The best service and the staff are great I would come back to sofi for food and atmosphere

The food was overly expensive- and they give you small portions- there's barely any food on the plate. the chicken and lamb were both bland tasting and the service was verrrrrrrry slowwwwww. we will never go back there again!

I saw some negative reviews (dated 2006) about this restaurant and could not believe it. I have been there twice so far in 2008, and on each occasion, everything was superb! The ambiance is fabulous, especially on the outdoor patio. The food and service were uniformly stupendous. One diner with me commented that, of all the restaurants she had been to on the continents of Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and North America, she liked THIS restaurant the very best! I have nothing but accolades for this restaurant. Please. It doesn't get better than this.

The food here is good but its a pain in the @$$ to get to this restuarant and parking is horrible too

I've been to Sofi twice before and had reasonably good experiences, however, as of last night, I will not be returning any time soon. I made a reservation the day before and upon arriving was told I'd have to wait for a table. I was shocked to see the place so busy, and was actually happy that they had a full house, and didn't mind the 10 minute wait for my table. Service, however, for the rest of the night went downhill from there. We were a party of 3 and we ordered a bottle wine. We finshed that bottle before the appetizers even came out! We waited 1.5 hours for the appetizers!!! Once they fianlly came, we got about half way through when we were presented with the entrees. Their timing was terrible. In addition, water was never refilled without asking, plates weren not cleared unless we handed them over. The waiter was unapologetic. The food itself was also lacking. The Chicken Souvlaki was bone dry and tasteless, as was, I'm told the Sofi Souvlaki. The Mezze platter we ordered as an appetizer was just okay. Sofi has a great reputation in LA but if they don't get their act together soon, that could change. The worst part of the evening, unbeknownst to Sofi Restuarant, was that my guest is an employee for Food & Wine Magazine. The restaurant should be more mindful of their service.