The cellar is one of a few stereotypical “fancy french restaurants” that southen california boasts, except its dungeon themed, sort of. It feeds off its reputation and its aesthetics these days because it seems to have lost its place in the sun and its somewhat of a novelty. You have to climb down a basement until you find the hidden entrance to a place that takes itself too seriously, and then you have to sit in this beautiful little cellar, and you have to eat pretty good food. Its a fun place to go once every 5 years, unless youre unoriginal, then come for valentines a bunch. however, as you may have guessed from the name, do not #!*$ with the cellar when it comes to wine, because they will win. i am not a sommelier, but if one happens to see chateau lafite-rothschild on a list and its prenatal as far as one are concerned then one can take this to be a passable wine list. if you find yourself here then just go all out, break the bank as it were. but with the ill-fated(and reasonably priced) “cafe frances” having been out of the picture for sometime now, this is where one can go.