http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html http://st.ypbot.net/prod/images/beta_215x59.gif http://www.yellowbot.com http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html Go here for small plates that you want to share with friends. I don't recommend it for groups larger than 6 people. It's loud there as it is. When you have more than 6 people, you'll never hear each other. Also, it's BYOB. If you forget to bring a bottle of wine to go with the meal, pick one up next door, where the selection is good, but a little more expensive than other places. Finally, make a reservation. The wait can be agonizing. (Though, if you don't want to drink and you're comfortable sitting outside, I noticed you can usually snag a seat pretty quickly at one of the sidewalk tables.) http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html We always have a great time here, our all time favorites are the bacon wrapped prawns, sweet potato fries, bacon wrapper figs, steak very tender, and cooked to perfection, and asparagus dish with nuts. Great Sangria, gets to you pretty quickly. The pace is very busy; therefore, I would recommend reservations in advance. We always sit in the area of our favorite waiter, Anthony. The Maitre'd, has always been very attentive and accommodating. Great place for larger groups. We always wonderful time, and will come back sometime soon. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html Trendy and overpriced, but good food. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html Pretty good food, but they do try to hustle you out. Screamingly loud; you can't hear yourself think. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html Fun small plates, especially given BYOB policy http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html Way too crowded and most of the food is just ok. The wait staff seems more interested in dropping off their headshots. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html Too loud, too snotty, and for what? Never going back. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html But! I've never gone there and not had something intensely entertaining happen at a nearby table. From excessively shiny girls taking pictures of each other to an awkward (and failed) marriage proposal--this place has got it all. The food? Fine, but should be about 20% cheaper. The wine selection is good, but overpriced. And sometimes the corners smell of ant spray. But, again: the people watching. Good. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html I was SO excited to try Cobras and Matadors. I love tapas, it's one of my absolute favorite foods, and I had yet to find a good tapas restaurant in LA.Unfortunately, I am still looking for a good tapas restaurant in LA because this was not it. The food was okay, but not great. And the small plates were honestly too expensive. They were the price of normal plates at a normal restaurant. The whole point of tapas is to get multiple small plates!So sadly, my quest for good tapas continues. I wouldn't recommend this restaurant. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html A group of friends and I went last night. It is a very cool looking spot. I liked the decor a lot. And we were very pleased to see Ryan Gosling hanging out with a group of friends. I think this place is great for an intimate/romantic date. There were four people in our group. Two of whom had never been to a tapas restaurant before and were concerned about portion sizes and sharing. The waitress assured us that each plate was plenty to share with a group of four people. She lied! The portions were extremely small! I've been to a few tapas restaurants before and these portions were considerably smaller than what I had experienced in the past. The average tapas entree cost around $15. That can add up really quick when you have to keep ordering just to make sure the whole group gets at least halfway full. The food itself was really good! The bacon wrapped prawns were fantastic! However, as i said, the waitress said the portion sizes were large enough to feed a group of four, yet only 3 prawns came in the entree! That meant that we couldn't even get one prawn each!!!! Ugh! The $18 skirt steak was really good, as well. Very tender. But way too small to share. The grilled salmon was excellent, but once again, way too small to share. The sangria was really good and so were the churros and flourless chocolate cake. Excellent! Besides the portion sizes and prices, my only other complaint was the personality of our waitress. She was 'cordial' but rather sour and aloof. Anyway, by the end of the night, including tip our bill came to $197. Fabulous. It's truly a genius concept to get money out of people. You feel like in order to get full, you MUST keep ordering plates of food! So your bill just grows and grows. Ha! However, all in all, I will probably go again. But next time, I will eat before going and be more savvy about how to order. Pros + The food was excellent and the ambiance was fantastic! Cons - Portions are way too small and tapas entrees are way overpriced! http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html A group of friends and I went last night. It is a very cool looking spot. I liked the decor a lot. And we were very pleased to see Ryan Gosling hanging out with a group of friends. I think this place is great for an intimate/romantic date. There were four people in our group. Two of whom had never been to a tapas restaurant before and were concerned about portion sizes and sharing. The waitress assured us that each plate was plenty to share with a group of four people. She lied! The portions were extremely small! I've been to a few tapas restaurants before and these portions were considerably smaller than what I had experienced in the past. The average tapas entree cost around $15. That can add up really quick when you have to keep ordering just to make sure the whole group gets at least halfway full. The food itself was really good! The bacon wrapped prawns were fantastic! However, as i said, the waitress said the portion sizes were large enough to feed a group of four, yet only 3 prawns came in the entree! That meant that we couldn't even get one prawn each!!!! Ugh! The $18 skirt steak was really good, as well. Very tender. But way too small to share. The grilled salmon was excellent, but once again, way too small to share. The sangria was really good and so were the churros and flourless chocolate cake. Excellent! Besides the portion sizes and prices, my only other complaint was the personality of our waitress. She was 'cordial' but rather sour and aloof. Anyway, by the end of the night, including tip our bill came to $197. Fabulous. It's truly a genius concept to get money out of people. You feel like in order to get full, you MUST keep ordering plates of food! So your bill just grows and grows. Ha! However, all in all, I will probably go again. But next time, I will eat before going and be more savvy about how to order. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html Make sure to make a reservation - the seat is still worth waiting for if you are a walk-in! http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html One of my favorite restaurants ever! I love trying lots of different dishes, and with the small portions and reasonable prices it's easy to do just that! http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html I always have a great experience here, my favorites are the lentils, bacon wrapped prawns, paella, and the sweet potato fries! Great wine list! It does get very busy so I would recommend reservations. They just opened a new wine bar that is attached called "Sergeant Recruiter", which is a 13 seat bar with amazing wines a great food! It's a very small menu but the Steak Frites was AMAZING...the steak was so tender, cooked just right. I also loved the raw oysters! I'd like to see Escargot on the menu! Really cool little addition to Cobras! The Maitre'd , who is actually the manager has always been very attentive and accommodating. This one is definitely better than the original one for larger groups. Pros + New Wine Bar Attached! Cons - gets very busy at peak times http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html I always have a great experience here, my favorites are the lentils, bacon wrapped prawns, paella, and the sweet potato fries! Great wine list! It does get very busy so I would recommend reservations. They just opened a new wine bar that is attached called "Sergeant Recruiter", which is a 13 seat bar with amazing wines a great food! It's a very small menu but the Steak Frites was AMAZING...the steak was so tender, cooked just right. I also loved the raw oysters! I'd like to see Escargot on the menu! Really cool little addition to Cobras! The Maitre'd , who is actually the manager has always been very attentive and accommodating. This one is definitely better than the original one for larger groups. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html BE WARNED - the maitre d' is a TOTAL tool and nothing will get me to revisit this place again because of the rude service our party received. Despite having a reservation for a party of 4, the maitre d' insisted on seating us at a table for two as we were arriving separately to our guests. When we proceeded to order for the table, the waiter asked where the other two people were going to sit. Our point exactly. He went to speak to the maitre d' but returned shaking his head and apologizing that the maitre d's rudeness has been costing them a lot of return business. When our guests arrived shortly behind us, rather than seating us at the table for four right next to our table, the maitre d' made us all wait whilst he had a crappy, noisy table right by the front door set up to seat four just to make his point. He didn't even have our food and drinks brought over so we had to do that ourselves too. I will never go back there again! Please do yourselves a favor, go to Dennys , they probably have hostesses with better manners. Very unpleasant experience. Pros + none Cons - TOO MUCH ATTITUDE http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html BE WARNED - the maitre d' is a TOTAL tool and nothing will get me to revisit this place again because of the rude service our party received.Despite having a reservation for a party of 4, the maitre d' insisted on seating us at a table for two as we were arriving separately to our guests. When we proceeded to order for the table, the waiter asked where the other two people were going to sit. Our point exactly. He went to speak to the maitre d' but returned shaking his head and apologizing that the maitre d's rudeness has been costing them a lot of return business. When our guests arrived shortly behind us, rather than seating us at the table for four right next to our table, the maitre d' made us all wait whilst he had a crappy, noisy table right by the front door set up to seat four just to make his point. He didn't even have our food and drinks brought over so we had to do that ourselves too.I will never go back there again! Please do yourselves a favor, go to Dennys , they probably have hostesses with better manners. Very unpleasant experience. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html BE WARNED - the maitre d' is a TOTAL jerk. I won't revisit this place because of the rude service. Despite having a reservation for 4, the maitre d' sat us at a table for two as we arrived separately to our guests. When we ordered, the waiter asked where the other two were going to sit. Our point exactly. He went to speak to the maitre d' but returned shaking his head and apologizing that his rudeness has been losing them business. Very unpleasant experience. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html Not only was the food at Cobras overpriced for what you got ($18 for a tiny piece of steak), but our waitress was the only waitress for more than half of the restaurant. We waited at least 30 minutes to order a second glass of wine and more tapas. Then again 30 more minutes to ask for an additional tapa. I could see her helping large tables of 8 or more and knew she wouldn't be back for a while. At one point everyone on the patio was stretching their head to find her. I was thinking that one of the waiteresses called in sick, but when I asked the for the manager another waiter told me that the manager often puts one waiteress in charge of a large area and then shook his head annoyingly. I would avoid this place if you want to have a decent sized meal and good service. http://www.yellowbot.com/cobras-matadors-los-angeles-ca-1.html This was the most unique restaurant my family has been to in a long time. The food was excellent and the service was superb. Our waiter, Antonie, was not only personable but also efficient in his service. I would recommend this restaurant highly!!!! Find local businesses and read and submit reviews and ratings q http://www.yellowbot.com/search/