K Town Crab House

Alternately known as Crab House or K Town Crab House, this LA restaurant offers visually stunning and perfectly fresh sea urchin in your choice of sizes – each paired with multiple types of roe, seaweed, and rice – and is also known for soy-marinated raw crabs, sold in three sizes and price points. Their largest and most expensive ($40) size, shown in our photos, includes enough cool, salted crabmeat for two people to share along with other dishes. It’s also possible to have a smaller raw crab experience here at a lower price ($30) than LA’s better-known raw crab destination Soban.

There are other compelling raw seafood options at Crab House, including scallops, prawns, and abalone (offered on one plate for $40) and some tasty banchan. The prices look high at first – and are, in an absolute sense – but Crab House tries to make a meal out of whatever raw items you order, suggesting you mix bits of cold marinated seafood into a bowl with hot rice and seaweed salad.