Place Yuu

I never got around to reviewing this place although it was one of my secret faves of Sawtelle and now it’s gone. :(I loved it because it was open late, had delicious sushi (especially their spicy tuna on top of crispy rice) and service was always good.
Bye bye Place Yuu ;w;

I liked this place because of their prices and what you get for it. It’s not top notch sushi but it’s good for an izakaya. It’s a nicer izakaya than furaibo if you’re hoping to go to somewhere less rowdy. All their little dishes were pretty good. It’s too bad they’re closing down.

My little heart was just crushed this week, when I took at friend there after giving it so much rave and saw that they had closed down for business :(I was just here two weeks prior and no said anthing to me. I feel betrayed, lost, and hungry for Yuu…
My favorite late night sushi spot in all of West LA… How can I ever recover from this terrible break up?!?
I had intended on writing a glorious review but what’s the point now?
I’m going to go curl up in the fetal position and cry myself to sleep now…
:””’(

Good sushi and roll options. The price keeps me from coming back.
The other dishes are great though.
Get the roasted squid!

Went here for late night sustenance and this place didn’t disappoint. Located in a small plaza that’s great for late night crowd. Parking can be tough at peek hours. Wasn’t too bad around 9−10pm. There’s complimentary valet which I don’t get for this small plaza, I guess someone needs to make some money.
On to the food.
Everything we ordered was really good. Sashimi was of good to great quality. Albacore melted on ur mouth and the white fish had good flavor. I ordered the zaru soba which was enjoyable. Soft shell crab appetizer was crispy, tasty and meaty. Hamachi collar was grilled just right.
Service is friendly and attentive. Wasn’t too busy on our latest visit.
I’d definitely come back for a late night meal. Love that they are open til 1am mon-​sun. :)

More like 4.5 stars, but giving 4 is too low.
Quiet and nice atmosphere for dinner. We felt really relaxed at the place.
The food was good.
We ordered sushi platter (8 nigiris + cut rolls), blue crab cut rolls, chawanmushi (tea cup steam, steamed egg with assorted seafood), tsukune (chicken meatballs), and asparagus beef. We felt we ordered a bit too much because of the huge portion of the sushis.
We loved the blue crab cut rolls. We preferred the sushi here over Hide — really fresh and portion is big as well. Chawanmushi is good =D
Tsukune is not bad, but not as good compared to those in Nanbankan.
Asparagus beef is not that good. The sauce is too salty and the beef is not tender.
We’ll definitely come again and try other dishes like grilled saba.
Service: It is not active at all. Some might feel the waiters are not attentive. But we don like waiters to be too active/​annoying. So this restaurant is a fit for us :). Good for dating — less distraction: P

Workday Lunch Review.
I think Yuu is pretty new, replacing 2117 which I walked by a million times but never tried. After walking down all Sawtelle seeing that Tofu-​ya and Sushi Stop was super busy, I decided to give this a try after seeing the outdoor sign advertising a two item meal for 8.95 and a three for 12.95.
Your choices include some fancy options like kurobuta sausage, saba shioyaki and buta kakuni, all fairly high on the difficulty scale to find good versions. All three passed the test quite nicely. The saba was actually not too salty, good for those watching their sodium intake. The kakuni was nearly perfect, a tiny bit dry on the second piece (minor, minor). And the sausage, though usually not a problem quality wise, it is difficult on the price side for what you get. You often order and get a very small amount for $ 6.
Portions. You got a dabble of salad, a small bowl of rice (refills FREE!), miso soup and your three items. The saba was about smaller than a typical order about a 1 inch by 3 inch or so cut. You get 3 sausages, about a breakfast sausage size. The kakuni, you get two nuggets. Get an extra side of rice and you should be fairly full.
Also, during lunch they offered 20% off sushi. I tried the spicy tuna roll just for fun at $ 5.99 regular price and found it quite satisfactory. If you are bored waiting at Sushi Stop, hop on over and try this place out for even sushi. However, in general, you should be here for the izakaya dishes more than the sushi.
The place was empty save one other customer group. Perhaps it gets busier at night. Otherwise this place is sunk. Service is good, though this could vary if they are perpetually understaffed.
Parking is valet or street. If you don’t mind walking a block, you can find residential neighborhood 1 or 2 hour limit parking behind the strip mall.

Yumm. Nabe Udon.
I come here at least once a month to enjoy an udon/​sushi dinner with my roommate. Not the cheapest udon I’ve had, but I like that it comes in a hot pot and has all the essentials included — fish cake, chicken, egg, shrimp tempura. The only thing that it’s missing is seaweed. well I guess you could request it but I haven’t tried.
You do have to flag down the waiters if you need something, they don’t continually check on you, but they don’t rush you out either. We have stayed probably up to an hour after finishing a meal and no one said anything. Also — this place stays open really late which is awesome. Quiet and somewhat dim ambience.
Free valet in the parking lot if you’re feeling lazy.

Came here last night and it was pretty empty. I had the rainbow roll and the Philadelphia roll. The rainbow roll was pretty fresh. The Philadelphia roll had a barely discernible bit of cream cheese, so if you’re expecting it to mask the taste of salmon, you are mistaken. Service from the sushi chefs was fast and decent. The prices here are higher than normal for the rolls by about 2 or 3 dollars. The regular sushi was about a dollar more expensive than usual.
The waiter pissed me off because I wanted to sit at the bar (which was empty) and he said it was only for people ordering sushi. No shit my friend. Also, he came to take my drink order but left while I was talking to him to sit someone else who just walked in. Rude.

I want to give it a 3.5 but I can’t. I’ve gone to Volcano countless times and never realized there was a sushi place next door. My friend and I decided to try a new place so we checked it out. The interior was really nice. The place was pretty empty but it was Monday night. There were about 3 other tables occupied and they were all couples it seemed.
What we ordered:
Toro (2 orders)
Uni (2 orders)
Hamachi (2 orders)
Chicken Teriyaki Plate
BBQ Plate
Assorted Sashimi Plate
The total came out to $ 100 but it will depend on how much the toro and uni cost since they are both MP (market price). The chicken teriyaki and the BBQ plate were «okay». Not the best I’ve had but decent enough (I would say the BBQ is better than the chicken). The sushi was a little above average, I would give it a 6 out of 10, 5 being okay. There are probably better places to get sushi but I liked the experience. The waiter was very polite and was quick to refill our water/​tea and clear used plates.
While a bit pricey, I like the place! And its open late for those late night dates!

Happened to be on Sawtelle on Saturday night and decided to grab something to eat since there are such good sushi joints in that area. Unfortunately, the wait at Hide was too long and after walking around forever we decided to go to Yuu since there was space at the bar. My husband liked the ambiance. Even though it was crowded it wasn’t too loud and we could still engage in conversation.
I don’t usually enjoy sitting at the bar, but it was chill and I enjoyed watching «Mori» the sushi chef.
Food was a little overpriced for what we got and the servers were way too busy to even pay attention to us, but it tasted good, which was what mattered. We ordered a few sushi rolls and salmon from the kitchen. All were good — spicy tuna was a little too creamy but my husband enjoyed his rolls and miso.
Wouldn’t mind trying lunch sometime if we’re in the area.

Um. I’d have to say the best thing about this place is that it’s open late until 1 AM.
But if I want a better quality snack, I’d go to Hayama. It’s only a few blocks away, but I’d be willing to spend a bit more for better food.
The spicy salmon hand roll I ordered looked like I had made it myself, and given my complete lack of experience rolling sushi rolls, that equates to something very… crappy. Basically, I got a small uncut. cut roll. I thought hand rolls were supposed to be in the shape of an ice cream cone, like at Midori! So disappointing. Definitely not worth what I paid. Wasn’t even spicy.
The waitress was nice?

I’ve loved this place for a long time. Food has always been consistently good. Ambiance is modern izakaya, which also has a (small) sushi bar. Each of the small dishes on the recent lunchtime menu are $ 3.99. Each dish is not huge, but a good value. Love the monkfish liver.
Can’t understand though why most times this place has relatively few customers. Maybe the fact that it’s kinda of hidden in the corner of the Sawtelle strip mall and that you can’t see in from the outside?
Still one of my favorite restaurants in LA. You can’t go wrong with the food coming here.

An okay place that opens late into the night when all other places are closed. Kudos to them for that. Clever too because then they catch all the hungry people like me who have little else to choose from.
Was moody and hungry and wanting some Japanese food to hopefully lift my spirits. But it was past 11pm at night. So most places were closed. Luckily, they were still open and close by, so I went here hoping to find something that will brighten a sad day. Food is my go to for all emotional needs, what can I say?
While the food didn’t exactly hit the spot, the dishes we ordered for the most part, were not bad. I got the tofu miso, teba kara-​age, agedashi mochi, and octopus, salmon, and unagi sushi. I also got a calpico-​chu. I was hungry, alright? My boyfriend, who had already had dinner and was really just there to keep me company, got the tomato slice appetizer and pickled vegetables. Then we also ordered green tea ice cream for dessert. Some of the foods were really good, such as the agedashi mochi and the tomato slice appetizer. The agedashi mochi is a must for anyone who ever decides to go there. It’s a salty, savory mochi dish and the mochi is so soft and chewy and lightly fried… I think that was my favorite dish of the night. The tomato slice came with avacado and fish paste and was very tasty too. The sushi was average, pretty decently sized and tasty, but I could get cheaper elsewhere. And how can u mess up tofu miso or green tea ice cream right? Soup and ice cream are just comfort foods to the core. The calpico-​chu was weakkk, and not worthy of a second order. The last two were not so good choices. The pickled vegetables were forgettable, and the teba kara-​age terrible. The fry batter was so thick and over done. If you want some quality fried chicken, head over to Furaibo across the corner. They have the best chicken kara-​age or teba-​saki, whichever you prefer.
I would definitely come back again if I need a food fix late at night, but I“m still looking for a place with food that can cheer me up and be open late hours.

I also wish that I could give this place 3.5 stars, but I couldn’t bear to give a 3, so I had to go with a 4.
I’ve been here several times over the last year or so. I agree with all the reviews that say this is one of the least crowded restaurants in Little Osaka. I don’t think that speaks to the quality of the food as much as the casual atmosphere and large seating area.
You don’t have to be a sushi snob to know that the seafood here is fresh, and you can taste it. The head sushi chef (I wish I knew his name) looks like he’s been preparing sushi for literally a lifetime. If you order sushi, you will notice that the fish is cut fresh. You can taste the difference.
The $ 4 «tapas» are an excellent deal. However, they are very small and the bill can easily add up to over $ 30/​person if you’re here for a full meal. I recommend coming here for a light meal and sake/​tea.
There is valet parking but you can just as easily find street parking if you’re willing to walk a block or two.

Here are three great things about this restaurant: great food, open til 1am, their izakaya (small plates) menu.
This is one of my favorite restaurants in Los Angeles and I’ve been going here for eleven years now. Their sushi chef has talent and always features the best, top quality fish, the rest of the menu items are consistently good and, this is one of the few places that I’ve found in Los Angeles where I can grab a meal after ten o’clock at night. Recently, they added an izakaya dinner menu. If you’re not familiar with izakaya think Japanese tapas. They feature a delicious and quality menu of Japanese dishes for 3.99 each. I’m telling you, it can’t be beat! The calamari and scallop rolls are not to be missed, I recommend.

NO STAR.
Let’s keep it short.
The waiter took our order and never came back to check on us. Waited for almost 45 minutes and no food to be seen. Still, NOBODY came by. The waiter who took our order was ‘busy’ serving other customers and bringing out food to them. Our next tables who came after us got their food but none of our food came out. (Interestingly, nobody brought any soy sauce and wasabi to the next table until the customers tried so hard to get the attention of their waiter. Ridiculous, right?) So after another 15 minutes, the host lady came by, without any apology, asked us to re-​order our food! Apparently they completely missed our order but didn’t wanna admit the fault. That waiter NEVER came back to apologize neither. So we put in the order again, waited for another 15 minutes, still no food, we decided to LEAVE. This is THE WORST experience I had in a restaurant and all I can say is:
F**K Yuu.

While everything else on Sawtelle had a line at 9 pm on Saturday night. Place Yuu sat us right away.
Good service– fairly quick to bring us waters and teas. Can’t really go wrong with 3.99 tapas. House dressing on the salad has a good mix of spicey and sweet. Edamame are a bit salty. But well steamed to not be mushy. Vegetable tempura is also good. Though an uneven amount of onion was served.
Liked the sushi. Especially the crispy rice. They also have hand rolls which are cheap for a true sushi lover!
Place Yuu is more 3.5 — rounded up for the selection and potential!

It was 10:40pm and my friend and I had mad cravings for SUSHI.
10:30’s not that late but most places have last call at 11. Luckily we came across this place — open until 1:30am!
The place was VERY quiet. (I’ve walked by this restaurant on the Sawtelle strip many times and peered in and it’s always been pretty quiet.) Good place to go for a quiet dinner.
We sat down at the sushi bar and ordered 3 rolls: spicy tuna roll $ 6.50, shrimp tempura crunch roll $ 11, and grilled scallop roll $ 12. (prices estimated) They were all plated nicely and were delicately made.
My favorite sushi roll spot of all time is still Cali Roll Factory cause it’s cheap and tasty. But if I were looking for a quiet/​romantic dinner setting, I would come back here.

Located behind a white curtain is this non-​descript restaurant. It’s hard to tell what the name is since the door just says «Place».
Came here tonight and it was an decent experience. The reason the service is so damn slow is cuz there is only one waiter! OK, so that’s not an excuse, but he didn’t seem that slow tonight.
I ordered the spicy Korean soup which came with tofu, napa cabbage, noodles, and beef. Freakin order was huge! It came in a huge stone pot along with a side of rice and pickled cucumbers.
Pretty damn tasty, although it made me sweat bullets. I think I lost a few ounces from all the perspiration this soup induced. Or was it due to a lack of AC?
My dining companion had a ton of sushi. I had a yellowtail sushi which was not bad. The unagi was burnt though. I abhor burnt unagi. Blech.
The bill for all this was $ 77. Pricey? Yes. Worth it? Not so sure.