Step into this charming Tudor-style Scottish pub, where friendly plaid-clad waiters serve up the best prime rib and delightful drinks in a Walt Disney-inspired setting.
"Tam O’Shanter is a historic restaurant in Los Angeles known for its traditional dishes, including their popular corned beef, especially served during St. Patrick’s Day." - Kat Thompson
"Tam O’Shanter in Los Feliz, which dates back to 1922, is one of the oldest restaurants in the city and is owned by the same family as Lawry’s. Though the menu is very similar to the upscale Beverly Hills steakhouse, The Tam’s aesthetic is somewhere between a medieval drinking tavern and the Seven Dwarfs’ cottage. That’s not a coincidence either, as it’s rumored that the building inspired Walt Disney —a Tam O’Shanter regular— when he was designing Snow White. But for however bizarre and whimsical the place is, the prime rib is still damn good and the waitstaff is set on making sure you have an excellent time." - brant cox
"Sometimes the highest form of self care is to just say f*ck it and order a quart of creamed corn. The Tam O’Shanter gets it. The Tam O’Shanter always gets it." - brant cox, kat hong, brett keating, james montgomery
"With a plotline that features poisonous apples, talking mirrors, and a disheveled cabin filled with seven sexless men, Snow White is easily the scariest movie in the Disney vault. If you’re in the mood for something similar, head immediately to Tam O’Shanter. The classic Scottish-themed steakhouse in Atwater Village might not possess those exact elements, but it does boast aggressive Tudor-style architecture that, at least for a few hours, will make you believe you’re stuck in an enchanted forest. Open since 1922, it’s one of LA’s oldest restaurants and counted Walt Disney himself as a regular, so watch your back—and the mirrors." - brant cox
"The Tam O’Shanter is one of those vaguely Old World spots in Southern California that’s so strange, so out-of-place, and yet so… effortlessly perfect, it almost shouldn’t exist. Between the wrought-iron chandeliers hanging from the ceiling, fireplaces in every room, and five miles of carpeting on the floors, this Disney-adjacent Scottish pub run by the Lawry's people has felt frozen in time since it opened in 1922. The food’s great, too: there’s a funky Scotch rarebit douse with rich cheddar sauce) and their take on Toad In A Hole, a semi-stew of filet mignon, mushrooms, onions, and gravy heaped inside a giant puffy Yorkshire pudding." - arden shore, sylvio martins, brant cox
