Isabel W.
Yelp
Atmosphere/parking: they offer valet (from what I read it was for a small price) but we were lucky enough to find the last spot in a free parking lot close by! The restaurant looks like a house renovated into a restaurant. A very cute patio space in the front with garden lights, and close seating inside. The light is a little dim, but makes the place feel cozy. Feels a little bit more high end as well.
Food: they have tapas style korea and Japanese inspired food. My husband and I shared:
- Chirashi ($29): 12 pieces of assorted daily fish over sushi rice. I'm used to chirasi coming in a bowl but it was nice how they laid it out. We had five different types of sashimi, all very great quality and sooo delicious. All the pieces melted in my mouth!
- Amberjack Carpaccio ($19): amberjack, sweet cucumber, pickled jalapeno, radish, cilantro. This is usually red snapper but they had to sub it for another white fish. Comes with about five pieces, all bite sized. All the flavors went well together, it was refreshing.
- Smoked Toro ($29): hickory smoke, smoked soy sauce, pickled wasabi. My FAVORITE of everything we got! The presentation is beautiful. The toro comes covered with a glass filled with smoke and they reveal it at the table. You can really smell the hickory, it's very nice. The pickled wasabi was delicious, a little goes a long way! And the smoked soy sauce, *chefs kiss*. We ended up using it for the chirashi. You can ask for this smoked soy sauce on the side with any of your other dishes! Will definitely have to do that for next time. The toro was so velvety and beautiful, 100% recommend.
- Twilight ($16): spicy tuna, albacore, fried onions, micro greens, garlic, ponzu, sriracha. For me, the sriracha flavor really overpowered everything. The fried onions added a nice texture to the sushi but I don't think I would come back here for the rolls and would rather stick to their fresh sashimi.
Drinks: we were definitely most excited for the cocktails. We had:
- Charming snake ($12): mezcal, luxardo cherry, sangue morlacco, blackberry peppercorn shrub, lime. The smokiness of the mescal is sooo good. They asked to bite the blackberry peppercorn shrub prior to taking your first sip.
- Dancing goat ($11): lapsan souchong tea infused tequila, Dubliner honeycomb, thai chili agave, line. My favorite of the three we had. It was so easy to drink and so unique.
- Rooster that rocks ($12): titos, italicus, absinthe rinse, grapefruit jasmine shrub, lemon, chamomile bitter. Another presentation, comes with house made cotton candy and they pour the cocktail over it so that it melts. Very beautiful pink color and it tasted great.
Overall, expect to drop a pretty penny here. The fish is fresh, would highly recommend their appetizers or the chirashi. The drinks are amazing, can't wait to come back.