Chez Jay

I got food poisoning from their crab cakes. That's all. Service was ok.

Cozy, unique spot with great food and beverages, friendly hosts and waiters. Pile on the thrill of famous past visitors, and it makes for a full-package experience. Squeeze into the standing room, call ahead to reserve a table, or take your chances and see what luck brings you.

It's ok. Small but long inside. Crazy homeless people around.

I've been here a few times. The food is great! Best affordable steak and seafood in Santa monica. But sadly they're more interested in serving patrons that order chicken strips and pbr than people that actually want to spend money on dinner. It's more of a dive bar then restaurant.

Parking: Small lot

Old school..definitely not a Fern bar..

Went there today 2/18/24 When went in was told there was a booth but we could only be seated if we can be in and out in 90 mins. We said sure even though that’s the first time I’ve heard that… We ordered 2 filets 1 medium, 1 medium rare…. When I say they came out raw. I’m not exaggerating, like they no joke came out completely raw in the inside. And we took bites of that…. We then told them that, and they remade it. Again the medium rare filet was not raw but pretty bad close. And the Medium filet was overcooked and kind of pully if that makes sense. (Really bad quality fillet) this is my first time leaving a review that’s how bad it was. They apologized and offered dessert to us but again we just felt uncomfortable because it was cutting the 90 minutes we agreed to and it was honestly horrible. When the bill came out I’m expecting atleast some sort of compensation for eating raw meat… but was compensated on my $4 sprite (that came out in a can, lol) So overall got 2 raw steaks. Paid full price. Food was horrible at a bare minimum. Server was very nice. Obviously not his fault. But this definitely has to be one of the worst experiences I’ve ever had. Like again we were served RAW steak. And I’m not exaggerating that. It was literally raw. Anyways hopefully others have better experiences but I won’t be back Wish I took pictures to upload but was too busy spitting up the raw meat and being shocked honestly.