Public School

This is a great place to come for delicious food and drinks with friends. I can not give it a full 5 stars because it is extremely loud and the parking situation is difficult. You have to pay for valet parking since the street parking in the area is very difficult. The food is delicious even though the portions are small. This make it easy to order a few different things on the menu since all of it looks so delicious! Get here on the earlier side if you do not want to have too much of a wait.

Public School is a pretty chill night place with a good vibe. I went on a weeknight, which had quick seating and service. The food was okay, a little pricy, but solid for Ventura Blvd restaurants. I will say that the drink selection is pretty basic. If you like a good selection of draft beer, they have a solid one. Mixed drinks were okay, but could be made with a little more attention. I suggest getting the calamari and the chicken sandwich with egg on it. Great choice.

So - normally when I give five stars - I'm going to rave about the place. I prefer to give good over bad reviews so people know the best places to go, and because, generally, the bad places are going to do themselves in on their own -but I digress. Public School 818 is a very cool, unique concept and it's well done. The food was very good and the service was very good. I'm sorry I'm just not overly excited about it - I think I feel it's somehow lacking something - it's almost generically good. It's a neat place and you'd enjoy the setting and the food, drink, and setting for sure though.

I skipped dinner and had dessert. The Nutella ice cream cookie sandwich. The cookie was great! The Nutella made it too sweet, and I’m not sure what vanilla ice cream they used but it wasn’t anything special. Cookie was the best part. Boss got the PB&J burger which was interesting and sounds weird. He said it was OK. I tried the cauliflower which was delicious, but parts of it were too crunchy— in the sense I couldn’t really chew on it comfortably. The taste was great. Other boss got the 불고기 cheesesteak and enjoyed it.

This restaurant had a great theme that was incorporated throughout the facility. And the food was spot-on! Everything was tasteful and well seasoned. My husband had a delicious Bison BBQ burger with an amazing peanut coleslaw. He's not usually a coleslaw guy, but he was glad he tried it! The peanuts really balanced the slaw. I enjoyed my Poke bowl. The veggies were fantastic and the rice wine vinaigrette really brought the taste pallet together fully! We will definitely be visiting this restaurant again.

We were easily able to make a reservation for Public School on Ventura Blvd in Sherman Oaks on OpenTable, where they gave you different seating area options to select from. If you don’t park in their lot, we found plenty of street parking in the residential neighborhood across the street. I was craving something healthy-ish and filling, so I went with the Chophouse Filet Steak Salad ($21) which comes with chopped romaine, mixed greens, roasted red pepper, pickled onion, blue cheese dressing, filet mignon medallions & crispy fried onions. The blue cheese dressing was extremely light, and I’d you’re mildly sensitive to dairy you likely won’t have a problem with it as-is. I asked if I could switch out the crispy fried onions for grilled onions since I’m gluten free, and they were able to accommodate! I also really liked how they listed on their menu with GA in circles to clearly denote which items were Gluten Friendly. I would do the same thing if I came back, but next time I would add the avocado for $3 extra.

We visited this restaurant 5/6/2022 and our experience here was so bad we didn't stay any longer than 20mins. We stood at the hostess stand for 10 mins. In that 10mins two waiters LITERALLY walked right past us to put menus back and didn't even acknowledge us. In fact, the waiter in the photo walked past us twice! They didn't say "Hello" , "Be right with you", NOTHING! Finally after 10 minutes and my husband walked to the bar to ask for someone to seat us we were finally acknowledged and sat at probably the worst seat in the house, next to the patio door they very often use and the table was sticky and wobbly. Mind you I am THE ONLY BLACK person in the restaurant and I kind-of felt like we were being discarded. I tried giving them the benefit of the doubt and sat there without making a scene. 5 mins go by... no service. We try waving one of the MANY waiters down to at least get a better table but they were moving so fast. Finally after hitting our 8 min mark, I got up from the table to look for the manger, Troy. I finally found him, told him my concerns without attacking him or raising my voice and all he had to say was "Okay". There was no apology, no explanation, YET AGAIN NOTHING! My husband ended up chiming in and simply said "If we're going to be treated this way, we don't need to eat here." Troy then responded with the most unprofessional response ever.."Okay bye". DO NOT GO TO THIS PLACE. THEY CLEARLY DON'T KNOW HOW TO TREAT THEIR CUSTOMERS. INSTEAD THEY'RE IN THE BUSINESS OF INSULATING CUSTOMERS. TRY BLUE DOG UP THE STREET, THEY ARE WAY NICER.

An eclectic eatery with a fun theme throughout offering a variety of hamburgers, sandwiches, salads, and breakfast brunch dishes. Public School offers a new twist to the school yard with cute names for their menu. "Recess" is Happy Hour. "Liquid Education" is their drink menu with signature cocktails and Old School - drinks on every menu such as Margaritas, Vodka and Soda, Gin and Tonic. I enjoyed a juicy Public School Hamburger, which comes with Sriracha ketchup, mustard BBQ sauce, lettuce, tomato, onion, pickle, and American cheese with a side of crispy fries. We also munched on the Crispy Fish Tacos made with cod, cabbage slaw, white cheddar, Pico de Gallo, chiptole butternut herb dressing. I washed these down with a Hazy IPA. Public School is popular because the menu is so diverse. There is something for everyone. Plus this place has darn good sauces! Public School is located across the street from the Galleria Mall and across the street from the Top 40 Radio Station on the bottom floor of a high rise. Parking is cumbersome if you don't Valet. There is a pay by parking space lot farther down to the west. It is just a short walk up the street to the restaurant. There is outside patio dining, inside booth seating and a small bar.