RVR

Name: RVR
Address: 1305 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA, 90291
Price range: $$$
Rating: 4.1

Venice · Japanese

1305 Abbot Kinney Blvd, Venice, CA, 90291Directions

4.1259 reviews

Diners like this restaurant's delicious and creative Japanese-inspired small plates, with standouts including the duck meatballs, sweet potatoes, and various vegetable dishes. They also highlight the lively atmosphere, friendly staff, and excellent cocktails. Some reviews mention the food can be overpriced.

Japanese dinner with weekend gravity and a serious kara-age signal.

RVR is a $$$ Japanese restaurant in Venice, Venice. Check in on Blackbird when you visit.

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Why go

RVR is a $$$$ Japanese restaurant with a 4.1 Google rating across 332 reviews, but the sharper popularity read comes from Blackbird: 1,338 on-chain check-ins logged between Oct. 24, 2025 and June 1, 2026. Saturdays and Sundays are its busiest check-in days.

The highlighted review reads like a table that ordered broadly and left convinced: scallops, pickles, kara-age chicken, sugar snap peas, and flourless chocolate cake all landed. The strongest note is value hiding inside the splurge: the kara-age chicken was called the best-value dish and “man was it good.”

editorial/ updated 10d ago