Pursuing a dream in dining
Chef Egin Onural
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Our Story
The Onural group is a collection of culinary based enterprises by Chef and Owner Engin Onural.
Chef Engin was born in New York and raised in Ankara, Turkey which gave him a global perspective from an early age. He is heavily influenced by Scandinavian design, Turkish hospitality, and Japanese cuisine and weaves these influences throughout everything he does.
Chef Engin began his career as a Stage where he learned the craft of making sushi. From there, he built and opened his first restaurant The Venue on El Paseo in Palm Desert, CA in 2011.
In 2018, he opened his second restaurant Sandfish Sushi & Whiskey in Palm Springs, CA which became an instant hit landing at the top of all of the “must eat” lists.
In 2021 Chef Engin expanded into nightlife opening the speakeasy-style cocktail bar Tailor Shop in the Uptown Design District of Palm Springs. It is a secret among locals that on nights that you can’t get a table at Sandfish, you can always get a few signature dishes at Tailor Shop.
In 2022, Chef Engin expanded the Sandfish brand cross the desert and over state lines to Phoenix, AZ. While each Onural Group property has its own signature style, the common thread throughout is a commitment to quality, service and community.
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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, teriyaki sauce, and micro greens – that take top billing here.
- FORBES, DEC. 23 2019
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.
- EATER, NOV. 04 2019
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.
- FORBES, DEC. 29 2018
Sandfish Sushi & Whiskey is the most exciting restaurant to open in Palm Springs this year.
- JETSET TIMES, AUG. 28 2018
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.
- TIME OUT, APR. 12 2018
The Genius Behind Venue Sushi Bar & Sake Lounge Has Done it Again With Sandfish by Engin Onural
- LOCALE MAGAZINE, FEB 15, 2018
Sandfish by Engin Onural, a new restaurant coming to uptown Palm Springs, will showcase the chef's authentic sushi techniques with the twist his desert fans love to indulge in at his Palm Desert restaurant.
- DESERT SUN, OCT 03, 2017
