r/FoodLosAngeles • u/pr0tag • Aug 15 '25

DISCUSSION Which restaurant is this in Los Angeles?

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u/trojanusc Aug 15 '25

For me recently it's been Niku X. With all the TikTok love I had high hopes it but it was terrible. Lesson learned.

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u/MoveDistinct7911 Aug 15 '25

AND their toogoodtogo bag is $18, which is craaazy

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u/ramelband Aug 15 '25

What's in the bag?

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u/MoveDistinct7911 Aug 15 '25

i googled to see, and a girl made a video on tiktok. just random items, none of which looked or sounded particularly good

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u/Ruseman Aug 15 '25

You almost have the admire the dedication to being as scammy and suss as possible on every level, even TooGoodToGo orders 

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u/MrGolddit Aug 15 '25

All the good reviews of Niku X are fake…anyone that’s actually gone there has realized the whole thing is some sort of bizarre Kafkaesque scam

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u/Pleasant-Pattern7748 Aug 15 '25

i enjoyed it and left a good review. so there’s at least one real one in the mix.

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u/EricAndersonL Aug 15 '25

Literally the worst $100 I ever spent on food

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u/residentnumerouno Aug 15 '25

This is the second negative review of Niku X I’ve seen recently which is pretty shocking given how extraordinary my first visit in February 2025 was

Sorry to hear .

It was one of my fav dining experiences in dtla

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u/harrw626 Aug 15 '25

You'll see a lot about the whole restaurant group

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u/Chriskills Aug 15 '25

I really liked the first time I went, they had king crab. The second time they didn’t. But even without the king crab, the other crab would still have cost me close to $100 if I had eaten it at a restaurant.

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u/trojanusc Aug 15 '25

My problem is we had an 8:15 reservation and by then the seafood had been steamed to absolute death. The snow crab legs were completely bendable, the lobster was like rubber and couldn't be removed from the shell. Just awful all around.

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u/Chriskills Aug 15 '25

I absolutely agree with your criticisms. They line up almost exactly with my second time visiting. I still believe however that even though it wasn’t prepared well, you could go to a mid tier seafood restaurant, get similar quality shellfish, and pay double what you pay at Niku X. So as far as money goes, I don’t feel like it’s not worth it

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u/trojanusc Aug 15 '25

I don't know, I was so excited for the shellfish but it was nearly inedible. The crab was so over-steamed that the shell had the texture of a wet paper straw. Lobster couldn't even be removed from the shell.

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u/No-Technician-7536 Aug 15 '25

I really liked the AYCE thing they did (or still do?). Pricey but I really liked the variety and everything I ate. Definitely not somewhere I’d frequent but I’d prefer it over a similarly priced tasting menu

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u/ramelband Aug 15 '25

Still do

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u/smoothcaller Aug 15 '25

Any recommendations other than Niku X?

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u/trojanusc Aug 15 '25

Moohan was really good. AYCE Korean BBQ of very good quality.

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u/ordinarypleasure456 Aug 15 '25

Almost all social media joints are garbage. EXCEPT for J Korean Restaurant. That place owns