10 Best Japanese Restaurants in Encino

“Wonderful experience with Chef Take! Truly a unique experience in the historical method and style chef prepares his experience.“

“Excelente lugar... muy buena experiencia atención increíble!“

“Nice intimate dinner spot for friends or a date. I ordered the Bento box dinner combo with 3 sides for around $30 a person. (Depends on how many premium sides you pick. Sushi is a few bucks more) Comes with miso soup, salad, and steamed rice. I chose the salmon teriyaki, salmon avocado roll, and golden crunch roll. Fresh fish and hot soup. Overall 10/10 value and flavor. ✨️

Vegetarian options: Vegan ramen and sushi available.

Parking: Turn right to enter the parking garage
There's also more parking on the second level.“

“Traditional Japanese izekaya. Daily specials. A definite must try.“

“Great food as always. Fresh fish.“

“Great sushi.Hits the sweet spot between the fancy, super high priced sushi and the lower end, bare bones (but still not cheap) sushi.Excellent quality fish with creative garnishes, and large portions. We tried only one special roll and it was sensational. Unlike many large rolls at other places, all the individual components stood out. (Often, I find these big rolls essentially interchangeable.)Not a cheap meal, but great cost to value ratio.Bryant is a terrific, enthusiastic server.“

“Reason for visiting: cousin's birthday dinner

Date/time of visit: Saturday night, 7:30 PM

Parking: they offer valet (not sure how much it is) but you can park on the street (along Rubio) or Ventura for free (meters are off on the weekends)

Party size: 5

Environment/ambience: pretty loud inside (sometimes couldn't hear ourselves talking); mixed crowd but mostly younger (teens and 20 somethings). Didn't see any TVs inside; restroom was pretty clean. Seating was tight; it was a table for 4 but we squeezed a chair. They were busy all night so probably best to make reservations.

Service: was great; very friendly and offered suggestions. Came around often. Offered them one of the desserts we brought, they took off a couple items from the bill ?

Food: everything was great; had the Blue Fin and Salmon Belly handroll, spider roll, Katsuya Sake, beer, mixed sashimi, Lobster dynamite, scallop cut roll

Cost: $390 with tip

Would I go back (yes/no): 93/7“

“Best sushi and amazing service!!!“

“I don't know what was missing exactly, but rice was kind of tasteless/plain compared to other places. Veggies, meat and lobster were all good. Performance was okay, nothing crazy. The AC showed the temp around 79F, but expect it to be warmer next to the griddle. Comfortably, one table will hold 5 people. For 7 it will be tight. For a group of people they add 15% without notifying in advance, so just be prepared.“

“I when to celebrate my birthday 🎂 it’s nice place and the service so good“