Long considered the place to ball out on sushi in the Valley, this highly regarded (if a bit difficult to get into) omakase establishment features a savant chef and plenty of luxury ingredients. Just be ready to whip out the credit card, because dinners can easily surpass the $200 per person mark.

The Valley is no stranger to good sushi, and Brother’s is a fine addition to the thriving scene. Order a la carte or sit back and let the chef Mark Okuda take care of the details with an omakase. The priciest menu is $180 and comes with a more creative approach to omakase, though more attainable $125 and $100 menus offer much of the same stellar sushi.

Shin Sushi brings a refined omakase experience worthy of a Michelin star from Azumi Taketoshi (whom patrons refer to as Take-san) with a high-end array of amazing nigiri and more all priced around $150 per person for dinner.

One of the Valley’s best new sushi entrants, Sushi Note takes the mastery of chef Kiminobu Saito’s excellent omakase and combines it with a fantastic wine pairing menu. Throw in a rather nice midcentury modern space and it adds up to a very good reasonably priced sushi experience with pristine fish, moderately seasoned rice, and great service.

Sushi chef Morihiro Onodera founded the celebrated Mori in West LA before helming the counters at Inn Ann and Shiki over the past few years. Onodera has finally opened his own high-end omakase restaurant in Atwater Village, with masterful preparations and stunning world-class sushi. The price to see Onodera in action is equally sky-high.

A longtime Beverly Grove sushi spot, this all-around restaurant has everything from rolls to high-end omakase tucked into a strip mall. Chef Naruki Matsumoto hails from Osaka and trained at Nozawa before working at Hirozen for many years.

Sushi Tama opened in August 2020 in a chic part of West Hollywood/Beverly Grove, with a sleek counter and fresh nigiri with fish sourced from Japan. Chef Hideyuki Yoshimoto worked for years in Tokyo’s Tsukiji Market before partnering with Showa Hospitality at this stylish new sushi destination.

The spirit of Nozawa lives on at this intimate sushi bar located behind the Sugarfish in Beverly Hills. With fewer than ten seats, this rarified experience feels very much like a top-level place in Tokyo, with theatrical service and a hushed counter dining experience. The $195 per person meal comes with twenty-some courses.

With two levels of omakase, from $120 to $250, this new high-end omakase restaurant comes into Little Tokyo, joining another new player in Kaneyoshi. Sourcing fish from California and Toyosu Market in Tokyo, chef Hide Takeda’s intimate omakase experience is already one of the best new-ish sushi dinners in town.

One of the newer stars in LA’s high-end sushi scene, Kaneyoshi marks a new era for Little Tokyo, which earned this upscale, counter-only restaurant that costs a whopping $250 a person (though some more affordable takeout nigiri options are also available). Expect nothing but a truly spectacular sushi dinner comparable to the best around the world.

This popular West LA spot gets a second location in the heart of Downtown’s Historic Core where Keizo Seki serves his ultra-fresh sushi from an omakase-style counter. In the past few years, Zo has expanded to Bangkok, Tokyo, and Hong Kong, a testament to the stellar quality of the meals here. Reservations are required and prices run $200 a person.

The quality of the fish speaks for itself at this refined sushi den in the heart of Downtown’s Financial District. While dinner will cost a pretty penny, lunch might be a worthy splurge for those working in the area.

This iconic sushi restaurant in Little Tokyo is constantly packed at the bar and in the dining room. Most come for the unbelievably priced lunch sashimi special, but order directly from the menu or at the bar for an even better experience. The expansive selection of nigiri sushi and sashimi is sure to satisfy.

This casual mom-and-pop restaurant has been serving approachably priced Kappo-style fare in a Gardena strip mall since 1994. Mitsuo Fukazawa and his wife serve bento and pressed oshi sushi that reflects the more traditional, slightly fermented style that preceded Edo-style nigiri that is more common around town. There’s also terrific chirashi too. The restaurant offers takeout only for lunch, with indoor dining for dinner.

This family-run sushi restaurant in Compton has a wide menu of reasonably-priced rolls and sushi boats from chef Bruce Lee. The chirashi in particular is a gorgeous array of fresh sashimi over sushi rice at just over $21.

Priced at just $50 dollars (or $65 for the higher tier with pricier cuts), the omakase from Hirofumi Sakamoto offers one of the best deals in town. Settle in to 15 pieces of terrific sushi that is sure to impress even the snobbiest of sushi-goers. The varieties of fish range from familiar cuts to more obscure ones.