Kushiyu — Restaurant in Los Angeles

Much better sushi in the valley that will not make you sick. Nice restaurant though, used to be better before the fire. I never write reviews however this one is warranted. My spouse and two kids ate early dinner. Mix of sushi, soup, tempura and rolls. At the restaurant one of my kids got sick and had to rush to restroom with immediate diarrhea. We did not think it was related and just a kid thing. Then when we left and got home, each one of us one by one started getting major stomach aches and diarrhea. Or if my girls threw up as well.

I immediately called the restaurant same day and requested to speak with Manager. They said he was busy and would call back. After a few days a manager Nobu called me and I explained the situation. He said they would take care of it and to start by disputing the CC charge with my CC company.

I thought that was odd way of handling, however since they said will be taken care of, just followed their request. Now I got a copy of a letter K sent to my CC accusing me of filing a fraudulent dispute claim and long explanation why their good could not have given us food poisoning. Their argument was since we paid the bill and ate the food and left, we are lying about food poisoning.

I live in the area and will never eat here again, and may pursue the claims legally and defamatory remarks they made to my CC company saying I filed a fraudulent claim after they requested I dispute so they can handle.

Not only is their food capable of making u sick and frankly jot very good sushi with very limited options, but they are also untrustworthy and manipulative in how they ur management deals with issues. Save your pocket book and health and try one of the very better sushi restaurants...

Ok so what do you do when you don't like Sushi and your spouse LOVES it and you want to enjoy dinner with them? Try Kushiyaki! Simply put, it is grilled meat on a skewer! The King salmon and rock shrimp are to die for !!!!!!! They also have sea bass, scallops, chicken (made a few different ways i.e. chicken with green onion, chicken meatballs, etc), beef, miso beef and of course my favorite, lobster! My hubby usually orders sushi that consists of salmon, yellowtail, tuna, albacore, spicy tuna rolls, spicy yellowtail rolls, honey rolls and lemon rolls. I tried to find the menu online but have not found the actual menu. The menus I'm finding are not completely accurate. The kushiyaki is served with two skewers of meat and range in prince from $4-$15 with $15 being the most expensive for the grilled lobster. Depending on what you eat, it can get expensive or you can keep the prices within your budget. They aren't open all day so you need to check for their hours of operation. They get very busy on Friday and Saturday evenings so go when they first open. Sitting at the sushi bar is fun and my hubby told me (and I did find it to be true) that traditionally speaking, you buy the sushi chef a drink if you sushi is amazing. 90% of the time, we buy the sushi chef a drink; if we don't, it's because he wasn't in our budget in additional to our tip! The servers are friendly but not warm; they all are busy and you can tell. They do tend to your needs but don't expect too many smiles. They have various greens they can grill (none to my liking) but they also have salad. I get white rice on the side and its only .50! My kind of place and one of...

We came here (the two of us) on a Friday night. There would have been a wait as we needed a reservation but there was room at the sushi bar. In my opinion the Sushi Bar at Kushiyu is fantastic. It’s a square in the center of the restaurant. The decor is nice and at the bar it’s not noisy at all.

Behind the counter are loads of Sushi Chefs. The amount of staff is truly mind boggling. Amazing service.

Now the food. There are too many options in the valley when it comes to sushi. I’ve been to a bulk of them. Tonight we decided to try Kushiyu. To me, this is a proper Japanese restaurant with a huge menu of Kushiyaki. So many options for these tasty skewers. The Kushiyaki is really well priced. It’s the special items that get you. Yes, the food is expensive, but for these special cuts of fish, and how fresh the fish is here, it feels priced competitively to the rest of the amazing sushi places in LA.

Tonight we worked the Nigiri hard. Went down the list of daily specials and fish from Japan. Everything was extremely fresh and incredibly flavorful. I can’t believe I haven’t been here before. I will definitely be coming back. Amazing selection, and incredibly fresh food. Highly recommend coming here if you are truly about the different varieties of...