Jame Enoteca

The best Italian spot in the South Bay - and I’m not saying this lightly. Made an early reservation for dinner on a Sunday online. Indoor and outdoor seating is available. I would note that the indoor space is very intimate. The employees were all very personable and friendly. There’s a small parking lot as well as an underground garage in the strip mall. You can’t go wrong with anything on the menu. All the pastas are cooked with a great texture. The spicy rigatoni also travels well and still made for good leftovers the following day. The paccheri similarly tasted good the next day. The pesto pasta tasted very fresh, but note that the noodles are like a handkerchief, so it may be hard to split with others. The scarpinocc had a very tender beef cheek filling and a brown butter sauce that caramelized the outside portion. Overall, friendly service and delicious food - definitely a place to stop by if you’re in the area.

So glad we found this place via Dine LA Restaurant Week! First, any place that has an outdoor dining area, is a huge plus for us. Fresh air plus we can bring our dog to join us (he doesn't bark at all, he only sits there quietly and beg for food 😂 Our waiter was friendly and happy. We rsvp via Google/OpenTable and was seated within minutes of arrival. Recently, more restaurants served filtered water but not here. Food came out quick and they were tasty! Usually, I'm not a fan of kale salad, but the waiter highly recommends it. He was spot on. Kale was chopped thinly with a light hint of olive oil. Most of the flavor is from chopped nuts. Overall, everything was tasty without being salty. When we arrived around 2pm, the place was about 70% full. It’s a great testament of how much people love this place.

What an enjoyable lunch Reeves and I had. From the delicious kale salad and roasted brussels sprouts to the rigatoni with meat sauce and the capellini with 30-hour tomato sauce, it was all yum! Service was warm and friendly and I wish o could recall the young man’s name. He’s from the South, and was such a gem. The place was packed when we went during the weekend but we had reservations so it was a breeze in every sense.

Yes yes yes. Love a new find that will become one of our go-tos. We had heard about this famous kale salad which is rated one of the best in LA, and they did not lie! And that was just one epically delicious part of our meal. The Vodka Spicy Rigatoni was also incredibly delicious… a seemingly simple dish packed with flavor I wasn’t expecting. We also had the meatballs which were done in my favorite way - crispy on the outside and bursting with flavor on the inside. Not to mention that potato purée they are served with, all the yums. I just had to look up the chef Jackson Kalb to get his story. And apparently this isn’t the first time I’ve eaten his delicious food. He was also a chef for Factory Kitchen which I’ve had, and he has another restaurant in LA called Ospi located in Venice. Best believe I’m going to check out Ospi next! Make the trip to Jame Enoteca; it’s worth it.

One of my new favorite Italian neighborhood restaurants. All pasta here are hand made on site, and the al dente texture makes all the difference. Brussel sprouts for appetizer is nicely fried and perfectly cooked through. Squid ink pasta had a subtle seafood tone in the pasta, and plump shrimp bites sprinkled through out. The pasta was very well executed, and we will definitely look forward to coming back and trying other dishes.

We had a wonderful date night experience at Jame Enoteca. Everything we ate was delicious. The broccolini was fantastic!!! Try the special pasta of the day - ours was tortellini stuffed with prosciutto and mortadella 🤤. Don't forget to ask for a slice of Nutella pie. It is to die for. And off the menu. There is lots of parking available and we were able to find a few spots just next to the restaurant. They have a lot of outdoor seating but not much inside. We brought our own bottle of wine. The corkage fee is $25