Girasol

CLOSED. This location reopening as Balcones de Peru on December 22, 2018. This location will be an offshoot of Balcones de Peru in Hollywood. This is a review of their awesome happy hour daily Tuesday thru Sunday 5 - 7 pm, as,I haven't eaten from the main menu yet. Happy hour here is great. Wines $6. Great cocktails like walnut old fashions $6 - 8. For happy hour food: bruscetta $ 8 really great, hand made potato chips in aeolli dip $5 great, plus hamachi and many other things. Everyday except Monday

Dear friends invited us for dinner - and we were looking for a quiet restaurant where we could sit and talk while enjoying the food. We try to check things out before we went - reviews (the usual mix of amazing and absolutely horrible) and their website. I must say, it always puts me off a bit when restaurants "hide" the prices on the website. Why do so? There should not be a secret - and you sure do not want to "negatively surprise" any patrons realizing that the place is over their budget after having been seated. We went on a Saturday night - and it was - apart from the over-tired kid on the next table - quiet (as quite empty). Our waiter was very knowledgeable​ and very willing to accommodate​ every of wishes - and we really tested him ;-) For us as Europeans, the service speed was perfect, for Americans unusually slow. We all found the menu very inspiring - but, and there is always a but, it comes somewhat silly when you strive that you constantly change your menu and still advertise it as "the spring menu" .... at​ the end of August ;-) The portions were small, beautifully presented ​and very tasty - the prices were, as I had already assumed by not being available on the restaurant's website​, a bit on the high side. We loved the food, we loved the place, we loved the waiter - and still,​ I am not sure if we will return. As from taste and ambience,​ they sure have exceeded​ our expectation, I award them four stars (in my rating scheme I normally do only give four stars if I vow​ to return, five only if I was prepared to make a 30+ min detour to go). If you like to try new restaurants and are not on a budget, I can highly recommend the place.

Great food, service, and decor. Eclectic menu. We had the whole snapper and kale (deliciuos) and the duck kwith fennel and peaches). Both dishes were excellent and things we couldn't have easily prepared at home. Serviceable wine list, which is possibly the only area that could use some improvement.

My daughter and I came in for a girls night out and we ordered the Chef's choice, which is a nine course meal. We were so pleased to see that EVERY dish was gorgeous to look at and also amazingly delicious!! Hamachi, crispy duck, a potato dish to die for and more!! Can't wait to come back with my husband. It's a little on the high end pricewise but I'm happy to pay for the deliciousness.