Sushi Gen

Sushi Gen is a Little Tokyo mainstay that has a authentic sushi house vibe where you can get a variety of fresh, delicious fish. Even if you come on a weekday, expect a bit of a wait. Fortunately we were quoted 30 min but perhaps because we preferred bar seating, we were sat in less than 10 min.

The toro here is delicious and comes in three levels of fattiness. The uni is fresh and the shrimp is great as well, especially since entry offer to grill the head or serve it in miso soup. Omakase here is a great time.

Parking in plaza available for $6

Superb sushi, sashimi and service. The quality is consistently very good and the menu options are concentrated but all thoughtfully structured.
At the sushi bar are all sushi chef items. Try the toro (any type). At the table there are bentos with teriyaki chicken, steak, salmon, sautéed whitefish, fresh water eel, uni dinner, hamachi Kama dinner, kanpachi head dinner. Dinners comes with perfect steamed rice, soup, pickle, sunomono.

It is a popular place so be prepared to wait a long (60+minutes). They are closed on Mondays.

If you don't mind waiting (typically 30-45 mins) for a table, this local sushi spot in Little Tokyo never disappoints. I only come here on weeknights as I can't imagine the wait on a weekend.

I've been coming here for ~8 years and it has the freshest fish. I come for the sashimi and sushi. The other dishes are also great and traditional not like other big name Japanese that have crispy rice tuna, yellowtail jalapeño, etc.

Inside is pretty basic with area for dining and the sushi bar. Hard to grab a spot at the bar, but much easier if it's only 2.

Service is good. They also have Echigo bottled beer which I always get.

Sushi is always pricey. But I know when I come here it's always worth it.

Came to Sushi Gen for lunch on a weekday and only had to wait 10 minutes before being seated. There is a small parking lot outside the restaurant and we paid $4 because we were there for less than 2 hrs. They check IDs and immunization before you are seated.

LOVES:
- The interior decor of this restaurant is so beautiful and it feels like I'm in a restaurant in Japan.
- The lunch specials are very affordable! The sashimi lunch was only $23.
- The sashimi lunch comes with a variety of raw and cooked fish. I loved how many choices there were! (It also comes with a bowl of rice).
- Quality of the fish is fresh, soft, and cut into beautiful bite-sized pieces.
- Presentation of the dishes is top-tier (Your eyes will thank you for ordering).
- The soft tofu and miso soup the lunch meal comes with are surprisingly very delicious and pair well with the sashimi.
- Service is great and everything went smoothly.

Overall, this was a great experience! It is hard to find such good quality fish at this price in LA! Highly recommend coming in for the lunch specials because the wait is so much longer for dinner.

The portion sizes at Sushi Gen are huge -- I was amazed at how much fresh fish they gave in my Sashimi Bento Box, along with the plate of tempura and the pickled seaweed salad that came with it. You could honestly share one of these with a friend and be full.

Along with the classic sashimi pieces, they also give you yellowtail and tuna tartare, which was a pleasant surprise.

On top of that, service was super friendly and nice. The food came out pretty quickly despite the busy dinner crowd (even on a Tuesday).

One of THE best Sushi places in LA, if you want the simplified review. Sushi Gen is a classic in both atmosphere and food. The decor is nothing fancy, but traditional and intimate. And as for the food, there's a reason why Sushi Gen is a top pick when it comes to sushi in LA.

I ordered the Premium Chirashi along with 2 Hotate and Salmon Toro(two of my favorite nigiri pieces). The Chirashi was filling and assorted with generous pieces of uni, octopus, tuna, salmon roe, and others. It was beautifully assorted. The Hotate and Salmon Toro were also amazing. These cuts of fish are very generous, the salmon almost being difficult to eat in one bite.

On top of the amazing ambience and food, there are some steals when it comes to the food. The lunch specials are delicious and affordable. Lunch is also a better time to dine here; it's far less crowded with a shorter wait. Dinner is where things get packed, and you can expect a decent wait if you don't arrive at opening. Highly recommend for sushi lovers if you're in Little Tokyo.

Recently visited Sushi Gen with a couple of coworkers for their lunch menu and had a couple of things I wanted to get out there.

When arriving for lunch, try to get there before the opening time because lines will form really quickly outside. We arrived around 10:40 and were 4th in line. By 10:55 right before open, the line was already around the corner.

Now let's talk service. First, the service was great. The waitresses and staff were all super friendly and were super quick to help us out when we had questions.

Last but not least, the food. The food was honestly some of the best sushi I've had in a long time. The quality of the meal for the price was perfect. The lunch special was roughly $30 per person after it was all said and done which is an amazing deal for the quality of product. The salmon bellies we got were a bit pricy, but for the quality of the fish and the fish to rice ratio, I think they were pretty worth it!

Overall, this place is def on my go to list throughout the week if I lived closer. Everyone should definitely check this place out!!

We've come here a lot of times for both the sushi bar and sitting at the table. Usually you can get seated at the sushi bar pretty quickly, but of course you can only order sushi and nothing else from the regular menu. Everything from the sushi bar is really good and fresh.
The lunch/dinner sets are pretty good value and filling. I've ordered the sashimi dinner a few times and it was suuuper filling and delicious, and pretty reasonably priced for good quality + plentiful sashimi. There is also cooked beef / salmon, and they give you tempura, miso soup, and small cucumber appetizers as well.

Still so delicious and honestly I rather come here than sugar fish. Quality is better and service is amazing

I ordered the premium sushi deluxe it had UNI and Fatty Toro for $40 so good and worth it

The squid and uni I would pass on its $25 but nothing like wow you can totally make at home

The meal came with miso soup

Parking is a flat $6

Bathroom that I give it 3 stars it's clean BUT ONLY 1 STALL!!!! Felt like a vegas club waiting and waiting and waiting but like on a bright side at least the toilet worked

Expect to wait they don't take your number and text you. So don't go far stand nearby because if you miss your name good luck trying to get back in. We waiting 2 hours and arrived at 6:45pm when they closed at 8pm. As long as you get your name on before they closed you're good!

So fresh and so good! I was taking a trip down to SoCal and this had to be one of the places I was most excited to try. It's located in LA's Little Tokyo.

There is a small parking lot in front of the store and fortunately, my boyfriend and I were able to find a parking spot directly in front of it. Parking for us (weekend dinner) costed $6 with validation - make sure you give the hostess your parking ticket for them to validate when you pay if you use the parking lot! Not too sure if there was any other parking around the area, but surely it was convenient to be in front of the restaurant. It was getting busier by the minute, and we probably waited about 20-30 minutes for a table inside. There isn't any room to wait inside for your table (lobby is super tiny), so we waited outside.

In the restaurant, it's pretty dim and small since there aren't any windows. We were seated at a corner booth next to another table that was pretty close to us. Once seated, we were given their menu. I do think that their menu could be a bit more helpful, especially since we were slightly confused given it was our first time. For instance, it would've helped had the menu been more descriptive and if there were prices for the nigiri menu. But, we decided to dive right into everything anyways and our waitress was super friendly!

Our favorites were the freshwater eel nigiri and uni. We loved how the eel had a slight char to it, and the uni was buttery smooth too. We also had the sashimi deluxe. All of the fish was sooo fatty - the scallops were the best here!

They also have bar seating which is nice if you want to watch your sushi be made right in front of you.