Santa Monica Sushi Restaurants
1447 Fourth St., Santa Monica, CA, 90401
In the early days of "event" restaurants, before there were monstrosities like ESPN Zone and Planet Hollywood, there was Benihana. Especially popular for birthday...
1910 Ocean Way, Santa Monica, CA, 90405
Catch has inherited Oceanfront's last chef, Michael Reardon, who originally came from the hotel's sister property Hotel Andalucía in Santa Barbara. For Catch,...
2518 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405
Cheap sake, massive murals of Mt. Fuji, ever-changing menu with loads of veggie rolls with non-standard veggies and something called white butterfish. It’s nothing if...
1348 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
3110 Main St, Santa Monica, CA, 90405
A stylish indoor/outdoor restaurant with four kitchens for four cuisines: Japanese, Vietnamese, Spanish tapas and pizza. A sleek lounge with a DJ turns the place into a...
3221 Donald Douglas Loop S., Santa Monica, Ca, 90405
Japanese restaurants are few and far between in the small Midwestern town where my friend Alan lives, so whenever he comes to Los Angeles, the first thing he wants to do is...
609 Broadway, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
It didn't seem like such a big leap from admiring the vegetables at the Santa Monica farmers market to having lunch at Juliano's raw, a new Santa Monica restaurant from the...
201 Arizona Ave., Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Adorned as it is with a New England-style lighthouse sign, Lighthouse Buffet at first looks like the kind of place the Gorton’s Fisherman might go for some clam...
1212 Third Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Bamboo and Thai popcorn chicken set the Southeast Asian vibe, but in the lounge, salsa lessons pop up every Wednesday night, funk DJs take over on Fridays, and Saturday...
607 Colorado Ave, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
2915 Main St., Santa Monica, CA, 90405
Kiss on the Beach sounds more like a cocktail, but it’s just one of the many quirky rolls (no rice? no seaweed?) artfully pioneered by chef Chris Hahn. And that...
401 W. Santa Monica Blvd, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
One of the most authentic elements in this sushi place can be found on postcards of poor English translations (“The Omega 3 region mountain, which contains plentiful...
1401 Ocean Ave., Santa Monica, CA, 90401
1303 Montana Ave., Santa Monica, CA, 90403
Donburi and smoked octopus and seaweed salads aside, Sushi Sho features rather American-ized sushi ( i.e., “special footballs” comprised of crab, tuna, and eel in...
1541 Ocean Ave, Santa Monica, CA, 90401
Mod Asian meets mod Italian in the décor of this high-end sushi joint for a hip crowd that likes to spend, spend, spend. Locals get boisterous around the unpolished...