The Gate Lounge - Restaurant in Encino - 16925 Ventura Blvd, USA

I will divide my review into 3 parts: Food : was below standard. Apetizers were only ok, none of it (hummas, motabal, taboule, fatouch, grape leaves, french fries, fried cheese roll and kebbe, raw kebbe, falafel) was up to standards. The most important comment is, the smell of the oil killed us, whatever they were frying in the kitchen, we were smelling it. The management must solve this issue. Service: was satisfactory, we were table of 16 , and on Thursday night , the place was not crowded . (It was karaoke night) Ambience: the karaoke band did good ambience, but the place was 80% empty. The restaurant is clean.

Music way too loud. They had a cigar bar for a private party, disgusting smell. How is that even allowed?!?! The food they made was great. They had a Mexican food station which was decent at nest..disappointing.

Beautiful place to have a private event. Everyone was awesome. Food was delicious. Definitely worth the drive from the south bay.

Great evening atmosphere. Nice live music.

Do yourself a favor and visit this lovely restaurant in Encino. The service is unmatched. The staff truly cares about your experience. The food is absolutely amazing - everything we tasted melted in other mouths. Absolutely the best meal we had in a while. Many Hookah flavors to choose from and not to mention a full bar! George the manager made sure we were happy and we got what we needed. Highly recommend!!

The food is delicious and their service is beyond amazing. Every Friday and Saturday they host a live singing show for 3 nationalities. I go there almost every two weeks, and every time I go I enjoy it more. They serve hookah that is fresh and tasty, the service for the coals is do fast. I definitely recommend it

Awful service. Terrible food. & VERY expensive. My experience at the gate last night was awful. First, we were seated in the way back corner so we were easily forgotten. Secondly, the space is extremely smokey and you can hardly breathe. We went on Saturday when there is a preset menu that includes appetizers and barbecue dinner. After 40 minutes of waiting we FINALLY got served appetizers (which was okay). After waiting and waiting and waiting, it was close to 1:30am and we never were served the main dinner, but they still made us pay for the full dinner. $350+ later we left very unhappy and hungry. I will never go back and I will only tell my family and friends to never go

Had a great time last night… The food was delicious I give it 15 of 10 ( highly recommend the Kubbeh Niah), they have hookah, service was amazing (Aziz was our waiter) and the entertainment show they have is awesome!!! I highly recommend going to the gate to spend a remarkable night!! You won’t regret it!!!