I think Bill Addison’s review of Alameda Supper Club captures it really well though, despite maybe being carefully worded. As I mentioned in the other thread on this restaurant (Alameda Supper Club - #4 by DTLAeater), the food is not necessarily all that memorable, but it’s hard to fault it (at least the 3-4 items that I tried). I would happily eat both of the pastas I tried on any given night, I just don’t crave them like I might some other pastas I’ve tried around town.
Cocktails also looked quite interesting, but didn’t try them, despite my co-diner having 3!