Izaka-ya By Katsuya

(2018) Overrated and overpriced. Our first dish scallop came cold. Charged $17 for a large sake, but what really came up was a small bottle. (2022) Had the chance to dine at the same restaurant the second time, unknowing that this was the same restaurants visited 4 years ago. This time it was a much better experience. Sat at the sushi bar. The California roll was very delicious (ordered one additional to go). Also enjoyed the grilled yellow tail and the short ribs. Sushi chefs were very friendly and responsive.

Love this place. The rolls are super fresh and the service is fast and super friendly. I highly recommend!!

Delicious Japanese food with reasonable price !

I lost count of the many sushi restaurants I've gone to in Los Angeles (and the country), but I'll be adding this one to my list of the ones I would visit again. I really enjoyed coming here in the work week for a quick, but good lunch. It is on the pricier side, but they have some great lunch specials. This time around I went straight for the special rolls section. I settled on the Robert Roll (interesting name). It was on the smaller side and had a great taste with a hint of spiciness, but I wasn't left full like I typically am from a roll. That's probably a good thing. I highly recommend this roll, especially if you are not super hungry or don't want to get really full to leave room for something else (a Sapporo maybe?). I ended up adding some vegetable tempura, which finished the job of leaving me fully satisfied. They actually have a lunch special for vegetable tempura that comes with rice, soup and salad for like $2 more, but I knew that would take me overboard and possibly have to close my office door to take a nap. I took a little bite from my friend's crispy spinach on top of seared albacore belly. I specifically want to come back to order this for myself. Who knew crispy spinach taste so good and you cant go wrong with albacore. Service was pretty good for it being so busy. It could be loud in there, but I found it easy to carry on my conversation throughout lunch. They offer valet parking, or there is metered parking up and down the street. It's a busy area so parking is pretty terrible.

Excellent food! By far my favorite place for Sushi in LA. Relationship between quality and prices is perfect. Special rolls can be a little expensive but then you also have normal rolls at a very good price. My top choices are Lobster Dynamite Roll and Izaka-Ya Roll from the special menu. Cajun Salmon Roll and California with Snow Crab from the rolled sushi menu and for starter Rare Tuna Steak.