friday, august 25 around 1:00pm
the babies at the bakery event is every friday from 1pm to 4:30pm.
review by yucaree.
1. Are aisles wide enough for strollers?
no, it's best to park your stroller outside near the small tables. you can keep an eye on it through the large windows.
2. Highchairs available?
not that i know of ... there's really no place to eat inside. the store is split up into two rooms, the actual storefront and the playroom. there are chairs set up along the wall in the playroom where you can eat, but there's no seating (with tables) except for the cafe tables set up outside.
3. General ambient noise
on fridays when they have the "babies at the bakery" events the playroom can get pretty crowded and loud. no surprise since there are lots of babies under the age of 2.
4. Outdoor seating
a few cafe tables
5. Spacing between tables
it's the sidewalk so there's some extra space.
6. General service/attitude from staff
they are very friendly and accommodating, probably because they're used to having so many moms and babies visit on fridays.
7. Tolerance/attitude of other diners
i've never been there on a regular day (i.e., non-babies at the bakery day) so i don't know how the other customers feel, but since it's not a sit-down sort of place i can't imagine the staff or other customers being rude.
8. Separate rooms available
n/a
9. Changing table in the restroom
don't know
10. Parking/transit availability
there's metered street parking out front on washington boulevard. the number 1 line of the culver city bus runs along washington.
11. Breastfeeding?
breastfeed away. no one seems to mind at all.
12. Other
the great thing about the babies at the bakery event is that they have a nanny there to watch your child. this was especially helpful today when the moms were getting their massages. the $1.50/minute massage fee includes babysitting with the nanny.
THE ESSENTIAL CHOCOLATE COLLECTION
10868 Washington Boulevard
Culver City, CA 90232
(310) 287-0699
Friday, August 25, 2006
Friday, August 18, 2006
blue marlin
lunch on friday, august 18 around 11:30am
there were five of us (+ four babies) and two strollers.
review by yucaree.
1. Are aisles wide enough for strollers?
it's not a very large restaurant, but the main aisle down the center of the seating area is quite wide and there was not a problem pushing the strollers into the restaurant.
2. Highchairs available?
there were at least two
3. General ambient noise
not too bad. the restaurant wasn't completely full, but the converstaion level wasn't loud and didn't bother the babies. for the most part all five of us could hear each other.
4. Outdoor seating
there are a couple small tables outside between the parking lot and the walkway.
5. Spacing between tables
most of the tables are two seaters, so we easily pushed a few together to make a larger table, thereby creating enough room to park two strollers at either end. however, the two tables on either side of us were empty so we weren't particularly disturbing other diners with our stroller placements.
6. General service/attitude from staff
they were accomodating of the strollers and didn't mind moving tables for us. when maya dropped her container of gloppy baby food, the server quickly came to help me wipe it up and didn't seem to mind at all.
7. Tolerance/attitude of other diners
most of the other diners were young (mostly asian) college student types or office workers. we didn't get any negative vibes from them. i suspect because we didn't have anyone in our immediate vicinity and the wide aisle in the middle separated us from most of the other diners who were conversing.
8. Separate rooms available
no
9. Changing table in the restroom
didn't check, but i'd guess there was not a changing table.
10. Parking/transit availability
there is a parking lot for the entire strip mall, which fills up fast. when we got there at 11:30am there was still ample parking but when we left a little over an hour later it was totally full. by then, the valet parkers were there to move around the cars. i believe the valet parking is free (although you probably have to tip). there's street parking in the residential neighborhood on corinth (west of sawtelle) or metered parking on sawtelle. there are plenty of buses that run along sawtelle so i'm sure there is transit availability (especially since olympic is half a block to the south).
11. Breastfeeding?
no one in our group breastfed today, but i'm sure if you covered up it wouldn't be a problem. depends on your comfort level.
Misc: there are ceiling fans, which one of the babies was totally enthralled with. the walls are painted as if under the sea, so there's something for the babies to look at.
BLUE MARLIN
2121 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 445-2522
there were five of us (+ four babies) and two strollers.
review by yucaree.
1. Are aisles wide enough for strollers?
it's not a very large restaurant, but the main aisle down the center of the seating area is quite wide and there was not a problem pushing the strollers into the restaurant.
2. Highchairs available?
there were at least two
3. General ambient noise
not too bad. the restaurant wasn't completely full, but the converstaion level wasn't loud and didn't bother the babies. for the most part all five of us could hear each other.
4. Outdoor seating
there are a couple small tables outside between the parking lot and the walkway.
5. Spacing between tables
most of the tables are two seaters, so we easily pushed a few together to make a larger table, thereby creating enough room to park two strollers at either end. however, the two tables on either side of us were empty so we weren't particularly disturbing other diners with our stroller placements.
6. General service/attitude from staff
they were accomodating of the strollers and didn't mind moving tables for us. when maya dropped her container of gloppy baby food, the server quickly came to help me wipe it up and didn't seem to mind at all.
7. Tolerance/attitude of other diners
most of the other diners were young (mostly asian) college student types or office workers. we didn't get any negative vibes from them. i suspect because we didn't have anyone in our immediate vicinity and the wide aisle in the middle separated us from most of the other diners who were conversing.
8. Separate rooms available
no
9. Changing table in the restroom
didn't check, but i'd guess there was not a changing table.
10. Parking/transit availability
there is a parking lot for the entire strip mall, which fills up fast. when we got there at 11:30am there was still ample parking but when we left a little over an hour later it was totally full. by then, the valet parkers were there to move around the cars. i believe the valet parking is free (although you probably have to tip). there's street parking in the residential neighborhood on corinth (west of sawtelle) or metered parking on sawtelle. there are plenty of buses that run along sawtelle so i'm sure there is transit availability (especially since olympic is half a block to the south).
11. Breastfeeding?
no one in our group breastfed today, but i'm sure if you covered up it wouldn't be a problem. depends on your comfort level.
Misc: there are ceiling fans, which one of the babies was totally enthralled with. the walls are painted as if under the sea, so there's something for the babies to look at.
BLUE MARLIN
2121 Sawtelle Blvd Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 445-2522
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