"Pull up to this tiny sushi bar in a Beverly Hills parking garage, and you’ll see a bubbling fountain, fluorescent lights painted like clouds opening up to heaven, and a beige wooden door. Inside is a sleek omakase-only restaurant that feels a world away from the sterile medical offices one floor above. Just like its sister spot in the Valley, Sushi Note is as much about the wine as it is about the fish. The $110 wine pairing totally enhances the experience: you'll drink old-world nebbiolo with fatty tuna and funky pinot blanc with caviar-topped squid. All told, you’re in for about 20 pieces of simple, elegant nigiri for about $190 per person. Similar spots nearby often cost double that price." - garrett snyder, brant cox, sylvio martins