Jonathan Gold

"The Brown Derby is long gone, but the time-honored Beverly Hills Hotel variant known as the McCarthy Salad, which includes shredded cheddar cheese and beets, is permanently on the lunch menu at the Polo Lounge — no matter how much the establishment may prefer to feed you warm goat cheese or ahi tartare."

Michael Korda

"I was sometimes taken for lunch on Saturdays by my father to The Brown Derby; and my favorite meal is still the Cobb salad in the Polo Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel."

Roy Choi

"I come to the Polo Lounge at the Beverly Hills Hotel for a classic Cobb salad and a cigar. It's not on the menu, but they'll make it if you ask nicely. Add a little cognac and some Versace, and it was all a dream..."

Tash Sefton

"The Polo Lounge in the Beverly Hills Hotel does the best Cobb salad, martinis and is amazing for people watching."

Ellie Pithers

"Order the gargantuan Cobb salad and an iced tea, watch as the booths fill up with wrinkly producers and rail-thin actresses, and soak up the Golden Age atmosphere."

Vienna Nowell

"It’s one of their classics so it’s served morning, noon and night. Ask for the beets on the side and to switch to blue cheese for a Cobb or stick with the original McCarthy salad for a whole new but delicious experience!"

Monte Mathews

"It was irresistible with its mosaic of ingredients that arrived at the table beautifully arranged on the plate. The tomatoes glistened, there was crisp bacon, diced chicken breast, hard cooked eggs, beautiful Roquefort blue cheese and of course, this being California, a diced avocado."