Wilshire Restaurant (2)

Wilshire Restaurant is like a young Mexican girl on the eve of her Quincieñera: bright-eyed, beautiful and eager to enter the best years of her life. Though WR has yet to develop a strong following it has all the makings of a great restaurant. The service, fare and ambience of this newbie effortlessly keeps up with the Jones' of this town (more commonly known as the Puck's and the Chow's) Give this place a couple more years and you'll definitely run into a couple of those no talent ass clowns from "The OC".

Service: Good
The staff is pretty young but definitely well trained. At first I got a "Aah geez here come a couple of kids who are going to drink water and leave me a shitty tip" vibe from our waiter but that lasted only miliseconds. (It might've even been in my head, who knows?)They were very attentive, the courses came out like clockwork, and one of them even offerred to adjust the heating lamp when they thought I was cold.

Fare: Very Good
I don't usually order chicken at restaurants because KFC does a pretty good job but the chicken breast offerred on WR's menu was too tempting to pass up. IT WAS PERFECTION.

Skin: Crispy
Meat: Juicy
jus: well there is no such thing as bad jus
farm fresh vegetables: foreign but delectable, esp. when rubbed all up in the jus.

Ambience: perfect
I generally hate eating out on the patio because I feel like the restaurant is telling me that I'm not important enough to eat inside the house. This outdoor patio, however, REALLY does feel like an indoor patio because its warm and there is a lot going on above the tables (giving it a bit of a treehouse feel) and the music is just loud enough.

Bad stuff: The cups in this joint are awkward and stupid. Imagine the coconut cups that Gilligan and the gang used on the island except they are made of glass. I practically had to hold it with two hands. I was afraid my mits were going to shatter the delicate glass or that I was going to accidentally take a bite of one whilst drinking.

Other than that, the place is great. Be ready to spend between 50-75 dollars a person. And don't come when you're in a rush because you'll be there at least an hour and a half. Like a Quincieñera party, Wilshire Restaurant will practically take up an entire night of your life but UNLIKE a Quincieñera party, your night won't end in a no holds barred chola brawl complete with lipstick liner shanks and wind tunnel bang casualties.