Shin Sushi

16573 Ventura Blvd, Encino
(818) 616-4148

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Ross Albu

A wonderful experience and really excellent sushi! Thank you chef Take-san!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Pat Gallagher

Wonderful meal! The chef is lovely. He explains all the dishes and is happy to answer questions about everything. The sushi is more traditional where the fish is marinated in various flavors. It was incredible! We will definitely be returning.

Parking: Tons of free parking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Hayden Pham

Amazing omakase experience. Sushi is prepared in an "old school" way as the chef says. From our experience, it allowed the amazing fish quality to shine without overpowering or distracting flavors.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Wilfred Cho

Super fun chef! Small group and reservation only!

Food is spectacular. The chef explained every dish that he prepared and shared a lot of stories and jokes as well.

Well fed and well entertained. It would run you $250 a head. But if you gotta do omakase, you gotta do it at Shin!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Kevin Y

Amazing and super classic! I’ve been to almost every Michelin rated sushi restaurant in LA. The food at Shin is very traditional, more traditional than other omaskase restaurants. It’s closer to the type of sushi you would eat 50 years ago compared to today’s modern ultra fresh sushi. Back in the day, Japanese needed to preserve their fish after they’ve been caught. In this process, they are marinated which the chef also does. This process is comparable to the aging method for really good steak. The chef gave us his full attention and was really entertaining. Food was delicious and unique. There were a few sushi arrangements we’ve never had before which was exciting. Would come again for sure!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

王凯

We had English speaker and Japanese speaker amongst us and we experienced very different treatment. If you don’t speak super fluent English, please don’t go because you will be discriminated against. Even if you speak Japanese, the chef is not willing to talk in Japanese even though he’s Japanese. He will ignore you, raise his voice at you, disrespect you unless you speak very good English.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Amira S

We took our friends to this restaurant for dinner on Mother’s Day. We wanted our friends to experience a fancy restaurant so we made the reservation for $200 per person. But the chef treated us with no respect at all with very bad attitude. He totally differentiate us with the others while he was making sushi. He didn’t look at us the entire time. And when I told him, one of our guests was full and didn’t want more food. He raised his voice, yelling at me. One of our friends told him that it’s not professional what he’s doing, then he started fighting with her. We don’t know what we did that offended him. But he was obviously very angry. In the end, as we were walking out of the door, he was pouring salt on the floor, which is a gesture of humiliation in Japanese culture. It was a bad experience and we felt being discriminated against.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Emi Hou

This restaurant completely deviates from the Japanese service spirit and the spirit of omakase course sushi, and it is possible that unimaginably terrible things could happen, such as ignoring, disrespecting, and even insulting the customers. There is a good chance that the restaurant will not only be responsible for the food, but also the experience and even the customer's personality. If you want to experience an authentic sushi omakase course and Japanese culture, please stop by.

Food: 1

JP Fernandez

This place is an absolute gem. It is a husband and wife owned business, the chef (husband) explains all dishes coming out, very friendly, you can tell heoves his job and takes his craft very seriously.His wife is the server, she is on top of everything, she is refilling glasses before they are empty, and very friendly.I won't post any pictures of the food, you have to experience the taste on your own.Shin Sushi is a must!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Rico Calara

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

Christopher Halbur

Easily the best sushi I have ever had in my life. Such a unique and interesting dining experience. Was not expecting such complex and varied flavors with each course. And the chef is a gem!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jessica Shin

Intimate omakase dinner with the best sushi chef. Traditional and simple but very special and delicious! Get the tofu mousse for

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Yue Zhou

The chef is super funny and talkative. He loves to explain the details of the food. Highly recommend arriving on time, rather be early than late. The sushi was excellent. The appetizer pairings were very interesting. The dining experience felt great. Value for money. Don't be fooled by the outside of the restaurant, the ambience and food is fantastic

Katherine Johnson

The chef is super funny and talkative. He loves to explain the details of the food. Highly recommend arriving on time, rather be early than late. The sushi was excellent. The appetizer pairings were very interesting. The dining experience felt great. Value for money. Don't be fooled by the outside of the restaurant, the ambience and food is fantastic

kevin x

Chef is super funny and chatty. He loves explaining details about the food. Strongly recommend arriving on time, be early rather than be late. Sushi pieces were excellent. Appetizer to start was a very interesting mix of items.Dining experience felt very intimate. Only our group and another group were there. Worth the cost. Do not let the external location fool you, it is a lovely experience, and the food is excellent.

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