![]() Sure, it’s exciting to tell yourself and strangers on social media that you ate branzino that woke up this morning in the Mediterranean, but the effect is lost when it tastes like something you could’ve picked up at Gelson’s for half the price. The big dish at Avra - and one that the waitstaff is trained to make sure you order - is their fresh fish by the pound. On paper, Avra is a Greek restaurant, but aside from some mediocre saganaki and a $30 octopus appetizer, it’s really just a seafood spot for people who don’t like flavor. Avra’s space isn’t fun, the service is frantic, and the overpriced food certainly isn’t going to save the evening. Avra has a combination of bored tourists and people desperately trying to show off which tax bracket they’re in this year. Spago has celebrities eating salmon pizza, and Nate ’N Al has old ladies in Juicy Couture drinking coffee and kahlua at 10am. You go to Beverly Hills for the people watching. Save for the giant row of dead fish sitting on ice in the back, there’s absolutely nothing here that makes the experience unique. This place isn’t a fancy show-stopper - it’s a poorly-run corporate flagship that belongs at the bottom of a Westfield. The issue is that after a few rounds of bland appetizers and terrible service, you realize it’s all smoke and mirrors. This gaudy mega-restaurant has all the elements that make a Beverly Hills restaurant popular, but it lacks any trace of originality or skill that makes it worth your time and money.Īvra’s massive space is nice to look at - a most crucial part of any successful Beverly Hills restaurant. ![]() And Avra, the upscale Greek spot in Beverly Hills, is one of the worst in the city. It’s about taking those elements and creating something so new and fresh that you don’t even care what the real Dolly Parton is supposed to look and sound like.Ī bad impersonation, on the other hand, is nothing more than a copycat. It’s not about sounding, looking, or acting like the person - those are just the elements. A great celebrity impersonation is more difficult than it looks.
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