The look of the place was inviting, with painted tile floors, a tile ceiling, a long banquette along one wall and a cozy bar against the other.

Opposite a wall of floor-to-ceiling windows that overlook one of the Beverly Hills is a long banquette.

Seating is intimate at the long banquette facing the handsome bar.

Try to sit on the ground floor here; the upstairs, with long banquettes lining two walls and a low ceiling, is uninviting.

Park Bistro is an inviting, relaxed spot, with long red banquettes, pale gray walls, framed black-and-white photos and gentle lighting.

Inside, the place blossoms with a large upfront dining room dominated by the bar, which has long banquettes hugging a rustic brick wall.

In the smaller of the restaurant's two dining rooms, tilted glass panels support a long banquette.

The long, low, sculptured banquette by the bed could be a seat, a chaise, side table or shelf for clothes and shoes.

A long high-backed banquette running the length of the room, gives the place a Manhattan look.

Meals are slow-paced in the dim dining room with its flea market chairs and a long pillowed banquette against a brick wall.