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best hidden treasure in culver city. after living there for 3 years i was so happy to find this place! it is cash only, but being a waitress and going to breakfast saturday morning was never a problem. parking right next door in the structure which is free.
i love the old ambiance in there with what it seems like different generations of one family working there.
best part is that this place is cheap! and good! don't expect 5 class food, but def home made food.
i love their vegetable royal w potatoes!! it's so good! their sandwiches are okay, my boyfriend LOVES their pancakes, and i have to admit, they really are good!
unfortunately i no longer live in culver city, but always stop there on my way to lax or if im in the area!
oh, and they're closed sundays which is sad.
I went into this place wanting to love it like a furry new puppy left on my doorstep... I've been looking for a new "to die for" breakfast place since moving to Culver City.
But the food was mediocre. We ordered the 7-7 special and the hawaiian royale. Both were just okay. The eggs reminded me of my mom's scrambled eggs that she used to make for me as a child, but nostalgia doesn't deserve any bonus stars. The service was great and I like the feel of the place though. Prices are also very good.
I would still rather drive over to Rudy's in old Torrance for my omelette cravings.
SUPER hard to find if you don't know where to look .... I was looking on Main Street but it's actually hidden behind the buildings on Main St. and behind the parking structure.
I LOVE this hole-in-the-wall!
Cheap breakfast, and by cheap I mean $5 omelettes and $2.75 specials before 11am. The portions are small. My guyfriend and I ate to our max, and the total came out to be only $15.
I ordered the avocado and cheese omelette which was delicious. I think it was $4.50. It was small but came with side of toast and I chose a side of tomato slices. Guyfriend ordered french toast which was tasty as well. We also ordered the special before 11am.
Coffee is only $1 or so, and O.J. about $1.50.
I'll definitely be back for another cheap breakfast =)
I love love this hidden gem! It's secretly tucked away in Culver City's Downtown area.
This place is not for everyone though. I've seen people come in and walk right out...but you can totally tell those people are pretentious and most likely looking for a cool/chic/hipster/modern diner. This diner is totally not that but that's what makes this place so unique.
It has good food, cheapest prices anywhere, and good service -I love those Japanese ladies :)
Sweet mother of god, do I love this place. It is so tremendous. Only reason to withhold the 5th star is that the food is super simple. Good, but simple... and it usually takes a "wow" factor for that 5th star. NOW, that being said - I came for breakfast this weekend and have not been able to stop talking about this strange, hidden, amazing little find. Literally in the strangest location - it's kind of like knowing how to find the cool, sign-less, secret bars - you just feel like you're in the know. The decor is like you've stepped into a 1970s Midwestern time warp - but in sort of a funny charming way. Little plastic plates are especially amusing. Run by a lovely little Japanese family - I think there were at least 3 generations of them running around the restaurant - providing excellent service and giving me several prompt refills on my $1 coffee. Breakfast w/my boyfriend: eggs, pancakes, bacon for me + pancakes and potatoes for him + 2 orange juices and coffees = about $12. I could not have been more delighted. Not the best food in the world but everything was pretty solid. Very good pancakes. Note extremely limited hours. Wish they were open on Sundays. Alas. Definitely recommend. Not for the pretentious. Next time I will try to get there before 11a for the $2.65 breakfast specials. Yes, you heard me right.
What a strange place. It's hidden between like a parking garage and a building... seriously you can't see it from the street. How do they stay in business? Probably because the food is super tasty and super cheap. Typical greasy spoon style brunch, but you can get really full for like $5-$6.
Minus one star for cash-only. Get into the 21st century.
This place would have five stars if it took credit cards!
Mushroom burger (w/fries) was under five bucks and surprisingly delicious. As I told my fellow diner, it tasted like an actual cook-out burger, not gourmet, but deeelicious. I will be going back here often!
Off 2 alleyways tucked behind a parking garage, wine store and other establishments, Tokyo 7-7 is barley visible at the end of one alley and otherwise not to be seen from any other street.
Total hole-in-the-wall wall Japanese coffee shop. The coffee is good, food is very good, fresh and very consistent- and DIRT cheap! Strange place and sometimes strange mix of food, but definitely worth a visit if you can find it.
Beware the little yellow mustard; it will blow your eyeballs out..
What a magical little diner! I stumbled upon this hidden little treasure years ago while on my way to the Culver City farmer's market, but it has very limited hours so it's taken me years to actually eat there.
It looks itty-bitty from the outside, but is somewhat more spacious once you step inside. There is this feeling of being in a time warp, but thankfully, the menu prices seem caught in that same vortex. The place was packed with an interesting assortment of customers and many, many lovely little apron-clad Japanese ladies.
I've said before that eggs over medium + rice is one of the best breakfasts ever and it bears repeating. Add to that bacon and sourdough toast (extra charge for sourdough) and a cup of coffee and I still paid about $5 for my meal. Wow! Insanely cheap comfort food.
If Culver City were the city of the future this would make total sense. Something about cheap cafe food served by a japenese staff in a wood paneled room tucked in an alley behind a parking structure makes me wonder if this place wasn't in fact created as set for a Riddley Scott film.
Wake up early, head over at 7: coffee, good hot cakes, eggs (i suggest 2 rather than the 1) and the flattest two strips of bacon you'll ever eat -- read the paper, lay down 7 bucks and leave. Its not the food but the overall experience that I would recommend: that of eating out comfortably in a place that, like so many others in LA, remains so comfortably out of place.
GOod place And good food friendly people i always to come back here.
People are dumb for saying stupid shit like "dive, dump, dirty, etc". Shut it, ok? Thanks.
This place is the shit. Now that I work in the area I'll be here ALL THE TIME. 4.00 bacon and eggs. wtf?? Are you kidding me?? Or even less if you get up early. How do they do this? What kind of senior citizen japanese magic are they pulling here, anyway???
OMG! I'm totally a fan of this place. My bf suggested this place after not being able to decide where to go for lunch today. We were both hungry, but didn't want to spend too much on a meal. And this was the perfect place to satisfy our requirement. Walking around, you see the more trendy, modern restaurants and eateries. This place is neither, but you have to come in anyways.
Going in this place, felt like stepping back in time. The wooden panels along the wall and the dated furniture. You won't find anything fancy here. The employees are all older japanese ladies. They are the most adorable, nice, cute people.
Before 11AM, they have a small selection of $2.65 breakfast. I got the two french toast with two sausages. Pretty good and homemade tasting, nothing special but definitely better than mcdonald's by a long shot. My bf got the club sandwich which included french fries and green salad, all for only $5. Super good deal and very filling. Next time, i'd want to try their burgers and milk shakes. =)
This place is great! Love the look of this place... If i had known nothing about this restaurant I would've been too scared to set foot in it, it's basically in an alley and cannot be reached from the main steet, and overall it just looks really sketchy. The cute Japanese women that work here are very nice. This place's claim to fame is that it is supposedly the cheapest place to get food in Los Angeles. I can see that, I got the chicken teriyaki sandwich, which came with fries and a salad, and it all came to 5 dollars. and their breakfast special, you get eggs, toast and bacon, for just over 2 dollars, ridiculously good prices!
I love this place. They sell cigarettes and old japanese women serve super cheap and tasty enough food. Their milkshakes are good, too.
I enjoyed the curry.
My reasons for the 4 star rating.
1. Service from the Japanese ladies makes the dining experience comfy. Say what you will about the food, but these little old Japanese ladies are my rockstars.
2. It's cheap!!! Well, it's cheap for a reason but that doesn't necessarily mean it's horrible. I actually quite enjoy the hamburger royale. Just don't expect anything grand.
3. The location in the alley makes it feel like a speakeasy, so by default it has a cool factor. Decor is a little frumpy, but I like it that way. Feels like it has some history.
These three reasons alone makes me a fan of the place. If the food was excellent, I'd give it 5 michellin stars.
Any place that features decor from the 80's and prices from the 60's is A-OK with me. Breakfast and coffee for two= $8.24.
Pretty cool little place crammed in between a parking garage, building and alleyway. Super cheap breakfasts (before 11am?) make it well worth it, the food is decent, not amazing but i will definitely be going back.
Yummy! The special cheap breakfasts are good and cheap, but not enough to fill you up! My friend and I got two of the special $2.65 Breakfasts and ordered a side of pancakes and the omelet over rice. We didn't finish all the food.
It was delish! I love this place!
We both ordered drinks and the total came out to $18.
I don't have much to say that hasn't been said, but with 4 Yelp stickers in the front window, I feel obliged to write a little something.
I've been in LA a grand total of 4 days in my life. I was blown away when I found a place that can feed 2 people for under $10. The old Japanese women are super friendly. I had sausage and french toast for $2.60. The place is old school. I see Tokyo 7-7 as a refuge, hidden away from LA's population of Plastic People.
At $2.65 for 1 egg, home fries, toast and bacon, you can't complain. I don't think you can eat at Mcdonald's for cheaper.
Cheap? You gets whats you pay for. No frills, the minimum, bare bones - thats Tokyo 7-7.
Order a sandwich, let's say, tuna, and you get 2 pieces of plain white bread, a ball of tuna squashed in between. That's it! Not a shred of lettuce, mayo, mustard! Nothing else!
Breakfast? Let me put it this way: the empty white spaces part of your plate are bigger than the actual food parts.
Atmosphere? You like looking at wood paneled walls from the 70's with baseball pennants for decoration, this is your place! Bonus points for aged Japanese ladies shuffling around and aged Japanese working in the kitchen. Actually, I do like this part. Bonus star for nostalgia!
Hype? Apparently this place has it in spades - "quaint, charming, cute, hidden gem". It's hype. It's not worth it. You're going to end up spending more here than a regular dinner because you'll have to order each dish 3 times if you want to actually get filled.
Trust me on this. End of story!
Tokyo 7-7 Coffee Shop is a Japanese/American diner located in Culver City. I've been wanting to check out this small restaurant because I heard it was cheap. Since Dr. P and I both like Japanese food a lot, we wanted to try Japanese breakfast diner style. We went on a Saturday morning. Well, not exactly morning morning, we got there around 11:30am. We parked on one of the metered parking spot on Main Street and walked over to the restaurant. You can't see this restaurant from the street. It is hidden in a little alley way.
The restaurant was quite busy. I like the little counter in the middle of the room. It's very American-ish diner like, but the entire restaurant is ran by Japanese older ladies. It was somewhat of a "lost in translation" feeling. You feel like you are sitting in an American diner, but you are eating miso soup and rice so you feel like you're in a Japanese restaurant, then you take a sip of the coffee then you feel like you are having breakfast in an American diner, then the Japanese old lady comes over and talks to you in Japanese because she thinks you are Japanese, and that made you feel like you are in a Japanese restaurant...... Anyway, you get what I am saying, right?
If you get to the restaurant before 11:00am, you get to have $2.65 breakfast. $2.65? In Culver City? Yes, $2.65! But we like sleeping in on a Saturday morning. Darn.... The lunch menu looks great as well. But we were really in the mood for some breakfast.
Gotta have some coffee with breakfast. Just $1 a cup with unlimited refill.
Dr. P got the Hawaiian Royal, which is an open-faced omelet with cha-shu (BBQ pork), Portuguese sausage, and onions. You can pick rice or potatoes to go with your omelet. Dr. P got the rice. We really like the Royal omelet. The Portuguese sausage was yummy, but the cha-shu was a bit dry and hard to chew. Next time we'll just get the Portuguese Royal instead. It was a very simple home-style omelet, and it just tasted so right on that morning.
I got the Tokyo 7-7 Special. The dish consisted of cha-shu, cucumber sunomono, tamagoyaki egg, miso soup and rice. The waitress also offered me some "Japanese mustard", which tasted like wasabi but it wasn't green (?!?). The cha-shu, just like the Hawaiian Royal, was a bit dry. It was ediable, but I didn't like it that much though. The tamagoyaki egg was great. Cucumber sunomono was even better. And I realize that I really like having rice for breakfast. My breakfast also came with a bowl of miso soup. Rice + miso soup for breakfast = ^_^!
I really like Tokyo 7-7 Coffee Shop. Honestly, the food here will not make you go "wow that's delicious". It was more of a "that was a great home-cooked meal! Ahhh I miss my mom!" sort of feeling. The Japanese ladies were all so very nice and friendly. We will definitely come back again. Hopefully next time we'll wake up early enough to get that $2.65 breakfast special.
Went there today. It was good and cheap.
I just want to say that I asked one of the ladies working there what the name meant. She explained to me that 7 is a lucky number so 7-7 is double lucky. Makes sense.
Personality it possesses. Good ol'e fashion http://breakfast.it's got that..Easy on you wallet...That too
Cons: Portions may not be as large as you fat bastards want....You gotta come in with Cash only.
To folks whining here about portion sizes etc...this is what diners are supposed to be like...just basically, dine and get the hell out...The old japanese ladies are not trying to know the last time you went to the gym, where you got ur dress or if you saw the laker game...
Awww!! Breakfast food, nostalgia, and little Japanese ladies that remind of my grandma? Those are like all my favorite things in life!
I like how this place made me feel like I was reminiscing about something... I think it was that picture of the cast of Full House on the wall... or maybe the old brown chairs.. or also just looking at a menu with prices below $5. And the food is good too, in just-right portions. I had the Hawaiian Royal (omelet with Portuguese sausage and cha-shu [pork]) with potatoes and it was quite tasty and delightful. eee!
So, cheap + good breakfast food, a happy environment, oh AND a free (2hr) parking lot next door makes me a happy bruncher.
The food is subpar, perhaps akin to something you might find at a cafeteria, but it's CHEAP! The location and staff are great though. I'll go back.
I have been wanting to come here for a long, long time. They are tucked away and have limited hours, so I frequently forget about them or came just after they closed. Not today. I finally came here and was pleasantly satisfied.
This place is OLD SCHOOL. They take cash only, the decor is nothing fancy, and the food basic but good.
I got the vegetable royal (fancy word for a scramble) and it had bean sprouts, green onion, and more. The potatoes I got on the side were nicely done. My friend got an over-easy egg done medium with toast and potatoes. She drank coffee and I had oj; our total bill was under $10.
Portions are excellently sized, as in, after you eat your breakfast you still get hungry for lunch at a reasonable lunch hour. What a nice change!
The service was prompt and attentive enough without being overly so. It's apparently a Japanese coffee shop equivalent of your basic diner. With all the gentrification going on in downtown Culver City, I hope this place stays as a holdout!! I'm totally comin' back!
CASH ONLY.
Crazy specials before 11am. Reminds me of the price of food in the countryside.
The food is home cooked. I miss that! Would prefer this place over Denny's for breakfast.
Cheap, reliable, good, fast, cute ladies, close.
And their strawberry shakes are pretty darn good too!
Only ate there once, the ambiance alone will make you think twice before ordering your food. Cheep and very small portions. Greasy and gross.
Easily one of the best-kept secrets in Culver City.
This place is beautifully and efficiently run by a crew of cute middle-aged Japanese ladies...but you already know that.
Get there before 11am. 2.65 specials. Yeah they're small. But go with a friend, you each get a special, a coffee, and you split a royal...you're out of there for 17 bucks.
Love it! And you get to park in the money "2 hours free" Culver lot! Walk out the back fence-like door and you're at the 7-7!
People who complain about this place should take 2.65 and see what they get at McDonald's...a heart attack and horrible service.
Love this place. I've been going here for years, and although they've raised the prices bit by bit, you're not going to find anyplace cheaper. The food is not necessarily reflective of the price, but don't expect your tastebuds to be completely wowed. I've tried everything on their menu, but I love their Royals and their bbq pork fried rice. The husband and wife who run it are the nicest people, so it makes it even more enjoyable. Shoot, they've even got an autograph of Sledge Hammer in the corner, one of my favorite corniest series of the 80's.
Decent cheap eat. This place is hidden in an alley between a parking complex and some stores. I ordered the Tokyo 7-7 Special, which is pork (cha-sur), cucumber salad, and japanese omelette (sweet) with steamed rice ($6.10). It was ok.
Perhaps I should order the breakfast items next time as many reviewers have raved about the breakfast items.
Really cheap, basic, homestyle breakfast. Don't expect too much from the hype. Having the place staffed by little Japanese old ladies is quirky but doesn't add or take away from the food. It's a classic mom and pop breakfast diner, that's all.
A hole in the wall located in the back alley behind a huge culver city parking complex.
And that is why I absolutely love it.
I either get the char-siu/eggs over rice, or portuguese sausage over rice for breakfast. comes with miso soup... always under $5.
This is food my Obaasan would make. and it taste like it too.
have a japanese-ish breakfast here!
the special has: miso soup, and on a plate: rice, picked cucumbers, neatly stacked cuts of chasu meat & japanese omelette. it was $6.25 or something.
it was light and well balanced, and the lady was very nice.
you can park right next door in the 2hr parking structure.
CHEAP! and it hit the spot. Don't come here expecting a pretty environment..or super attentive service b/c it's not like that at all. We waited foreeeeeever for our meal. But I didn't mind for the price. I had the scrambled beef over rice. Tastes a lot yummier than it sounds. Now that I think about it, this place actually feels a lot like a roadside cafe! but...like I said, it's cheap and it serves its purpose.
Oh yea and don't forget to bring cash! thank god for the BofA right next door, or else the cute little Japanese ladies would've put me to work in their tiny kitchen.
It's darling. That's the first thing. But it has to be your thing, or it's not anything at all.
It's a real 'old LA' type of place - probably a tossed up frame in a small amount of real estate to service the businesses nearby that has just become a standard, old-reliable of the neighborhood.
Unpretentious as hell. Menu is built out of solid favorites with some classic Japanese diner fare for spice, and none of it is fancy. It is quite affordable, however - just bring cash. Nothing else is accepted for payment.
There are newspapers...and children's books...available if you need something to read. Yes, the panelling is 70's grade, but it's new, clean and in good repair. So is the ceiling. Everything is spotless, if a bit out of date and kitschy.
Everything was delicious. Service was fast, and they gave us separate checks without being asked (or BEGGED, as you have to in other places).
It IS cheap. It's also good. And adorable.
If you like local, cheap, unique, small business hole in the wall breakfast places you will love Tokyo 77!!
If you expect eggs florentine and mimosas to be on this menu you will not like Tokyo 77!!
This place is not for the houty tout or the dull..
its for those of us out there who appreciate a good ol comfortable greasy spoon breakfast every now n' then.. one that isnt as large as a horse but is as filling as we need to start our day right!
This place is a rare find in a world full of clean cut same ol' heartless cookie cutter businesses!! Its cheap, fast and friendly.. under 3 bucks for a homemade breakfast served with a smile!!
And along with the staple american breakfast favorites are some wonderful japanese inspired breakfast favorites, a unique menu for a unique place..
Definitely worth finding and enjoying!!
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