona Holmes
"The decades-old Madeo has had a transient few years, moving from Beverly Boulevard to Beverly Hills proper, and then disappearing altogether to go run an overseas holiday pop-up. Now the Vietina family is firmly putting down roots inside the upscale 1 Hotel on the Sunset Strip, meaning sweeping views, those celebrity-famous pasta dishes, and the usual amount of class, service, and fine wine." - Matthew Kang
"I've followed the long saga of the Vietina family, owners of the hit Los Angeles Italian restaurant Madeo: their name has shown up in Drake songs and tabloid pages while they pushed pasta to some of the city's wealthiest customers, but since 2018 the restaurant mostly felt like one in exile, moving from place to place without roots. After first closing on Beverly Boulevard so the building could be redeveloped, the reborn Madeo is expected to return this spring at the 1 Hotel on the Sunset Strip with a different feel from the original born 36 years ago — more modern, breezy, and of the moment for the Strip. I was told to expect a white-tablecloth dining area as well as a bar and a patio that overlooks much of the city; there is no firm opening date yet, but representatives say a return is expected this spring. This will be the first time fans can try the Vietina family's food in Los Angeles since September 2020, when Madeo was operating as a pandemic-jostled pop-up in Beverly Hills on a short-term lease, and last summer Eater LA confirmed it would not be returning to the Beverly Boulevard address." - Farley Elliott