Menu Guide · West Hollywood
Chateau Marmont — Menu Guide
By Firoz Khan · FK Digital Media
The dining room at the Chateau Marmont sits inside one of the most mythologized buildings in Los Angeles: a 1929 apartment house modeled on a Loire Valley royal residence, converted to a hotel during the Depression and famous ever since as a hideaway for Greta Garbo, Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable, Elizabeth Taylor, Jim Morrison, and Mick Jagger. Columbia Pictures founder Harry Cohn once said, "If you must get in trouble, do it at the Chateau Marmont." The restaurant itself is far calmer than the legend — American comfort food in a casual-elegant room (and on the famous garden terrace), led by executive chef Dean Yasharian. Below is our independent walkthrough of the menu, hours, and what we'd order. Everything is written in our own words; prices are reported figures, not a copy of the restaurant's menu — and the itemized prices below come from a published 2022 menu, so treat them as dated.
At a glance
- Location
- 8221 Sunset Blvd, West Hollywood, CA 90046 (inside Chateau Marmont)
- Chef
- Executive Chef Dean Yasharian
- Cuisine
- American (dining style: casual elegant)
- Price level
- No current published prices; the 2022 menu ran roughly $15–$46 per dish — verify before visiting
- Reservations
- Via Resy through the official site; not bookable on OpenTable — the hotel asks guests to call ahead
- Phone
- +1 (323) 656-1010
Hours (reported)
The reported schedule, from the restaurant's OpenTable listing, is: breakfast Monday–Friday 6:30–11:00 AM and Saturday–Sunday 6:30 AM–12:00 PM; lunch Monday–Friday 11:00 AM–5:00 PM and Saturday–Sunday 12:00–5:00 PM; dinner daily 5:00 PM–12:00 midnight. These hours are undated in the source, so confirm with the restaurant before planning around them.
Starters & small plates
The opening section reads like classic hotel-dining comfort: an iceberg wedge with bacon, walnuts and blue cheese dressing; a Caesar; beef carpaccio; crispy calamari; a charcuterie and cheese board with pickles and celeriac rémoulade; and a falafel plate. Reported prices from the published 2022 menu (dated) run roughly $15–$26.
| Dish | Reported price (2022, dated) |
|---|---|
| Spaghetti Bolognese | $15 |
| Caesar Salad | $16 |
| Crispy Calamari | $16 |
| Bucatini & Clams | $16 |
| Iceberg Wedge | $17 |
| Mushroom Ravioli | $17 |
| Beef Carpaccio | $21 |
| Grilled Octopus | $22 |
| Charcuterie & Cheese | $26 |
| Falafel | $26 |
Our take: the grilled octopus — paired with watermelon, arugula and lemon vinaigrette on the 2022 menu — is the most interesting plate here, and the charcuterie board is the easy crowd-pleaser if the table wants to graze.
Mains
The main courses stay in comfort territory: pastas, a burger, a Sunday fried chicken, and a handful of fish and meat plates. Reported 2022 (dated) prices run roughly $20–$46.
| Dish | Reported price (2022, dated) |
|---|---|
| Black Truffle Risotto | $20 |
| Chateau Burger | $23 |
| Buttermilk Fried Chicken (Sundays) | $29 |
| Roasted Chicken | $32 |
| King Salmon | $33 |
| Bouillabaisse | $35 |
| White Sea Bass | $35 |
| Lamb | $42 |
| Steak Frites | $46 |
The steak frites — a dry-aged New York strip with fries and béarnaise — sat at the top of the 2022 menu. The bouillabaisse brings saffron fish broth with tiger prawns, mussels and rouille, and the Sunday-only buttermilk fried chicken comes with kale, mashed potatoes and gravy, a biscuit and spiced honey. Dessert on the 2022 menu was a tapioca pudding with spiced pineapple, lime financier and coconut sorbet, reported at $12 (dated).
Breakfast
Reported breakfast prices come from an undated third-party listing, so treat them as rough figures only: eggs Benedict, huevos rancheros, breakfast burrito and bagel & lox around $22; croque madame $20; a three-egg omelette $21; buttermilk pancakes $17; Chateau granola $15; and coffee $6–$10.
What we'd order
If we had one meal here, this is how we'd play it:
- To start: the grilled octopus — the most distinctive plate on the reported menu.
- The main event: steak frites on a regular night; the Sunday buttermilk fried chicken if you're lucky enough to be there on a Sunday.
- The value move: the Chateau burger — the lowest-priced main on the 2022 menu, and a proper hotel burger with cheddar, house pickle and fries.
- To finish: the tapioca pudding — the one dessert the old menu offered, and it sounds like the kind of retro dish that suits this room.
Planning your visit
- Book through Resy via the official site — the restaurant isn't on OpenTable, and the hotel asks guests to call ahead for restaurant or bar reservations.
- Confirm hours and prices before you go. The only itemized menu we found was last updated in February 2022, and the hours come from an undated listing — a quick call to +1 (323) 656-1010 clears both up.
- Dress code is listed as smart casual, with valet parking available.
- Celebrity-discretion culture applies — this is a room where famous people go to be left alone, so keep the camera down in the dining room.
About these prices
Prices above are reported figures, not current prices. The itemized menu prices come from a menu published in February 2022 (dated) and are almost certainly higher today; the breakfast figures come from an undated third-party listing. We could not find a current published menu. Always verify current prices — and hours — with the restaurant before visiting.