Archives of Mid-Tier

($100 > Price Per Person > $15): Restaurant reviews for Mid-Tier restaurants.

Jungsik's Rose of Versailles

Best Restaurants In Seoul, South Korea

Seoul is filled with some of the best food in the world. The city is filled with great and cheap Korean restaurants; in addition there’s more to Seoul than KBBQ....
HatsuneZushi Tokyo Akami

Best Restaurants In Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo and Japan is the best destination for restaurants and foodies.  The country boasts the most Michelin stars in the world.  It has more stars than France.  ...
Mr Wong's Sydney

Mr Wong & Upscale Dim Sum

Mr Wong is an interesting restaurant.  It’s gourmet Chinese foods with high-end ingredients.   ...
Signature Lounge

Signature Lounge & Sky High

The Signature Lounge is located in the John Hancock center and a couple of floors down from the 360 Chicago.  It’s rated one of the bars you have to visit before you die lik...
Manpuku Tokyo BBQ

Manpuku Tokyo BBQ & LA’s Little Osaka

Manpuku was my go-to J-BBQ spot aka Yakiniku aka Meats on the Grill spot when I lived in West Los Angeles for two reasons: 1) I didn’t want to drive to Orange County to eat a...
Cliff's Edge Los Angeles

Cliff’s Edge & Silver Lake

Cliff’s Edge is a wildly popular restaurant in Silver Lake aka Hipster Central aka Straps & Fanny Packs town.  It’s a little romantic restaurant for those looking ...
Kanpai Japanese Sushi Bar & Grill

Kanpai Japanese Sushi Bar & Grill & West LA

I heard about Kanpai from my sushi nazi friend.  She told me that it was on par with Sushi Zo, so a group of friends and I have been here multiple times for dinner. ...
Bestia Los Angeles

Bestia Is LA’s Favorite Restaurant

Bestia is probably one of Los Angeles’ most beloved restaurants.  It’s the perfect example of a quasi-essential “LA” restaurant.  It’s trendy.  It&...
NoMad Restaurant NYC

The NoMad Restaurant

The NoMad restaurant is located in the NoMad hotel in Flatiron.  It’s owned by Chef Daniel Humm who is the chef behind Eleven Madison Park.  However, it does have its accol...
Estela NY

Estela & NYC’s American Tapas Scene

Estela is a small plates restaurant and resembles Son of A Gun in Los Angeles.  I believe the Spanish word is “tapas” in other words small plates.  Same thing.  It&#...

Babbo & Mario Batali

I was walking to another Italian spot but did a quick search and stumbled upon Babbo.  Babbo was a very upscale restaurant in that everyone was dressed up and even the bar had res...
Covell Park OKC

Covell Park & OKC’s New Culinary Scene

Covell Park.  Asian fusion restaurant with a bit of everything for everybody.  It’s kind of like the scene in Rush Hour where Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan walked into the m...
MoVida Bar de Tapas Melbourne

MoVida Bar de Tapas & Melbourne Tapas

MoVida Bar de Tapas.  Per the Gourmet traveler, it’s considered one of the best restaurants in Melbourne next to Hungry Jack’s aka Burger King for us Americans. ...
Gage Restaurant

The Gage & Chicago’s Loop

The Gage is a really cool restaurant across the street from the Bean.  The decor is very Chicago and reminds me of old Chicago gangster movies.  There was a fire-place right next...
All That Barbecue Irvine

All That Barbecue & Irvine AYCE KBBQ

All That Barbeque (ATB).  I came here after my Sunday workout with a buddy.  At first, I was excited to try out ATB since it has such great reviews on Yelp.  Everyone has been r...
Ruth’s Chris Steak House Los Angeles

Ruth’s Chris Steak House

Ruth’s Chris is an upscale steakhouse chain with locations all over the world.  Per Ruth’s Chris website, the restaurant chain was started by a woman who saw an oppor...