Ceviche Project
Latin American restaurant · Silver Lake
2524 1/2 Hyperion Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90027
Highlights
Artful ceviche created before your eyes in a jewel box-sized space
Artful ceviche created before your eyes in a jewel box-sized space
"Eating at Ceviche Project feels like dropping into a Miami club in the ’80s: it’s tropical, there’s flair, and you’re definitely going to have fun. Grab a seat at the marble bar and enjoy vibrant scallops off the half shell, tai snapper ceviche, and their kanpachi tostada—a stunning dish topped with so much trout roe, yellowfish, and avocado cream, it almost reaches all the way to heaven." - sylvio martins, brant cox, cathy park
"It’s counterintuitive to drive away from the water to get good fish, but when you need to convince Mike that there are more interesting seafood dishes than the broiled salmon at Water Grill, take him to Ceviche Project. This spot on Hyperion in Silver Lake is serving incredible fish, prepared right in front of you like a sushi bar, in intense and interesting ways. That includes dishes like kanpachi tostada with spicy sorbet and avocado creme, raw scallop shooters with pomegranate seeds and uni, and simple, but still excellent, snow crab claws with chile de arbol. It’s all happening in a space that looks like a Wes Anderson set, and with a great selection of Mexican craft beer and natural wine, too." - brett keating
"Ceviche Project is the Silver Lake destination for all things raw seafood. Their kanpachi and shrimp tostadas are inventive and fantastic, and if we go too long without having their scallop shooters, we start to have extremely weird shellfish-related dreams. And even though we recommend having a full meal here, the oysters live up to the rest of the menu: the house-made mignonette is spicy, but still lets the briny Bajas shine. Throw in a clammy, excellent michelada and you’re in for a good time." - sylvio martins, nikko duren
"One of our favorite restaurants of 2019, Ceviche Project is back open with a front sidewalk patio ideal for a low-key date night." - brett keating
"Sometimes we want to sit alone at a bar with a drink in hand and be left alone with our thoughts, like Bill Murray in Lost In Translation if Scarjo never showed up. That sounds kind of dark, but not when you do it at Silver Lake's Ceviche Project. Here you're listening to a thrumming Latin playlist, eating sea bass tostadas, and watching chef Octavio (a legend who wears a white suit) make you a michelada. Of course, the showmanship is a nice touch, but so is the tongue-zapping salty mix that flavors your drink. There's a deep meatiness to it from Maggi seasoning, which makes the Clamato's tartness pop and the crisp Tecate shoot a shiver down your spine. Bill Murray's character could use one." - sylvio martins
