"Matsuhisa is everything an out-of-towner imagines an LA sushi restaurant would be, complete with an anonymous-looking building and celebrities wearing caps in the corner. Plus, really fantastic sushi. Sit at the bar for the full experience (just nod and smile when your mom asks if her seat is Robert De Niro’s regular seat) and order the miso black cod and as much sushi as you can get away with until Dad starts with the Circle Of Trust impression once he’s two sakes deep." - jess basser sanders, brant cox, brett keating