Press About Sandfish

Our innovative dishes, featuring a new approach to Japanese cuisine and created by our award-winning chef, have been making waves since our opening. We're thrilled to have garnered recognition from local and national media for our chef's creativity and dedication to crafting exciting and delicious meals. We look forward to sharing our passion for food with you.

2018 - 2019

2.15.2018

SUSHI GANG, SUSHI GANG, SUSHI GANG: THE NEWEST SUSHI SPOT IN THE DESERT ISN’T FAR FROM YOU

The Genius Behind Venue Sushi Bar & Sake Lounge Has Done it Again With Sandfish by Engin Onural

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4.12.2018

TIME OUT SAYS

Chef-owner Engin Onural blends traditional Japanese technique with modern and global and flair, resulting in one of Palm Springs's hottest—and most genre-bending—new dining spots.

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8.28.2018

SCANDINAVIAN SUSHI?

Sandfish Sushi & Whiskey is the most exciting restaurant to open in Palm Springs this year. Headed by Palm Desert’s renowned sushi chef, Engin Onural, Sandfish flawlessly satisfies Palm Springs’ demand for good taste and good design.

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12.29.2018

2019 PALM SPRINGS GUIDE TO WHAT'S NEW AND INSTAGRAM-WORTHY

Onural is among the world’s small coterie of “sushi ambassadors”--he qualified for the World Sushi Cup a few years back--and you can taste why.

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11.4.2019

21 ESSENTIAL PALM SPRINGS RESTAURANTS

The space, designed by local architect Chris Pardo, is meant to combine Scandinavian and Japanese elements with its concrete walls, natural woods, and groovy fish-scale tiles behind the bar, home to an impressive whiskey selection, with many hailing from Japan.

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12.1.2019

A WEEKEND GUIDE TO PALM SPRINGS: WHERE TO EAT, AND WHERE TO STAY

While standard nigiri and makis are on Sandfish’s menu, it’s the original, positively pretty creations – the best-selling Venue Roll, for example, caps a spicy tuna roll with seared salmon, spicy mayo.

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