excellent food, butservicewas awful. the food is terrific and the ambiance is great-- even parking is good for manhattan beach but we went for my mom's birthday and got terrible service. the restaurant wasn't even that busy. even after telling the hostess it was her b-day, our waitress did nothing for my mom but brought a dessert to the b-day party a few tables down. i guess all the b-day gifts she opened right there at the table weren't a big enough tip off... who knows. either way, the food is good, but badservicecan easily ruin a dinner. you roll the dice on this one.