Get a seat by the bar. Faster service and you get to watch the chefs cook up your skewers. I always get the nanbanyaki, chicken tail and lamb.
Excellent sushi. A must go. Fantastic! But perhaps best to order a la carte over omakase. The omakase service was REALLY REALLY slow....
The great specialty is cherrywood-smoked Copper River salmon with mango, a dish that certain local sushi masters would rather die than serve. (It's their loss: The dish is stunningly good.) Read more.
Tsujita, a spinoff of a revered Tokyo ramen restaurant, is so far ahead of its competition that the others may as well not exist. Read more.
"Tsukemen is hip in all the usual ways, including obscurity, a stylized consumption ritual and flavor of an intensity that can be overwhelming the first few times out" -Jonathan Gold Read more.
This West LA standard serves terrific izakaya favorites such as agadashi tofu and udon noodles. The large, varied menu works great with the simple beer and more extensive sake menu. Read more.