Urasawa

218 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 United States of America

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Urasawa Info

218 N Rodeo Dr, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 United States of America
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Service options

Dine-in

Popular for

Dinner
Solo dining

Accessibility

Wheelchair accessible entrance

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Alcohol
Healthy options

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Dinner
Dessert

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Restroom

Atmosphere

Cozy
Trendy
Upscale

Crowd

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Planning

Reservations required
Dinner reservations recommended
Accepts reservations

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Best KPortal Reviews

A great place to visit if you are willing to pay over $300 for a quality dining experience. The staff was extremely friendly and the portions full of flavor and reflecting the skill and quality of ingredients. Décor was not an eyesore and seating was very comfortable. The overall meal was very satisfying

Yes, it was the most expensive meal I've ever eaten! But you know it will be going into it. This was a once-in-a-lifetime experience (Sure if I had unlimited amounts of money I would come back). The food taste amazing and so much preparation went into each dish. If sushi is one of your favorite foods then you definitely have to try and plan a trip to Urasawa.

I’ve been to many Michelin star restaurants around the world, including several in Japan, and I know Japanese cuisine very well — at least as a dedicated aficionado, if not a chef. But as many Japanese restaurants that I’ve been to, I was still so amazed and impressed by Chef Urasawa-san. The variety, creativity and beautiful simplicity of his offerings, including his nigiri, was just wonderful.

The truffle ice-cream was out of the world — I said “wow” at least 15 times while eating it, and I was speechless afterwards, that’s how great it was.

Every single dish was of the highest quality, and the chef’s meticulous attention to details showed in every single dish. I felt like I was in Japan for the entire time I was there!

It’s really amazing to have this quality of restaurant in LA. It’s the kind of restaurant you’d only expect to find in Tokyo, NYC, or Paris!

It was more than worth the cost; in fact,some restaurants cost even more money but they are not nearly as great as this one. I can’t wait to go back. Bravo to chef Urasawa, I bow to your mastery!

The chef is very arrogant and rude. He doesn’t even answer some of the customer questions. He tends to be really nice towards rich customers though. The ingredients are amazing but the cooking is no more than good. Not really worth the price. Bad experience, will never come back again.

FOOD/EXPERIENCE Went here with a friend of mine (both of us sushi fanatics). The course that the chef gives you changes from time to time so I'll just comment on the overall taste and experience: Some of the things he served are not your traditional dishes you get in a good sushi restaurant, and I think, although interesting, many wouldn't like it. He also gave wagyu sushi which in my opinion is a waste. Having said that he served some of the best Toro I've had (the tuna was from Spain). PRICE We had 2 beers each and ended up paying around 1100 total, so 550 each.

This place is one of the greatest hustles in the fine dining world that I've come across. I'm not going to go easy on it because it was a $500/pp meal. First of all, these people were incredibly rude. The fish was bland, the rice poorly vinegared and the wasabi barely noticeable. The chef is incredibly slow, overworks each piece in his hand, and doesn't even cut most of the fish himself. If you like extremely bland omakase that should cost one fifth of what this costs, then this is the place for you.

I was particularly offended as a solo diner in an empty restaurant that this jerk wouldn't let me take a picture of what I was eating(only because one dish looked kind of cool... it ended up tasting like poop.) I wouldn't be offended that a traditional sushi restaurant wouldn't allow pictures, except that these guys have allowed 970+ pictures to be taken, and that's just what's posted on yelp. So clearly these guys wanted to be jerks to someone who is paying them 500 bucks to eat their food and simply wants to remember the experience, just in case it's something the won't want to forget. The chef made a point to chastise me for the way I hold my chopsticks when applying my wasabi. He was dead serious too, like he wouldn't settle for that. Thanks jerk. This is the equivalent of a waiter at an Italian restaurant telling you you had to use your knife to cut your lasagna, instead of the side of your fork- yes, we all know the side of the fork isn't the proper way to cut the lasagna, but it suits us just fine from time to time and no one would ever say a word to you about needing to correct it by using a knife to continue eating at their restaurant. Y'know why? Because it's embarrassing and disrespectful to the patron to do so. But this loser has a beef and he's not going to let it slide. A message to the chef- You can spend all of your energy trying to enforce your stupid rules, but no matter how you try, you still can't cover the fact that your food is bland, overrated crap.

But just based on sushi and kaiseki quality alone I'm telling you, I couldn't resist the hype and I regret it, so please don't make the same mistake.

Of the 14 or so items I tried, only two actually tasted great. They were both wagyu beef dishes, they came one after the other, around course 6 and 7. The only problem is that they were so tough- one was uncooked, and had such a big piece of fat gristle in it that I was left chewing on that part alone for a minute after all the rest of the meat had gone. Not good quality Wagyu. Same problem with the next one.

At some point about halfway through the meal, when I'd had 6 or 7 pieces of sushi and understood how low quality the food was vs, say, Sukiyabashi Jiro in Tokyo, or Sushi Yasuda in New York, I paid the check and left without finishing(By the way, this guy charges double what Jiro charges, a joke on all the rich Western suckers of Beverly Hills.)

True, I left many expensive courses uneaten, but I wasn't going to disrespect my palette and keep up this farce with this jackass. I was still quite hungry when I left before the meal had concluded, and went in search of a good meal immediately after leaving( I had Indian food. I guess I was in search of flavor. What I had was nothing spectacular, but was great compared to Urasawa and cost 1/10 as much.)

I took this meal very seriously because of the price tag. I thought that for this high of a price, there would be no chance the food could disappoint and I got the distinct feeling that people in the restaurant were fooling themselves into believing it is good because they didn't want to believe that they could be getting ripped off. This place just doesn't hold up to the greats or even the very goods in its category. I hope this will convince you to save your money, or do what I'd do and spend it at another fine sushi establishment, but please don't waste it on this overrated crap.

Mixed feelings. Many of the dishes were creative with excellent ingredients. Sushi was the major flaw as many fell apart when picked up. This shouldn't happen. At one point, Hiro tells a diner to stop talking to him because it's difficult to make sushi. We compare Urasawa to a girl that you really want to like: She's gorgeous, with great credentials and athletic but once she opens her mouth you are shocked and thus turned off.

If you're on a budget don't go here. If you're looking for a California roll don't go here. If you're not a full-on foodie who likes trying something different and isn't afraid to pay for it don't go here. With that being said you got to go to here a minimum one time in your life. The presentation is amazing, if you take a sip out of your water glass somebody feels it, and let's not forget about the food! OMG the food! By the way did I mention the food?!? I can't describe it so you got to just try it:-)