Otium

Category: New American restaurant in Los Angeles, California

Address: 222 S Hope St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA

Phone: +12139358500

Opening hours

Sunday: 5–9PM

Monday: Closed

Tuesday: Closed

Wednesday: 5–9PM

Thursday: 5–9PM

Friday: 5–10PM

Saturday: 5–10PM

Reviews

Danny Estrada

Sep 2, 2022

Take ALL my money! Ive spent double at the new Jose Andres restaurant kitty cat corner to here and wasn't nearly as thrilled or entertained with that experience. Sorry JA, i know you do good work, but Otium is amazing. Every damn thing ordered was an experience. New favorite place? Yes! Super fun dining and drinking experience? Yes! A lot of financial workers happy hour and private event spot.... Yeah, but i totally see why. - naan/ flat bread with butter and an order of bone marrow reduction. 10 outta 10 - seasonal heirloom tomato tart. 20 outta 10. A summer treat apparently. - gnocchi, seared and buttery 15 outta 10 - world best roasted chicken 10 outta 10 (its chicken hard to rate higher then 10) - the side of otium potatos and crispy shallot rice chefs kiss outta 10. They have 200 dollar fancy steaks, I'm coming back. Im rich! For food.

Caleb Fornari

Aug 25, 2022

I really wanted to give this place 5 stars. Unfortunately this visit didn't quite measure up, but I would give 4.5 if I could. We arrived approx. 10 mins prior to our reservation and were asked to wait at a table in the bar/lobby area. No problem there, we were early after all. However we were given drink menus, but nobody ever came to take a drink order. We waited for around 25 minutes total with no drinks and nobody acknowledging us. Finally our waiter noticed us and apologized and we were seated right away. Once seated, everything was impeccable. They even gave us a table right in front of the kitchen with a beautiful view of the operation and a nice card congratulating us for the occasion we were celebrating. Service and staff were all excellent. While the ambience and service we great the food is the real highlight here. Served family style yet still elegant and refined. Sophisticated but not even a little bit pretentious. It's clear that a lot of thought has been put into the food here. We had the salmon tartare for an appetizer. It was excellent, reminiscent of Asia but grounded in familiar flavors. For mains we had the Lamb and the Aged Duck. The Lamb was great but the Duck was exceptional. Their dry aging program is definitely working. I have tried duck all over the world including Peking in Beijing and this was the best I have ever had. A real masterpiece. The wine list was good, perhaps a little light on "By the Glass" selections. However it was clear that the choices that were available were all of high quality. I tried a few reds and both were excellent examples of their type.

Rebecca Seamans

Aug 22, 2022

Fantastic service and a delicious meal

Matthew

Aug 21, 2022

Otium is a special place. It’s a bit busy and buzzy for a reason. A lot of thought went into this place from the elegant design to the open kitchen to the thoughful wine list to the fantastic cocktails to the memorable food. Don’t miss the sweet corn agnolotti (when in season). Same for the dover sole with fried capers. Wow. Special thanks to sommeliers Christine and Joey for a great recco on a white french wine from the Jura region. It is pricey but yet, this place should be on your list.

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Questions & Answers

Mothers Day buffet?

Colette Sosnick | Sep 15, 2019
Lynne Deakers | Sep 15, 2019

Probably not. Check website

Where can you park when coming here? Thanks

Oliver Sierra | Sep 15, 2019
Cory Baker | Sep 15, 2019

They have a valet, and there are a couple garages within a few blocks. Also street parking if you are lucky

I would like to make reservation 20 people with private room on 12/30 at 7pm. Thank you!

June Chien | Sep 15, 2018
Rico Nasol | Sep 15, 2018

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