Tag Archives: sawtelle

Alas, what used to be a great noodle place called Yashima at Olympic Collection closed down because of the terrible food they were serving after the owner change. In it’s place has opened another Japanese restaurant called Morinoya. First of ...

One of the restaurants on Sawtelle has been replaced by a new ramen place called Tatsu Ramen. They claim that everything is natural and hand made. Things look different as soon as you walk in. There are 3 iPads on ...

Since I was getting tired of the same restaurants, I decided to try out Sushi Stop on Sawtelle in West LA. There are tons of sushi places in this area and I’ve seen this place many times but was scared ...

Since I tried the downtown version of Zip Fusion, I decided to try their West Los Angeles branch.  The West LA version is located in the Olympic Collections near the West Little Tokyo on Sawtelle.  Compared to the older downtown ...

There has already been a review of Yashima Noodle in the Olympic Collections at Sawtelle (which is apparently now closed), but none of the other restaurants in the building.  Now, it’s time to checkout Kiriko, which is located on the ...

Yuzando is located in the West LA Tokyo Row area on Sawtelle in the same building as the Shabu-Shabu place.  It used to be another sushi place and I guess it has changed owners and there’s a new temporary sign ...

This restautant is in a strip mall with other restaurants and even a tiny tomato bank. If you come when it’s busy (like weekends), parking can be difficult but they do have valet parking. Blue Marlin has recently been slightly ...

This noodle house called Yashima is in the “West Little Tokyo” area on Sawtelle and used to be called Mishima, which moved to Wilshire (then eventually closed that branch). If you like Udon or Soba, I highly recommend this place. ...