horrible.

   IXIsweptawayIXI - 11/23/2008

i thought this was going to be such a great place, but as it turns out, the place sucks, and the service sucks as well. Jim, the general manager of the place is a jerk and makes empty promises to visitors. When he talks to you, he makes you feel like an absolute idiot. A friend of mine introduced me to him once, and he was all friendly, telling me to call him if i ever needed anything. Well, when that day came, he was acting like I made it all up. If you want to come to a club and not leave frustrated, DO NOT COME TO THIS PLACE. Try the one in san diego or anaheim instead. it'll be a huge mistake.

You like the food at Disneyland?

   EDDYBABY58 - 07/09/2008

This sorry excuse for so-called Cajun and Soul food is pathetic. No place to sit, poor slow service and overpriced crap food that is no better than the fried turds you get at Disneyland along with the horrid parking situation and bad sound make for an absolutely forgettable evening at this dump. Go to a REAL dump and get some value for your money, along with great music, good seats, and cheap beer and plentiful parking. Go to Babe's and Ricky's in Leimert Park on Monday nights for the live blues jam. The real deal too, not some overpriced Hollywood wanna-be's or fat over the hill 70's rock band cashing in, just good honest blues music played for the love of the music. You can get in for 8 bucks and that covers the cost of a meal with fried chicken, black-eyed peas, collard greens, sausages, cornbread, potato salad, and sometimes sweet potatoes. Good stuff. Forget the HOB, leave that to the turistas and rubes.

   Psychodan83 - 05/24/2008

Parking sucks

   Musicsalad - 05/16/2008

Parking sucks. They charge WAY too much. And all the lots around there are way too expensive. $20 to park a car? LAME. Otherwise I like the place

Good but not great...

   miditrax - 10/01/2007

Getting there/parking -

This HOB venue is off Hwy. 101, in Hollywood. Parking on Sunset Strip is at a premium; I self-parked for $10 in a lot across the street, by the Comedy Store. The HOB also has $10 valet parking but I have heard complaints about the long wait for one's car after concerts. Walked across and down the rather steep hill around the corner to the box office, paid about $40 for my ticket, then walked down into the parking lot (their Porch restaurant and VIP rooms are on the upper street level). Got there about 20 mins. early and waited by the big double doors - didn't seem to be a big line this early autumn Sunday...

Seating/the Buffet -

The doors opened a bit after 1pm. There's a sign showing the venue capacity at about 230 - when everybody arrived it seemed about 2/3 full. I was shown to a rickety folding chair seat at the end of a long table behind the salad station (I kid you not - I could probably reach for a shrimp!) but it had a good sideline view of the stage. The buffet seemed standard fare for a brunch but not remarkable. Self-serve coffee/tea, couple of omelet stations, plus the usual breakfast, salad, hot dishes, carving station, bagels, muffins and other desserts. A waiter offered soft drinks but brought me water when I asked. There were only a few Southern dishes - biscuits/gravy, grits, chicken, mac/cheese - I expected more. The best dessert was the bread pudding. I tried a bit of the jambalaya, but like much of the food, it was nothing special.

The Entertainment -

After recorded gospel/jazz music with the buffet, the curtain went up and the live concert started at 1:45pm. The volume also went up; there seemed to be an imbalance of the mix out to the house that made the bass way too heavy, at the expense of the keyboards and the backup vocals (lead vocals were fine). That was improved about halfway through the hourlong show.

Uncomfortable and Unorganized

   dbamomof3 - 04/13/2007

We went on Easter Sunday of all Sundays..thought it would be great! NOT! First off when I made the reservation they said it was at 9:00am, their brochure said 9:00am we get to will call for our tickets at 8:45am only to find out it was 9:30am. Stuck waiting with 3 kids for 45 minutes! Then we are seated in a row shoulder to shoulder with strangers uable to converse with each other. The chairs were uncomfortable abd food was below average and for the price I expected at least the food would be good. Then the show started and it was way to LOUD! The base was set so high it went right thru you. Much too loud for the kids we ended up leaving.

Relaxing Sunday Brunch....NOT!

   gbluestar - 04/13/2007

When I attend a "Church" Brunch, I can expect to be seated in an uncomfortable folding chair at a communal table cheek to jowl with my family and other church members that I know. However, when I PAY $145, I pretty much expect to have a comfortable seat AND my own table!
The quality and variety of the food was not totally what I had expected. Also, the volume for the Gospel show was WAY TOO LOUD... over 2 hours later my ears are still ringing

Sunday Brunch horrible

   mosexywetta - 04/08/2006

First it is over priced for what they deem soul food...which by the way it is not...nothing is season. Second for the price you would think it would be comfortable seating which it is not they cramp everyone in there to fit two brunches...it was less than horrible. The show was great but I expected more for the price. They need to hire some African Americans or someone who understands the foundation of soul food or introduce some items into this brunch which has less items then Charlie Browns and some other Brunches in Marina Del Rey. I was very disappointed....I brought and paid for ten people and I was upset... To the point the food was not traditional soul food on any level nor did they produce a large vary of foods for the price....We had to seat so close I was just ready to leave.

C+ is all this place gets

   donisland - 03/09/2006

Yes, lots of food and food choices - but no - don't go

LOVE THE VENUE

   daedhd - 11/26/2004

iVE SEEN MANY SOWS AT THE HOUSE O BLUES ,I'M HOPING TO SEE CHUCK NEGRON(FORMELY OF THREE DOG NIGHT) ON ONE OF YOUR UPCOMING EVENTSi WOULD SURELY BE THERE