At what sushi restaurant does Mike take Celia for her birthday in Monsters, Inc.?

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Mike takes Celia to Harryhausen's, a Japanese sushi restaurant, for her birthday in Monsters, Inc.

The dinner begins as a romantic evening for Mike Wazowski and Celia Mae, who work together at Monsters, Inc. Celia is the company's receptionist and Mike's girlfriend, and she affectionately calls him “Googly Bear.” The restaurant's name is a tribute to Ray Harryhausen, the pioneering special-effects artist celebrated for his stop-motion creatures and classic monster films.

The date is interrupted when Boo is accidentally exposed inside the restaurant. The Child Detection Agency quickly raids the building, treating the location as contaminated and deploying a device that creates a large decontamination dome. Celia survives the operation but returns to work wearing a protective neck cone and bandages, much to her embarrassment.

Viewers sometimes remember the scene simply as a monster restaurant or confuse its name with a familiar human-world eatery. Harryhausen's is specifically presented as a sushi restaurant, and its name connects the film to the history of cinematic monsters.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Aug. 2026

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