Fukuno Restaurant — Restaurant in Gardena

Been here a few times and have always left satisfied with my meal. Inside is cozy, seating wise there is a sushi bar area that can fit maybe 8-10 people. There are tables as well, overall I think capacity is less than 50. I have been fortunate enough to dine in without having to make a reservation which is highly recommended. I just made sure to show up right within the first 20 minutes of them opening. This place will fill up pretty quickly seeing that they are only open for dinner service. The couple that run this restaurant do a great job, the older lady is very attentive and quickly clears your empty dishes so that they don't stack or crowd your table. The sushi chef is a master of his craft. The maki rolls and nigiri are old school style so please don't show up expecting to find california rolls or rainbow rolls. The fresh oysters and chicken yakitori skewers with yuzu kosho are...

I feel like I just walked into Japan! This place is adorable, clean, and neat. Though a bit small, it's very comfortable. They only have two people working here (maybe it's because it was close to closing?), a chef and a server. The server is a very sweet Japanese lady. She greeted us warmly, and seated us right away. We ordered their sashimi, sushi, and uni with Chinese yam beneath. Their fish was very fresh, with soft to melting texture. Especially their uni! It had no metallic fishy taste. In fact, their uni was sweet! Definitely coming back here again if I'm...

Perfect small place tucked in a very quiet plaza where there's an outstanding cake shop, a barber shop and a video store. This place, owned by an elder couple, offers some authentic Japanese home cooking. We ordered yuzu daikon, salt grilled red snapper, both were off the today special menu in Japanese only. We also ordered stewed bamboo shoots, batera sushi, pickled kohada fish, grilled chicken skewers with yuzu pepper, and tuna meatballs. Everything was fantastic, brought back so much memory of when we...