Ladyface Alehouse & Brasserie

We visited here on the way into LA. Fairly intimate interior but with plenty of seating, plus a great little patio out back. Mostly house beers, with a few guests. Flights / small pours available (about $3 per taster). House beers were solid -- I especially liked their biere de garde. Very friendly and astute service. Worth a stop if you have time when leaving or entering the big city.

First stop of the tour. No issues with parking in the large lot. Place was fairly empty on a Tuesday afternoon. Service was friendly, but really slow overall. Beers available in taster sizes, so I ended up trying several. I was in general impressed with the beers that I tried. Prices reasonable. Did not try the food.

Stopped by while heading back up the 101, second time here. Cool place right off the freeway. Service was excellent, food was good. Had the session IPA which was average, but then sampled a porter and the 6th Anniversary, both very good. Friendly attentive staff!

Very nice place with 10 brews all of which are Belgian inspired. Recommended.

Difficile de fournir un compte rendu honnête mais des 6 échantillons de leurs bières maison, seul la scotch ale m’a impressionné. Le reste était au mieux acceptable, disons que la table est resté garnie à notre départ. L’assiette d’humus était excellente et les assiettes avaient l’air très solide, probablement une force de la place cette cuisine. Le choix de décor médiévo-industriel et le visuel ésotérique me laisse perplexe dès le départ....Ça n’a sûrement pas aidé. À revisiter.

Visited my brother who was staying just up the street from this place at a nice Sheraton. What a nice surprise to find! Lots of interesting beer and two guest taps (typically they have three I think). Food was very good. Only complaint is that the place did not actually open until 11:30 (this was on a Tuesday, so maybe 11:00 on the weekends?). I’ll see if I can fix that up.

I’m not sure what all the fuss is about the beer at Ladyface. I tried three beers and all were good, not great. I might just not love the yeast they use or something like that. Lori was left equally happy but equally not excited to trek back out this way. It’s in a strip center which was a little odd, but once inside it’s a nice place with a cool veranda if you can get over the freeway murmur in the background.

The ambiance is middle-aged strip mall, but who cares when Ladyface can crank out killer food and beer? Great beer. Surprisingly good food. The bar is comfy and everyone at it seemed to be beer-smart. The bartenders were helpful. The prices were reasonable. Everything you could want in a brewpub... in a kind of weird location.