Echigo Sushi

Tenacious D and I met up for sushi a couple weeks ago and I wanted to try someplace new, so we decided to try Echigo on Santa Monica and Amherst. While the decor is nothing to write home about, the sushi certainly is. We shared a couple bottles of hot sake and picked a few items off of the a la carte menu.

We had the: toro, hamachi, crab handroll, unagi and maguro. The sushi was served promptly by a friendly waitstaff and I was incredibly impressed by how fresh everything was. The yellowtail was amazing, and the tuna was ruby red in color, attesting to its freshness. The crab handroll was to die for, so much so, that Tenacious D had to have a second order.

The prices were reasonable, as well-- we each had a feast of sushi and drinks, and paid about $45.00 each for a wonderful dinner! The only slight criticism I had of the place was that the slices of fish were a little on the thin side-- these were no fat slabs of fish, and the sushi rice was a little too moist. However, overall, this place gets 4.5 stars.

Echigo
2217 Santa Monica Blvd # 201
Los Angeles, CA 90025
(310) 820-9787