I first came upon Yours Truly when I was on Resy looking for weekend dinner ideas. I looked on Yelp and there were only reviews posted, all positive, so I booked a Saturday night dinner. Unfortunately, my husband caught the awful cough I’ve had for the last 3 months so we pushed had to o push our dinner date a week. 

When we arrived for our 7:30 dinner reservation, the restaurant was about halfway full. The clientele was Venice hipster upscale chic. The restaurant’s decor was eclectic shabby chic to match. We were blessed with our server, Glen, who was truly quite phenomenal. He was present when he needed to be but always had a watchful eye from afar.

First to arrive were the Parker rolls which were served with seaweed butter. The 6 dinner rolls were petite, quite warm and had a slightly crispy top with moist center. Its accompaniment was slightly salty with some subtle hints of herbs. 

Next to arrive were the avocado hummus which came with a toasted flatbread and the charred peas salad. The hummus was quite rich and tasty and the sugar snap peas in the salad had a very light citrus dressing. However, the greens which sat on top of the peas were not the best paring. The stalks of the stems were very hard to chew even though the leaves were quite dainty. It really took me out of the moment and was sadly a miss.

Fortunately, the fingerling potatoes came out piping hot and saved the day. There was an egg yolk in between each of the potatoes which were perfectly cooked. The flavor of the dish harkened the pasta dish which was its inspiration. This by far, was my favorite dish of the evening.

The two main dishes, the Nashville hot shrimp and roasted chicken were the two priciest items of our dinner. The shrimp came out crispy, tightly breaded and hot, in temperature and in flavor. It sat on a piece of toast with some coleslaw on the side. The roasted chicken had a bit of toasted breading on top and under the skin and a few items on the side which had flavor combinations reminiscent of a chicken pot pie. 

I think of the items we ordered, I would recommend the avocado hummus, fingerling potatoes and the Nashville hot shrimp. The six $9 dinner rolls just seemed a bit much for what they were. The greens on the salad dish was too distracting and the chicken breast simply didn’t have enough flavor contrast to be interesting and also was at a high price point of $36. 
With that said, the restaurant is beautiful. It would be a great place to meet a group of friends to have drinks and share a few plates. The service is first class and we met Paul who is one of the partners and he is very intent in making sure Yours Truly is one of the go to restaurants on Abbot Kinney.  

Yours Truly

1616 Abbot Kinney Blvd.

Venice, CA 90291

https://www.ytvenice.com