King taco off 3rd st. next to 710 fwy

 

Some of my fave places right now (in no particular order -- be prepared to shell out some major $$$ on some of these tho)

$$ Typhoon (pan asian) - Santa Monica Airport
$$$ The Hump (sushi) - Santa Monica Airport
$$$ Fogo de Chao (Brazillian steakhouse - all you can eat) Beverly Hills
$$ Bora Bora (Seafood and Steak - you must have the mac and cheese if you go) - Manhattan Beach
$$ Wharo (Korean-American) - Marina del Rey
$$ Kaya Sushi (Korean-Japanese) - Culver City
$$ Baby Blues (Memphis BBQ) - Venice
$$$ One Pico (American) - Santa Monica @ Shutters Hotel
$ 50's Cafe (Diner) - Venice
$ Versaille (Cuban) - Various locations

$- affordable
$$- moderately expensive
$$$- mega-bucks

 

went to
555 in long beach. Just got back.
$$$$ - pretty decent new york steak.. should've gotten the rib eye. sword fish was ok.. a bit over cooked.
$170 tip and everything. I'll check out the places you all mentioned (ones I haven't been to).

 

Bistango's in Irvine off Von Karman

 

I can't believe nobody said the Summit House?

 

any korean bbq...

 

Roy's Restaurant

 

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Didn't see "upscale places in socal" part.

 

Had reservations at matsuhisa, but were running late so we stopped by mortons in costa mesa. I thought they might be closed, but we were able to be seated past 10:30.

I'm normally a filet mignon type of person, but from a recommendation from a bartender, I've gotten the cajun ribeye the last two times. Perhaps I wasn't in the mood for steak tonight, but don't think it was as good as last time. My favorite parts of the meal were the lobster cocktail and shrimp cocktail along with the dessert. Overall, it's good quality food, but nothing overly impressive.

If mortons had been closed, we would have gone down the street to Habana. It's a cuban restaurant with a good vibe that's open late. The food is pretty good, fair pricing and their is usually some talent running around.

 

Chicken of the sea

 

google orange hill also boniventure

 

Guys, if you're ever in San Diego I would recommend Jake's Del Mar. It's probably one of the best places to take your girl or family for the view alone:



www.jakesdelmar.com

But if you're too far from San Diego, they do have a sister restaurant: Duke's Huntington Restaruant:








www.dukeshuntington.com

 

LA PRIME... on top of the Westin hotel in downtown Los Angeles...PRICY but AMAZING!!

 

We had a mini Z meet at the Manhattan Beach location today with 8 z's....

 

Let me know if you have another one there. I couldn't have made it today anyway, but I work about 2 blocks away from that location.

 

I've got a few ideas for Orange County:

1) Las Brisas in Laguna Beach - $$
2) 5 Crowns in Corona Del Mar - $$ .5$
3) 21 Oceanfront in Newport Beach - $$$
4) Sutra Lounge in Costa Mesa - $$ .5$ Also, this place turns into a night club after 10PM.
5) Ritz Carlton in Laguna Niguel - $$$+

 

Dominics's Ristrorante Italiano
9921 Walker Street
Cypress, CA. 90630
(714)821-8080

Havana Mania
3615 Inglewood Avenue
Redondo Beach, CA. 90278
(310)725-9075
www.havananamania.com

Restaurant OOmasa (Japanese-Sushi)
100 Japanese Village Plaza
Los Angeles, CA. 90012
(213)623-9048

Palms Thai Restaurant
5900 Hollywood Blvd #B
Los Angeles, CA. 90028
(323)462-5073
www.palmsthai.com

Chart House Restaurant
18412 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA. 90265
(310) 454-9321

and since I see that you also live in Norwalk you can go to
Tam's Burger
11700 Rosecrans Avenue
Norwalk, CA. 90650
(562)864-3373

 

Fu-Shing Szechwan cuisine. 2960 East Colorado Blvd. Pasadena CA