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There's an old saying in Hollywood: "You're not truly somebody until you acquire sentience, consciousness, and self-awareness." Demonstrate your somebodyhood by pairing clever cuisine with sleek décor with today's Groupon: for $20, you get $50 worth of sips and savories at one of three restaurants from Dolce Group. Opt for the red and radiant Geisha House (Hollywood or Santa Ana location), or dine on redefined diner food at Ketchup.

Whichever restaurant you choose, you're guaranteed all the signature traits of a Dolce Group establishment: plush settings, a scenester ambience, and a clientele fit for gossip columns. Sushi lovers will appreciate Geisha House's expansive menu. Start with the refreshing seaweed-cucumber salad ($7–$9, depending on the location) or organic salad with mixed greens and soy-ginger dressing ($8–$10). Carbophobes can opt instead for one of the special no-rice rolls such as the Geisha Lips ($11–$15), a protein-packed burst of tuna, shrimp, crab, avocado, kaiware sprouts, and orange tobiko hugged in cucumber.

For the seafood-shy, take your late night to Ketchup, an unexpectedly upscale take on the classic diner. Here, sticky booths and greasy grub get replaced with sleek Mies van der Rohe–designed chairs and upgraded eats. Try the vegetarian lasagna ($16), a pastaless layering of seasonal veggies baked with ricotta and mozzarella, or the Grand Daddy burger ($20)—a burger mixture of prime beef and short rib topped with applewood bacon, arugula, shallot confit, heirloom tomato, and your choice of cheese.

You can use one Groupon per table, so treat all your adjacent Hollywood Squares to a night of eating, drinking, and being seen.

Reviews

Gayot grades Geisha House Hollywood 14/20. Zagat rates the décor of Geisha House as 24 (very good to excellent) and the food as 19 (good to very good). LA Weekly and LA.com have both featured Geisha House:

• It would be impossible, I think, for someone in the restaurant business to visit Geisha House without seeing dollar signs dancing before his or her eyes, the bottles of champagne and expensive sake that ornament each table, the pricey plates of raw fish, the vast, two-story space teeming with light, color and horny 25-year-olds with working American Express cards…But it's a happiness explosion, dude -- you're right in the middle of it. And the food is awfully tasty too. – Jonathan Gold, LA Weekly

Eighty-three percent of more than 120 Urbanspooners like Geisha House Hollywood, 160 Citysearchers give it four stars, and nearly 200 OpenTable diners give both the Hollywood and Santa Ana locations four stars and Diners’ Choice Awards:

• The sushi here is phenomenal. My mouth felt like it was exploding with fireworks of different flavors when I tried one of their rolls. – brookeyp, Citysearch
• The food was more than wonderful, we ordered seconds. The wine and the sake and the mixed drinks, equally delicious. – OpenTable user who dined on 1/3/10

And no one can get enough Ketchup. LosAngeles.com featured the restaurant as a phenomenal addition to the West Hollywood restaurant/nightlife scene:

• …Ketchup restaurant is a fine dining experience that will soon be an American Classic. The geniuses at the Dolce Group have designed a rock inspired experience with traditional favorites, flawless service and such hip atmosphere it will no doubt be the newest Hollywood hang. – LosAngeles.com

And customers agree, with OpenTable users rating Ketchup four stars and a Diners' Choice Award, and Citysearchers awarding 3.5 stars:

• I love Ketchup!...It's regular American food made more higher [sic] class. It has a nice lounge area and the decor of the place always makes me happy when I'm in there. – PG1, Citysearch
• Great food for great prices. Our waitress didn't rush us…The bartender was great and made my special request martini perfectly. Always a pleasure dining at Ketchup! – OpenTable user who dined on 1/3/10