N/naka, Exclusive L.A. Kaiseki Restaurant Seen on ‘Chef’s Table,’ Gets a Quietly Sexy Makeover
variety.comPat Saperstein Deputy Editor For over a dozen years, n/naka chef Niki Nakayama has been revered among L.A. restaurant mavens and the Hollywood crowd alike as a master of the kaiseki style of dining — the elaborate Japanese interpretation of a seasonal tasting menu.
If you can snag a reservation, which isn’t always simple, it might be time for a return trip, since n/naka just unveiled a remodeled dining room that provides a quiet-luxury style backdrop for diners enjoying the 13-course, nearly four-hour kaiseki experience.
Nakayama, who founded n/naka along with her sous-chef and wife Carole Iida-Nakayama, was featured on the first season of Netflix’s “Chef’s Table” in 2015 — the only female chef on that season — and the restaurant was awarded two Michelin stars in 2019.
As their reputation grew, the unassuming spot on Overland Avenue in L.A.’s sleepy Palms neighborhood became one of the city’s most in-demand reservations.
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