Shintaro Sushi and Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Los Angeles

I used to visit this place often, I mean often, did I say often and today I was greeted by a rude women serving lunch. When I walked inside @1:35pm showed her my card to be seated and she said we close in 15min. I asked her do they close at 2:30pm. She replied "yes but you have to hurry, don't give me an attitude, I can refuse service, I replied "excuse me" she shook her head and said "no I don't want to talk to you". I was taken back quite surprised I have NEVER received this type of greeting here as if we are not living in enough challenging times where treating customers as Human Beings don't even matter. I will NEVER refer another person here again this was a place where I once felt welcomed & called my sushi home. Watch who you leave in charge of your business family or not. Being Rude & Disrespectful in intolerable &...

I would describe it as a special Japanese microcosm in Hollywood. Walk inside from under the lit-up Billboard chaos on Highland and find a soft, relaxing atmosphere with old Japanese films playing on the back wall. The soothing material textures and sound design made me feel as though I was in a spa rather than a sushi restaurant.

On that note, the sushi here is excellent. I had yellowtail, spicy tuna and ell, all of which were on point. Spicy Tuna on crispy rice is interesting. Service is relaxed and good. Nice seaweed salad. Nice green tea. Delicious green tea tempura ice cream. I think it's good for the price...

Tourists beware, you may need reservations. We were ignorant that this place needed reservations, even seemed to aggravate the hostess but she seated us right away. The waiter was super nice and accommodating, but the food was just okay, another cookie-cutter, typical US sushiya restaurant. I had a few assorted pieces sashimi which was fresh and quite delicious. Minus 1 star for the unwelcomed feeling the hostess gave us and minus 1 star for being in the heart of Los Angeles but average, inchiki,...