Kai Japanese Roots - Los Angeles

Made reservations to celebrate a birthday on a Saturday night. Great ambience and staff. Everyone was very friendly and helpful without feeling too overbearing while we were eating. Staff food recommendations were also top notch as well. Food came rather quickly and was plated pleasantly. Everything looked as good as it tasted. One small knock, would be that they forgot our order of Seasoned Cajun Cauliflower Tempura, but we were a large table guests total) so that's excusable. They brought them right out within about mins of being notified. I'd definitely recommend the Beef Curry, their Tokyo Mules, Aomori Fries, and the Broadway Street Roll. Will definitely be back!

There were of us, making a total of people in the restaurant. We each ordered a beverage, appy entree. One appy arrived, followed a few minutes later by entrees, then beverage. We asked about the other appetizers and were told the kitchen was slow'. After we had finished the two entrees that had been served, we received the final appys. A full minutes elapsed before we got the final entree. Bizarre and the food wasn't good enough to excuse it. Can't recommend.

Service was good, but food was not authentic. Highly NOT recommend going for DineLA. Waste money. We ended up going somewhere for round of dinner.

We had the DineLA menu to try out this restaurant. It was very good, some of the sashimi was not as appealing but most tasted delicious. The surf and turf was very good. Our server was very nice and tried to accommodate us to our liking. Sushi chef didn't seem very happy and agitated when we had a few requests of what was going to be served. Thank goodness the young man who was our server was nice and friendly. I am sure he got an earful from the sushi chef in Japanese when he asked our questions. Restaurant is nice but the parking and street area isn't very appealing to walk around.

Quality of the food and services are excellent! The value and variety of the dishes offered at Dine LA week are impressive. We have tried many Japanese restaurants, the DineLA menu offered at Kai is unique and memorable. We will be back.