Sakura Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar — Restaurant in Los Angeles

An instant favorite. There tends to be a line here for the dinner service but, for good reason. Fish quality is great - if you know sushi you know to go on Tuesday or Friday - this place follows that pattern. All of their MP fish is high quality - Toro, King Crab, Uni, Sweet Shrimp, Black Snapper best of the MP list. Most people like the fish to rice proportion on nigiri here, I think it tends to be a bit fish heavy but, the rice is balled at a pretty perfect temp. For the quality, the price is actually a bit lower than I'd price it - good news in the sushi world! Atmosphere is lively and the sushi chefs are clearly enjoying themselves without missing the details. Japanese owned so you know the service is impeccable. Owner is on site 6 days a week (look for a middle aged Asian man in a straw fedora drinking a tall Sapporo - maybe even buy him one!) In my opinion, this is the best quality for the price on the westside - but if you tend to go for heavy loaded cut rolls or if you're ordering 6 orders of salmon sushi for dinner, help us keep the line shorter and go to Hara on Wilshire Thanks

** Quality of fish ** Waiting Staff ** Frequent Line ** Great pricing to quality ratio ** Lively...

We have been eating here for over 25 years, this is my favorite sushi restaurant near our home. We always go to Sakura for Mother’s Day and anytime I want sushi. This past Mother’s Day we came here for dinner, had a lovely dinner as always, then we went home. Later that night I was going over our dinner and how delicious it was when I realized we didn’t get our Sakura Roll. I told my husband and he handed me the bill to see if we were charged. I then saw that we didn’t get our Sakura Roll and our Monk Liver (ankimo sashimi). Of course I called them on Monday morning, but they are closed on Mondays. And when I got a hold of them on Tuesday, I was told too bad for you. There is nothing we can do for you. Even though we go there often and it was super crazy on Mother’s Day, we spent $300.00 and they cannot help us. I love the place but terrible customer...

Yelp and google information says closing time is at 10pm on Sat. We arrived at 8:50pm and told we needed to order right away as the kitchen is closing. Then the waiter forgot to enter my dinner selection, so by the time I remimded him that I was still waiting for my dish, he said it was no longer coming as the kitchen was closed. I undersrand mistakes happen, but as a business model what do you do to fix it. This may be a unique situatuon, but I was hoping they would go out of their way to make it right for their customers. But unfortunately they didn't. So not the most pleasant experience and the dish my wife got was just ok. In this economic climate, there is no room for poor customer service and mediocre food. There are other local joints that understand this and should be suported. Sakura, on the other hand, is not one of those places...