Tokyo 7-7 Coffee Shop
Categories: Diners, American (New), Asian Fusion [Edit]
3839 Main StSte B
Culver City, CA 90232 (310) 204-5728
- Hours:
Mon-Fri 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m.
Sat 8:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m. - Price Range: $
- Accepts Credit Cards: No
- Parking: Garage
- Attire: Casual
- Good for Groups: Yes
- Good for Kids: Yes
- Takes Reservations: No
- Delivers: No
- Take-out: Yes
- Waiter Service: Yes
- Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
- Outdoor Seating: No
- Good for: Breakfast, Lunch
- Alcohol: Beer & Wine Only
13 reviews
Neighborhood: Westchester / LAX
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89 Reviews for Tokyo 7-7 Coffee Shop
This place is great- a bizarre mix of american breakfast foods and japanese staples....all absurdly cheap and really good! The ambience is so much fun, too- I feel like I've been transported back to the 70s when they still used that weird cheap looking wood/plastic stuff for walls. The ladies that work there are all very friendly, and food comes fast. Thanks yelpers, for an awesome recommendation!
Note: Kind of hard to find...it's down an alley, not facing Main Street.
sooOo much personality...
I mean...food is good...price is awesome...but it's the place that does it...
everything is super old...it's like taking me back in time when I didn't exist...
the ladies who work there are soOo cute!
BUT!...yes I said but!
Their hours are weird...it's bad enough they don't open very long...but they close on random days as well...maybe I was super unlucky...watever.
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Breakfast the way it should be!!! If Tokyo 7-7 opened at 6, I would eat here every day. It took me around two months to finally find this place (granted I wasn't looking very hard). Finally, one day when I decided to play hookie from work I did google street view and was able to finally figure out where the heck it was! Located in the alley right behind hidden treasures...it seems so simple now! I read the local culver city paper anytime I come and chug around 2 to 3 cups of joe that perfectly complements my eggs over easy with Portuguese sausage. They have yet to do anything less than a perfect egg over easy...kudos Tokyo 7-7! And I always leave thinking I want to steal those adorable Japanese women who run this place and keep them in my pocket.
Entering this hidden gem is like going through a time warp to another era. Prices are too cheap. Food is nothing fancy but certainly good.
This was my first time there. We usually go to S &W about a block away but this time decided to try something different. This place definitely has charisma and character. The 7-7 must mean 1977 because that's how low the prices are. We had 2 omelettes, potatoes, toast, 2 coffees, 1 lg OJ, grand total: $12.34. Very reasonable. Nothing on the menu is over $5.00. Food is good. I cant say it was incredible because it was just good. Nothing to fancy. Service is good. The waitress we had has been there for about 25 years. She looked to be about 55 years old. Very nice and always smiling. Decor is from 1977 as well. Strange items on the walls like the old laughing heads and neon beers signs in the windows. I asked, they do sell beer. Overall a good experience and we would definitely go back.
I am converted! Another great find courtesy of my fellow Yelpers. This place was a bit hard to find, even armed with a Google map I had to go up and down Main St. two times before I noticed it tucked off of the actual street. How anyone would ever know about this place if you weren't a local is beyond me.
This place looks kind of like my old orthodontist's office - frozen in time from the 70's complete with fake wood panelling on the walls. I think their prices have been frozen in time too, because I've never seen food so cheap! I wish I had gotten there before 11 am to try the $2.35 (yes, $2.35!!) breakfast special. Instead I had to drop a whole 5 bucks on the Portuguese royal, which was really good and just the right amount of food. At lots of breakfast places they serve such huge portions that you walk out feeling incapacitated from being so full.
Too bad my orthodontist never thought to serve breakfast...
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This place is the best.
For some reason I always feel like I'm in the Twilight Zone when I'm at this place.
I thought breakfast was ok until I tried the Portuguese Royal.
YUM! I was actually full by the end of my meal!
I took a group there last Thursday and everyone was satisfied with their meal.
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As another reviewer said, nothing is over $5, but you're getting $5 quantity - perfect for a gal like me who feels the urge to eat everything on her plate and is normally overstuffed at the end of every meal. Their beef bowl is satisfactory and I have yet to try their curry. Japanese curry is one of the easiest things to make so I'm thankful they're not overcharging on this dish like so many other places off Sawtelle Blvd.
It's not quite five stars because I know the quality can be better, por ejemplo, they can add a few more ingredients to the potato salad and gyoza.
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As others have said, this place is CHEAP!
I wish they were open in the evenings so that I could have a cheap place to go to dinner, or if they were open on Sundays. However, with the prices so cheap, it doesn't matter. Also not very crowded the 3 times that I've gone. Go before 11 so you can get the breakfast special.
Waitresses are nice and they do refill your coffee very often and look after you.
Be warned...if you are 2 people, and you sit down at one of the small tables, they will pressure you to move to a larger table if they're not too crowded. I move to avoid losing face (I think, though I'm not an expert on Japanese Etiquette), but it is a little awkward. So sit at a large table first.
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Such a little Culver City gem! This great place is located in an alley in the heart of town so good luck finding it.
It's small and has this kitschy feel [in a good way.] The walls are covered in framed pictures of random celebrities as well as baseball pennants. The waitresses are super sweet ladies.
Now onto the food. I've only had their Japanese dishes so far and those are quite yummy. I wanna come back for their burgers and breakfast. The best thing about this place? Nothing is over $5!!! Get over here now!
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The first time I walked past this unassuming location was on the way to the bank and was very surprised there was even a business in the alley! Curious, I went home and checked up it on Yelp! and needless to say, the reviews compelled me to try it as soon as I could!
So the next Saturday morning my roommate and I drove downtown and visited - what can I say, exactly as advertised! Small and eclectic, the place wasn't packed but had a good number of people that looked like they could have been regulars. The waitresses were all small Japanese women that looked like they got bored 20 years ago and said "hey, let's start a restaurant that serves breakfast/lunch!"
I had the Japanese breakfast and my roommate had a ham and cheese omelet. The food definitely wasn't spectacular and everything on the menu was pretty hard to mess up, but the prices were CHEAP. I think the meal was 12 dollars for the two of us - and we had juice to go along with the meal!
All in all, great deal - if you're looking for some cheap, quick food that's hard to mess up, and some local flavor head to Tokyo 7-7 - it's hard to be disappointed!
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So after spending way too much on lunch the other day, I wanted to find something cheap and delicious in LA. After Yelping around, we found some awesome reviews on this hole-in-the-wall cafe called Tokyo 7-7. Two words really brought us to this little find...portuguese sausage. Oh yeah.
The place is on a little alley street in Culver City, between Venice and Culver. A Yelper had said to park in the parking structure off of Cardiff, which we did....after that it was an easy find.
We walk in and immediately feel the old school vibe going on, like an old '70s cafe lost in time...
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People of the Jury,
Tokyo 7-7. What makes it so unique and popular? Under loose scrutiny, its nothing special. There are many "mom and pop" places like this all over the inner city and Downtown. Some as old, if not older than this.
The fact it is run by Asians is also not unique, because Asian business owners thrive in Los Angeles. Prices? Cheap breakfast and lunch menus? Asian hackneyed fusion? All can be found in Downtown as well as South Central. As well as interiors that haven't changed in since the 70s. Menu items like udon and omlette.
So why Tokyo 7-7? Is it part of some conspiracy? Illuminati? Yelp owns half of the business? It has become a pseudo landmark in the vein of a Pink's.
Here are my evidence of why this place stands out.
Exhibit A: Location. It's in the art district of Culver City where dive can turn into cool. Where something like this can be appreciated. Whereas in Downtown, this is all you get, and you get more international and less foodly people. A different crowd. The merchants, garment workers, jewelers, just want to eat and get back to work. Here is less diverse internationally and a spot like this comes off quaint, homey, and unique. Have you tried that little Asian breakfast diner Martha? Oh Buffy we must go before our tennis game.
Exhibit B: Ample parking. This is a HUGE asset to any restaurant in LA. Lots of street parking, meter parking, and its right next to a public lot with free parking for the first few hours. The other day I drove around an hour trying to find parking so I could eat in Cheviot Hills. It didn't happen ladies and gentlemen. My stomach continues to growl to this day.
Exhibit C: The Japanese ladies who work there. They are old. They are Japanese. It's unique. You don't see that in LA believe it or not. It's either you have young Asian girls working. You got Mexican and Latino employees working. Or you just order at the counter and self serve. This kind of, somebody's kitchen feel is unique.
In conclusion people of Yelp. I am an admitted non-foodie. My priorities and values are not based around food. Do not consider this my weakness. Consider this my strength in my argument, as I am well adjusted and can value a good deal and a good meal.
I rest my case.
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The reason I like this place is not because of the food. That's not the say the food is not good (it is, and it's got that homemade feeling to it which makes it even better), but the real reason I like this place is because of the place itself. This is the kind of place that regulars have been coming to every week (maybe even every day) for years and years. The waitresses have probably been working for for who knows how long, yet they are still friendly. I would chalk that up to the Japanese sense of customer service, but something tells me there is a little more too it in this case. It's truly got the family, local neighborhood feeling, which is becoming a valuable commodity in today's hyper-franchised society.
Despite it's dingy appearance on the outside, it's clean in the ways that matter. The waitresses all speak Japanese, and they seem to get along pretty well. Like I said before the food is not what attracts me to this place, but it does have good value (good quality for the price). Furthermore, there just aren't that many restaurants where I can get rice for breakfast, but here I finally can :)
Yesterday was my first time here. I plan on returning many, many times.
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This place reminds me of japanese school and how our mothers would cook our lunches in the school kitchen.
I'm saying this because it's run by cute old japanese ladies, and the place looks like it's been frozen in time (like, the 80s or very early 90s.)
I'm also saying this because the food is pretty easy to make on your own at home (at least if your'e japanese like i am.) but all in all, this place still rocks because the price is soo freaking cheap.
They have strange hours and it's located oddly enough, hidden next to a gigantic parking lot, but all of that just adds to the quirky charm of this hidden treasure.
I like their royals, they're sandwiches are good too and french toast is yummy. However, i don't really like their teriyaki bowl, the chicken was just chicken with some nasty cheap teriyaki sauce poured over it. yoshinoya has better bowls.
all in all. it's super cheap (i'm talkin 2 dollar cheeseburgers). the service is excellent. but the food is so so.
After having this place saved in my bookmarks for ages, I finally stopped by for breakfast. Why I waited so long, I don't know.
When I walked in, the wood paneling on the walls screamed another era. It immediately reminded of my days as a kid, growing up in the midwest, where everyone had basements, and all of those basements had the faux wood paneling. At Tokyo 7-7, I felt like I was at home!
Also reminiscent of another era are the prices. Yelp, can we give 1/2 dollar signs for businesses that are less than $5 per person? Coffee for $0.90, small OJ for $1.10, not to mention the breakfast specials which were at a price so obscenely low that I won't even say what it is here because I urge you to check it out for yourselves.
The employees here are friendly, older Japanese women. My server seemed to have perfect timing, coming by with the coffee pot just when I was starting to run low in my mug. It seems like there are quite a few regulars here - I overheard one of the employees warmly greeting a regular customer who was in town from Hawaii.
The food came out promptly - boyfriend had a Portuguese sausage omelet, which was served over rice, and I had scrambled eggs with tomato slices and a hamburger patty, along with a side of sourdough toast. My food was good, but one bite of my boyfriend's omelet immediately made me jealous. I'll definitely have to try that out some other time.
As I was eating, a delivery man showed up to bring in boxes of beer (Asahi) and gyoza wrappers. Mental note: try the gyoza next time.
To make things EVEN better - yes, let's add to the dirt cheap prices, filling food, and friendly service - there's a parking structure across from the entrance with plenty of parking. And, the first two hours are free without even having to get it validated. At the risk of sounding like one of those annoying Clairol Herbel Essences commercials, YES! YES! OH YES!!!!!
Now if only they served Spam here, that would really take the cake.
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I love this restaurant, mostly because I live within walking distance from it. The food is dirt cheap and no BS nothing fancy. I also love it because it reminded me of my home cooking (steamed rice + char-siu + french fries). If you have to drive more than 15 minutes to Tokyo 7-7, you might find the place disappointing. It's a modest place with modest food.
It is also a great place for hipster watching. I'm fashionably challenge, so what ever the kids at Tokyo 7-7 wears, I assume that's what's in right now (apparently girl jeans and bandanas worn anywhere but your head)
Ok the truth- This aint no Toast, DoughBoys,John ogroates, or even NORMS! , what this IS is cut and DRY! SIMPLE/ Cheap/Decent / a bit campy feeling ( like that camp in the mountains we all went to as kids, you know what i'm talking about)ok...so if it was a jewish camp they recycled the leftover scrambled eggs from bkfst into the fried rice at dinner, right!! lol- at any rate, I live a mile or so from this 'hidden alley diner/ part of the appeal' and the japanese ladies are great, they make sure your cofee is filled ( dont expect a light roast, lol) and that your food is served fresh/hot, WHAT more could you WANT for a decent bkfst! Though my ex gfriend was picky, she said their pancakes were powdery, boo-hoo excuse her pancake snobbery! , ok off to get my omelet there
I just cant endorse this place enough. I have lived less than a few blocks away for the last few years and had seen it but never taken part which i now deeply regret. In the case of Tokyo 7 7 less is more. As others have said the food is nothing to write home about but the convenience, pricing and atmosphere make it my new favorite. The interior is like something out of a David Lynch film. Small town America with a splash of Japanese Flair on the walls and menu. If you live in the neighborhood and are looking for convenient i cant recommend this place enough.....
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If I were to consider moving to LA, Tokyo 7-7 would literally be at the top of the "Pro LA" list. Proximity to Tokyo 7-7 would be at the top of my apartment-shopping priority list.
Tokyo 7-7, not Disneyland, is the most magical place on earth. The cha-shu pork royal with sticky rice and a coffee, not Wheaties, is the breakfast of champions. The hamburger royal and portuguese sausage royal are also wonderful but the cha-shu pork is tops. You should also pour a little soy sauce on the plate and let the rice soak it up. I adore this place.
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This place is AWESOME! The food is just the right portions and the right price! It's not gourmet or anything fancy, but for the price it's just right. Service is great and the place is charming.
Going to a restaurant is an experience- How you rate the place depends on the quality of food, service, atmosphere, and other intuitive factors that are hard to calculate in numbers. How much each criteria weighs differs for each place and time, but rarely does a restaurant's value come mostly from the atmosphere it offers- Tokyo 7-7 is the rare gem- (or a hole in the wall!)
I was watching Hachimitsu to Clover, aka Honey and Clover, the anime/drama series last night, and there was this scene where they were eating (or trying to ) Japanese Style Curry- and I was CRAVING IT!! I went to sleep thinking, "I shall have that for lunch"
After 3 hours of sleep, I got an unexpected phone call from my friends on the other side of the world, who either didn't know what time it was where I am, or blatantly didn't care. And I could not go back to sleep. 5AM, I was wide awake, hungry, and remembered that I wanted to eat CURRY.
After the numbness of rude awakening settled, I also remembered that Tokyo 7-7 was open for breakfast. I quickly checked on Yelp to confirm the hours, and ta-da, "opening from 7AM".
After getting ready for work, I left my house around 6:40 and walked in as their customer #1 of the day exactly at 7AM. I ordered my curry, with a side of egg, wheat toasts (I usually do not eat this much but I felt so hungry), and green tea. Cordially greeted by the old lady and gentleman at the restaurant, I smiled and ate 1/2 of each item on my table. (I could not possibly finish everything. I am not fat D: D: )
It's the unique charm of the restaurant that makes me overlook the quality of their food. Their food is prepared somewhat carelessly, but with a homey air- It didn't really feel like I am eating at a restaurant- It felt more like I was eating at a local village where I was friends with the family, and was having an early breakfast or something (minus the part where I pay them and tip them lol)
There is something nostalgic and warm about this restaurant.
Owners asked if I reported Yelp on a website and I told them I wish I was the discoverer but I was just one of many who actually saw the review and visited. Ah, what a nice start of a morning.
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This place was confusing to find at first as it was in the back of an alleyway. It is a small restaurant with a counter area, but it was rather weird at first when walking in as the waitress warned us it would take 1 hour for food. That is a long time to wait for food at a coffee shop type place, but I was persistent to try this place and accepted it. I ordered the Oyako don and my bf ordered the cha shu royal with rice and a side of pancakes. The food ended up coming out within the hour, taking about 30 minutes to be served. The food was so-so in the end. My rice bowl was pretty tasty, but my bf did not really like his breakfast plate. He did like the pancakes though as they were very moist. The pancakes were not the size of the entire plate as other diners make, but they were very delicious and next time he would order the full order of pancakes instead of the short stack.
Overall, it was great to try this place, but not worth the drive despite the cheap prices. If I did live in Century City, I would probably become a regular there as the prices are hard to beat.
This place gets 100 stars for price. I know where to eat now if I'm ever a bum starving with only 3 dollars. You will get the biggest plate of yakisoba ever for $3.59. Coffee is 90 cents...yes 90 cents. The service is so cute and quite speedy considering everyone in the kitchen and wait staff is probably above 60 yrs old. The food taste however is just so so. But it's SOOOOOOOOO cheap that I don't think I would dare to complain. I'll just leave it at that. Good enough and definitely good enough for the price.
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I've been meaning to check this place out forever. I'm just not the kind of guy who gets up early to go out to breakfast before work... so I figured I'd just go to work later =)
Tokyo 7-7 is one of those places that you'd never find if not for Yelp. You can't can't even see it from the street. You literally have to go down some random alley behind the parking lot to find it.
The place is definitely an American-style diner with bar stools, autographed actors' photos on the wall, and the little spinning rack that holds the bits of paper they scribble your order on. Except in addition to salt and pepper they have soy sauce, and there's little pictures of bonsai trees and sushi next to the baseball banners. Cute!
There is only one item on the menu over $5. I ordered the Cha-shu omelette with home-fried potatoes, which is basically eggs scrambled with green/white onions and marinated chopped pork. It was haha, mediocre. Still, I walked away full and happy. I'm lucky this place is right in my backyard!
Parking is 2 hrs in the structure on Cardiff. Cash only. Open for breakfast and lunch.. and closed Sundays like just about every other place in Culver.
I am dedicating this review to my friend/neighbor/co-worker, Alisa, who very recently moved to Japan. Come back to visit soon!
A group of four of us had a Tuesday ritual of going to 7-7 for lunch and then wandering around the Culver City Farmers Market afterward. We always looked forward to Tuesdays, when we would make a march for the door and promptly disappear from the office at 1:30. The most interesting conversations always came out of Tuesday Lunch, and every now and then we would hear an eavesdropper laughing at our amusing talks.
Even better, it was always like an episode of Cheers: where everybody knows your name. The sweet Japanese women who work there are the most welcoming people on the planet, and they always knew what we wanted to order before we even opened our mouths to speak.
The hard to find hole in the wall, with its interior decor and prices untouched for at least the past twenty years, is a such a gem in a city that is obsessed with the newest and the latest of everything. A lot of fond memories come from lunches at 7-7.
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hidden treasure.
in a back alley right in the middle of culver city's culinary downtown.
free parking in the structure off of cardiff.
cinderblock shack with original 60/70's fake wood -paneling and -counters inside. signed portraits of forgotten tv heroes.
the staff old skinny japanese women in beige aprons.
the food no fuzz.
cheap and good.
american diner with japanese specials. soba, udon, cha siu, miso soup.
i had the hawaiian omelette: cha siu pork and portuguese sausage, onion and green onion omelette on rice. pour a circle of soy sauce around it and you're golden. five bucks, delicious.
small orange juice, $1.10.
next time i'll try the ginger beef or the shrimp and linguica scramble.
awesome little hole-in-the-wall.
and it's got yelp stickers on the window.
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I CANNOT believe I had never been to this place before. I mean I'll admit, it's tiny. It's not actually on the street, it's in an alley, behind the thrift store and the wine bar, but it's right next to the parking structure!! I've seen it, I've just never actually thought to go in!
The place, as someone already mentioned is like Japanese-White trash diner. It's fantastic. There's a great mix of not quite art and B or C list celebs on the wall (think that guy who's name you can't remember who was in CHiPS). The food is crazy cheap, tasty, but relatively small proportions. It's the amounts you're supposed to eat, not the amount you're used to getting everywhere else.
If you go before 11AM there are 3 small breakfasts for $2.35. LESS THAN $3!!!! That's CRAZY!!!! There's barely anything on the menu for more than $5! Three of us ate for $11.15. I'm sorry I'm a little in shock....
It is cash only, but there's a parking structure right next door. The waitresses are nice, and non-intrusive, and they even re-filled my hot-water (I had tea). It was kinda awesome, and I have a feeling I'll be going back there frequently.
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Holy portugese sausage, scrambled eggs & rice! Probably the only place in the LA area that served my fave McD Hawaiian breakfast just like growing up in O'ahu ... and its cheap!
They Have Framed headshots of PONCH & JON on the wall.
This makes me smile.
order the Tokyo 7-7 special breakfast - a Japanese breakfast - tasty pork with sticky rice, a Japanese omlette, pickled cucumbers, and a nice, soothing bowl of hot miso soup.
This keeps my smile going.
The bill, with large orange juice and tax/tip, was less than 10 bucks. Still smiling.
Happy elderly Japanese wait staff keeps me happy -
I feel like Hello Kitty on queludes
- All is well -
Never mind the time warp/dive diner decor (you almost swear you're back in the 80's - were the people at the table next to me talking about last night's episode of LA Law? Fuentes did what?!)
Smiling still...
I get up to leave - what's this I see? A framed head shot of SLEDGE HAMMER?!
The smile disappears... eyes water... God, I miss that show.
Then reappears...
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Tokyo 7-7 , how could I had not known...
Thank you, thank you, thank you...
The Yelp reviews where on the money.
Brilliant!
If only Tokyo 77 was open more hours in the day!
Tokyo 77 is the most unique diner experience I've ever had. First of all the construction of the place is a bit confusing... is it a trailer? Have i stepped through a time warp? (Check out the bathrooms... the fixtures are at least 35 yrs old) There seems to be almost zero markup. And you can always substitute rice, it being a Japanese establishment at heart. But, could it be? A business that's not shamelessly profit driven? Sign me up!
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No where else can you get a cheeseburger, fries and a beer for lunch under $5. If that doesn't seal it for you, look out for the Aladdin and Jasmine autographed 8x10 framed endorsement photo.
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Wow, this place REALLY is hard to find. I only found it because I was looking around the parking lot and spotted it through an alley opening the third time driving around the block..almost thought about just parking and walking around to look.
Went early in the morning at 7am and there were already several customers. Very prompt service. Ordered the tokyo 7-7 special to-go and a cup of coffee to drink while waiting, and it's just average food but fairly cheap and decent for what it is. Even with a generous tip it ended up being under $10 :)
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I really like the vibe of this place. Its just down home grubby food. There's not many places in LA where you can get rice and eggs with pork. It seriously feels like a place that would be in Hawaii. The prices are really reasonable and the ladies who work there are really sweet.
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Hey mangus k., I ordered the exact same thing; the Tokyo 7-7 special and a large oj. I give this place three stars for the food, which is pretty standard fare. But they get a bonus star for their prices and their too-cool-for-school speakeasy-esque hidden location.
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Little-known fact: Yours truly was raised in Japan until she was 12. In fact, Japanese is my native language, I went to school in Osaka, etc.
You can imagine what kind of heart-tearingly amazing it is for me to find a 4 dollar bowl of honest to Gob udon and be able to pair that with crispy bacon on the side and a Sapporo? *squeal*
I fell on this place randomly, ordered the eponymous delight, and enjoyed the cultural merging that I happened upon on a calm spring day in Culver City when I was waiting to fetch a friend from the airport whose plane landed 6 hours after me. Anyone who tells you there's nothing worthwhile in CC is a heinous liar trying to keep the town for themselves.
Did i mention it's beyond cheap and your coffee will not get empty without some major effort? 5 stars and that's only because when I click past 5 it doesn't go any higher.
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Cut-To-The-Chase: Cheap eats, good / delicious food, good service.
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Tokyo 7-7 Coffee Shop was definitely one of the most bizarre coffee shop I've ever been to. Outside looks like a hole in the wall, inside takes one back to the early 80s, late 70s.
Today, my gf and I decide to give them a try. At 1:30PM we were hungry and I wanted cheap eats.
We walked in and the place turned out to the nothing of what I expected. As Americanized Japanese as I thought it would be, when we walked in, I heard waitresses speaking fluent Japanese with two of the diners. It was bizarre, yet I get a feeling of honesty (cost of food).
Gf ordered a cheeseburger and I ordered a tuna melt on rye. Both were nicely done. My melt came with a side salad and fries. The melt itself was hot and creamy. The portion was perfect, even though it didn't seem enough visually, since most restaurant would serve huge ass portions.
With drinks and tip, the bill came up to be 15 bucks. It's totally cheap eats, especially in Culver City and you can't beat that. Their pricing is just honest. You literally pay for the food at cost + cheap labor.
Whatever you may call this place, Japanese-white trash diner, little gem, this place is the place to go as I plan on trying out their ridiculously cheap breakfast.
It'll take me a few more tries before they can earn my 5 star. Judging by today's experience, I'd like to give them a solid 4 stars.
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i was introduced to this amazing little place by my girlfriend who lives within walking distance of tokyo 77.
most people have already said pretty much everything there is to say about how awesome this place is. the food is pretty awesome, tho i've only gotten the club sandwich (no mayo, with avocado...woo!) but the prices are ridiculously cheap and the employees are all super nice. the little old japanese waitresses rule!
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I love the low prices. The food tastes ok... nothing that wows me but I would rather go here than go to a Denny's or IHOP and pay way more for the same average tasting food. The service is friendly and the atmosphere is very relaxed. Parking is convenient and it's a good place to meet people for breakfast.
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