Sushi Roku

Sushi Roku
Sushi Roku
	Interior of Sushi Roku in Las Vegas
Restaurant information
Established	1997
Owner(s)	Innovative Dining Group
Food type	Sushi, Japanese
Country	United States
Other locations	Southern California and Las Vegas
Website	sushiroku.com/sushiroku/index.htm

Sushi Roku is an upscale American sushi chain restaurant.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9] Michael Cardenas, former Matsuhisa general manager, teamed with nightclub owners on Santa Monica's Sushi Roku, starting the "sushi lounge" trend.

History

Sushi Roku opened its first location in Santa Monica, California in 1997 and includes other locations in Pasadena, Newport Beach, and Scottsdale, Arizona. It opened a Las Vegas, Nevada location in 2004. It opened a location in Manhattan Beach in 2022.^[10]

Sushi Roku is a subsidiary of Innovative Dining Group (IDG).

Sushi Roku was mentioned in the 2004 Academy Award-nominated film Sideways, by actor Thomas Haden Church's character in a scene at The Hitching Post II.^[11]

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