Message: | It's amazing that the responses to date for information about the best sushi restaurants in Los Angeles do not include Tsukiji, Tsukasa, or Sasabune, to name just a few of the best.
There are lots of excellent sushi restaurants in the greater Los Angeles area. My current favorite is Tsukiji in Gardena, followed closely by Tsukasa in Little Tokyo. You have to be reasonably sophisticated (or go there with someone who is) to exploit the best that these places have to offer. Other good sushi restaurants include Sasabune in West Los Angeles, Mori Sushi, Nishi, Matsuhisa (for non-traditional sushi), and Shibucho on Beverly Blvd. (the former Shibucho in Little Tokyo was sold to a new owner, and is now Tsukasa).
The omissions of some well-publicized and highly touted restaurants from my list, including Sushi Roku and Nozawa, are not an oversight. Even though the limited selection of sushi is good quality, Zagat’s listing of Nozawa as one of the two best restaurants in Los Angeles is a joke! I won't repeat my previously stated opinions about Nozawa. If you're interested, use Chowhound's search feature for "+nozawa +armitage" and you'll find the threads that present the pro and con arguments by myself and many other Chowhounds regarding Nozawa.
Another excellent sushi restaurant, named by one previous poster in this thread, is Katsu in Studio City. Unfortunately, Katsu is closed due to damage from a fire. It is expecting to reopen sometime in February.
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