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39 sushi & japanese spots in Los Angeles, scored and ranked for 2026.

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n/naka
Japanese · Palms · Michelin 1 Star (2025)
Ori Menashe and Genevieve Gergis opened this Arts District warehouse in 2012 and essentially launched the neighborhood's dining scene. Menashe runs the savory side — wood-fired pizzas, in-house cured ...
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Sushi Ginza Onodera
Japanese · West LA · One Michelin Star
An omakase-only counter on the West LA stretch where Tokyo-trained itamae work fish flown in from Toyosu the same way they would in Ginza. The chef's progression moves from otoro to a single uni handr...
99
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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)
Nozomi Mori's West LA omakase counter borrows the cadence of a tea ceremony and applies it to a $280 progression of Toyosu Market fish. Hairy crab in season, bluefin worked through every cut the chef ...
95
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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 · North America's 50 Best Restaurants 2026 (#49)
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
Up an unmarked stairwell above a West Hollywood strip mall, this is the omakase counter LA's industry quietly considers the best in town. The bluefin and the Japanese snapper get the focus they deserv...
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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...
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All 39 Sushi & Japanese Spots in Los Angeles

Orsa & Winston
Contemporary / Japanese-Italian · Downtown LA
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Sushi Zo Hollywood
Japanese / Sushi / Omakase · Mid-Wilshire
93
Sushi Sonagi
Japanese / Korean-Japanese Omakase · Gardena
93
Sushi Note Omakase
Japanese / Omakase · Beverly Hills
92
SUGARFISH
Japanese / Sushi · Brentwood
91
Bar Sawa
Japanese / Bar / Omakase · Little Tokyo
91
Q Sushi
Japanese / Sushi / Omakase · Downtown LA
91
Sushi Gen
Japanese · Little Tokyo
91
Tsubaki
Japanese / Izakaya · Echo Park
90
The Brothers Sushi
Japanese / Sushi / Omakase · Woodland Hills
90
Ototo
Japanese / Izakaya / Sake Bar · Echo Park
89
Zuma Beverly Hills
Japanese / Contemporary · Beverly Hills
89
KazuNori Downtown LA
Japanese / Handroll Bar · Downtown LA
89
Budonoki
Japanese / Bistro · East Hollywood
88
Uoichiba Handroll Bar
Japanese / Sushi · Sherman Oaks
88
The Hummingbird
Peruvian / Nikkei · Echo Park
88
RVR
Japanese · Venice
88
Nobu Malibu
Japanese · Malibu
87
Hakata Izakaya HERO
Japanese / Izakaya · Westwood
87
Sushi Samba West Hollywood
Japanese-Brazilian-Peruvian · West Hollywood
87
Katana Robata & Sushi
Japanese / Robata / Sushi · West Hollywood
87
Tokyo Noir
Japanese / Izakaya / Speakeasy · Long Beach
86
Shirubē
Japanese / Izakaya · Santa Monica
86
Doto
California Izakaya / Japanese · Silver Lake
86
Kenbey Sushi
Japanese / Sushi · Silver Lake
86
Osawa
Japanese / Sushi / Shabu-Shabu · Pasadena
86
Izakaya Osen
Japanese / Kushiyaki · Silver Lake
85
Cafe 2001
Cafe / Japanese-American · Arts District
84
Yamashiro Hollywood
Japanese / Californian · Hollywood
84
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