Rainforest Pizza

by Matt C.

What a dump. Out of necessity I end up eating in this hole once a week or so. God, I wish it would burn down. The building that Rainforest Pizza is currently in was a guitar store a million years ago. Johnie's if I remember correctly. The walls were covered with autographs of all the has-been's that shopped there over the years. Extreme. Poison. All the greats, you know? One day, Johnie's is gone and up pops Morry's Pizza.A dump. Morry's is run by two older guys who obviously have no fucking idea what pizza is or should be. They produce some of the most mediocre if not BAD pizza in Hollywood history (which is rife with pizza attrocities) and top it off with a SESAME SEED crust. What the FUCK is that? Ok, if you ever make bad pizza, say.. at home or something.. put sesame seeds on the crust. It's such a bad idea and has such a horrible taste that no one will notice how truly awful your pizza is. I fear that someone gave good ol' Morry this advice too, unfortunately. Morry's goes under. Not surprisingly. Not a beat was missed though as Rainforest (Rainforest Pizza?) re-opens quickly in Morry's place to the misfortune of pizza eaters everywhere. Same crust. Same seeds. Same clueless attitude, but wait! Now we have even LESS compitent employees and half of the place has become a hookah den! I mean, what tastes better with cardboard pizza than some lovely rose-scented SMOKE? Right? right?Try to go in and get a slice. I dare you. If they have any slices ready when you walk in, Ill give you a damn prize. They NEVER have slices ready. I mean, not once. EVER. I got to the poaint where I would just call first and walk over 10 minutes later. No big deal I suppose, and I wouldn't probably even care so much if it wasn't such a hassle to eat pure garbage.  Oh man. well, so that's Rainforest everybody. Bad pizza. what can I say?Oh wait! One more thing! Does anyone remember the huge zillion year old palm tree that was on the corner of Sunset and Gardner? The one that you can see in Barfly and Every Building on the Sunset Strip and pretty much any other book or movie where they drive down Sunset Blvd? Well guess what. They tore it out. Yup. They spent a good week or more slowly chopping down and yanking out the roots of that historic old tree. Good news though: Rainforest Pizza has a NEON.. did I say neon, NEON PALM TREE on its roof now in its place. It's pretty much the same thing, right?LASTLY- an updateGo in to Rainforest and see how many amazing typos you can find on their fancy new wall menu. I counted no less than 8 at first glance. CARRETES? TOMATOE SALAD? Open Late.

by sparkie p.

Just go there to drink. Pretty empty on Friday nights, cheap beers, lots of seating.

rain forest are drug dealers by amt

i went there got robed at gun point and the did even let me use the phone to call the police and also the are involed in leting a group of black guys do robberys on there parking lot and getting a cut

by Zee G.

debated eating at cheebo after a visit to meltdown gallery but ended up here.  tables and chairs aren't spiffy but things like that don't bother me, i'm here for the food.took a quick look at the menu, wasn't into pizza so i decided on trying their chicken shawarma plate $7.99 - the hubby ordered a chicken sandwich combo $5.95 which came with fries and a small soda.  the small soda was really small LOL  but that was ok too seeing as you fill it up yourself at the fountain :)as we were waiting, i took inventory of the place, there's a little condiment table with peppers, peppers and more peppers.  there's an indoor patio type area as well as an outdoor patio.  you can watch sunset blvd.  there looked like a hookah lounge in a room further in, it smelled so nice.  their bathrooms were huge and clean.  those are big +'s to me lol  about 15 minutes later, our food was done, both fresh off the grill and steaming hot!  they really hooked it up too.  my plate had hummus, salad, rice, pita and 2 huge pieces of chicken breast and a side of garlic mayonnaise.  all of the items sitting on my plate were perfectly seasoned and i emphasize HOT (temp-wise).  it was so delicious and i was able to give the hubby a whole chicken breast and pita.  the pickled turnips in my salad was delicious (first time trying them) and so was the salad dressing - tasted kinda like ranch?the hubby's chicken sandwich was thick.  the chicken was grilled and seasoned just like mine.  his french fries were homemade, think in-n-out fries.  we really liked the food and the environment.  who could ask for a more perfect saturday lunch :)

by Steve R.

I don't really come here for the food, so I guess it doesn't matter that much to me. It's just a nice place to hang out in the dark with a couple of friends while knocking back a couple of beers. The owners a pretty cool guy. Has a straight Russian vibe going on from the waitresses to the music playing in the background, to some of the cheesy furniture. Come on, a chair shaped like a woman's high heel?

by Nick P.

What. A. Shithole.

by Victor L.

You know, I thought I had reviewed this place already from my visit to LA but I guess not.Our first day in LA, we were staying at the Bev Laurel Motor Hotel, home of nothing great. We decided being New Yorkers we would walk to the nearest bar. This proved to be idiotic. It took us a while to even figure out that we weren't anywhere near a bar. We hit up Rainforest because I saw hookah.So NOTE, this is not a review of the bar, but of the nice hookah lounge in the back. If I have already reviewed this place, forgive me, or if it should be moved to a different listing, let me know.The hookah was expensive (20 clams, are you kidding?), but it was nicely prepared and there was enough tobacco to last a couple hours. We had a couple Amber Bocks on tap, which I don't see too much of and it's a great beer, and had the place to ourselves during the afternoon. The log chairs were squeaky but comfortable and the place was clean and just kind of quiet, a nice way to spend the afternoon.

by stephy s.Faye G.Matthew K.William L.stephen c.

YUM-EEEEEEEE!Over the weekend we had a little soiree and needed some grub. At first we were going to go with a taco truck, but after realizing it was going to be at least $500 buckaroos, we put on our sanity caps and decided to go with a cheaper option: PIZZA!After spending a few days calling around and sampling pizzas from various Valley and LA haunts, a suggestion came from one of the party's guests to give Rainforest a go. I had never heard of them, but since they had pizza and other edible yummies to boot, we figured, why not. And at half the price of the original taco truck idea, oh yeah.What arrived was an awesome array of sesame-crusted pizzas, an amazing salad and honestly, some of the best hummus I have had in years! It was so creamy and perfect and wow, I was fighting the urge to scoop up a pita full every time I walked by the dish! As for the service, our large order arrived on time and the guy who delivered it was super helpful.At the end of the party there really wasn't much left, which is definitely sayin' something. While I can't vouch for the location itself, based on the deelish goods they brought us, I would most definitely give them a go again.This place is nasty. You know when a place is serving everything from pizza to hamburgers to kebabs, that they are probably doing all of it terribly wrong. The ONLY reason to go here is because it's the only thing open at 3am and you are so drunk that you know you need something in your stomach to mitigate tomorrow's hangover. A few of the reasons not to ever go here:-There are always creepy greasy men hanging out here. -The people who work there also look pretty greasy.-Hookahs are just plain stupid and smell awful.-The pizza is greasy and just plain crappy. The sesame seed crust would be a nice touch, if the pizza wasn't disgusting.-It's EXPENSIVE. A slice of pizza is $3 or something.Gross place, I hope it closes so something better can move into that nice location.DO NOT SUPPORT THIS PLACE UNLESS YOU WANT TO BE SUBJECT TO CREDIT FRAUD!!!I too have fallen victim to this restaurant for $305.00. Even after calling them to complain about seeing a manually created statement from my bank for $285.00 they claimed they would "call me back" but never did. Then, the transaction was completed with apparently, a "$20 tip" on top of it. I guess they deserved a tip for punching in my information for credit fraud.As several others have had this happen - I will work at having this place shut down.I apparently also am a victim of credit card fraud by these fucks...600 dollars worth. We really need to do something aside from getting the charges reversed. I think three people experiencing it and posting it on here is a good start though.Beware: Credit Card Fraud!This is such a big deal to me that I decided to post my 1st Yelp review to warn others of this place!I used my credit card to buy some very mediocre pizza here a couple of weeks ago, and noticed on my latest statement that someone had been charging up over $400 over a course of 4 days at the Rainforest Lounge.  I can only believe this was an inside job given my cc receipt was xxx'd out and only someone internally could have known my CC # and racked up charges to the Rainforest Lounge.This place is shady to say the least ... and yes, the pizza does royally suck.

by Russel G.

I like sesame seeds on my crust.  Nothing more for me to really say!

by Marie M.

Yes. The place to go for late night pizza. It's on the corner of Sunset and Gardner right across from Toi. Normally, my dog gets a bunch of crust handed to him after a night out of drinking and pizza. These crusts get eaten. They have sesame on them, and they are damn good. No crust, tonight, Bubba. The bathroom lighting is the brightest I've ever seen, but strangely it makes you look as good as your totally blotto date thinks you look. Looking good after eating some pizza after late night drinking at any of the number of boozeries nearby? That's FIVE star. Remember to get TWO slices.