Karl Strauss is located on the premises of Grand Pacific Palisades Resort and is very convenient if you are staying there. The food is generally good and not overpriced if you are on a moderate budget. I had the salmon, which I enjoyed. For an appetizer we all shared the garlic french fries. They were
very heavy on garlic, but great if you like that. If you don’t like garlic, stay very far away.
Incidentally, and I'm sure they are not all like this, but our waiter would ask us what we wanted while passing by our table. It seemed he never really stopped (and the place wasn't that busy). That being said, I would still recommend it.