A true patriarchal French with a "when a French was in" attitude situated on the Sunset Strip sums up Le Freres Taix. Family owned since 1927 this multiple dining room Normandie flashback is known for it`s soup and entrenched French food preparations. The vast dark blue eating areas have high tin ceilings as well as expansive booths complimented with frosted windows. An extensive wine list...
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An anomaly in funky Echo Park, Taix is an old-fashioned French restaurant that epitomizes the word "fancy."
Waiters are pleasantly obsequious and sauces are old-school. With plush pleather booths and pretty paintings on the wall, it's the sort of place to take your parents, especially if they're not so sure about your living on the Eastside. The three courses of...
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Buy discount bottles by the case or by the bottle. The restaurant claims the "600 selections are all priced so low that you'll think they're a misprint."
The stately dining room is decorated like a fancy restaurant, with frosted glass and a faux tin ceiling, yet the moderately priced fare and abundant portions draw everyone from priests to Eastside hipsters. Traditional three-course dinners include soup, salad and dessert. The signature roast chicken is sided by bordelaise sauce, and trout almondine's buttered coating is scattered with almond...
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Posted by Contributor
on April 21, 2009, (Edited December 17, 2006)
I don't live closed by , but I have been going to taix for the past 20 years . It is not in the best place in town , but I always had great service and the food it is very authentic always came with soup , salad and dessert ,you can't go wrong.
Posted by Citysearch User
on April 21, 2009, (Edited January 07, 2009)
I went here with people from work. There is valet parking so you can get in and out fast. There weren't a lot of options for a vegan. I ordered a salad, and it was OK.
Posted by Citysearch User
on April 21, 2009, (Edited September 22, 2008)
When the waiter realized that we would not be overspending, his entire demeanor changed. He ignored us. He never came by to ask if everything was OK. No refils. When new customers came beside us, he dotted on them. The partialism was obnoxious! There was a huge difference with the portions we received and what our neighbors received!!! I normally love Mom & Pop places and am an LA native. But...
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