Inside the $600-a-head Silicon Valley restaurant that serves gold-flecked steaks

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Hiroshi is an unusual restaurant for unusual clientele.

Located in Los Altos, California, the newly opened Japanese restaurant accommodates only eight people per night and has no menus, no windows, and one table. Dinner costs at minimum $395 a head, but it averages between $500 and $600 with beverages and tax.

Hiroshi Kimura, the chef and owner, left his restaurant in Hawaii and moved to Silicon Valley in 2016 to launch a concept that would appeal to the deep-pocketed tech elite. Hiroshi hosts three to five dinners a week and is booked solid when a convention comes to town.

We toured the restaurant to see why it's becoming a favorite in Silicon Valley.



There were no hours posted on the door. A sign read "Open by appointment only."



The general manager, Kevin Biggerstaff, ushered me inside. Dim lighting cast a yellowish hue on the dining area, which was nearly swallowed whole by a single wooden table.



It was made from an 800-year-old Japanese keyaki tree. Biggerstaff told me it took 10 men and a small crane to lift the table into the restaurant. New walls were constructed around it.

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