Roll Roll

 

Roll Roll 

19657 1/2 Ventura Blvd 

Los Angeles, CA 91356 

818-342-0007 

So, I'm out in the Valley and wanted some sushi.  But, I was only able to get to a restaurant at 2pm.  Many sushi restaurants in the Valley close at 3pm.  I don't want to be rushed, so I find a sushi restaurant that doesn't close at 3pm. Roll Roll is just like it's name, nothing but rolls on the menu.

It's a small restaurant, that seats maybe 20 people.  The trees can make it difficult to find the restaurant as you're driving on busy Ventura Blvd.  It's a very casual restaurant.

Their menu is very simple, rolls are $4, $7 or $11.  They have some teriyaki and side items too.

Lobster hand roll-$7, baked crawfish and cucumber.  This was the best of the rolls from this restaurant.  A good amount of crawfish, a good sushi rice, and fresh cucumbers.  A very tasty roll!  I would put this up against any other sushi restaurant I've been to!

Shrimp tempura roll,-shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber, and smelt eggs, $7 top and Tiger roll-shrimp tempura, crab meat, avocado, cucumber,  $11, bottom.

When your sushi arrives, the first thing you notice is that the rolls are small in size than other sushi restaurants.  Obviously, one way they can charge the prices.  The shrimp tempura roll was fine.  Nothing great about.  Just a little above supermarket quality sushi.

The Tiger roll was a bit bigger, fresh ingredients, and a good roll.  Well worth the prices.

Service was pretty good.  Though there was only one server, who maybe the owner, taking care of the entire place.  We didn't get out soy sauce cups, and it took awhile for refills on drinks.

I wouldn't go back to Roll Roll.  I would rather pay a little more for bigger portion sizes, and better rolls!

Sol y Luna

Sol y Luna
19601 Ventura Blvd
Tarzana, CA 91357
818-343-8488

I went to Sol y Luna a few years ago, but didn't have a camera so I didn't do a review.  Recently I was in the area and we stopped into Sol y Luna for lunch.  You walk into the bar area that has a few tables and the bar along the left wall.  The main dining room is to the right.  It's a very busy place, packed both times I've been there.

Veggie burrito, $9.75, black beans, avocado, mild pico de gallo, cheese, sauteed veggies, green beans, carrots, yellow squash, and zucchini.  While this burrito was filled with veggies and black beans, it was very bland!  I asked for the ranchero sauce on the sauce and used that to add flavor.  Just a bit more salt and spices would have added flavor to this dish.  I've never seen green beans inside a veggie burrito, but a good idea.

Service was ok.  I waited awhile before somebody came to take my order, but I got chips and salsa and a drink quickly.  So, I don't know why it took so long for somebody to take my order.  My server never smilled!  She was just going through the motions.  But, she did refill drinks and asked how everything was.  But, she needs to at least pretend like she wants to be there!!

Sol y Luna is ok.  I think it's busy because there aren't many good options for Mexican food in Tarzana, so any half way decent Mexican place will be busy.  But, compared to other good Mexican places, Sol y Luna is mediocre at best!