Category:
Local Flavor
Neighborhood: Westchester / LAX
Listed in: Yelp Elite Events and CMYEs
Categories:
American (New),
Gastropubs,
Pubs
Categories:
American (New),
Seafood
Category:
American (New)
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Category:
Latin American
Neighborhood: Redondo Beach
Listed in: Mobile Food Network
Category:
Sushi Bars
Neighborhood: Santa Monica
Listed in: Westside Favorites, Get that sushi in my tummy
I must first disclose that I've only been to this restaurant for dineLA and the Appetite Stimulus weeks.
The atmosphere inside the restaurant is modern, classy and dark and it's always filled with beautiful people. My favorite table is the one right next to the inner wall, in the room towards the right of the entrance, and right next to the waterfall wall (this is such a nice little touch). Over time I've noticed that the menu changes as some things are added or removed to their list of offerings, so you might be disappointed to not see your favorite dish on the menu any longer.
For both of my visits to Sushi Roku I've always had an advance reservation so we've never had to wait for a table (not to mention the visits were on weekdays and later in the evening around 9pm). The wait staff is pleasant and quite attractive. Our waiter during Appetite Stimulus week was actually really cool (just a little overeager) and profusely apologized to us when he was confused about what this "Appetite Stimulus" deal was all about. We ended up telling him about the special going on at Morton's and he was jazzed, saying he'd take his girl there that weekend.
I was not as impressed with the menu offering for Appetite Stimulus as I was with the menu during dineLA earlier this year and both Mike and I we re underwhelmed and not as full after finishing up our meals. For dineLA week we each got a trio of appetizers (my fave was the meat-wrapped asparagus), a chef's selection of sushi platter, and a mochi dessert. For Appetite Stimulus we had a tuna carpaccio w/sesame soy and garlic chips appetizer and another dish of carpaccio made with an unknown type of fish (Ouzu? Uzu? Something like that...) that we shared and for our entrees we had again the chef's selection of sushi platter and also the filet mignon w/tempura onion rings that we also shared. The filet was SO tender and came with a teriyaki dipping sauce. The tempura onions rings were pretty interesting but interesting GOOD not interesting bad. Those didn't come with any tempura dipping sauce though sadly. The fish both times was top notch in quality and soooooo fresh AND they use REAL crab which is a treat I'm not used to having very often. This time for dessert we both got the lava cake. Oh my holly Christ, this lava cake deserves its own review, no, it's own PAGE of reviews dedicated solely to its perfection and utter amazingness. Superficially, this dessert looks just like your standard lava cake....but take one bite and you can never eat another chocolate cake anywhere else ever again. The outside is the perfect amount of crustiness. The cake itself is covered in fresh raspberries and strawberry pieces and INSIDE the hot molten lava you will find even MORE berries and walnut bits!!! The scoop of vanilla ice cream even has a hidden surprise - right in the center you will be delighted to find a blueberry!
This is definitely one of my absolute favorite restaurants of all-time. Hell, I'll even shell out the extra bucks and dine here for a non-prix-fixe meal!
Categories:
Ice Cream & Frozen Yogurt,
Desserts
Neighborhood: Griffith Park/Los Feliz
Categories:
Food Delivery Services,
Vegan
Neighborhood: Mid-City
Categories:
Bars,
American (New)
Neighborhood: West Los Angeles
Listed in: Westside Favorites
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2439 Useful, 1720 Funny, and 2231 Cool
Santa Monica, CA
Yelping SinceJune 2007
Things I LovePhysics, Astrophysics, body modifications, tacos and sushi, finally living alone, bdsm-lite, getting piercings, jawaiian music, the smell of wet asphalt, My Shih Tzu, strong minded beautiful women
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My HometownConcord, CA
When I'm Not Yelping...I'm trying to cram accelerator physics into my head
My Second Favorite Website The Last Great Book I ReadThe Princess and the Penis
My First ConcertBackstreet Boys
My Favorite MovieFlower Drum Song
My Last Meal On Eartha 10-course meal of potatoes (incl. lobster mashed potatoes!!)
Don't Tell Anyone Else But...my toes are double-jointed and I like to pick things up off the floor with them
Most Recent Discovery"hover handles" on ladies restrooms in Austin, TX
Current Crusha certain olive skinned Marine with blue eyes
Not a gamer by nature I was hesitant, nay quite reluctant to get hands on with all the games around the room much preferring to indulge my voyeuristic tendencies but my +1 was too charming to be denied. Our first battle was on the big wall playing a tennis match. After several awkward minutes of us standing in weird poses and making our players accidentally do this weird chicken-leg dance we got the sensors figured out and it was GAME ON. I do not ever play tennis but I killlllled it. Bam. And broke a sweat while doing it too. Next up was a UFC fight. I chose the Iceman Chuck Liddel and again kicked my partners bootaty. Yesssss. Competitive much? I could see what a fun place this would be to take a date and totally affordable for an hour of play or even half an hour.
Delicious pasta, pizza and salad served by The Good Pizza as well as flavorful and tender chunks of meat served by Javan. The Cookie Good provided loads of scrumptious sugary confections that I could not get enough of. I think I tried one each of every type available amounting to major sugar high (shhh don't tell my diet!).
While I didn't check out the Saint Germaine I DID heavily imbibe a variety of reds from One Hope Wine. I had purchased a bottle from their website through Klout a few months back so I knew the wine was good quality. John, the vendor, hooked it up with the heavy pours and gave me his contact info so my wino bff and I could schedule an in-home wine tasting party. Niiiiice.
It was great to get back out into the Yelp scene again after a 4-month hiatus. Thanks Brittany and Katie!!