Chef Niki Nakayama's intimate kaiseki temple offering a modern take on traditional Japanese multi-course dining. One of LA's most coveted reservations.
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Sushi Ginza Onodera
Japanese · West LA · One Michelin Star
Omakase-only sushi counter where Tokyo-trained chefs present pristine fish flown in from Tsukiji. An exquisite and meditative sushi experience.
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Hayato
Japanese Kaiseki · Arts District · Michelin 2-Star 2025
Brandon Go's eight-seat kaiseki counter tucked inside an Arts District market hall, two Michelin stars, and one of the hardest seats to book in the city. Traditional Japanese multi-course cooking, car...
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Mori Nozomi
Omakase / Japanese · West LA · Eater LA 38 (Spring 2026)
Chef Nozomi Mori's omakase counter using traditional Japanese tea ceremony techniques with seasonal Toyosu Market fish at $280.
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Sushi Kaneyoshi
Japanese / Sushi · Little Tokyo · Michelin 1-Star 2025
A subterranean Edomae counter beneath Little Tokyo that feels like it was imported whole from Ginza. Chef Yoshiyuki Inoue, eight seats, aged fish, rice cooked correctly, no menu, no drama. The sushi-o...
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Kato Restaurant
Taiwanese / Japanese / Modern · Arts District · Michelin 1-Star 2025
Jon Yao's Arts District tasting menu reads Taiwanese-American but feels entirely its own thing. A Michelin star, a 10+ course menu built around chef Yao's Taipei-through-California lens, and a room th...
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Morihiro
Japanese / Sushi / Omakase · Echo Park · Michelin 1-Star
Chef Morihiro Onodera's Echo Park condo-tower sushi counter — the sushi-equivalent of a private jazz club. $400 omakase pacing, suit-wearing service, and cocktails poured at the level of a Tokyo hotel...
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Matsuhisa Beverly Hills
Japanese / Peruvian · Beverly Hills
Chef Nobu Matsuhisa's 1987 original — the restaurant that invented the Japanese-Peruvian fusion that became the Nobu global empire. Black cod miso was introduced at this counter; so was the new-style ...
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Sushi Park
Japanese · West Hollywood
Hidden above a WeHo strip mall, this unassuming omakase counter delivers some of the finest sushi in LA. Cash only. No photos. Pure sushi focus.
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Inaba Japanese Restaurant
Japanese / Kaiseki · Torrance · Michelin 1-Star 2025
The South Bay's first-ever Michelin star, earned in 2022 and kept since. A $100-per-head kaiseki dinner that would cost triple in Beverly Hills, served from a small counter that feels like a secret. T...