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Black Market Liquor Bar - Studio City Restaurant and Bar

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One of the Most Reviewed Oyster bar restaurants in Los Angeles


Address

11915 Ventura Blvd, Studio City, CA 91604

Website

www.blackmarketliquorbar.com

Contact

(818) 446-2533

Price rating

$$ $$

Rating on Google Maps

4.50 (711 reviews)

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  • 3/5 Luce G. 1 year ago on Google
    We went on Saturday as this place was in my list of restaurants to visit it looked in pics very nice inside, the bar area, ceiling and fans are very cool, but that's it. The menu for was ok with lack of variety in the main plates so we only ordered some plates to share. The spicy Korean wings were delicious, the shrimp with aioli were not my favorite way too seasoned and the "aioli" didn't really go with the dish, it would have been better to have a lighter dressing or just a lemon. Mussels were a disappointment, the sauce was way too greasy and heavy (usually we enjoy mussels and dip the bread in the sauce, well this was not the case, we both hated it) Service was bad and slow, we were waiting for our drinks and there was a bartender absolutely enjoying "il dolce far niente", only one guy was really doing his job. Maybe our waiter forgot our order, don't know. We had to wait between dishes when we ordered 3 small dishes to share, they didn't bring a clean plate after the messy but delicious K-wings, had to ask for clean silverware, didn't take the empty glasses on our table. The Strawberry cocktail was really good(red hot and unbothered), we ordered 2. The ginger cocktail (son of a beesting) -not my favorite- but the ginger candy was really good. Martini was good just as ordered(dirty and extra dry), no martini glasses but in a small glass that when my husband moved it to drink it got spilled on the table).The sticky toffee pudding was good. Bill for 3 plates to share, 3 cocktails and dessert $139. My reviews are always based on price, service, food and place/vibe. Won't come back.
    3 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Nicole D. 2 years ago on Google
    Delicious tapas-style restaurant. I’d recommend ordering about 3 plates for 2 people. Small plates packed with unique flavor! Chicken taquitos are a must have! Great atmosphere, loved the outdoors seating. Quick service and brought out one dish at a time in my case which was excellent so nothing got cold. Pictured: Chi Chi drink (very strong, shareable, and great flavor), chicken bao (delicious), spring rolls (eh), and the chicken taquitos (12/10, one of my favorite dishes I’ve ever had!). Highly recommend this place.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 M R. 8 months ago on Google
    This was one of my favorite spots, I've been coming for years, but yesterday was my last one. The chubby blonde waitress asked me with attitude and out loud in front of everyone and in front of my girlfriend how much was the tip I left. Everyone around could not believe her behaviour. 1 star well deserved. This greatplace is losing money with this employee
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Steve D. 1 year ago on Google
    Atmosphere is very casual and comfortable. The food is very good. The staff is very friendly and professional. The skirt steak and the sea bass were excellent. Prior to the entrees we had the Brussel sprouts , crispy spring rolls and peel and eat shrimp. All were delicious. You can share small plates among everyone at the table if desired. This was our first time dining here. We will definitely return!
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Taly M. 2 years ago on Google
    We ordered the beets, cauliflower, biscuits, and chilaquiles. The first three were great. The chilaquiles were fine but some bites were oddly a bit fishy. Dining experience was rather pleasant, besides our struggle to find the restaurant. There isn’t much of a sign out front and no one answered our calls, which was rather annoying.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Cherryl M. 2 years ago on Google
    Excellent food & cocktails. Unorganized and slow service needs to improve.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Steve 2 years ago on Google
    Amazing food! I got the skirt steak, it was very juicy and delicious. Went great with the fries! Also, don’t forget dessert. Get the flutter nutter 🥜🤤
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Corinna L. 7 months ago on Google
    I don’t typically go to the valley for dinner but really enjoyed sitting on the patio of this place. The quality of the food in relation to the price was just about right and fair in my opinion (as opposed to many average restaurants with astronomical prices these days). We ordered 3 tapas for the 2 of us. Trecce pasta was the winner, followed by the meatballs and lastly the roasted Brussel sprouts. I also liked the atmosphere and would come back again.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 2/5 Armin and the Ziggs (. 1 year ago on Google
    Good food and drinks. I love the environment and I’m a frequent visitor. Only complaint I had was the wait. There were a lot of clean and empty tables (including our table) and they had us wait standing outside for approx 30 mins to be seated. They’re not the only restaurant that I’ve seen do this. I don’t see any explanation for this, but perhaps there was a staff/server shortage? Other than that, once we were seated, food drinks and service were all excellent. I subtracted 3 stars mainly because of the experience upon entry. It can be a mood killer.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Zosia B. 2 years ago on Google
    This was a pretty great brunch spot. Plenty of outdoor seating, dog friendly and allergy (food modification) friendly. We got the smoked trout with ciabatta, a custom butter lettuce and chicken salad (my friend had a lot of allergies) and the short rib dish. All were tasty. Our only complaint is the food did not come out at the same time, to the point where all of us were nearly done eating (and we waited!) before our friends dish arrived. To be fair it was the modified dish, so maybe the chef wasn’t used to making it. I’d come back here as it was easy to get a table and the food was enjoyable.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Eli C. 1 year ago on Google
    It's design is very cool, and the staff is impeccable. Some of the best drinks you can get, and some of the best food as well...that having been said... portion is a bit of a problem. I don't want to go out to dinner and spend $250, and need to grab In-n-Out on the way home. TLDR go for cocktails and an app, don't go for dinner.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Casey S. 1 year ago on Google
    All I have to say is WOW! What a fantastic time here for dinner while in town visiting. The food was amazing. Best meatballs ever. The sea bass was great. Chicken bao was soo good. Maggie our server was so sweet and even helped me play a trick on my girlfriend and we got her to believe that I ordered a Fluffernutter desert for our appetizer. 😆 we recieved such great service that we will definitely return on our visits to Cali!!
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Dusty H. 11 months ago on Google
    Love Black Market! Great food, yummy cocktails. We went for brunch and had the chicken and waffles, biscuits and gravy, fried cauliflower, and of course bottomless mimosas. All was so good, I forgot to snap pics but had the churros for desert and they were great.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Jasmiine C. 5 months ago on Google
    Amazing food. The bok choy salad... Lamb skewers... Mussels... Trout... Lobster pasta. Amazing. Painkillers as a drank cant go wrong. Service amazing despite being busy

  • 5/5 Camille T. 7 months ago on Google
    The food was absolutely amazing. We had the spicy chicken wings, bolognese, corn ravioli, lamb skewers, hamachi, & peach cobbler. It was all incredibly delicious. Our server Kristen was an absolute gem. We are huge fans of Antonia’s and we were not disappointed!!!

  • 5/5 Imaan 5 months ago on Google
    This is a review for the dinner menu. This place is a hidden gem. The only reason we knew about it, is because I love Antonia Lofaso from Food Network! My recommendation would be to just order a bunch of different small shareable plates so you can sample the variety of things. They are all SO good. I would do this instead of focusing on the “mains.” It is quite dark and dim inside, but that is the cozy and intimate vibe.

  • 5/5 Omer R. 2 years ago on Google
    Had a really good time at the Black Market. We did a tapas sharing round, and I especially liked the Brussels Sprouts and the meatballs. Cocktail-wise, the Red Hot was my favorite with a spicy sweet mix. Our waitress Emma was really kind and sweet and had good chemistry with us, which is always a good thing. Would definitely come back.

  • 5/5 Caitlin M. 4 months ago on Google
    I love this place every time I go. The food is amazing and delicious. My favorite thing is the smoked trout ciabatta. You can never go wrong with pretty.much anything on the menu, I'm pretty sure I've had almost everything 😂.

  • 5/5 Dede E. 9 months ago on Google
    It had been a few years since I was last here for a Mom Night Out and this place has aged well! We had such a fabulous evening. Perfect really. I think that this restaurant is best with people you really want to share with ... food, cocktails, laughs. The atmosphere is conducive to talking and a lot of the food is best shared! We shared the deviled quail eggs first, which were so dillicous and such a perfect tiny bite. The painkiller and son of a beesting cocktails were unique and delicious. We shared the meat balls next and these are the BEST meat balls I've ever had in my life. (Yup go ahead and joke but go for the balls). We all had different mains my friends had the papardeli and gnudi which they both loved ... I had the tiny but mighty lobster roll. Perfect ratio of buttery bread to creamy delicious lobsterness. My last cocktail was the Fade to Black 🖤 and we finished our lovely evening with the chocolate bread pudding. It's really satisfying to have such a great dessert at the end of a meal. Can't wait to to come back soon.

  • 4/5 Cecilia Ramirez T. 11 months ago on Google
    The place is inviting and casual. I loved the brick ceiling as it gave a European vibe. The tapas style food was perfect to accompany our drinks. We had a lobster pasta, spring rolls, taquitos and Mexican corn. The oysters were a plus! Fresh and tasty. The only concern we had is the tables weren't very accommodating for my tall husband and his tall friend but we made it work.

  • 4/5 Sarah S. 1 year ago on Google
    Great ambiance in a cool building. Food is above average. My favorite was the fried cauliflower, yum! The dining room is sooooo loud, though. I was with a big group, and it was so hard to hear. My main dish was pasta. It was ok, kinda boring, and soaked in butter. Goat cheese seemed non-existent. Service was mediocre, nothing terrible, just not amazing. Water glasses are almost as small as a shot glass, which was odd. Heat was blasting in the women's bathroom, weird too!! Best was the re-imagined take on a fluff r nutter sandwich. It was super sweet but delicious.

  • 4/5 Barbara L. 1 year ago on Google
    Had brunch on the patio. It was very comfortable with the heat lamp. The short rib dish was delicious but I wanted more! We also had the trout toast, chilaqiles and French toast. Everything was very good. Our server was just right. No hovering but he checked in enough. I want to go back to try the fried chicken!

  • 5/5 Anastasia V. 1 year ago on Google
    I was here for brunch on a weekend and it was amazing! The food was delicious, and our group really enjoyed ordering several things and sharing, so all of us got to sample more of the menu. The cocktails were also lovely and unique. Our server was cheerful and attentive, and gave us time to try each dish before the next one came out, so we weren't overwhelmed with all the dishes at once. Plus, the curved ceiling and general decor was cozy and stylish. One of the best places I've tried in LA!

  • 3/5 Heather M. 1 year ago on Google
    I was surprised in a disappointing way. He menu looks amazing, but the execution just isn't there. We spent more than $100 without drinks and left hungry. And the food was just alright. Not horrible, but definitely not worth the cost. We ordered the short rib hash, which was $35 and it was tiny, plus wasn't a hash, it was short rib on top of mashed potatoes. We also ordered the chicken and waffles (which has a 25 minute lead time) and what arrived was a whole Cornish game hen that was fried like a softshell crab. I will day the physical space is lovely. I'm sure it's great for pricey drinks.

  • 5/5 Veronica G. 1 year ago on Google
    Love this place. As soon as you walk in you fall in love with the place from the brick ceiling to the shelving of the alcohol to the both table with candle light. This place is amazing for any occasion. The food is amazing nothing i tried was a let down. The drinks out of this world. The crew new exactly how to make you feel welcomed. Definitely coming back here.

  • 3/5 Dan O. 2 years ago on Google
    Nice ambience and decor. Polite service. But the menu is not well rounded considering it’s LA… no salad section for instance just: “more to share” even though one item was just a salad? It feels like easy food to throw together and trumped up to be fancy but it’s pretty ordinary really. I had chicken bao… and the cole slaw was pure vinegar… with tiny amount of chicken. For the price it felt like a cheat.

  • 5/5 Brianna C. 2 years ago on Google
    Our server was so lovely omg.. I wish I remembered her name! Incredible customer service and out-of-this-world flavor in the dishes we got. Highly recommend the crudo, quail eggs, fried cauliflower (chef’s grandma’s recipe), smoked trout, and handmade pastas. Would think that the potato chips would be a sleeper but they were so light and crispy. Wow wow wow. Can’t wait to go back.

  • 5/5 Valerie H. 2 years ago on Google
    Love it! Flavours and temperature of the dishes came out just right. Great for sharing. Love it that they have skirt steak, meatballs were juicy and the tomato sauce is just to die for. Wish there's more bread!🤣


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Amenities


  • Pets
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed
    • ✓️ Dogs allowed outside
  • Parking
    • ✓️ Valet parking
    • ✓️ Paid street parking
    • ✓️ Somewhat difficult to find a space
  • Payments
    • ✓️ Debit cards
    • ✓️ Credit cards
  • Offerings
    • ✓️ Beer
    • ✓️ Wine
    • ✓️ Coffee
    • ✓️ Alcohol
    • ✓️ Cocktails
    • ✓️ Hard liquor
    • ✓️ Comfort food
    • ✓️ Small plates
    • ✓️ Vegan options
    • ✓️ Organic dishes
    • ✓️ Happy hour food
    • ✓️ Late-night food
    • ✓️ Happy hour drinks
    • ✓️ Vegetarian options
    • ✓️ Private dining room
  • Popular for
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Solo dining
  • Accessibility
    • ✗ Assistive hearing loop
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible seating
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot
  • Dining options
    • ✓️ Dinner
    • ✓️ Dessert
    • ✓️ Seating
    • ✓️ Catering
    • ✓️ Counter service
  • Service options
    • ✓️ Dine-in
    • ✓️ Takeout
    • ✓️ Delivery
    • ✓️ Curbside pickup
    • ✓️ Outdoor seating
    • ✓️ No-contact delivery
  • From the business
    • ✓️ Identifies as women-owned

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