Wabi-Sabi Restaurant Review:
While you crave pan-seared duck breast over forbidden rice with glazed baby carrots and natural duck jus, your dining companion has a taste for sushi. No problem. Well-priced, creative dishes are served by friendly staff at this neighborhood multi-room joint. You can inhabit the sushi bar, an outdoor Zen yard or a homey dining room. A vast selection of sushi is complemented by a medley of soups...
"A longtime fixture on Abbot Kinney", this "trusty" Venice Beach Japanese pulls in a "young" crowd with "fresh" "Cal-style" slabs and rolls plus "innovative" small plates washed down with "good" martinis at happy hour; with a "fun", "local vibe" and "sincere" service, it's a "reliable" bet in spite of the somewhat "expensive" tabs.
Wacky name aside, this funky East-meets-West fusion restaurant is serious about dining.:
Part sushi joint, part chic Asian bistro, Wabi-Sabi exemplifies the eclectic character of its boho-chic Abbot Kinney Boulevard location. Japanese in concept, fusion in flavor, it melds industrial...