Downtown LA's Water Grill coming to Santa Monica.

[wienermobile]

Good news for seafood lovers, Water Grill is coming to Santa Monica with a 2nd location in the Ocean Ave Seafood space. Should be open sometime this summer.
http://www.watergrill.com

[SilverlakeGirl]

I used to love the old Water Grill and had many expense account dinners there. So when i was invited to dinner there several days ago I was apprehensive as to how I would like it.

I was not at all shocked at the change in decor although puzzled that the WG designates "dressy apparel" even though jeans were overwhelmingly the norm.

The service was spotty but the food was, IMO, just not up to snuff. Ordinary would be my description. I would be hard pressed to go back again if I was paying.

Just my opinion.

[Ernie]

I have to agree with you, Silverlake Girl. Was there recently too and I miss the excellent seafood and service from the old Water Grill. It is not nearly as good as it used to be.

[ipsedixit]

Plus 10.

I was there the other night.

10 years ago, Water Grill was a special place. A cool business lunch spot reserved for those celebratory lunches or A-list client meetings. And for dinner, even in DTLA, it felt classy and vibrant.

Now? It's like getting McCormick & Schmick's with an auto 15% surcharge on the food.

This latest expansion just sort of puts the nail on the head for me. If you can't do one place right, trying to do it in two places is, to use a very hackneyed term, a recipe for disaster.

[AlkieGourmand]

Water Grill is a good restaurant. Ocean Avenue Seafood is crap. It will be interesting to see what the new Water Grill is like.

[nosh]

Was/Is/Are Water Grill and/or Ocean Ave. Seafood part of the King Seafood group that has at least a couple of restaurants in the San Diego area as well?

[cls]

http://www.kingsseafood.com/about.html

[wienermobile]

Yes, same company.