V DTLA is a massive, garish, disaster of a bar and restaurant in Downtown LA.

There are a whole bunch of reasons why you shouldn’t go to Chinois On Main in Santa Monica - but the most important one is that the food is terrible.

Angler is a pricey seafood restaurant in the Beverly Center that has way too much going on.

Petrossian Caviar and Champagne Bar is an overpriced drinking spot in LAX that’s exactly what you need during an eight-hour layover.

Villa Blanca is the original Lisa Vanderpump restaurant, and that’s about the only interesting thing about it.

Craig’s is one of the most celebrity-packed restaurants in LA - and also one of the most boring.

BOA is a terrible steakhouse on the Sunset Strip.

Blackship is a Japanese/Italian restaurant in West Hollywood where bad service overrides interesting food.

Avra is an over-priced Greek restaurant that only wishes it could be like the other great restaurants in Beverly Hills.

Tom Tom is yet another Lisa Vanderpump restaurant that you don’t need to be eating at.

Clayton’s is a Victorian-themed bar in the Spring Arcade downtown. It’s as cheesy as it sounds.

Pump is one of the dullest, most meaningless restaurants in all of West Hollywood.

Elephante is a rooftop bar/restaurant in the heart of downtown Santa Monica with great views and a crowd of bankers.

Takao is an upscale sushi restaurant in Brentwood. It's very Brentwood.

Petite Taqueria on La Cienega is an overpriced, sceney Mexican spot that you should want no part of.

The Polo Lounge seems like one of those classic Old Hollywood spots, but the food and the scene are awful. There are better places for star sightings.