The waitress first greeted my girlfriend and I for lunch espousing about the orgin of the restaurant and the fact that the owner/founder was the famous ""whatever his name was"". He was the owner of the successful Rock Sugar in the valley somewhere she says, then gloats about this guy for another couple minutes. \r \r Restaurant Owner Tip #1: nobody cares about your fame in the valley with one restaurant we admittedly never heard of, or had been to.\r \r She then says, everything is ala carte, and recommends the ""trust me"" entree. This is prepared by the chef and just ""trust"" that it's devine... about the same level of trust I have in this owner being famous, so we said pass on the ""trust me"".\r \r Restaurant Owner Tip #2: \r All the left over fish which was uneaten or over-ordered can't be wrapped up in a ""trust me"" lunch box and passed off as your high margin plate under a clever marketing name; people simply aren't that naive, they'll eat what they want, and judging by the reviews, empirically correct on the subject.\r \r Restaurant Owner Tip #3:\r \r Don't be so cheap that you try to disguise the fact that you don't want to print menus by having patrons have to crank their heads 180 degrees to see the LCD tv printed items which are hard to read from across the room... a likely plot to get them to go with ""ah, just trust me"" menu.\r \r The waitress then takes our order, which included Edamame and some sushi. Rice is separate, as is everything else and never came in a timely fashion. The edamame arrives, a cost of $2.50, and without exaggeration, there are about 10 edamame in a small bowl, or translated roughly 13 cents per bean!! This is traditional horse feed, and very cheap. Why not offer a decent size portion, unless you don't want to show in contrast how small the other portions are?\r \r Overall experience was aweful, combined with the dim witted waitress who simply couldn't be insulted no matter how hard I tried.\r \r Not recommended. Try Katsuya in Brentwood or Hollywood for good atmosphere and food, or Hana Sushi on Wilshire close to Barrington, or for quick sushi take out style, Sushi Sho on Montana and 11th in Santa Monica.