Sun - Thurs: Seating from 5:00pm - 10:00pm Fri, Sat: Seating from 5:00pm - 11:00 pm
Special bar menu in the lounge all night starting from 5:00 pm Status:Closed
The original Gonpachi is located in Tokyo’s Nishi Azabu neighborhood, and this one, on Restaurant Row on La Cienega, is similarly gorgeous – a breathtaking, bi-level space, modern and serene with koi ponds, elaborate landscaping and aged wood brought from Japan. It’s reported to have cost $18 million dollars, and it shows. The food, however, is good but may not wow quite like the ambiance. (Conversely ...
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What would you do with $18 million dollars? Would you retire and travel the world? Would you help out a village in an underdeveloped country? Would you buy a ticket on Virgin Galactic? No, these are all a waste of time and money. Instead, let's build a Japanese mega-restaurant over the old Ed Debevic's Diner and name it Gonpachi. That's exactly how much it cost to build Global Dining's third ...
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Considering the recent bad press on Gonpachi, it'd be easy to move on to other places. But on the occasion of my grandma's birthday I knew it'd be the perfect venue. Why? Despite their hit-and-miss menu and the awkwardness of non-Japanese speaking waitstaff, she and my grandpa could appreciate the $18.5 million atmosphere. Soon as we got there, they gawked at the rock garden and stared at the man ...
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