Century City Din Tai Fung intel

[brritscold]

@Bookwich

I like the food here, but the ambience not so much. The layout is awkward with odd sight lines, and the lighting is too bright. Sitting at the bar has you staring at a wall, and it feels like a dead space next to a kitchen door.

South Coast Plaza is much nicer.

I have to say that the ambiance outside the restaurant in Century City isn’t the best with all the construction going on, however the restaurant itself wasn’t so bad IMO ambiance-wise. If you’re at the bar close to the entrance, yeah it probably isn’t great. But most of the restaurant’s main dining area has stunning views of Century City/Santa Monica Blvd from the big windows, and I thought that part of the ambiance at least was lovely.

Also, can’t say I have the most subtle palate for this kind of thing, but I didn’t notice any obvious difference between the XLB at the CC location versus others like Costa Mesa or Glendale, at least. Haven’t been to the Arcadia locations in a while but the CC location was perfect for us when we were in the area and looking for a XLB/DTF fix.