Frommer's

"Best "Old Hollywood" Restaurant: Haunted by the ghosts of Faulkner, Fitzgerald, and Hemingway -- who drank here during their screenwriting days -- Musso & Frank Grill is virtually unchanged since 1919. The atmosphere urges you to order a martini and chicken potpie."

Jonathan Gold

"Best Jellied Consommé (1919): Musso & Frank Grill - Not least among these endangered dishes is the jellied consommé, a few ounces of clear broth transformed into a trembly, delicate substance, served in a custom-purposed silver-plate contraption that suspends the aspic above a goblet of crushed ice. The dish, a standard of the country-club set through the 1950s, is an unusually refreshing light lunch, exquisite with a frosted tumbler of lemony iced tea."

Garrett Snyder

"Recall a bygone era when cooling off meant enjoying a plate of jellied meat products. Don’t believe us? Head down to Musso & Frank’s and try the jellied beef consommé with a side of lemon."

Heather Platt

"While skimming the menu at Musso & Frank, you could easily miss the Welsh rarebit, filed under “Classics Made to Order” alongside Grilled Lamb Kidneys and Calf’s Sweetbreads. This would be a travesty, as dipping toast points into a succulent combination of melted cheese, bacon, and ale while sipping a perfect martini at the almost one-hundred-year-old Hollywood haunt is transportive. It’s one thing to feel like you’ve gone back in time to Hollywood’s golden age; It’s another to taste it. Traditional ... Read more

LA Weekly

"99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die: Musso & Frank's Welsh Rarebit - Not least among these nursery-food classics is the Welsh rarebit, a concoction of cheese melted with ale, dusted with paprika and poured over toast. Think of it as ballast for your second martini."

LA Weekly

"99 Things to Eat in L.A. Before You Die: And there is no restaurant anywhere as immersed in its past as Musso & Frank Grill, which is almost a museum of the American lunchroom menu of 1918: chicken potpie and diplomat pudding."

Gayot

"Come for a martini at the bar, but you’ll be tempted to stay and eat after perusing the extensive menu filled with nostalgic dishes. When dining, expect brusque service and such favorites as chicken potpie."

Kimberly Killebrew

"The best Fettuccine Alfredo I've had was at Hollywood's oldest restaurant, the Musso and Frank Grill. Not coincidentally there's a reason for this and it goes back nearly 100 years."

Jennifer Ball

"It may run on the touristy side, but if your out-of-towners are game, you won't be disappointed by the menu, which boasts classics like a Welsh rarebit that makes you wonder why the dish isn't more widely available."

Steve Bramucci

"Historic Los Angeles: 6 Old LA Icons You Have to Visit: Musso & Frank Grill - Order the fettuccine Alfredo, which is still prepared using a decades-old recipe from Alfredo’s in Rome, which was imported to Los Angeles by movie stars Douglas Fairbanks and Mary Pickford."