Koast
Seafood restaurant · Hollywood
6623 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Highlights
East Coast seafood, global techniques, raw oysters, chowder
East Coast seafood, global techniques, raw oysters, chowder
"On July 24 Crossroads chef Tal Ronnen will be hanging out at the venue with chefs Kevin Meehan and Michael Kerner, serving an entirely vegan menu inspired by ocean flavors, including a lobster mushroom cake and rambutan ceviche. Reservations are recommended but not required, and seating starts at 6 p.m." - Matthew Kang
"The team behind Michelin-starred Kali just opened Koast, a casual seafood spot along Melrose Avenue. At Koast, chef Kevin Meehan and Drew Langley continue their longtime partnership with their first new restaurant in nine years, offering East Coast classics like chowder and fries tossed in Old Bay alongside a dry-aged cheeseburger, Morro Bay oysters, and sea bream sashimi with ponzu. At Koast, Meehan hopes to offer a casual weeknight spot for neighbors to come in for a glass of wine and some clams or go all out with caviar and Champagne. The main dining room leans into minimalism, with rich blue banquettes balanced by medium-hued wood tables and concrete floors. — Rebecca Roland, editor, Eater Southern California/Southwest" - Matthew Kang
"Kevin Meehan, the chef of Michelin-starred Kali has opened Koast, a seafood restaurant on Melrose with his longtime business partner Drew Langley. The menu takes inspiration from East Coast seafood and Japanese techniques, offering crispy scallop cakes, oysters, crudo, and a rotating chowder. The minimalist interior, designed by Cory Surovek of Studio Surovek, features rich blue banquette seating, exposed steel beams, and medium-hued wood tables. Outside, a patio with a roaring fire pit overlooks the street below." - Mona Holmes
"While Kevin Meehan’s tasting menu restaurant Kali is under the knife, his new seafood spot down the street should be your Larchmont/Melrose dinner reservation of choice. Meehan considered this project his ode to the East Coast seafood restaurant, with much nicer touches and some LA style. Raw bites are inventive and well-portioned, like local bluefin with vadouvan or sea bream sashimi with ponzu, shiso, and wasabi — good enough to be served at Nobu. Grilled prawns in thyme butter offer the succulence of a backyard barbecue with the sweet, tender complexity of top-tier shellfish, while the lobster manicotti, properly spotted with finely chopped chives, is a cheesy, gooey mess studded with lobster chunks that serves as an ideal counterpoint to the raw fish. Finish with a syrupy salted caramel brown butter cake topped with whipped cream." - Eater Staff
"The team behind Hancock Park fine-dining restaurant Kali—currently closed for renovations—have opened a slightly more casual seafood spot a short drive away called Koast. The menu spotlights West Coast seafood with East Coast flavors, including oysters, crudo, scallop cakes, and lobster manicotti, plus some caviar for good measure. There’s also a giant fridge of dry-aging fish on display, plus a wine rack that takes up a whole wall. We recently visited Koast. Read our thoughts." - cathy park
