Best Restaurants in West Hollywood | Eater LA

"West Hollywood restaurant Katana has operated along a Sunset Boulevard perch for over two decades, drawing TMZ-types like Ryan Seacrest (one of the restaurant’s co-owners) and Britney Spears since the early aughts. While the recipe for the place was clearly borrowed from the Nobu playbook, Katana retained its own attitude by focusing on grilled meats alongside raw seafood plates. The energy inside is also a lot surlier and more industrial, which could be interpreted as somewhat dated. After all these years, the look feels familiar again, aggressively dark but dressed with enough Japanese inflection to feel like a set from a CBS primetime series. The food is mostly solid, like scallop sashimi topped with caviar, nigiri sushi, lobster garlic noodles, and charcoal-grilled robata. Cocktails sway to the aughts-style sweet side, but at least all the juices are fresh and the spirits are good quality. Alas, it’s not clear how many celebrities frequent the place anymore, but at least people watching is top-tier. 8439 W. Sunset Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90069. — Matthew Kang, lead editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest" - Mona Holmes