Scopa Italian Roots

We just had the most incredible meal at Scopa! We came because we are big Antonia fans. Our family wondered why we were dragging them here from Rolling Hills but thankfully, we were redeemed! Right from the start the Old Fashioned cocktails were delicious. For appetizers we ordered the ricotta toast, olives, beef tartar, and the calamari. Each were absolutely amazing but the squid ink calamari was out of this world delicious! For dinner my husband and I shared the Italian Chopped Salad and the Chitarra, which is basically Cacio e Pepe. So good! We ordered a bunch of desserts as well including the ice cream sandwich, chocolate panna cottage cheese, and cannolis. The panna cottage was so smooth, chocolatey and delicious. This will be our new go to place when we are in town. Great for a special meal or just a casual night out! My only complaint would be the noise level. The music was too loud and base forward making conversation difficult. -

The food and services were good and the place was popping.The only complaint was the music and sound was quite loud that we had to lean in to hear each other talk.

Scopa was a great experience for my wife and I during our recent birthday weekend in LA. I had been wanting to check this place out for a while as I love italian food and being a huge fan of the chef who created it I had high hopes. I am happy to report that they definitely lived up to all of them.Parking is valet in the lot next door ($13 when we went + credit card fee which was quite high) or in the neighboring streets but was easy to get and the service was god.The restaurant itself is beautiful and the ambiance was great. There is no sign on the front but you will know you are in the right spot upon your first steps inside. We had arrived almost an hour prior to our reservation and when we walked in and let them know they had zero issue and quickly ushered us to our assigned table near the window which was fantastic. Our server Rennie quickly greeted us and we both put in orders for the Passionfruit Nojito Mocktail. The drink was nicely made but very citrus heavy and lacked a bit of mint but was quite good overall albeit a bit expensive at $17 each.For my meal I went with the Rigatoni and this was absolutely delicious. Everything tasted great, the colors and scent was fantastic and the taste was even better. The downside being the portion size is quite small (mine was smaller than my wife's pappardelle portion) but the quality more than made up for it. We ended the night was the Mini Cannolis for dessert and these were great tasting and made to perfection. It was the perfect compliment to a great overall meal. I did mark this at time of reservation as a birthday dinner and no reference or anything was made which was a bit of a disappointment but not fully expected. I am a fan and for me the food and service definitely lived up to the hype and expectation I had going in. I highly recommend checking this place out if you are ever in the Venice area. We will be back again for sure

We have been going to Scopa for almost 10 years now, and we have never had a bad meal or experience. Last night was no exception. We had a reservation at 7:30 for NY Eve, but we wanted to go early to eat, drink and be merry. At 5:20, I called the restaurant and asked if we could sit at the Crudo Bar, our favorite place, and the hostess said to come on down!We live within walking distance, so we strolled to the restaurant and were greeted by cheerful hostesses. The restaurant was decorated with black, white and gold balloons and was playing fun upbeat music.We ordered martinis (a Lemon Drop for me), the Squid Ink Calamari (one of my favorites!), Chopped Salad, T-bone Steak with Chimichurri, Broccolini, and Tiramisu for dessert. Our waiter was great: attentive, friendly and efficient. Best of all, by sitting at the Crudo Bar, there was no time limit for seating, so we stayed until 7:45 or so, when the restaurant really started getting busy. We took the steak bone home for a very happy family dog.This is one of our favorite local restaurants. We plan to visit it many times during the new year.

Food was ok. It wasn't the most memorable Italian places I've eaten at but it was good. It's great for the area cause I think it's one of the top 5 places of the are for sure. Service was good too. Ambiance was eclectic and rustic/elegant. I really loved the look of the space and would want to come back when I'm in the area to sit at the bar with a glass of wine and order the meatballs and rigatoni.

Great vibe , good food , amazing service. Nice to see this place survived Covid . They had it set up in the parking lot. The bar and the restaurant was buzzing. Had the beets burrata salad was amazing but the server told me it rainbow beets never heard of it . Burrata was fresh the beets were not beets . Lasagna and the rigatoni was perfectly done the sauce great pasta was el Dante . Wil be back to try more of their dishes.

We had a very nice server and there's a great ambiance at Scopa, perfect for dates and connecting with friends alike. They have a gorgeous bar, large window, candles on the tables, and all of our food came perfectly coursed. We were easily able to make a same-day reservation via the Resy app, and I do recommend making a reservation in advance because it was popping when we arrived. For parking, you can either park in the connected valet lot ($13 on a Monday) or look for free street parking (we found it pretty easily, but then again it was a Monday). There are the top four absolute must-order items you should order to share:1. Hot Antipasti - Scallops Oreganata ($23) with brown butter, bread crumbs, & lemon. I'm gluten free so I asked for no breadcrumbs, and I also recommend ordering a side of gluten free bread to dip in the brown butter after you finish enjoying the scallops because they have the absolute best gluten free cheesecheese bread! They only came with 2 scallops in an order so consider ordering enough so each person can have at least 1 full scallop. 2. Hot Antipasti - Mortadella Meatballs ($21) with pistachio pesto, arugula, & parmesan cheese. This came with 3 medium-large sized meatballs covered in a delicious green pesto - don't let looks deceive you, even if this isn't how you expect meatballs to look they're delish. 3. Cold Antipasti - Heirloom Tomatoes ($18) with sweet onion, basil, ricotta salata cheese, sherry vinegar, & olive oil. If you enjoy tomatoes of all shapes and sizes, this is the dish for you. My favorite were the little orange tomatoes. 4. Salad - Raw Brussels Sprouts Salad ($22) with generous pecorino romano cheese, parsley, grapes, olive oil, sherry vinegar, & toasted almonds. This was a good portion size and the best raw Brussels sprouts I've ever had. While I did really enjoy the flavor of oysters themselves and their sauces, and I do want to put them as item 5 to order, each of the oysters had some shell bits had to spit out, and it only came with 1 spoon and 0 mini forks. The oysters come with lemon slices, cocktail sauce, shredded horseradish, mignonette, and are $4.50 each with a minimum of 6. I would order them again, but enjoy them carefully and hope that they're shucked better next time. However...Maybe things were off because it was a Monday and they had multiple large last minute parties walk in. Maybe I should have gone for the pastas instead of the below because it is an Italian restaurant. Maybe I'm just a person who enjoys more seasoning on seafood or less sauce on pork chops, but a few of the dishes weren't exactly as good as I was expecting. Unless you love canned tuna, absolutely avoid the Sicilian Tuna Cold Antipasti ($19) with market green beans, fingerling potato, capers, lemon, & olive oil. It wasn't until we mentioned to our server our strong disappointment with the dish, as we were expecting either Tuna Crudo or Seared Tuna, that our server told us that he usually steers guests away from it. It also had zero seasoning, and boy did it need it. It also feels like this dish should have automatically been served with crackers. The Amberjack Crudo ($25) with watermelon radish, bulls blood micro greens, & herb oil needed a combo-sauce or a stronger flavored oil, as it was very bland as-is. Luckily not a fishy-fish, but still lackluster for their only fish crudo on the menu. For the Mains, they were already sold out of the 24oz T-bone Steak ($82) when we arrived, and the server recommended the Pork Chop. The generous portion of Pork Chop ($66) came with crispy fingerling potatoes, roasted shallots, olives, capers, garlic, balsamic vinegar, & fresh herbs. The balsamic was more of a thick, sweet, heavy glaze, and it overpowered the meat. Personally, we both felt it was over-sauced.

Pricey but you get what you pay for. Really great spot for a date night or celebration.

I went to Scopa with a couple friends for a birthday meal. We made reservation about a week out and I'm glad we did, as it was extremely busy when we arrived. Granted this was also 7pm on Saturday. Since we had a reservation we were seated immediately. First impressions were how dark and loud it was. We were okay with it, but if you're looking for an intimate/romantic vibe this definitely isn't it. Tables are also very close together.All the food was excellent. We started with orders of the Steak Tartare and Fried Calamari. For entrees we got the Creste Rigate, Ravioli, and the Pappardelle. The portions aren't massive but the quality and flavor of the food is seriously top notch. Our server was good. He checked in frequently and gave us honest and direct opinions on menu items when we asked. They don't really do anything to recognize birthdays, but they did stick a lit candle in our dessert order which was nice. Overall impressions were solid and I would come back again.

What a horrific experience with the "high class" hookers sitting at the bar- UNBELIEVABLE I was with my "mentally challenged elder" friend as my guest - and the "regular" who make it perfectly known who she was "owning" the bar area standing her ground... made moves on him- (how pathetic and disgusting)The service was okay and the assumption is the "food network-" CHEF who judges folks for crappy pasta- to drive, waste time, and energy to travel for crappy ambience for CHEAP FROZEN dinners we / I make our own pasta and know the difference-Maybe after 15 years you could spend the time in your own kitchen and eat your own food- liquor and wine cannot fix REALITY- hookers a plus and probably male escorts-Or what is the non binary equivalent to any human will take for money while the house does too?Double the crap and nasty!Traveled far and wide to be disrespected, mocked and defensive for knowing the truth-All the best