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Kitayama Restaurant Review

101 Bay View Pl. Send to Phone
Newport BeachCA 92660
949-725-0777 | Menu
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A truly authentic Japanese restaurant experience at a stylish sushi bar. Kitayama Restaurant is one of our 2012 | Top 10 Orange County (CA) Sushi Restaurants | Top 10 Orange County (CA) Japanese Restaurants |

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Lunch Mon.-Fri., Dinner nightly

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Dining room at Kitayama, Newport Beach, CAOne of Kitayama's best features is the immaculately landscaped Asian garden, which sits just outside the tall glass walls. Indoors is a place of calm, too, with traditional Japanese flower arrangements, blonde woods and flowing silks. Newport's business elite shows up for the rather reasonable bento box lunch while well-heeled families come for the dinner scene. Some know better and reserve a table in the main dining room. Others deal with the first-come, first-served order of operations at the sushi bar, which offers super fresh and beautifully presented sushi and sashimi. Cooked entrées arrive in a parade of platters, bowls, baskets and bento boxes. In addition to the full bar, there’s a notable wine list.

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