Petit Trois

For my birthday, I was craving French bistro fare and made a reservation here. It was a chilly Wednesday evening and there seemed to be a number of open slots available. The best seats here are inside at the counter where you can see the tiny kitchen and the chefs work their magic. The food was magnificent. Our favorites included the leeks fondant, the chicken liver mousse, trout almondine and the wonderful chocolate mousse. What a treat to watch our food prepared! Our server was friendly and knowledgeable. It was an excellent meal and we can't wait to return.

In Short, Love this place from 10 years ago and today it’s still fantastic as it was the first time. Must Try spot. With a few more details, Petit Trois is growing and yes they have a much bigger restaurant in SFV and now more seating at this branch but I still like to sit at the bar and watch the cooking happening in front of me and feeling the heat from the kitchen. The bar used to be all of the seating they had and it’s something I like when I come here. The atmosphere is always nice. Night and day. Although I like it when it’s busy at night. Blaring french hip hop and yummy food and a healthy loud environment. I bet with the new patio outside it gives it more space. The service was wonderful. Appropriate wait time and very friendly chat with Ryan who was excellent. The food. Everything you get here tastes fantastic. The french onion soup. Escargot. Chicken liver. But my favorite is the Big Mec Burger. So juicy with so much flavor. It looks heavy but it is not. The bordelaise sauce gives it a nice tang and the extra on your plate is to dip your burger in. Yes eat with your hands. Garlic aioli with the fries are real good. The have verbal specials from time to time and this time is was a french dip. It was STACKED with meat and provolone cheese with caramelized onions on the bottom. It was epic especially that the jus is the same from the french onion soup. Anyway you should know by now that I highly recommend this place and it’s one of my favorite little restaurants in LA.

This was my first visit to chef Ludovic Lefebvre's classic French bistro. There is a second Petit Trois in Sherman Oaks that apparently is larger and has a similar but not identical menu. His fine dining spot Trois Mec used to be next door in a space that still has a "Pizza" sign out front. It's now used for extra seating on some evenings. Petit Trois is in a strip mall along Highland Ave. and has a pretty narrow interior with only high-top counter seating facing the kitchen or the opposite wall. There is a wider patio in front with actual tables. I booked a lunch reservation because I saw online they have a 3-course prix- fixe weekday lunch option for $44, with 2-3 options for each course. I chose the beet salad, trout almondine and choux chantilly. I also ordered the chicken liver mousse appetizer and the jambon buerre sandwich with frites because I wanted to try their versions. The beet salad was great, with a kick from horseradish cream and crunch from almonds and pistachios. The chicken liver mousse was also fine and substantial, with a much softer texture that a traditional pate, served over toast. The trout also had crunch from the almonds and tang/acidity from the capers and lemon. I ate the frites while here and took the ham sandwich home. It had Gruyere cheese as well; I couldn't really taste the butter. The baguette was fine; note they are not made in-house (no space!). The choux chantilly, a profiterole-like pastry filled with cream, was meh, would have benefited greatly with the addition of fruit. The place became busy pretty quickly, and service was decent It was fun watching the chefs and line cooks prepare, plate, inspect and serve the dishes; I got several glimpses of dished I did not order but may in the future. Overall a great authentically French lunch.

I do not usually do a review so here I am. I was going for a wedding in West LA and meeting our son in law and daughter coming in from Houston. We came in from Miami. So I looked for a French restaurant who had been reviewed having great steak tartar and escargot. My wife helped me book a reservation for the four of us. My daughter after looking at the reviews said this was Chef Ludo's place. Quite the character but love his passion for food. I make a mean steak tartar and in Miami most restaurants make a tuna tartar. Unappealing to me. I was pleasantly surprised how good this was at Chef Ludo's. Even better than I had at Bouchon in Napa. Escargot was also devine. Hard to screw up snails but delightful. All in all a special dinner. We had dinner the night before the wedding at Dan Tana's and it was a total disappointment..not worth the prices our patron whom paid the bill. Sorry. My Kudos to Chef Ludo. Need you in Miami. We have Michael Mina's steak house but you make a steak tartar that works for me. Willing to share my recipe!! You are the Man!