Ellie's

Food and service were both great!

Food was wonderful. Service was okay. Atmosphere is fine. Parking: We had to park 5 mins away. Parking is not easy here.

Have gone for brunch twice. Wish I could do partial stars. This spot is so close to being great, taste wise. The service is awesome. Shout out Winnie the Pooh fan server! First I had the breakfast pasta, it was interesting and different but not great. Lacks a punch of flavor. Next I tried the short rib hash. Again, so close to being awesome! The meat is pull apart tender and so juicy. But tastes like they didn’t salt it. The potatoes are fine, potatoes usually aren’t particularly great (unless you season then a lot). My gf and I both asked for hot sauce and used the entire tin provided. Poached egg was slightly over done. There is not even salt on the tables. Bottomless mimosas at like $25 is a good deal tho. Nice outdoor seating. Would love to come back and try dinner!

Food wasn't hot, and the meatballs seemed under cooked, were pretty pink on the inside. The portions were about right. My server was good and made solid recommendations. The atmosphere was nice except for one loud table which made everyone else in the room have to be louder. My Uber driver said that I should have gone to La Parolaccia. I'll give them a try next time I am in town.

Parking: It’s Long Beach so, you know.

This review is for Gingers. I don’t really have words for how bad our experience was here: possibly just got an off night, but is that really acceptable in a reservation only fixed “tasting menu” experience? Look, $75 for 7 full courses (not at all tasting size) is a killer deal. I want to make that point. And the vision behind the dishes and experience is great. There was a genuine sense of potential in the air, but at every turn Ginger’s fell on its face. The execution was atrocious on all levels. Host/server repeatedly interrupted the tables conversation to express his personal opinions on the topic. He poured the water from so high it splashed all over the table, between the cracks in the table and into my lap. Every single time and into every persons glass. When clearing plates he would pick up each persons cutlery from their plates and put it on the table. Which means his hands touched everyone’s cutlery in succession and could absolutely have spread bodily fluids between diners. We never got fresh silverware, sometimes we didn’t even get new plates between courses. Each dish had nice elements, but also there’s seemed to be extremely inconsistent execution in the kitchen- some people’s plates simply didn’t have certain ingredients like caviar on the oysters. In other courses come people had raw ingredients (carrots) while other plates had perfect carrots. The duck was inedible and the whole table refused to eat it. I brought this up to the host and he sorta got embarrassed and said he’d let the kitchen know. No apology, no offer to redo the course. Just a chuckle and nod- blaming the kitchen. Some courses had no salt, some were blisteringly salty. The mini split AC blasted freezing air directly into the table the whole night. Maybe good in July, but not pleasant in February. Also a massive wet streak of mold down the wall and wallpaper from said mini split- it has obviously been leaking for quite some time. At one point someone came in with a Bluetooth speaker, apologized profusely that there was no music, and proceeded to play extremely loud jazz. The best part of the night was the good humor and company of our fellow diners. Unfortunately we will not be back.

Great experience and the food was super flavorful and delicious. If it's warm enough, I'd suggest eating outside though - it was just very noisy and cramped inside. Otherwise, everything was fantastic! We'll definitely be back. Dietary restrictions: They were so accommodating of food allergies (severe peanut & tree nut allergy) and gave recommendations to ensure we had a delicious (but safe) meal!

I really wanted to enjoy this place but it fell short. Was given dirty cups back to back. Food was good. Dessert had a piece of plastic in it. If I wasn’t careful I could have easily choked on it.

Little place on the corner that is definitely food focus forward. I had the buttered noodles and it was perfect. The lump crab and caviar was present and complementary. Some of the other items were off the mark a bit but not enough to spoil the meal. Local casual place with excellent service and good quality unique twists to Italian classics. Update Feb 24. Food was well put together and hit every mark. Will return, though an update to the menu would be welcome.