Mori Sushi
(310) 479-3939
11500 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles,
CA
90064
34.0331
-118.4425
Neighborhoods: West Los Angeles, West LA
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The Scene
Simple and modern, the dining room is at once small, light and airy. A constellation of Chinese lanterns hangs overhead, bathing the white walls and blonde wood furniture with soft light. The food is served on artistic, terra-cotta pottery; no two plates are identical.
The Food
Order several of the appetizer-sized dishes and they'll be placed in the center of your table one at a time for all to share. Spicy tuna tacos bare no resemblance to the Mexican variety; slivers of spicy tuna, diced green onion and smelt eggs are lumped on top of a crispy dumpling that can be devoured in just two bites. Thinly sliced, fresh octopus carpaccio is soaked in a citrus sauce and dusted with garlic, black pepper and fiery pink peppercorns. As for the sushi, skip standbys like California rolls, they're fine but not updated in any way. Indulge instead in high-grade options like the melt-on-your-tongue toro, sweet shrimp or scallop.
User Reviews
SushiReviewer
November 04, 2008
I was born in Taiwan and have had sushi all over in Taiwan and Japan (from Osaka to Hokkaido), and the San Bernadino, Riverside, Orange, and Los Angeles counties and San Francisco, so I know what is good in the U.S.. I've tried Urasawa, Koi, Tengu, whatever..... Go and try Sushi Murasaki in Santa Ana. It's a nice, cozy place, but it's so far my favorite sushi place in Cal. Their price is fair and the quality is very good. This place is very unique in that it gets unique fishes, such as Sanma (Japanese Pike Mackerel), Saiyori (Japanese Halfbeak), Arabian sweet shrimp (grey) etc.. Stop wasting money at other sushi places :) and trust me on this one.
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hatoraid26
April 29, 2008
TRADITIONAL SUSHI....This isn't Trader Joe's boxed sushi. If you don't know what you are talking about then keep you're hate to yourself. If you don't like the place, then maybe talk about Mori's use of too much shiso. Complaining about price and rudeness has nothing to do with anything. Tradition sushi demands and requires an educated understanding of edict. You don't go into a polo lounge without a sports jacket, you don't ask Jean-Georges for more salt and you don't ask for more wasabi. Do you ask Jackson Pollack to add more paint you dumb little person. Have some respect for something you could try and understand if you weren't just another LA scene wh@re looking for a place thats going to treat you like Paris Hilton. You go to a sushi chef to eat his style of cut and preparation. The problem is that too many chefs have accommodated ignorant Americans who think that sushi is something you DO. You don't Do sushi. You find a chef you like and you go to him. IF you start asking him to change for YOU, then you better believe he/she is going to be pi$$ed. GO MIX WASABI IN YOUR SOY SAUCE somewhere else! Doesn't really need to be said since that is exactly what he is telling you by charging you for it! Mori should be applauded.
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billzame
March 31, 2008
We have been to Mori Sushi many times -- I think it is fair to say we are regulars. We love the food and have always been willing to overlook the rigid rules (charging for extra ginger and extra wasabe, ridiculous charges for fresh wasabe) as an acceptable idiosyncracy. Until today. We called to make reservations to take a visitor and his family to lunch: 4 adults, 2 children and a baby. We were told that parties of six will ONLY be served omakase -- no exceptions, even for regulars, even when the children are 6 and 4 and 1. I can understand such a policy at dinner -- but at lunch? Omakase is much to much food at lunch -- to say nothing of costing too much. (The last time we had omakase at dinner the cost was over $100 per person.) This is very very disappointing.
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Know Before You Go:
Minimalism reaches new heights; the words "Mori Sushi" don't even appear on the sign outside. Look instead for the sketch of a black fish.
Save Time:
The dining room is small and this joint is popular--make a reservation.
What to Drink:
There is no wine list, red or white by the glass is all they've got. Opt for a beer instead.
Category:
Payment Methods:
American Express, Visa, MasterCard
Restaurant Special Features:
Business Dining, Special Occasion Dining
