Los Angeles - West La - All Types

2004 Sawtelle Blvd., Los Angeles 90025
310-481-1418

Robata-Ya

Perhaps there's a skewer craze in L.A. Love us some meat on a stick. Especially Japanese. Sawtelle is covered with Japanese restaurants, but we'll gladly take another. Has the foodies swooning. The... read more

2050 Sawtelle Blvd., Los Angeles
310-478-3242

Gr/Eats

Neighborhood interlopers from Echo Park, street sticker enthusiasts and unreasonably expensive toy purveyors from Giant Robot get all yuppie-burger on us with this small cafe filled with undergroun... read more

11462 Gateway Blvd., Los Angeles 90064
310-481-0804

Tacomiendo

Comida Mexicana verdadera!! Authentic chicken molé and delicious horchata (rice milk with a touch of cinnamon) cool off the strip-mall masses. Good Mexican is plenty but far between the closer you ... read more

11301 Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 90064
310-575-3636

Zip Fusion

Meaning home in Korean, these family eats fuse with Japanese influences in this Medi-mall at the end of Little-er Tokyo. Dishes perfect to share with a hungry friend. Don't miss the crazy pork or s... read more

11330 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles 90189
310-478-1591

Nanbankan

Not quite an izakaya, since it's not small plates per se. It's skewers of everything. Tell them how many. No judgment, but waiters do mention when you've ordered enough. Bacon-wrapped asparagus on ... read more

2130 Sawtelle Blvd., Los Angeles 90025
310-444-8989

Los Angeles Massage Therapy Center

There are more sumptuous, more gorgeous places to get a massage or a facial. This one is extremely pared down, but it has everything a person needs from a day spa, and they do it incredibly well. (... read more

11628 Santa Monica Blvd #9, Los Angeles
310-207-5160

Nook Bistro

You Are Here points the arrow. Fragrant flower blooming in the concrete. Savvy chowhounds get hooked on Nook's hidden cranny of exposed ceiling fixtures and Ikea-esque tables. Advances West LaLa cu... read more

11619 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles
310-312-1079

Juquila

Low-key Mexican diner with serious commitment to feeding you. Chill spot seats two and four sets of hard-working, hard-hustlin' immigrants and corridor residents. Waitresses bring the same juicy $1... read more

12012 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 90064
310-575-5511

The Arsenal

Sunset might have started the metal scene, but The Arsenal perfected it, with swords, maces, machine guns, and even a WWII bazooka hanging from the pub walls. Weekdays find diners and hotties not c... read more

10581 Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 90064
310-234-8442

Intuition

This feminine in-the-know destination shopping boutique clashes with its nearby McDonalds and video store neighbors on Pico. Strange location. Wonderful shopping. Website brings in Hollywood's "It ... read more

11301 Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 90064
310-478-7769

Kiriko

A good sushi balance between Mori and Hide. Medium-ground prices for very good fish. Smoked salmon sashimi with caviar makes us wonder if Urasawa is nervous. Omakase meals make an easy fit for busi... read more

11927 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles 90025
310-444-7736

Monte Alban

This whole experience seems spiritually transforming, though the rice is a little gringo style. It's the poshest Mexican on the block but still gets you in and out for under $10. Leather chaired am... read more

11780 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles
310-473-3707

Liquid Kitty

Not a Japanese cartoon, nor an adult toy, both to our chagrin. Moody black-lit décor and young, shiny-skirted, high heeled guests are a cut above the rest of the area. Dudes still rock ball ... read more

11755 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 90064
310-312-2090

Don Antonio's

Lively Mexican de la escuela vieja serves awesome sangria and just decent fajitas. Inside a Volcano above spacious booths, nice patio, Menudo on the jukebox, and always an eruptive vibe on 99-cent ... read more

2040 Sawtelle Blvd., Los Angeles 90025
310-477-7242

Hide Sushi

The "cheap" sushi place on Sawtelle. Fresh, thick cuts hide in a bare bones corner shop beneath imperial Japanese front. Unpretentious presentation, low prices are set right by good sushi. Big chan... read more

2130 Sawtelle Blvd., Los Angeles
310-575-3300

Nijiya Market

Miss your grocery store in Japan? Come and shop like you're back in Yokohama, with all the canned iced coffee, beer, crazy candy, daily-cut sushi, frozen foods, soju, and cooking ingredients you ne... read more

11555 Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles 90064
310-575-9337

Ramenya

Skip the wait and crushes of crowds for over-salted bowls of "ramen" at Asahi. Take a short stroll around the corner for superior ramen and the best BBQ pork chashumen in the 90025. It melts in you... read more

11629 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles 90025
310-996-2366

California Roll Factory

Tired of Sawtelle's serious take on sushi? Let's go nuts! You're so F'ing hot. Let's call a hooker and get some coke and just... ooops, channeling Pat O'Brien again. Factory-made sushi with gimmick... read more

12400 Wilshire Blvd. Ste. 150, Los Angeles
310-820-3596

Sasabune

Sorry, no Villaraigosa Rolls... Just simple, straight up, melt-in-your-maw raw fish of the best quality with impersonal service, feel, and staff. Relocated to the steel and glass cage of a corporat... read more

10610 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles 90064
310-838-9881

Totoraku

Rare is the restaurant that’s so hot you don’t even know about it. But you want to come here. Because: you gotta know somebody to eat. Unmarked building. Seven courses of beef. Moody Ja... read more