Update on Jan. 7: We previously wrote that chef Teiichi Sakurai was a James Beard nominee, which is incorrect. He was a six-time semifinalist. Tei Tei Robata Bar has seen its way through more than two ...

The menu leans hard into the mash-up theme. Raw-bar options include sushi-grade hamachi with salsa verde and a salmon tartare ...

Kata Robata, considered one of the city’s finest and most consistent restaurants, will soon have a sister concept. Katami, a new restaurant (whose name means “gift” or “keepsake” in Japanese) from ...

Robata Wasa, the classic sushi and robata bar at the Irvine Spectrum has moved into a larger, much more elegant space adjacent to the new Apple store. I stumbled into the restaurant by accident, not ...