Paloma Venice

"Jason Neroni, the former chef of the Rose and the now-closed Best Bet Pizzeria, has landed at Paloma in Venice. Neroni’s restaurant group, Jaybird Hospitality, refreshed the space with a new exterior mural painted by the chef and designed an all-day menu with breakfast, raw bar selections, salads, and more. Paloma opened in October 2022 serving California Mediterranean fare by Madeo veteran chef Raul Cerritos. Neroni’s slate of new dishes, which debuted on July 3, includes rigatoni beef sugo, grilled branzino, Nantucket bay scallops served on the half shell, mushroom pizza, and street corn made with an English pea hummus, roasted garlic, green Thai curry, pistachios, and wasabi peas. To accompany the food menu are new cocktails and wines from sommelier Rachel Binder." - Mona Holmes

"There's a good chance Paloma didn't intend to look like a Mexican boutique hotel. After all, it's not a Mexican restaurant, and instead a mediocre (and pricey) French-Italian spot with a gorgeous patio. And like every scene-y restaurant in Tulum, Paloma is so dark it's a borderline safety hazard. The minimal light from candles and woven lanterns is the only thing stopping you from publicly wiping out, but it’s still dark enough not to realize that the bougainvilleas framing the patio are actually fake. Overall, the romantic space is undeniably pleasant, but probably not enough to forgive the bland $24 penne pomodoro. " - brant cox, sylvio martins, nikko duren

"Elsewhere in Venice, Paloma is launching near-daily breakfast this week." - Farley Elliott

"These chilly winter nights feel like the perfect reason to actually get out of the house and escape a little bit, and that’s exactly what Paloma in Venice provides. There might not be a more purely coastal European menu in Los Angeles, one that feels untethered to a specific cuisine and more rooted in a Mediterranean lifestyle." - Eater Staff

"Paloma is a somewhat French, somewhat Italian restaurant with a culturally confused Tulum-esque decor. Whatever the theme, the food at this Venice restaurant isn't good enough to warrant the prices. Dining here feels like being fed by someone who got inspired after watching an episode of Rachel Ray and planned out a three-course meal of dishes sourced from Allrecipes.com. The artichoke salad with "avocado dressing" is artichokes tossed in bland guacamole, the seabass filet comes in tomato sauce that still tastes like the tin can, and the overcooked fusilli pasta can't be salvaged by tuna belly and olives in its pomodoro sauce. The most exciting cocktail on the menu is a lychee martini. So what are you paying for at Paloma? A beautiful outdoor patio decked out with wicker lamps, romantic lighting, and dangling bougainvilleas that, if you look close enough, are fake." - Sylvio Martins