Cassia - Santa Ana

Everything on the menu is gold. Wouldn’t over index on the cocktails though.

After landing at LAX from a 12 hour transpacific flight from Hong Kong, we were happy to have our first meal at Cassia! We were welcomed by a California native and super friendly lady (I feel awful that I didn’t catch her name but knew from our conversation that she knew the Sherman brothers of Mary Poppins). We didn’t have a reservation but a sweet young lady found us a table by the patio. Big thanks to Fernando who took great care of us and was attentive throughout the evening! He was hardworking! There were a couple of other guys who delivered our food with a smile. One of the guys was named Juan. We thoroughly enjoyed our meals with the whole grilled fish and flat bread with chickpeas as our favorite! The charred avocado and cauliflower also stood out! We will definitely come back every time our travels take us to LA especially if we are staying at the Proper which is just a 5 minute walk from the hotel.

One of the best Asian food restaurant I tried in the USA. Staff is very friendly, they love pets , food is to die for. Really a nice place to try while in Santa Monica

Great restaurant with creative and authentic dishes. I would not recommend the Laksha but all the other dishes are a flavour explosion!! Also, the sizes are huge!!

This is one of my favorite go-to restaurants on the Westside. Whether out on a date or dining with colleagues, this place always hits! Some of the must-trys are the Whole Grilled Sea Bass, Spicy Duck Dan Dan Noodles and the Chickpea Curry. But all that doesn't matter if you don't start with the Seafood Tower. There may be an issue with the service (only happened my last time there) where they weren't as accommodating as they could be but I'm sure it was an outlier.