This was first time visit after checked good reviews. Susie was great! I and my friend ordered Yabu Soba with tempura and tempura with rice. When we got the food, we found missing tempura sauce and grated radish. Both should come together with the food... we got tempura sauce right away, but the radish took 10 minutes. And I found I needed the Oshinko, because left lots of white rice. After I ordered it, I got it 20 minutes later.. The rice was coldš„¶. The service was not professional.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Zane Miyamoto
Favorite spot in the west / pico area for non pretentious Japanese food. Get the Yabu Combination ā soba, sushi, and tempura, you wonāt regret it
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cheng Kang Hung
5 stars are for the server
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Davita P
Great classic Japanese restaurant, sushi, soba, tempura, etc. The sashimi and sushi is always top quality.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Assorted Sashimi, Chirashi Set with Cold Udon, Yellowtail Carpaccio, Zaru Soba, Eel Sushi, Yabu Soba Combination Plate
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Been coming here for 20+ years. Itās a reliable place for Japanese food besides sushi/sahimi.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Yellowtail Carpaccio
Elizabeth Tracy
My family has gone to Yabu for years. We made every effort to support them during covid. However, for a seasoned chef, the timing in this restaurant can be really bad. Today we ordered three lunch āsetsā. Two came out in good time. The third took 30 minutes longerāso, of course, everyone was done by the time I started eating. Most uncomfortable. This has happened beforeā¦ Yabu needs improvement!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Iryna Gnidenko
Great Japanese restaurant in Los Angles.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
enrique mendoza
Very flavorful and delicious with an authentic vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Lincoln Bernard
The sushi chef is a master of his craft, and the large variety of soba and udon dishes are made with the kind of care you wouldn't be able to find anywhere else. The atmosphere is so cozy, this place is hard to beat.
Yabuās owner and sushi chief, Okyo makes delicious sushi and presentation of sushi also pretty and beautiful. They also have soba noodle and tempura. Try here!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Spencer Sugimoto
Very authentic! I especially love the gindara black cod and the appetizers like goma ae and pickles. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Homemade Tofu, Saba, Tempura
Steve Gorson
Sushi King is so, so, so much better for the same price. Donāt waste your money here!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
W.D. Sniffen
Since my cousin's sushi spot closed, my wife and I have been hard-pressed to find a new, go-to sushi joint. Stop looking, Yabu is the jam!!!I'm a big fan of unagi (eel) and tako (octopus) and their two-piece orders always deliver. I would also suggest the sashimi platter. You get a bit of everything. The bluefin tuna and tempura dishes are also on point. For some non-California roll style offerings, try the beef tataki. Think steak tartare but cured in a vinegar-type dressing. There's also fried chicken! Crunchy, not greasy pieces of white meat chicken. For old schoolers, their soba noodles are also good (plus, you can get the broth from the noodles separately!).
The street is coin parking.A lot of meter were broken.No credit card accepted and one hour only.Our order took 30 mins and when food came My stomach was full of beer and could not eat finish so I asked waitress if they can change a dollar to quaters. They just said they don't have any quaters.Now 5 min left I rushed to eat .So we quickly checked.Total was $95 and my friend left a really good tips $25 because he said he often come this place.But I thought they are not nice.One quarter could save us butwhen I was upset and eating in a hurry but nobody care. They knew are predicament but they didn't care.
Best seaweed salad š¤©
Food: 5
This was first time visit after checked good reviews. Susie was great! I and my friend ordered Yabu Soba with tempura and tempura with rice. When we got the food, we found missing tempura sauce and grated radish. Both should come together with the food... we got tempura sauce right away, but the radish took 10 minutes. And I found I needed the Oshinko, because left lots of white rice. After I ordered it, I got it 20 minutes later.. The rice was coldš„¶. The service was not professional.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Favorite spot in the west / pico area for non pretentious Japanese food. Get the Yabu Combination ā soba, sushi, and tempura, you wonāt regret it
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
5 stars are for the server
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Great classic Japanese restaurant, sushi, soba, tempura, etc. The sashimi and sushi is always top quality.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Assorted Sashimi, Chirashi Set with Cold Udon, Yellowtail Carpaccio, Zaru Soba, Eel Sushi, Yabu Soba Combination Plate
Been coming here for 20+ years. Itās a reliable place for Japanese food besides sushi/sahimi.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Yellowtail Carpaccio
My family has gone to Yabu for years. We made every effort to support them during covid.
However, for a seasoned chef, the timing in this restaurant can be really bad. Today we ordered three lunch āsetsā. Two came out in good time. The third took 30 minutes longerāso, of course, everyone was done by the time I started eating. Most uncomfortable. This has happened beforeā¦ Yabu needs improvement!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 1
Great Japanese restaurant in Los Angles.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very flavorful and delicious with an authentic vibe.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
The sushi chef is a master of his craft, and the large variety of soba and udon dishes are made with the kind of care you wouldn't be able to find anywhere else. The atmosphere is so cozy, this place is hard to beat.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
Yabuās owner and sushi chief, Okyo makes delicious sushi and presentation of sushi also pretty and beautiful. They also have soba noodle and tempura. Try here!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 4
Very authentic! I especially love the gindara black cod and the appetizers like goma ae and pickles. ?
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Homemade Tofu, Saba, Tempura
Sushi King is so, so, so much better for the same price. Donāt waste your money here!!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 3
Since my cousin's sushi spot closed, my wife and I have been hard-pressed to find a new, go-to sushi joint. Stop looking, Yabu is the jam!!!I'm a big fan of unagi (eel) and tako (octopus) and their two-piece orders always deliver. I would also suggest the sashimi platter. You get a bit of everything. The bluefin tuna and tempura dishes are also on point. For some non-California roll style offerings, try the beef tataki. Think steak tartare but cured in a vinegar-type dressing. There's also fried chicken! Crunchy, not greasy pieces of white meat chicken. For old schoolers, their soba noodles are also good (plus, you can get the broth from the noodles separately!).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Eel, Chicken Wings, Tempura, Tuna, Assorted Sashimi
The street is coin parking.A lot of meter were broken.No credit card accepted and one hour only.Our order took 30 mins and when food came My stomach was full of beer and could not eat finish so I asked waitress if they can change a dollar to quaters. They just said they don't have any quaters.Now 5 min left I rushed to eat .So we quickly checked.Total was $95 and my friend left a really good tips $25 because he said he often come this place.But I thought they are not nice.One quarter could save us butwhen I was upset and eating in a hurry but nobody care. They knew are predicament but they didn't care.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 2
Service: 1
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