Sushi Park

Eating places

Parking: Parking in the plaza's parking deck can be expensive. To save money, arrive during lunchtime and find parking on Sunset.

Parking in the plaza's parking deck can be expensive. To save money, arrive during lunchtime and find parking on Sunset.

Sushi Park is an authentic sushi bar; there’s no “trendy sushi,” California rolls, teriyaki or tempura. How do you know this? Because signs on the mini-mall’s top floor tell you so. And because other notices in the restaurant reinforce the point, further confirmed by a short Q&A session with the hostess, should you wish to sit at the omakase-only bar. Sushi Park has become as synonymous with...

We're led to understand that ordering what you want is frowned upon here. Perhaps asking if uni is in season is allowed, but requesting a spider roll will probably lead to your expulsion. Sitting at the bar means trusting one's tastebuds to the chef -- omakase only up there. Sure it's a strip mall, but it's a Sunset Strip strip. Pricey, dark, sexy and expensive.

Situated in an inconspicuous spot on the top floor of the same plaza that's home to Sunset Tan (remember that wreck of a reality TV show?), this sushi spot takes pride in being a hidden find. A...

Omakase to the max: This hidden strip mall find is where raw-fish foodies go for traditional sushi. (Don't dare ask for tempura or teriyaki.)

Traditional authentic sushi bar.