Louise’s Trattoria

Fantastic dinner! I had Bass. The best ever with angel hair pasta with roasted garlic.

Small hole in the wall that you don’t want to miss if your an Italian food lover. As having lived in Italy, I can confidently say that Louise’s trattoria truly captures all the flavored and dishes that make up Italian cuisine. I ordered the lasagna, while my friend the rigatoni with bolognese. Also, the complimentary focaccia bread is to die for.

Nette, kleine Trattoria in meinem absoluten Lieblingsviertel.
Serviert werden klassische Pasta — und Pizzagerichte, sowie Fleisch, Fisch und diverse Salate.
Die Pastagerichte sind gemessen an amerikanischen Standards fast schon grandios, die angebotenen Weißweine leider viiiieeel zu süß und für mich persönlich ungenießbar, was aber in Kalifornien eher dem allgemeinen Geschmack zu entsprechen scheint.
Zum Essen wurde frisch gebackenes Focaccia
im Brotkorb mit Olivenöl und Balsamico gereicht.
Der leere Korb wurde sofort und ohne Nachfrage mit frischem Brot «aufgefüllt»
Der Service war freundlich und zuvorkommend.

One of the best places to eat in the area of Santa Monica. Food is so great, I always order their Roasted Vegetables Pizza, Louise’s Chopped Salad, Jambalaya Pasta and the Hummingbird for dessert.
A place not to miss dining with your family! Foccacia bread is a must try!

I’m all about the Family Meal. Less than $ 35 and you get about a 2ft tray of salad and a another of pasta of your choice… oh yeah and a Large Pizza. I’m a sucker for a deal, but this is better than a deal. It is not just some boring spaghetti it is delicious pasta and pizza that beats most chain delivery places. All in all this place has good tasting food at a fair price. Especially fair for this side of town.

First experience and didn’t even get the food. Ordered online and they said they never got the order. Then I was on hold for 10 minutes after they told me they knew my order and thought they were making it– only to get a call back 15 min later saying they weren’t making it from a different manager. Communication with management staff seems to lack — if you knew the order– deal with the customer first one on one and get them their meal and deal with the 3^rd party later.
Don’t put them on hold for 10 min…
Disappointed local just trying to get some good Italian food. I’ll stick with Rosti for now. Quick and easy.

You can be in and out of this place in 20min. Hahaha. The food is ok and the atmosphere is boring. This is a local place to eat something when you don’t feel like cooking but I would go to Rosties instead.

My friends and I were driving out this way to get some good food to celebrate my birthday before our play. We called ahead and told them we were a party of four, and asked how long the wait would be. They said it wouldn’t be a problem, but that they don’t take reservations for parties less than six. We arrived and a lot of parties had just been seated, which I understand happens. We were told the wait would be forty minutes, and we let them know we didn’t have time to wait that long. Almost immediately, a party of two left from a four person booth, and they sat the party of four behind us in the booth. Kind of annoyed with how this was handled, as we were left with insufficient time to find another good option before the play. My experiences at the other Louise’s locations have always been positive.

Best Italian food/​restaurant. Pizza pasta and meatballs were soooo delicious… :-) wish it was closer to my house! Sooo good!

We’ve been ordering from Louise’s for like 8 years. Tonight, they decided that 2.5 hours plus (still hasn’t arrived) is an OK window for delivery. Inexcusable.

The focaccia has a perfect loft, a great bottom crust, is perfectly seasoned, and has a good mix of fresh herbs and garlic. I will return just for this bread. Our server George was helpful as well. The pizza crust was not my favorite and the Marsala sauce we had with our chicken penne seemed to lack a proper stock. I will still go back for sure though. This place definitely gets a 5 for value.

Ugh… I really liked Louise’s, and came there every other week for years. But recently, Louise’s has been letting smelly, mangy dogs come inside the restaurant. Not on a patio, but INSIDE the restaurant! The last person with a dog was standing close to where the food is being made, right by the counter. I don’t want dog hair, feces and fleas in my food, thank you very much! If someone is picking up food, they need to leave their dog tied up outside.
I spoke to Sandra there today, and she stated that Louise’s was a public place and had to allow dogs inside. WRONG! It is against Los Angeles restaurant health code to have a dog inside a restaurant, unless the person with the dog is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the dog is a service dog trained to perform tasks related to their disability.
Sandra did not know if any of the dogs I had seen were ADA service dogs (no one there had asked the question). Sandra also did not know that Louise’s has a right to ask the dog owner 2 questions regarding the disability. So she was wrong about 3 things today. Not good. I won’t be back. Louise’s you have gone downhill so much.

Excellent service.
Vegetarian options: goat cheese cakes as appetizer and eggplant «lasagna».
Relaxed and casual atmosphere.
Ordered the Château St Michelle Riesling.
Note: my companion ordered the tiramisu and it is HUGE. Delicious and HUGE.

I had been to Louises Pasadena probably 15 years ago. At that point it was a very popular place and hard to get in. The one on Montana Avenue always seems to be sparce. When we went in, about a third of the tables were available. 3 or 4 the tables seemed to be regulars. They were also offering half-​price wine bottles. I didn’t have high hopes when I walked in the door just because of the atmospherics, but my low expectations were greatly exceeded.
I had the chicken Parmesan, my wife had a pasta dish. We also had the chopped salad. All of them were amazing. I give the food 5 stars.
Service was on the low end. It was hard to get the waiter’s attention, I think he kept going out for a smoke break because he would disappear for 10 minutes at a time. And even though it was half-​price wine night, there was a pretty limited selection. We ordered a bottle, and they were apparently out of it, and so the waiter came back to me and said ‘how about this other one’ which they were calling a «replacement». It was a bottle that wasn’t on the menu, I had never heard of it but the server said it was good. So we said okay.
So it turns out when the bill comes that this bottle was $ 20 a bottle more than the one we ordered. It’s half price wine night, so it only ended up being $ 10 difference, and it really was a pretty decent bottle. But how incredibly low class of them to play bait and switch at a place like this.
I’m still giving it 4 stars, if we hadn’t had the service glitches I would’ve given it 5.

I like this place. Consistently good food and a gracious staff.
Got lunch to go today and it was a delightful experience.
My only wish is that they bring back the veggie lasagna. It was so good!
All smiles on from me and from the staff.

If you are a wine lover, the best bargain for full bottles of wine is to come here on a Friday, Saturday or Sunday dinner because it is a half off full bottles! We came here on a Friday and ordered a Crema. My friend ordered the FETTUCCINE DI MARE $ 17
Tender prawns, sea scallops and asparagus sautéed
in a lemon garlic cream sauce. which was pretty good, but she asked for a sauce without the cream, which made the dish a bit bland. She was not sure if she would order it again. I ordered a salad:
BLACKENED SHRIMP & MANGO $ 15
Baby lettuce, avocado, mango, citrus, tomato, pine nuts, cilantro, and balsamic. Overall the ingredients were tasty, but my salad had too much salad dressing. Next time, I will ask for the dressing on the side. I like Louise’s because it’s a cozy place, where one can have conversation without having to yell, but the quality is not always consistent.

Great pizza and pasta here! Also I had a berries tart was nice too. Staffs are kind. I was full so they made tart in a box to-​go for me. This is my first time here but I already love this restaurant
アメリカに来て初めてのイタリアンピザ！すごく美味でしたー＼(^o^)／求めていたのはこれです！という感じです残念ながらティラミスは準備中で頂けませんでしたが、ベリータルトも美味しかったです

The pizza here is delicious! The pizza sauce has an excellent flavor and the dough is nice and soft like I like it!

Louises is a great casual family place for dinner. They give huge portions!
I went here with 2 friends around 7:30 on a Saturday night and it was crowded, but we only had to wait 15 minutes for a table. The focaccia that they give you to start is AMAZING. I love when restaurants have good bread and not just boring sourdough. We ordered a bottle of wine because they are half off on the weekends which is amazing! I tried both the Chiantis (which I usually love) but neither were that good, so we got the William Hill Cabernet.
My friend and I split the chopped salad and a pizza. The salad was huge and pretty good, but I probably would have liked if there was salami in it. Then we got a medium goat cheese pizza for 2 people, which was totally unnecessary– we could have gotten a small. It was good and the dough was super soft. However, it wasn’t quite Italy status (I studied abroad there so have high expectations for Italian food now).
It’s a nice place to go for dinner when do you don’t want something so high key.

Came by here for a spontaneous date night. We were heading over to the Landmark to watch a movie afterwards so the location worked out for us. The foccacia was tasty that they bring out. We ordered the BBQ Chicken pizza and the Sonoma salad. The pizza was good but nothing special. The BBQ sauce needed more work. The salad was good but had way too much sun dried tomatoes in it. Overall the food and experience were decent but nothing impressive.

Chopped Salad hasn’t changed a bit in the 15 years since I last dined Louise’s (Pico location), still loaded with perfectly diced mixed greens, Roma tomatoes, bell peppers, cucumbers, garbanzos, mozzarella, pepperoncini baptized by the House vinaigrette dressing, topped with those I-​wish-​there-​were-​more crispy onions and would have been only 320 calories if I’d skipped em, subbed out the dressing as per the informed-​consent-​calorie-​savvy menu.
Complimentary rosemary Focaccia, olive oil/​balsamic dip was dangerously delicious, filling, could have just eaten that if I hadn’t been short on veggies today.
Paradise Tropical iced tea because I was still working but if I hadn’t been, there’s wine and beer to compliment each and every meal.
Gracious, attentive service so, yay, I’m a fan!
Check out Louise’s special Valentine’s Weekend Menu

Brisk take-​out business: A go-​to, to-​go for neighboring residents, who dashed in to pick-​up as I dined. Order online. Louise’s delivers, check website for details.
Parking: Meters on Montana Avenue be careful in residential areas as many are permit enforced while one or two hour limited for non-​residents.
Pics: Lighting at the 5 o’clock hour is intimate/​dark, not conducive to food shots, so I went to the web to better represent my repast.