Sushi Cuisine: 16 Restaurants Found
Geisha House
Address: 6633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028
Building on the success of Dolce, Lonnie Moore, Mike Malin and Shereen Arazm opened their sprawling Japanese restaurant in November 2003, helping to bring Hollywood Boulevard into the 21st Century while honoring Japan’s past. Geisha House pays tribute to tradition with fully costumed “geishas” who walk the dining room. The restaurant is especially popular with twenty-somethings, who grab dinner before hitting neighborhood bars and clubs. Chef Paulo Soares delivers delicate but flavorful dishes incorporating premium ingredients like Kobe beef, while Sushi Chef Genichi Mizoguchi presides over an innovative sushi bar. To drink, expect a sake list representative of Japan’s diverse prefectures.
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Tengu - Westwood Village
Address: 10853 Lindbrook Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90024
Deep in the heart of Westwood, there is a restaurant that will playfully tempt you in a naughty way. Tengu, named after the Japanese god of mischief, is the place to go if you want Asian fusion and sushi laced with a nightly groove soundtrack provided by an eclectic house DJ. Owned and operated by the same team behind Nacional, The Lincoln and The Backyard, the atmosphere is similarly trendy and sleek. Traditional Asian fare combined with American classics and pan-Asian influences create a varied menu sure to please those who love everything from the land and the sea. Trendy collegiate students, industry workers and the occasional celebrity frequent this tempting spot.
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Koi
Address: 730 N. La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069
Sumptuous and stylish exoticism lure both celebrities and locals to West Hollywood’s Koi restaurant. Its décor suggests the simplicity of a Zen garden, the lush seclusion of a bamboo forest, and simultaneously the sleek modernity expected of L.A’s fashion-forward populace. Its menu is similarly influenced by a spirit of eclecticism, with a cuisine firmly based in the Japanese tradition but executed with an experimental and distinctly Californian flair. With a variety of enticingly elegant dining environments featuring two patios, an atrium, and a sushi bar, Koi supplies an ambiance that is open to interpretation, be it romantically intimate or fashionably social.
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Pearl Dragon
Address: 15229 W. Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90272
The sleek, dramatic decor and great bar scene draw a stylish crowd to this industry hangout, which offers the only full bar in Pacific Palisades. The Pearl Dreagon's elegant yet laid back atmosphere, with potted bamboo and gleaming wood tables, is well suited for crowds coming for the lobster specialty dishes, sushi and Pan-Asian entrees.
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Nishimura
Address: 8684 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Sushi Chef Hiro Nishimura’s restaurant certainly lives up to his name. The atmosphere here is soothing and intimate; to get to the restaurant diners walk through a Japanese garden out front. Amid the minimally decorated dining room, the sushi shines, with Chef Nishimura’s master hand creating some of the best sushi and sashimi in Los Angeles. In addition to sushi, hot Japanese dishes are also served, although it is the raw creations particularly the succulent toro, that have built Nishimura’s flawless reputation.
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