Capitol City

Closed. Out of business. Parking in this area is terrible.
Too bad.

Well people let me tell you, this is THE place for all you fanatic sports fans. There are flat screens galore everywhere, a wide range of seating and a plethora of beverages to chose from, it’s Hollywood’s take on the «sports bar» that’s for sure. It’s a great open space with awesome views of «Hollywood» street life and tons of places to sit lounge and kick back.
Now me, I’m not, I repeat not a fan of waiting. So, please for your dear, sweet soul MAKE RESERVATIONS! Especially if there is any sort of playoffs, post season, championship, World Series, ANYTHING. You will never get a table. I mean never, ever. You will wait and wait or stand around at the bar, which is cool, but just not for me. Mind you, the wait service is pretty cool, when they do come around. I think they are just working out the kinks of a new establishment, but if you’re hungry and don’t have reservations, I high suggest eating before you come.
We did in fact meet the owner Curtis and he was fab. We never got a table and he bought us a round of drinks, which when they run like $ 13 + a pop, was A-​OK in my book and brought Capital City back up in my books.
I’m not a huge sports fan, except of the YANKEES!!! But I def think Capital City had done sports fans justice for sure. This is as much fun you can have at the game without actually being there.
p. s. street parking is a mofo; you will have to valet (around the corner $ 6)

I went to Capitol City for the first time yesterday for the F.C. Barcelona v. Real Madrid soccer match, and I was really impressed with this place.
First, the place is visually appealing. The décor is modern and sleek, and it doesn’t have the feel of a typical Sports Bar. There are T. V’s everywhere as well as a projection screen in the main area which means that you can watch the games from every angle and not miss a play. There is also a second floor and a patio that will more than accommodate the overflow of the bar and main room.
The food is really good. I had the pepperoni pizza and it was excellent. On the other hand there is something to be said about the service. When my party and I arrived, we were promptly seated, given our menus, asked what we wanted to drink and then… nothing. Out waitress never returned. She did however manage to help other patrons that came AFTER us. After 15 or so minutes of waiting around we asked another server to help us and afterward is was smooth sailing.
The place is great. It’s situated in a rockin’ area of Hollywood, the drink selection is great, the food is excellent, and the ambiance is chill. The only reason why I didn’t give this place 5 stars is because of the crappy service we got and we first arrived, otherwise this place rocks. Especially when Barcelona plays and the BARCA
Locos are there!
‘Till Next Review!

This place has SO much potential. SO MUCH. The atmospehere is stellar and the food is pretty decent. We’ve been there a few times and I’m always pleased with the huge screens and comfy seats. There really isn’t a bad seat in the place. For this, it gets 5 stars.
Subtract 1 — We ordered buffalo strips and got screwed — there were 5 small lukewarm, dried out pieces that looked like they had been sitting under the heat lamp for too long. The sauce was dried, not juicy so I suspect they had been left for some time. We saw other orders getting carried to tables that had double the amount and looked delicious… but we missed out. I would have told my server or ANYONE who worked there, but they are scarce and nobody ever came by our table.
Subtract 3 — their service is ABSURD. It’s so terrible it makes me laugh. We sat down and weren’t helped for 20 minutes. We were watching a game so we weren’t as bothered by it as we may have been if there was nothing on, but after we got sat about 6 other groups did and were all helped. Just when I was starting to fume a busboy came and gave us waters, we hadn’t asked for them. He didn’t say a word when I asked where our server was.
After our first 20 minutes an annoyed looking lady came and asked us what we wanted. She never said she was sorry for the wait and didn’t even introduce herself. She said ‘what are you going to have to eat’ and that’s literally ALL she said. We never saw her again. Our waters were empty the entire time we waited for our food (it took so long for her to take our orders it was empty when she got to the table).
Once the (disappointing) food came, nobody ever came to check on us, refill drinks or ask if we wanted more. We had fully intended on ordering a few things during the games, spaced out but literally couldn’t because nobody ever came by our table. After we were done the dirty plates stayed on our table for another 30 minutes, even though the busboy walked past us about 50 times. He seemed more interested in the games that were on than anything else.
After our plates were finally taken away a different server came to us, refilled our waters and told us she was taking over for Esmerelda. We were like…‘who is Esmerelda?’ and she told us it was our server., the one we only saw once. So she left without telling anybody, god knows when she left.
Worst service ever. Even with good food and great atmosphere, service really makes or breaks an establishment. This place could be great for large groups and if the service was better I would come back with lots of friends… I might even be a regular, but I know this isn’t going to happen. Very disappointing.

CONS: Service — that needs some help. First you are greeted by the hostess with the mostest attitude. Seated at a table that the table was not wiped down. The waitress forgot my water 2X and never came. We got a new server after being there for 30 minutes and the service was much better.
PROS: The set up was AWESOME! I told my husband that if he wants me to watch sports. he has to take me here! I LOVED IT! A HUGE bigscreen and tv’s everywere. Great mixed crowd!
Will definitely be back — Most likely this weekend.
The food is just ok. but as long as there’s STELLA. I’m sold!
OH! and saw a celebrity. dunno if you’d still call him a celebrity!
JC from Insync! He looked puffy… and he had small hands.
His date was cute!

It was the first time I was there and had a great time.
The food was great and the atmosphere was lively. We watched the Barca vs Arsenal game.
Our waitress did not submit my friends food with mine so that was a minor issue.
The bathrooms have TV’s in them and you’ll never miss the action.
I will definitely be back and enjoy the good times.
C’mon Chelsea!!! Cheers!!!

It’s hard to rate this place because I had such a great time in spite of poor service I experienced. (My first time attending.)
I think the main issue is the bar staff is so over worked that they don’t or can’t give a crap if you get your drink or not. Some guys waited for-​ever to get a drink at the main bar… being a girl, I tried the girl-​thing to try and get them a drink… as did two other girls who had seats at the bar. The bartender very rudely snapped at the girls and told them to worry about themselves and to not order for anyone else. All three of us were shocked… what kinda bartender behavior is that?
The female bartender took my order at one point and when I said to put it on MY tab, she said, «You’d better not be ordering drinks and putting it on someone else’s tab.» Rude insinuation.
Two girls waited to get a drink. A bartender chose to get a drink for the guy standing BEHIND them and shouted the order over the girls.
Maybe this is a place where you have to be a familiar face and/​or super aggressive.
A group of us witnessed a manager SHOUTING and gutter-​swearing at a customer (maybe they knew each other, maybe they didn’t) still, incredibly unprofessional.
The nachos were amazing. The beer choices are great. The prices are reasonable. The people in the bar are awesome. I made friends with the guys I tried to order for! I didn’t mind standing for both the Packers and Steelers games and I still had a great time for great games.
I wish very much that the service had been better… and I tipped all of them inspite of it all.

How does a NON-​sports fanatic like me end up at Capitol City for the 3^rd time in the past 5 months? Mostly because I went there with a friend who IS a sports fanatic. So if you’re one of «those people» then Capitol City is a pretty cool spot. Even if you’re not one of «those people,» it’s still a pretty cool spot.
My first experience here was overwhelming. First USA game of the World Cup. Crazy crowded but tons of fun in the back area with all the cheering, rowdiness, and rivalry. My last experience here was quite the opposite! Very chill and laid back Monday night football. Met up with said sports fanatic friend for his birthday and 49er game. Relaxed with a glass of cabernet sauvignon. I also got a side of steamed veggies for $ 5. My bill was $ 14. What!?! That’s a pricey glass of wine! But it was one of the tastiest glasses of cabernet sauvignon I’ve ever had! And it’s just fun to say sauvignon with my best french accent ;)
This place is HUGE! Great for accommodating large groups. Lounge areas upstairs, bars and dining areas on the main floor. Televisions all around… including the bathrooms. One GIANT screen in the main dining area for your football watching pleasure (or sport of choice.) I would be happy to kick it in there if only I could watch episodes of The Office and old reruns of Friends ;P
Service is good. Staff is friendly. Valet is $ 8 but there is also a $ 5 parking lot one block south of Capitol City on Cahuenga.
Not necessarily my first choice in places to hang out but it’s nice to know it’s there. 3.5 stars rounded up :)

I love the big screen projector and muitiple TVs… Hollywood does sports bars great! I like my bars bright and open and full of good looking people… but that’s a personal preference ;) There is a nice hang out area and a back bar as well

Pros: Lots of TVs, clean, pretty good food, great drink specials
Cons: Smallish, so feels a bit more crowded than it should. A bit pricey
TCU had a game watching party for all the L.A./OC area alumni here, so I made the trip north from Irvine to attend, especially since it was against Utah, the number 5 team in the country. We defeated them pretty good, so I got to spend less time stressing out about who would win and more time enjoying Capitol City bar.
Located right in the middle of Hollywood, the bar is nice and clean. There are many large TVs and nice tables and chairs to sit at. Since TCU had a big congregation at the game, they gave us the main room with the huge screen. It was fun having the room to ourselves.
The food is pretty good. Bar standards such as wings, burgers, fries and melts mixed alongside more Hollywoodish cuisine such as sushi rolls, vegetarian options and more. I had the wings and thought they were good. Drinks are pricey, but they do have specials and if you get those, the drinks shouldn’t be too bad.
The place is kind of smallish, so even when it’s not super busy it still feels a lot busier than it is. Hollywood isn’t a big sports bar kind of a town, but for us transplants that live here or near here (and there are many of us), Capitol City is a great place to meet up and watch our teams.

When they first opened it was amazing! Now I feel like they are too «big for their britches»!
If I had written this review 6 months ago it would have been 5 stars! Great staff! Great food! Great Fun
Now the food is crappy and The service sucks!
Oh. And never make reservations here at all, they won’t honor them if it’s busy! (which is why you make a reservation in the first place right?) This has happened to be 3 times. As crappy as this sounds. (big wangs has better food now than Cap City.
Cap City. I used to love you with all of my heart. Then you broke it. And smashed it.

I was going to give Capitol City a nice three-​star review … you know, it’s not bad for a soulless, generic Hollywood sports bar that features the HUGEST television I’ve ever seen …
That was until I met the downstairs bartender and well folks, that’s when my tenuous admiration of the place fell apart.
See, it really chaps my hide when I, the customer, whilst making no unreasonable demands, get treated badly by my waiter/​bartender/​barista/​cashier. Since when it is a prerequisite for me, the customer, to put up with your shitty little attitude?
See, by the way this guy was acting, you’d think that I’d waded into a bar that was forty-​deep and he was up to his neck in drink orders. He wasn’t — there were about four other people there.
Soldiering on, I ordered my beer and my Dewar’s on the rocks, and Mr. Cranky ran my card and when he came back with my receipt, he tossed the little black folder over the bar at me with such force that said receipt AND my debit card fell out.
Yeah, real classy, dude, thanks a lot. Even children know not to throw things at people, I mean, c’mon, it’s just rude.
It’s not like this guy was so harried that he couldn’t have taken the extra, I don’t know, half-​a-​second, to gently set it down in front of me, instead.
Whatever man, I totally regret that $ 2 tip I gave you.

2 stars for the establishment overall.
5 stars for our server, Silvana!
I took my friend out for his birthday last night and we decided to try this place because neither of us has ever been. The vibe was definitely sort of strange, like it doesn’t know what it wants to be — a trendy Hollywood club or a sports bar. After spending an evening there it is decidedly NOT someplace I would come to watch sports — it’s just too… uppity. As an aside, it was pretty ballsy of them to open a giant sports bar practically directly across the street from Big Wangs, the giant sports bar mainstay of Cahuenga for the past 5 years (and where I will continue to go to actually watch sports).
When we entered there was a giant, scary bouncer at the door (as mentioned by previous reviewers) and we were greeted by 2 hostesses who informed us that there were going to be not one but two back to back private parties that evening and the main room as well as the entire upstairs were all reserved for those, so we were welcome to stay as long as we didn’t mind being restricted to the bar area. It was pretty full but definitely not overcrowded, and a table was leaving right then, so we decided to stay.
I went to get us a couple of drinks from the bar while we waited for our table to vacate and the bar service was slow — too slow for the number of people sitting up there (it wasn’t even full). There was only one bartender working and there probably should’ve been two at 8pm on a Thursday. I wasn’t even acknowledged and just stood there for about 5 minutes. When I finally got our drinks and went back to the table we were expecting a waitress at some point. Ours was in the back or on break and no one told her she had a table! And there was only ONE other waitress working (who ignored us) — two servers is definitely not enough for a place this size.
So, we were not off to a good start. We sat there for at least 20 minutes and no one even acknowledged us. We were actually just discussing where we should go instead when our waitress rushed over to us, totally apologetic, and explained what happened. We decided to stay and placed our order. I noticed that she didn’t write anything down, which made me recall a previous review where the waitress didn’t write anything down and then everything was wrong. Our expectations were not high. Well, not only did she get everything right, but our food came out in literally 5 minutes flat!
My friend got the burger, which I tried a bite of and was surprised by its tastiness. Would def recommend the burger. I got the spicy tuna on crispy rice, which was good, but at $ 9 for 4 pieces just go around the corner to Katsuya and pay a couple bucks more for the real deal that will blow your mind. We also got the chili cheese fries, which again were good, but the chili (beef & black bean) was pretty bland. Go across the street to Big Wangs for this instead — their chili is made with brisket and has a kick to it. Way tastier. For dessert we got the warm chocolate chip cookie a la mode, which was yummy — but it’s pretty hard to fuck that up.
The crowd was very odd, but this may have been due to the two private parties. One appeared to be for some sort of hip hop label and the other was for some new MTV show that looks exactly like Jackass but is not Jackass.
Basically, the only reason we would return to Capitol City is our waitress — if not for her we would def not be back. She took excellent care of us, brought my friend a free shot and comped a shit ton of our drinks for his birthday. If you decide to come here despite the mostly horrible reviews, ask to sit in Silvana’s section. She said she usually works Thurs, Fri & Sat.

Came here to eat this time. Let’s just say THIS review is for Capitol City as a restaurant experience, and the first is as a drinking experience.
Minus points for:
–slow ass service. woof.
–the worst grilled cheese ever. I KNOW — how hard could it possibly be to fuck up grilled cheese? well… the bread was blackened and burnt, with char-​marks as if it had been tossed on the grill … but the 5 slices of cheese were relatively untouched, in that only the outermost slices were even starting to resemble melted. no thanks.
–not telling our table that one of our meal items was ‘not available, according to the chefs’ until 5 minutes AFTER every other item was cooked and brought out to the table. this rendered one diner completely outta luck, as the game was ending and we didn’t wanna stay extra later to wait for slow service and an all new meal
so yea, moral of the story: drink here, watch the games on the actually-​very-​kick-​ass-​and-​abundant-​flat-​screens, but don’t bother ordering any grub. and stick to ordering from the bar, if you can.

Good place to watch the game (s)… lots of Big Screens to enjoy the action. Pretty decent draft beer selection. Bartenders are quite nice and give you good advice on local area.
Not sure, but the place could be a little snooty on a busy night, but on a regular week/​work night, there wasn’t much of an issue.

This place is more of a lounge that has plasma televisions than a sports bar.
I am not impressed by the décor, it is just another Hollywood spot trying too hard. The bouncers were dictating the entrance as if the place was filled to capacity when in reality it was half empty.
The saving grace of this place was the drink list. The bar tenders are good just not too friendly. They seemed to get annoyed with the drunk people in my group and started getting an attitude. Probably not the place to work if drunk people annoy you.
I did not have the food but I heard its over priced for the quality.
This seems like a decent place to grab a $ 4 bud light in the afternoon. However; I am doubtful I will ever be back.

As a female sports fan, I’ve long talked about a superior sports bar. One with plentiful TV screens, a menu with offerings that range beyond the deep fried and comfortable seating that your bum doesn’t stick to.
Don’t get me wrong, I frequent dive bars and consider myself somewhat of a dive bar connoisseur with a penchant for beer.
With a muted and modern color scheme, cushy chairs and food that is actually pretty tasty, Capitol City pleases people who just want to watch the game (with it’s many TVs) or gawk at waitresses (with their cute staff), but more importantly, it provides a posh haven for the new breed of sports fan — the females who love sports just as much as they love a good martini and a pair of Manolos.
It’s casual enough to show up in jeans and a pair of sneakers, but posh enough to wear a dress and heels. I had a few of the pizzas here and they are all quite good. Thin-​crusted, but crispy. Their sweet potato fries were yummy, although I would love if they served it with honey mustard. Ketchup just doesn’t jive. The servers were very nice and attentive. Prices are reasonable with some domestic draft beers at $ 4.
All in all a good break from dive bars or a great place to see a game with a date.

It’s new… so I’m sure I’ll be back to update my review at some point. It’s nice to see new places popping up in the corridor. Working near by has been dreary on the food front lately. I like this addition.
First and foremost they have a kick ass beer selection. Tons on tap and bottles too. The space is also very sleek and modern and they have lots of big screens for the sports fan out there. Also, a nice patio out back with a private bar although it’s not open at lunch.
Food wise, everything I have had has been good. I had the tri tip salad which was decent and the pulled pork sandwich which was yummy. Good sweet potato fries too. Nothing to swoon about but good solid gastro pub fare.
I’d say that I’m quite happy at the addition of Capitol City.

A fancy sports bar, it’s pretty up to date and the staff here are rather friendly. The front bar area for a Wednesday Night was pretty busy, not packed, but busy.
I did notice that they had a large eating area so it could house a good Laker/​Dodger crowd during a good rivalry. They have ample seating in the non-​bar area for people who want to sit and watch the game.
There’s also a seating patio area, much like at the Bungalow Club on Melrose, Capitol City has a smaller version for people to go and check it out. It’s nice and cozy with a bar for those who want to hang out there. And what makes this part of the bar cool is that it’s private and covered. I wish I took pictures. There were also 3 large flat screens in that area also.
Also the staff back here, particularly Kelsey, were very nice and very attentive, the bar tender was cool and looked like he liked his job, compared to the lady at the front who seemed irritated.
Well in any case, I’d come back here, cause there is valet here and around the corner for under $ 10, so if street isn’t available then feel safe to park it in one of their areas.
Enjoy!
I look forward to

Five stars for ambiance, two stars for food, three stars for service, four stars for beer/​drink selection. (Shouldn’t Unilocal implement a stratified system like this in addition to the overall 1 – 5 rating?). Anyway…
The ambience is beautiful. The place simultaneously projects clean, swanky, classy, hip, trendy, and relaxed… and maybe even has a chance to be romantic if not for the tvs and sound system blasting sports at you nonstop, but cmon now, it’s a sports bar (ostensibly). The main screen is pretty fantastic — I don’t think I’ve ever seen a projector screen that large with such good picture quality before. I had to look up and double check that it was actually a projector and not an obscenely expensive plasma tv or something.
The food tastes exactly as it looks, if that makes any sense (see uploaded pics). It’s decidedly average. Whoever designed the menu decided to lift a meatball out of their spaghetti and place it in a mini bun and call it a slider… you taste more of the bland crust in the margherita pizza than anything else… the fish n chips taste like anything you’d find in your local Albertsons freezer section… the mac n cheese is thick and creamy, contains bacon pieces, and is made with pasta shells (wait a minute, if you don’t use macaroni noodles, isn’t it just cheesy pasta and not mac n cheese???). So yeah, the food is quite average.
Maybe I’m not being fair and I’m comparing it to food from other places that offer fantastic items of the same category. It’s not BAD food — it’s very adequate for a sports bar setting. It’s just that because of the ambiance, you almost expect it to taste like it was prepared by an actual chef as opposed to your quick do-​it-​yourself fixins at home. That, and the prices for the food make you expect better.
It took a while for the beers we ordered to arrive at the table — it arrived right before our food did. As someone else pointed out in their review, there is an army of staff, yet the wait time for drinks seems a bit unnecessary.
Anyway, the place is still fairly new and is probably still working out the kinks. It’s a cool place to catch a game (I went on a Sunday night), and you could do much worse.
Overall recommend, would come again.