Yabu Restaurant
(310) 473-9757
11820 W Pico Blvd
Los Angeles,
CA
90064
34.0304
-118.448
Neighborhoods: West LA, West Los Angeles
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In Short
Wood and glass provide clean lines, bringing to mind an ancient Japanese roadhouse. Offering a wide variety of traditional dishes, the mostly a la carte menu encourages diners to mix, match and share. Appetizers include miso soup tarted up with clams and scallions, and tender miso-fried eggplant. Juicy shrimp shu mai (shrimp dumplings) come steamed in a nest of noodles. Fried meats and vegetables, donburi rice bowls, sushi combos, and noodle specialties complete the menu.
User Reviews
Anonymous
December 10, 2008
This place has some seriously good food. The noodles are made fresh. The dishes are on the small side so you need to order a few, but wow are they good. We always leave happy.
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eatwestside
April 07, 2008
I have been to Yabu on pico so many times. What I like about Yabu is their authentic dishes for reasonable prices. They have variety of foods including vegetarian dishes, so its a perfect place for families and friends. Actually I was at Yabu when this rude guy (the previous reviewer 2 below) had a big argument with the sushi chef. I don't know how that happened, but apperantly he didn't like the fish he ordered. When you order something, and if you didn't like the dish, maybe you can ask nicely to change with something else. But just to ask this is already rude, but it is acceptable if you ask nicely. But this guy stood up and walked to the chef and yelled at the chef 'this is terrible! im not gonna pay for this!'. Wow, all the customers there were like 'omg, what the...?', and his wife was trying to stop him, and crying from embarassing. And yeah, he was saying he was gonna write about this on the internet, and here I found it. haha Anyways, I am big fan of Yabu, and so are my family and friends. Yabu is great. If you wanna enjoy authntic quality Japanese food, then go to Yabu.
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sushimom
March 11, 2008
I have been a regular patron of Yabu for years & really enjoy the food & service. It is a casual local spot where I can dine with my family (including young children), my husband alone before a movie or with girlfriends on those few occasions where mom's get to dine together. I am someone who enjoys trying everything on a menu & have tried just about everything offered & recomend it all. My husband on the other hand is a creature of habit & has the spicy tuna don and/or udon with tempura most often. One of the things that is great about Yabu is that there is something for everyone. Got a vegetarian friend? They will love the seaweed salad & fresh homemade tofu. Feel like sushi but your significant other 'doesn't eat raw food"? They might ejoy the crab & asparagus salad or a fresh soba noodle soup while you enoy a plate of salmon & whitefish sashimi! Other favorites of mine include the tuna tataki, cold soba noodles, braised pork, fried tofu, tempura etc., etc! Unlike the last reviewer, I have never experienced 'bad' sushi or had them out of any items (and the cold soba with quail egg is one of my favorites). At times the sushi preparation is slightly different but I just see that each chef is allowed his own style. I eat at yabu AT LEAST once a week (granted I typically eat very early) and haven't had them run out of anything. Perhaps the previous reviewer eats late??? I'd also like to comment on the service which is always friendly & accomodating. I often dine with my 7 year old son who can be somewhat finicky (not to mention messy) & the servers always treat him well. There are a few parking places behind the restaurant which are tough to get & parking on pico is terrible but cheap valet is availalbe at night. Oh, and lunch is such a bargain too!
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The Extras:
The restaurant offers a selection of jizake--premium sake produced in various areas of Japan.
Know Before You Go:
There is another Yabu location on La Cienega in West Hollywood.
