Just Say No to Las Vegas 'Value' Buffets

The 'Emperor's Buffet' in the Imperial Palace....




And another disturbing deterrent for good measure:




Visited Labor Day Weekend, 2007
Imperial Palace. Las Vegas, NV

Geisha for the Evening

The reputation of the Geisha House precedes this known celebrity hangout and hotspot on Hollywood Blvd. Luckily, the Geisha House meets and exceeds the high expectations.

I visited the Geisha House for Shirley’s birthday. We arrived an hour early for our 8pm reservations, though not for any special reason besides getting extremely lucky with the dreaded Friday Los Angeles traffic. This hour provided ample time to get the birthday girl sufficiently buzzed (thanks to Geisha House’s yummy yet extremely overpriced cocktails) and wait for our entire party.

The décor in the restaurant was beautiful and paralleled the characteristics of their cuisine nicely: traditional Japanese charm with a modern edge. All of the cocktail waitresses, servers, hostesses and even the male bartenders looked like models. Though dead when we arrived, around the time we were seated (8:30 pm) the place did seem to be picking up. We were seated upstairs in a semi private glass enclosed room.

The menu selection was interesting. The Geisha House has a variety of sushi, special sushi rolls, udon soup, chicken, steak, fish and traditional Japanese side dishs like tempura, miso soup and potstickers (gyoza.) The prices are high, but not ridiculously high. I’m guessing $30 a person would be the norm.

Shirley and I both got miso soup.



We decided to share two specialty rolls as well.


The Tempura covered is the Hollywood Roll (crap tempura, avocado, cucumber) the other is the “Call 911 Roll” (spicy tuna and cucumber). Both were good, especially the Hollywood Roll.

I really cannot remember what this is, some type of chicken dish, another in my party got it.


Lovely place, looking forward to returning :)


The Geisha House
Hollywood Blvd & Cherokee Hollywood, CA