Aziz Ansari Reviews Sushi Roku
During one of several appearances at SXSW, comedian Aziz Ansari read from his Blackberry a
review of the WeHo Sushi Roku he posted a few months ago on Citysearch:
Sushi Roku? More like Sushi NO-ku…
Posted by jtl208 on 09/18/2006Let me start this off by saying I signed up for CitySearch just to get the word out on Roku. I went to Sushi Roku this Sunday night with some friends and we all opted for their pricey omakase, expecting to get our money’s worth. Our bill was $110 each at the end of the night (w/tip, tax, drink, etc.) and we were not pleased. The sashimi was decent, but there simply wasn’t enough mind blowing food to justify the price tag. For the final sushi course, our center piece roll was a fairly standard Shrimp Tempura roll. I wanted to throw my leftover edamame shells at the chef, how insulting. To top it off, my friends and I planned on catching a 10:40 showing of “Crank” at the Grove, and we missed it, for sushi that was mediocre at best. Has anyone seen “Crank”? I hear its pretty crazy. Probably not as crazy as how overpriced Sushi Roku is though. I’d recommend hitting up Katsu-Ya in Studio City, that place is much cheaper and 50x more delicious. You’ll want to call in a bomb squad, because there will be multiple taste explosions in your mouth.
- Pros: Close to my house
- Cons: Overpriced, Missed “Crank”
- Overall user rating: Not Recommended
Note to Aziz: next time try the omakase at Sushi Zo in Palms.
so bad it’s good. and yet..I can’t believe you skipped 1/2 an andrew bird song to get to the end of that review. fool!
Nagao – 26th and San Vicente in Brentwood. Best sushi in LA hands down.
Jesus. Every sushi restaurant name in LA is set up perfectly for a bad Aziz pun:
Zo: more like Sushi NO
Nozawa: more like NO Zawa
Nagao: more like NO-Gao
Nobu: more like NO-Bu
Keizo Ishiba was head chef at Sushi Roku in WeHo and opened his own place in Culver City last summer. Maybe Sushi Roku has suffered in his absence, but his new restaurant, K-Zo, is excellent. It’s right next to Trader Joe’s, so parking is easy, too. I keep meaning to sign up for CitySearch so I can write a review but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. But it’s real good. Not cheap, but money well spent when you want to treat yourself.
WTF $110 per perpetrator!?! Were the chefs holding their finely honed knives at Ansari & Co.’s throats forcing them to order or did the menus come without prices? Seems like that sushi house is well aware of the old “there’s a sucker born every minute” adage.
Yeah, I never thought of Sushi Roku as being particularly pricey, but last time I went here (December 06) I was floored by how expensive it was. The sushi’s damn good but you can get much better value for your money at any number of other places. And if you’re going to spend in the three figures per person, you might as well go to Nobu Malibu or equivalent.
Second note to Aziz: you are lame and, for a comedian, not very comical.
“My $100 dinner was only so so”
boo fucking hoo
Third note to Aziz: Did you ever wind up seeing “Crank”? If so, was it indeed crazier than the prices at Roku? Please advise.
Fourth note to Aziz: I tried Katsu Ya in Studio City on your recommendation. You were right–there were multiple taste explosions in my mouth. As a result the national terror alert was raised to orange.
Came in to the restaurant, seated, and given a wine list. No one came after that to take care of my order or even asked for my drink order. I was there for a bussiness trip but I was alone since my colleague left the day before. 15 minutes went by, NO ONE served me water or even asked me my order, not even gave me a dinner menu (I had to ask myself, even so, no one took care of my order, even after I tried to catch their attention). A group of 4 people came in. A waiter IMMEDIATELY asked for their drink order!!! Is one person bussiness not as important as 4 people? Is this how you treat your customer? My night was ruined and I was disappointed! I told the ladies at the front desk about it and they said “really?” as if they did not believe me. I left the restaurant because I felt that I was treated unfair and that my business was not important. Who wants to eat their food after that? I work for a large coorporate company and I don’t recommend your restaurant at all to my colleagues, an yes, we do a lot of of business in Vegas!