Japanese Cuisine: 15 Restaurants Found
Monsoon Cafe
Address: 1212 3rd Street Promenade, Los Angeles, CA 90401 (Map)
Dining at the Monsoon Café is a relaxing, spiritual experience provided by a unique atmosphere and fresh food. Even before diners walk through the door they are hypnotized by a pair of soothing yet intriguing eyes that adorn the front of the restaurant. The restaurant itself looks like a two story Eastern temple high ceilings and dazzling lighting fixtures, with lots of gold trim adorning columns and walls alike. There is plenty of seating in an open courtyard, with plenty of shade for even the sunniest days. Night is an exciting time at the Monsoon Café, with Salsa lessons and performances on Wednesdays and Saturdays and DJ battles on Friday nights.
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Geisha House
Address: 6633 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028 (Map)
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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Gonpachi
Address: 134 N. La Cienega Blvd. Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, CA 90211 (Map)
Gonpachi is styled both in space and cuisine, bringing a traditional Japanese dining experience to the heart of Beverly Hills. A wide spacious dining room with two-story-high ceilings and the clean cut counter space at the sushi bar create a peaceful dining experience. Private rooms, each a different color, play on the comfort of a Japanese home. A chic black bar reflects a Japanese garden, allowing guests to wander through the terrace overlooking a serene pond. Fresh ingredients are flown in from Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market, and fresh soba noodles are hand-made in the restaurant. Masterful Japanese meals are created and paired with rare sake and shochu beverages, balancing out the menu.
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Maison Akira
Address: 713 East Green Street, Los Angeles, CA 91101 (Map)
Near the Playhouse, in one of the quaintest districts in Pasadena, a rare jewel sparkles in the Crown City—Maison Akira. Step off the bustling Green Street into the foyer door and find yourself halfway around the world in an elegant restaurant just off Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence, France. Though distinctly French, a peaceful Zen-like esthetic pervades the atmosphere. That is because Maison Akira is home of the world-renowned chef Hirose Akira. His menu is like a symphony of truly beautiful French classics, made modern and dazzling with subtle Japanese influences, like his signature Miso-infused Chilean Sea Bass, which has made him famous throughout the world.
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Koi
Address: 730 North La Cienega Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90069 (Map)
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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