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
1 comment:
You're so good about posting reviews, Yukari. I've been meaning to post on our El Torito outing.
But here I go again with the food review!
Blue Marlin is a Japanese Italian place. (Sounds weird, I know, but there are enough places like that to form it's own little genre.) We go there a lot since it's in our neighborhood and we can walk to it. Toetoe has been there at least four times now. And everytime we've been the wait staff has been tolerant to accomodating of her.
Food wise, I love this place even though it can be kind of inconsistent. I had the mentaiko spaghetti which is spaghetti with teeny tiny fish eggs. It was pretty yummy and was topped with nori. There was a good noodle to mentaiko ratio and the noodles were al dente, just the way I like it. I normally get the curries there which when they are good, are amazing. But sometimes...
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