Best Restaurants for Groups in Encino

Élephante is a staple in Santa Monica! They are consistently good, always delivering delicious food, good drinks and a good vibe.

Great experience. Food was excellent and staff were outstanding.

This is a joyful place, festive with excellent unusual dishes. It’s also very loud and lots of birthday singing. All good - but it’s not for a quiet conversation, romantic dinner, unless you sit outside.

Food is excellent - the berry salad special is really fantastic; chicken parmigiana can be great when they do the sauce right. I wish the servers treated us better and remembered us as regulars.

First time at this location. I reserved using OpenTable and had not wait time for our table when we arrived. Server came within minutes to get our drink order and drop off the menus. The have Happy Hour specials until 9pm every night, but we decided to get something from the dinner menu. Food was very good and the portions where just right. Our server was very nice and the atmosphere was good. Not at all crowded. The only issue we had was parking, the restaurant shares the parking lot with a big strip mall that has other restaurants and shops so be mindful to get here with enough time to find parking or use their Valet service. We lucked out and found a parking spot on the street. Overall we had a very good experience here and will return when we need to get a nice date night spot to have dinner. Highly recommend El Torito- Sherman Oaks