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Roppongi

875 Prospect St. (Fay St.) Send to Phone
La JollaCA 92037
858-551-5252 | Make Restaurant Reservations
This La Jolla spot shines with its seafood-dominated fusion tapas menu and authentic California-style sushi.

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Lunch & Dinner daily

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Dining room at Roppongi, La Jolla, CAOwner Sami Ladeki’s fine-dining spot, a true crowd-pleaser, is still going strong after ten-plus years. Myriad distinct settings prove inviting: an al fresco fire pit, a booth-laden covered patio, a high energy sushi bar and low-lit Asian-styled dining room. Chef Stephen Window delivers good Asian fusion and topnotch sushi. We like to begin with cold, unfiltered Momokawa saké; the slightly coconut-pineapple flavors complement nearly all of the fish dishes. Interesting sushi choices include the vegetable roll (filled with marinated gobo root, cucumber, avocado and pea shoots) and the namesake Roppongi roll (shrimp tempura, cucumber and avocado served with spicy tuna salad and black tobiko caviar). Continue your culinary trip with Window’s seared scallops served atop tiny potato pancakes and accented with Thai basil hollandaise. A playful interactive dish arrives as raw slices of New York strip steak that you cook on a 500-degree hot rock, then dip in chile-ponzu sauce. And don’t miss the local favorite, the Polynesian crab stack: colorful layers of crab, mango, pea shoots, avocado, cucumber and spicy peanuts drizzled with ginger-lime sauce. Desserts are equally creative; we suggest the Tahitian bananas served over vanilla ice cream dramatically topped with buttery almond brittle.

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