Sugarfish offers a lunch and dinner Trust Me menu with a “lite” option which cuts the portions in half. There’s also the Nozawa that includes a daily special. For the particular sushi diner, you can mix and match on your own a la carte.

Sugarfish’s latest location in Santa Monica is a popular haunt for area locals. All locations including Downtown LA, Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica, and the original  Brentwood location, do not represent “American-style” sushi. You will not find knife wielding chefs behind a bar slicing and dicing tender fillets into petite portions. Instead, all culinary flair and razzle dazzle is done in the kitchen for maximum efficiency as is pure traditional sushi preparation. The quality of fresh fish combined with painstaking care and skill has no need to hide behind gimmicks. It will be evident with every bite. For Chef Nozawa, sushi is a philosophy, not a circus.

Kristine G. Bottone is a writer living in Los Angeles. Her work can be found at http://www.examiner.com/la-bartender-in-los-angeles/kristine-g-bottone.