Polo Lounge

"The most famous dish in L.A. is arguably the (admittedly steeply-priced) $44 McCarthy Chopped Salad at the Polo Lounge, complete with avocado, chicken, beets, bacon, chickpeas, cheddar, and balsamic dressing. Enjoy it on their sun-dappled patio that exudes Old Hollywood." —Lilah Ramzi"

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"The Polo Bar at the Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel—it's a place within a place within a place. This is probably even closer to [where I live] than Wally's, so I'm here daily, because I do all my meetings there. It's like the epicenter of the LA power dining. I'm talking about people who run the industry. The bar is the best part. It's this beautiful classic bar—it's tiny. I think it only has five bar seats. There'll be these big executives having lunch. I walked in last time and Jessica Alba was there with her team and I said, 'I don't know what's happening here, but I'm directing it.' And sure enough, I'm directing that project, That's what happens at the Polo Lounge." - brennan carley

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"If there’s a place that invented the power breakfast, it’s probably The Polo Lounge, despite the fact that the food is now downright terrible. This restaurant in the Beverly Hills Hotel was where Old Hollywood came for pancakes and eggs, and it’s still a favorite of producers, directors, and stars who order $49 lobster eggs Benedict (just kidding, no one who works in Hollywood would willingly eat that much butter). If your boss thinks they’re the next Ari Emanuel, you should just book every breakfast meeting here." - jess basser sanders, brant cox, nikko duren

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"This list wouldn’t be complete without an appearance from the seminal Beverly Hills spot and one of the lowest rated restaurant on our website, the Polo Lounge. Located deep inside the Beverly Hills Hotel, this catatonic patio is certainly classic, but that doesn’t excuse how completely inedible and offensively overpriced the food is here. The fact that the most well-known dish is a $52 bowl of linguine that can only be the result of somebody dumping chardonnay over pre-heated noodles should tell you everything. So just stick to the scene, which is mostly fading Hollywood wannabees, and then maybe ask for the rest of that bottle of chardonnay." - brant cox

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"The first thing you need to know about the Polo Lounge is that absolutely no one comes here to eat. They come here to take meetings, scream at their publicists, chug white wine, and order a $44 iceberg salad simply for optics.  But if you’re able to get past how unfathomably bad the food is here, this poolside restaurant inside the Beverly Hills Hotel has its upsides. In particular, the people-watching. On any given day, there are so many famous people here (several of whom live at the hotel), it’s the normal people that stick out. So grab a glass of wine and your biggest pair of sunglasses and do your best to play it cool." - brant cox