The Scene:

Given its location along the Greek-chic Via Rodeo 2 along Rodeo Drive, you expect to pay a pretty penny for the sushi experience that awaits. But to simply discuss the price, $275 per person prix fixe, would be remiss of one of the top culinary experiences in the sushi world. A subterranean valet off Rodeo Drive leads to a five-person elevator usually stocked with eight-cramped tourists beeping with digital cameras. Above shops like Versace and Tiffany as well as a McCormick and Schmick's, a 12-person dining room awash in maple wood accents and long sushi bar hollers in commands and greetings sung in Japanese. The crowd is mixed, a combination of clients being wooed and spare-no-expense gourmands well aware of the restaurant recent award of 2 Michelin stars and subsequent press accolades.