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For my first time in Little Tokyo, my friend and I decided to hit up Oomasa for their sushi. We had to take a number as we got into the restaurant, but were seated within ten minutes. We decided to sit at the sushi bar and our service here was excellent.
The sushi chef was attentive, and masterful at his craft. The cuts of fish were beautifully arranged and formed on our nigiri, the rice was well seasoned and loosely packed! Finally a place that doesn't press it's sushi rice to a dense mess.
The selection of fish is decent, but traditional. I didn't get to try many rolls as we wanted to enjoy nigirizushi, so i can't say much about that. The fish that was available was fresh and delicious. The uni here; however, was shipped in and not from live sea urchins.
Definitely try the halibut nigiri here as they prepare it with real grated yuzu.
This is a decent place to eat if you're into bento lunch boxes. Each combo comes with miso soup and a box with your preference of beef/chicken teriyaki, sushi/sashimi, tempura, salad, rice, macaroni, and several pickled veggies. It's a lot of food so if you like big orders, their combos are the thing for you.
In my opinion, that's just way too much food for one person and everything but the sushi and tempura is mediocre. The miso soup is super salty so beware! I ordered the Sushi-B combo with 7 different sushi pieces and 1 egg (tamago) sushi. As always, the egg was excellent and the sushi was actually really four star quality. My order came with salmon, tuna, yellowtail, toro, shrimp, octopus, clam, and the egg.
So if you're looking for an all inclusive type of restaurant, Oomasa may be the thing for you. At least for me, I'm more into going to a strict sushi bar (like Komasa or Hama) or a strict ramen house (like Daikokuya). And if I'm ever in the mood for everything.. I head over to Haru U La la for the rest.
Japanese Village Plaza....where should I eat other than Shabu Shabu House, Frying Fish and that little Korean place next to the ice cream shop? I had lunch @ Oomasa with Nick H today. We ordered lunch special combo #1 (teriyaki chicken with tempura) - yes typical boring Japanese American lunch. Guess whose idea that was! Why oh why did I trust Nick to pick the restaurant? ;)
Okay it's not that bad....my teriyaki chicken was good but not great. The tempura was not good and greasy. Shrimp tempura tasted like....nothing. It tasted like frozen shrimp. I didn't bother eating the rest of the veggie tempura. Macaroni salad?? very very bland. My miso soup was okay but I could make a better miso soup than that @ home.
Ask for parking validation when you pay because they don't automatically give it to you like other restaurants. My lunch was fun because my companion was fun. I would probably give this place 2 stars if I went to lunch by myself.
Great Ambiance! This place has VIBE!
Looking for a place to eat in this plaza?
An ok place would be oomasa!
I came for lunch and had the best time ever. The food was so so. After reading the reviews on here, I realized I should have tried the sushi. The ambiance was perfect for an enjoyable lunch. Nothing spectacular about the decor. There is just a good vibe.
I had a lunch special with chicken, tempura, salad and macaroni salad. The food was ok. I was surprised that the iced green tea I ordered was in a can, but oh well. I have to give this place kudos for the niceness of its workers and its vibe! I did have a five star time, but that goes to my companions.
I do wish they would stop filming outside..they use up all the parking!
I would come here again when I want to spend lunch with good friends and have a good time. This plaza is just great. Tip: Top it off with ice cream, mochi, or even shaved ice..plenty of places..this plaza is great!
I've been to all the sushi spots in J town and I keep coming back to this one. For the price and quality it's 2nd best in the area IMHO. Fish is always fresh and waitstaff is very attentive. Their highlights here are the ankimo, Spanish mackerel, and amaebi. Their bento boxes are alright but that isn't the reason you should come here.
Sometimes Yelp feels like a blessing; other times it's a curse. Like, say, when you've pre-yelped Little Tokyo, have a short list of four five star sushi restaurants about which you've been salivating for days, and discover (upon traipsing to every single one of them) that they all open at 5:30 pm. The problem is that it's 5 pm, you have somewhere to be in an hour, and you're starving.
It's times like these when my inner child wants to throw my blackberry into oncoming traffic, stomp my feet on the sidewalk, scream GOD DAMN IT, then slump to the ground and wait for someone to bring me some ice cream. Low blood sugar is not my best friend.
We got lucky on our most recent foray into Little Tokyo in that we accidentally stumbled onto an enjoyable meal. Oomasa was open, not overly crowded, and we were seated at the last open booth in the joint. Score! We quickly decided what we wanted and shut our menus - the universal sign signifying our readiness to order.
The servers verged on purposely oblivious. I tried to politely make eye contact with three separate servers who scurried by numerous times, reached out my hand in an attempt to wave someone down (to no avail), and finally my husband said loudly: Um, Hi, Excuse Me? which basically forced someone to stop and listen to us, even if they didn't plan on actually taking our order. *sigh*
Once we got our food we were satisfied. Delicious uni, amaebi, toro, hamachi with shiso leaf, spicy tuna hand rolls...all were fresh, delicious, and well-prepared.
I did have to ask the waiter three times for my shrimp heads, which ended up coming with our bill.
Real Japanese food and sushi served by real Japanese people, full of Japanese patrons.
That's got to speak volumes for them. When I feel like having sushi, this is where I head to. It's in a great location in Downtown LA and easy to fill up on tasty Japanese cuisine and head out for a drink with friends.
I dine there regularly. Try their Unagi dinner. Amazing but watch out for tiny bones! Soooo good though. FYI - the later in the night, the longer the wait for a table but they're worth it.
Love the salmon teriyaki, though sometimes they feel compelled to drown the poor salmon. Better to order to-go because at least then I can control how sickeningly sweet the meat is. They package their sushi to-go very well, almost a shame to have to eat it because it's so pretty.
Seems like there is always a terrible line every time I come here though. And the place is kept to the point of freezing, so bring a sweater or something.
Lunch Special #6. Always delivers. Little bit of everything. Fish is fresh and reliable. Nothing cutting edge, just solid. If I have meetings booked in Little Tokyo, a visit is compulsory.
I thought the sushi here was fairly mediocre. Was it reasonably-priced? Eh - it wasn't much cheaper than Hama or Sushi Gen, which are much better.
I had the sushi deluxe and ordered a number of pieces a la carte to sample. It was just disappointing. The dinner combinations look like great value, but I didn't try them this time.
For sushi, I would recommend going elsewhere in Little Tokyo.
I swear, Oomasa has been there forever. One of the few oldskool, classic Japanese sushi spots still standing in Little Tokyo as if it was indestructable to even Godzilla's pounce. The place is small so it may get crowded at times or the wait can be a little long. The inside makes you feel like you're in Japan. Nothing looks overly modern, everything is quite classic and simple. Even the sushi chefs look like true original sushi gangstas. One swipe with the blade and you're sushi, served cold with nori.
I had the dinner combination bento box: tempura and sashimi. Let me tell you, for $16 bucks or so, this is soooo worth it. You get so many items in this bento that you're just mesmorized. Good thing I brought my appetitie because it was a good amount of food. I opted not to touch the rice so I can tackle more of the grub. Did I mention you get green tea ice cream at the end?
The service at first was a bit rocky. We grabbed a number and I felt like we were not acknowledged one bit. Not even a hello. We waited a good 15 before we were seated. When we finally were seated, the service turned out to be pretty good and friendly. What a difference because they almost a star or two right off the bat.
I think this place is legit. As long as they stick to their roots and keep it original, I'll be back for sure.
MAJOR FOOD POISIONING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my friend and i had scallop sushi, spicy yellowtail handroll, dragon roll & sweet shrimp..... and i suspect it was the shrimp because there was an unusual aftertaste.
Oh yeah... if you sit at the sushi bar they treat you like you're invisible.. no eye contact & sour-puss expressions when you finally flag them down.
anyways... just a couple hours after dinner at Oomasa my friend and I began to feel kinda tired and woozy, then came the upset stomach... the loooong dreaded night from hell officially kicked in - at least a dozen trips to the bathroom BEFORE we started throwing up. Stomach cramps didn't help either. Anyways... u get the picture. Be warned!!!
UPDATE: I spoke with the Manager (yoshi) and he agreed to refund mine and my friend's credit cards - and actually kept his word. That really says a-lot!!! Thanks for doing the right thing Yoshi!!!!!
The only reason I'm reluctant to give this place 5 stars is because my new gold standard for sush in LA is Asanebo.
But I'll do it anyway.
1. for the freshness.
2. for the price (VERY reasonable)
3. the authenticity
4. for the service (i have no idea what people are complaining about)
5. this is the best sushi in Little Tokyo
6. the chefs here are way cool and highly trained
7. everything about this place is unpretentious
I have seen some douchebags roll in there with no respect,
please take your pretentious asses to some whitewashed place where everything is made by a guy that used to work at Subway and puts cream cheese in everything.
Sushi chefs train for 10 years and work for another 10 to become a head chef. Show some respect or go to McDonalds.
A business associate staying in downtown asked me to meet him for dinner here.
After we were seated in this traditional Japanese looking establishment, I was caught by surprise when the waiter who came to take our drink order was obviously a new immigrant from south of the border.
I was going to ask what part of Japan he was from, but I knew he wouldn't get my joke, so I passed on it. I was bummed they didn't have any draft beer nor did they have small bottles of Japanese beer. Just Bud and Bud Light. No thanks!
I ordered a sushi combo and my associate ordered some tonkatsu combination.
The food is okay and it's cheap, so you won't have anything to complain about. I was there on a Wednesday night and it was packed with mostly young people and its probably because of the prices.
A nice looking restaurant with a great vibe. Excellent shrimp tempura.
I went here with my husband about a month ago.
Some times, the employees don't even care if you're waiting in the front to get a table. They'll literally walk by and say Hi. Once you get the table, they're a lot more attentive. The food is spectacular...especially for the price. It isn't the best but its one of the best in Los Angeles. (I lived here all my life, Sushi restaurants come and go but not this one!)
I would recommend the Spicy Tuna (roll or handroll) for first timers. Also, if you've tried Salmon skin handroll at other places, you can't miss this! Its fresh and I'll guarantee, its better than anywhere else. =)
I'm actually torn about this place. I've been here numerous times, and when I'm craving Japanese food I always seem to end up here, but I honestly think that if I found a better place, I'd switch in a heartbeat.
Service is okay. They don't leave you hanging and they're very fast with the food.
The food is pretty good. Again, I LIKE it. I just don't love it or rave about it. It's a great place for negitoro cutrolls :) I happen to be a new fan of this certain roll and when I had it here, I was not disappointed. Still, I've had the udon -- it was okay. I love tempura -- theirs is mediocre at best. Their dinner specials are typical. They taste good but that's about it.
Although, they do get the extra star because of location. You can park anywhere on the street for cheap. It's right by Oiwake, so if you want some cheap drinks afterward all you have to do is go upstairs. If you want to shop, there are PLENTY of great stores in their plaza. And if you want to take something home with you for later, there's a Nijiya (Japanese market) right next to it.
The service was good, but the sushi was not. I have had better in many other places. Most of them have actually been in the SGV. My friends and I was disappointed because we were in Little Tokyo. I guess they can't be all good here. We are going to be checking out the other sushi bars in Little Tokyo the next time we are in the area. Prices were expensive for the quality of the food.
No frills, no fluff - it's just a solid good old fashioned Japanese restaurant. I don't know if it's Japanese owned, but it's certainly Japanese run. Everything tasted fairly fresh and authentic. But, next time I sit at the sushi bar, I'll be sure to lower my laughter to a minimal noise level - the stern sushi chef did not appear too pleased. Or, I'll just be sure to have dinner with someone less funny :)
My fiancee has been wanting to take me here as long as we've known each other (it was apparently her first experience with Japenese food), so this past weekend we walked here from the theatre district before seeing Spamalot.
All in all, the food is very good, traditional Japanese fare. We both ordered the #5 Bento box, which includes chicken teriyaki, shrimp & vegetable tempura, salad, rice, assorted sushi, miso soup, and ice cream for dessert. The teriyaki was mild and sweet, and the chicken was crispy on the outside, but moist and tender inside. The tempura was... well, tempura. The salad was good and had a nice ginger dressing. The sushi was standard fare - 2 pieces of California roll, a piece of tuna, and a piece of shrimp sushi. Nothing astounding, but it's exactly what you expect out of a Bento meal. The miso soup was outstanding, though. It's hard to ruin miso soup, but this was some great miso soup.
We also ordered the Beef Noodles (Udon), since I was craving me some noodles (we walked right by the legendary Daikokuya on the way, which triggered the craving), and the broth was rich and buttery and delicious - and the noodles had absorbed the broth wonderfully (meaning they werent overcooked in plain water before being added to the soup, a problem with most Udon in the US). I loved, loved, loved it.
The icecream comes in three flavors - vanilla, green tea, and red bean. I ordered the red bean and my fiancee ordered the green tea, so we could have a bit of both. Oh man, the red bean is essentially a "Boston Baked Beans" ice cream, it was delicious. The green tea ice cream was also excellent - light and refreshing.
If we hadn't been so gorged already (this was a ridiculous amount of food), I'd have ordered a roll, too. Ah well, next time (and there *will* be a next time).
I'm starting to doubt my sushi palate a bit after reading some of these reviews...I think Oomasa is bomb! Yellowtail, scallops, halibut, albacore, amber jack, tuna have all been fresh and reasonably priced.
Chill at the counter, the old sushi chefs are awesome and will give you special treatment.
I've been to this restaurant several times and have enjoyed the food along with the traditional Japanese decor. Last time I dined here it was unusually deserted and the sushi chefs greeted me with scowls. I ordered a combination dinner- chicken terriyaki, tempura, and the usual side salad with rice/soup. I ordered a spicy scallop for a side. When I was served the scallop cut roll I was shocked. It looked like they stuffed rice inside pre-cut seaweed then sloppily stuffed the scallop in the center. The presentation was terrible. One of the most enjoyable aspects of eating Japanese food is the appearance and thought put into the presentation. It's obvious the sushi chef had no pride.
I give this place four solid stars. The best place to have sushi is at a place next to a fishing port. That's where one can have fresh sashimi. Nevertheless, the people working here and the food makes a trip to a sushi place well worth it. The service was good, and the chef that prepared our fish was good.
I was not happy to get lean tune, but I guess I should have requested the fattier cut. Be prepared to eat some good Japanese food in a room packed with people.
so i happened upon this place by pure chance when staying at the nearby kyoto hotel. My plane arrived early and my room was not ready at the hotel leaving me some time to kill. while walking around i noticed this place and went in for a soda(it was hot!). was seated by a very friendly waitress and the lovely smell of the place was making me hungry enough to go ahead and order some food too. i had the chicken terriyaki and a sprite. the chicken was the best ive ever had. Hot,crispy on the outside soft and tender in the middle perfect amount of sauce.And the sprite was well a can of sprite so there you have it. i am planning on driving 50 miles out of my way to stop at this place again when i drive through ca
I've eaten here a few times. All have been good experiences. Food is fresh. Service was good. Price was decent. Nice Japanese interior (of course). Its right in Little Tokyo. You can't miss it.
I know this Oomasa has a alot of mixed reviews, but I love it. The most simple &, fresh sushi in Little Tokyo. It's very basic, the prices are reasonable, and the service is great.
Really fresh, i've been there twice and it's been consistant so far.
Service is shotty though, they get confused when it gets busy and loose their capability to understand the english language occasionally.
Great pricing for the product.
"you won't be dissapointed"
Probably my favorite restaurant in all of Little Tokyo. Excellent for both lunch and dinner. I love it because whether I'm in a bento or sushi mood, I can come here since they have quality choices of both. The bentos (boxed meal sets) usually come with rice, choice of entrée, salad, some form of sushi, and miso soup. The prices for these are very reasonable, which is why I always enjoy (and can afford) coming here.
Usually if the table line is long (which you can bet it will be during prime meal times), I'll just grab a seat at the sushi bar. You know the bar is legit because you have authentic japanese sushi chefs serving you. I usually get hamachi belly, ikura, spicy hamachi rolls, and occasionally their toro (when my wallet is forgiving). All their sushi slices taste buttery and oh soooo fresh! I know everyone raves about Sushi Gen, but I personally prefer Oomasa. If you're waiting in a ridiculously long line at Sushi Gen, head over to Oomasa which is just as good, if not better!
Parking is available at the Little Tokyo Village parking structure, and the restaurant validates!
My boyfriend and I drive from the SFV at least 2 times (sometimes 4) a month just to eat here. We have been stuck in traffic for more than an hour but it is totally worth it! They are usually busy, even on weekday nights, so you have to take a number. I always get a box combo, # 5 i believe. I get chicken teriyaki, shrimp and vegetable tempura, Japanese pickles, macaroni salad, two rolls and two pieces of sushi. All of that on top of miso soup and rice. It's a lot of food but it is so good you will most likely finish it. Oh yea, you also get green tea ice cream! The miso soup is the best I've ever tried, so scrumptious! My boyfriend usually get the sashimi combination. Their fishes are very fresh, you can just tell. Service is quite good. They are very efficient. If you ask for something they never forget. They don't bug you while enjoying dinner but if you need something don't be shy about stopping them while they are running around. The manager is quite funny to look at, he always seems to be worried, don't know about what. All of that food plus two soft drinks usually ranks up a tab of about $50, maybe a bit more, plus tip. The ambiance is a nice one, never too quiet or loud. I'm sure once you try it you will become a fan!
Feel like this place has been here forever! Never my first choice for Little Tokyo but I don't mind coming here upon the request of others.
This place has an authentic Little Tokyo feel to it with your elderly Japanese women waiting on you with their cute little Japanese accents.
They have good priced bento lunch specials so I would recommend this place for lunch =)
Best sushi in LA....perhaps 2nd best. I've been to all of them except Go55 which is said to be better. This place is consistent and the staff is JAPANICE. Nice ambiance, consistent, priced just right...I keep going back.
Special Note: I lost my $400 Black Onyx ring at this place and the staff found it and returned it. People just don't do that these days. One guy at Oomasa did.
Came here with some friends, one of whom has an adorable panda puppy-faced 3 year old who certainly cannot bear the roughly 1 hour wait of Komasa (that was our first choice). Incidentally, the owner/head chef of Oomasa, Hideo Ikeda, is the big brother of Komasa. High-five to genes, dinner didn't disappoint.
We started with a sashimi platter that came with the usual suspects: tuna, salmon, yellowtail. Then the tempura and dipping sauce. This was flippin' amazing. A bite of the crispy, deep-fried batter released hot steam and unveiled a beautifully white, super clean-tasting hamachi. We all loved this. Udon was good, but unmemorable. More nigiri. To my clapping delight, my friend ordered chazuke for her baby. After the cutie dissed the chazuke and went for the udon sans utensils, my friend served me a nice portion. This was awesome possom because I haven't had chazuke, something that I adore, in a while. It's a comfort food that I grew up with. Really simple and easy to make at home, it comprises of rice in a soup made of green tea, seaweed, and either pickles or some kind of fish on top (usually salmon or tuna). We had the salmon chazuke and it was legit. Just to let y'all know, you can buy packets at any Japanese grocery store, like Mitsuwa or Nijiya. I've also seen them at Korean markets (Galleria on Olympic and Western). And I'm pretty sure I saw them at the huge Chinese market on Clement in S.F.
To round up Oomasa, I'll say that the service was delightful and they replenish green tea like clockwork. You can park in the Japanese mall parking garage or street park as I did. Definitely a lovely Plan B.
One of my favorite spots to grab lunch in Little T. Fast, pleasant service. Great home-style meals. I particularly like the katsu-don here. Haven't tried the dinner (yet).
The restaurant layout is great - feels like a true Japanese tavern in that it is truly seperate from the mall outside. That adds a lot to the experience.
I like this spot because it's consistent but there isn't anything outstanding about it. I usually go if I'm in the mood for a bento box that's decently priced and loaded with food. But I'm weary about the quality of their sushi...splurging on omakase would definitely be saved for Sushi Gen. I usually stick with a chicken teriyaki bento which comes with tempura, a couple pieces of sushi, a couple california rolls, some mac salad, and some sunomono. Chicken's nothing special, the tempura is a little greasy, and the sushi are kinda sad. Overall everything is pretty average. But again, I like to come here if I'm in the mood for a decent bento box and a Sapporo...nothing else.
This is my favorite sushi restaurant in all of Los Angeles.
It's no frills. I prefer to sit at the bar. The chefs have been there for ages, and they're a little cantankerous, but they are PRO. They bring you hot hand towels, in my experience, this is the first sign of a good sushi restaurant. If I go somewhere new and they do not offer this, I immediately become suspicious. They have three types of miso soup, I'm partial to the mushroom.
At other sushi restaurants, I stick to the staples -- salmon, yellowtail, tuna, maybe a spicy tuna roll. At Oomasa, order whatever you've wanted to try but have been afraid. They will do it up right. My personal favorites are the octopus and the scallop. It is what sushi is supposed to be -- the Octopus tastes like a fresh slice of clean heaven. Just coat it briefly in soy sauce with a very generous helping of wasabe, you cannot go wrong.
I also can't say enough about the caterpillar roll. I tried this for the first time last night. They use very fresh avocado, and their unagi kabayashi sauce is to die for, the best I've had anywhere, hands down.
Another great thing about Oomasa is that it's often populated, but rarely so crowded you have to wait long. There are lots of adorable shops in the village it's in to check out before or after dinner. If you get out in time, you can get some red bean cakes just a few little shops down, next to the Sanrio.
"Why is it taking so long?!" -my hungry mate asks
"Well, it has a lot of people so- it must be good" -I respond with a smile.
After about 10-15 minutes, we were finally seated.
"Ah.. this place is so... cozy," my hungry mate says.
This place has a great ambiance; before you enter the restaurant you'll see the little japanese sample meals at the display window, and you'll feel like you've crawled in a small, warm cave with tons of guests.
We ordered on the spot - I ordered Dinner special #4 and my two guy friends ordered their own dinner specials ($14-$16) as well. A dinner special caught my eye because it comes with SO many cool sides (miso soup, salad, pickles, ICE CREAM!!) wtheck, even though i told myself to order something less than 10$ I COULDN'T RESIST GETTING A DINNER WITH ICE CREAM... My number 4 came with sashimi, teriyaki chicken, and sushi (2 cali pieces and 2 sashimi sushi besides the 4 slices of sashimi).
Fortunately, the miso soup + hot green tea calmed my hungry bear friend down...As our plates arrived, we all became so excited. They came in bento boxes and besides the "main dish", it came with macaroni salad, dif japanese pickles, a small salad, a bowl of rice, salmon and tuna sashimi, 2 cali sushi, and 2 sashimi sushi)... i really admired the fact that they gave a little of EVERYTHING...(so you wouldn't overstuff your stomach and get bored of the same food)
After we finished, the lady gave us our green tea ice cream (you can order red bean instead)... and all i can say is that I finished it first & made my happy level +50.
I came here on a Saturday afternoon, so it was fairly busy. I snagged a seat at the sushi bar so that I could get my food quicker. I was a little bummed that I could only order sushi, but the sushi that I did have was pretty great.
I ordered the hamachi toro -- my absolute favorite. After that, I requested tako sashimi, which the chef took upon himself to spice up a bit. On some of my pieces, he put some yuzu pepper on it, which was amazing. I think it's great when a chef can read his customer and make a recommendation that the customer wouldn't have ordered, but is totally satisfied with.
I must say that it was a little expensive, but honestly, you get what you pay for. I wasn't disappointed, and I'm looking forward to going back so I can try their hot food too.
I came here about a week ago with a buddy and I ordered a bento box. I looked at their other selection and decided that the bento box would probably be the most filling item on the menu. I didn't felt like eating sushi that day so I didn't order any. My friend ordered a smoked salmon dish. Service was quick and courteous. The restaurant had a sort of tavern feel to it. It was rather pleasant. The funny thing is that I recognized one of the servers there and that person is the same guy who is also a bartender at Oiwake's at certain days of the week.
I ordered the bento box with tempura, teri chicken, and california/spicy tuna rolls. I wanted to do a comparison of the quality of food here with Daikokuya. It was good. In fact, I thought it was rather tasty--perhaps more tasty than the bento box served at Daikokuya. But alas, I did not find the box to be very filling. The one thing I liked about this place is that if you order a bento box, they give you a scoop of green tea ice cream to finish off the meal. Daikokuya doesn't do that nor does any other restaurant in Little Tokyo that I've been to thus far. I thought that was very thoughtful.
All in all, I would probably recommend this place as a alternative to the other more popular restaurants, if waiting in line is an issue.
It would probably be 3 stars but since the price is decent I added one more.
I had veggie tempura, miso soup, albacore sushi, spicy yellowtail cut roll, and a spicy scallop handroll, and then split some warm sake (which is much tastier than that gross cold stuff!). It came out to around $23. I ate slow so I was able to fill up, although an hour later I was hungry again. But then again I'm always hungry.
There was no wait on a Thursday night, and the waiter was very nice and accommodating. But overall, this place didn't really stand out to me. Thus the 3+1 stars. I definitely do NOT agree this is the best sushi in LA. Hama, Go55, R23, Takumi, Katsuya, etc do much better on my star rating.
Any place with over 150 reviews .... your first line has to be pretty interesting to keep the interest of the reader so here goes.
I like my sashimi and sushi like I like my women ... attractive, fresh, juicy, aromatic, flavorful, thick and full of personality (if it's even possible for dead fish to have) ....
Came here for a birthday dinner on a Saturday night and a party of 8 had to be seated separately in order to avoid a longer wait. The wait wasn't so bad so if you come with a party larger than 6, expect to be seated separately if they are fairly busy.
So why is Oomasa one of the few places in the J-town plaza mall that has a long wait out the door. Maybe because the sashimi and sushi here fits all of my description above. Everything was great from the salmon, yellowtail, tuna, albacore ... yeah all of it.
Only problem for me was after having my sashimi dinner, I was still hungry so I ended up eating some food from others in my party so the dynamite, grilled salmon and beef teriyaki were good to go.
Service and prices were decent also, decency is an admirable quality too.
Oomasa left me wanting more ... just like a good woman.
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