KADO

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KADO - Los Angeles
Sushi, Teppan, Lounge

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Location:
6333 West Third Street
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Hours:
Sun. - Thurs. : 11:30 am - 10 pm
Fri. - Sat. : 11:30 am - 11 pm

This is yet another sushi/teppan grill place and will be the last place of this kind we will review in a while. Kado features Teppan style dining, a revolving sushi bar and a full service lounge.

Food:

We ordered grilled salmon, with a wasabi and herb rub, served with chinese broccoli and garlic mashed potatoes.




We also ordered the roasted half chicken served with roasted herb potatos, japanese mushroom/basil sauce and asparagus.



The roasted half chicken was really delicious. It was moist and flavorful and probably the best part of our whole dining experience. The grilled salmon was "alright" but it didn't really have much flavor and I didn't really like the balsamic vinigar sauce underneath. We had also ordered salmon sashimi which was mediocre. For the price, I would expect the cut to be better and the fish more fresh. On a positive note we did get free dessert and we chose the creme brulee.

Ambience:

It has an Asian-Fusion trendy upscale decor. They have a revolving sushi bar which would be more interesting if it had interesting items placed on it, but it had you're normal spicy tuna roll, california roll, etc. type of sushi. For a Thursday night this place was very quiet and only a few customers. On weekdays they have all you can eat sushi lunch for I think around $20 per person.

Service:

It was okay...our waitress was courteous and helpful, but considering they had verrry few customers it's hard to judge the service.

Price: $$-$$$

Expensive for what it is. We don't mind spending a bit if the food is worth it, but this place unlike Tuna Town is one of those trendy, expensive Japanese restaurants with mediocre food. The only memorable thing about it is that I thought the roasted chicken was really delicious.

Recommended?

Well, the place was not bad in itself but there really wasn't anything to set this place apart from other Japanese restaurants. As much as I liked the chicken, I don't think it's enough to warrant driving all the way out to L.A. and facing that traffic so that I can eat here. It was also expensive which the food does not justify enough for us to eat there again. So next time we'll pass on KADO and spend our money elsewhere.