- Sushi
Sushi Sasabune
Ratings and Reviews for Sushi Sasabune
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Mar 25 2009
TrealTalk via Citysearch
I was impressed. This doesn't look like a great sushi place, but it surprised me. Best sushi I've had since Club Sushi in Hollywoo...read more
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Mar 25 2009
vivaciousdivah via Citysearch
Little Tokyo has the bomb sushi for realz...a great spot. Club Sushi is the best in Hollywood. It really depends on where you want...read more
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Nov 25 2008
theTick via Citysearch
Sushi Sasabune is the best sushi restaurant ever! The fish is all super fresh. Nobi, the owner, wakes up before dawn to go to th...read more
The Scene
Nestled into a Wilshire office building, the minimalist dining room here is spacious and airy, though somewhat noisy. Tall windows and white walls are accented with blond wood and cherry-lacquered tables; a slinky wraparound sushi bar encircles a half-dozen lively sushi chefs. Business crowds come for lunch, while after-work groups and younger upscale Brentwood locals stop in for dinner.
The Food
Like his famous sushi master Kazunori Nozawa chef-owner Nobi Kushuhara offers a streamlined menu of only sushi and sashimi--no hot dishes or fancy rolls. The attentive staff discloses this early, firmly suggesting the chef's choice omakase menu, which consists of a delightful culinary landscape of daily specials, some flown in from Japan. The more expensive Japan omakase features rarer delicacies like abalone, monkfish liver and sweet shrimp. Kushuhara's signatures are warm rice and subtle, infused sauces like ponzu, chile and miso, along with accents of kelp, sesame and shiso in unexpected combinations.