Sushi Dan might be fine for lunch if you are in the area but not worth going out of your way for fine dining or a date. Neither the atmosphere nor the food was very rockin’ at Sushi Dan in Studio City. There seems to be a bit of neglect by these sushi restaurants with [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Ventura Blvd’
July 31, 2009
Kat-who-ya? What happened at Katsuya?
Evidently Katsuya has been very busy expanding over the past several years. With the most recent outpost Downtown at LA Live and employing famous designer Philip Stark to design some of the interiors. The restaurant in Hollywood is probably the most well known – especially to paparazzi and celebrities (see Crazy for Katsuya) so they [...]
April 20, 2009
Yes or No to Yen on Ventura?
In a newer strip mall near many many other sushi restaurants on sushi row in the valley is Yen Sushi & Sake Bar. From the outside it looks like a typical contemporary restaurant in a 2 story strip mall. Inside it has a much warmer feel with dark wood furniture, although not the most comfortable [...]
April 5, 2009
What’s Special at Nami Sushi?
Nami is tucked WAY in the back of a large strip mall on Van Nuys, just north of Ventura Blvd. Parking is a plenty because there is not too much else going on in this mall except for Pineapple Hill dive bar next door. The staff at Nami were super nice and helpful. There very [...]
August 22, 2008
Last Minute Change – Kazu instead of Midori
Well, due to a surprise guest in our rotating spot, we decided to postpone the ‘all you can eat’ and go for something a little more traditional with Kazu Sushi. Unfortunately, our surprise guest had a last minute surprise for us and wasn’t able to make it (thanks Ted!), but we decided to continue on [...]
July 18, 2008
Iroha Sushi of Tokyo (of ‘the Valley’)
We’re back and this time the A/C was pumping, so it was nice and chill!
Since Sushi Club was created while we were at Ahi Sushi last time, we are considering this our first full featured review. We were more prepared, took notes and photos and everyone was excited to get started.
Keep in mind that we [...]
June 19, 2008
Ahi Sushi (aka Sushi Club Kick-Off)
Last night sushi club was created!
We started out in the valley on Ventura Blvd. Our original plan was to eat at Iroha, which many of us had been to and know how good it is. Unfortunately, their A/C was out and it was 100º+ that day, so we ventured elsewhere.
Luckily for us, we were on [...]
