East Japanese Restaurant

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329 E 1st St
Los Angeles, CA 90012

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(213) 437-0563
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East Japanese Restaurant - Los Angeles, CA
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Salmon Monday - every Monday when Salmon-centric items have a special price. No take out allowed! Service gets dodgy when things get busy and you may never see your food and drink...

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Excellent Food at East 12/18/2008

Citysearch User Provided by Partner
East is located in Los Angeles' Little Tokyo district, and it is one of the best Japanese restaurants in the area. All of the dishes, inclu... more

Good Sushi, Specials on Mondays and Thursdays, Decent Service 11/5/2006

wandernn1 Provided by Partner
What happened to the sushi places where they'd give you hot towels when you sat down? Well this isn't one of them either. However, East will give you a scratch off game piece where you can supposedly win something for free, or a discount off an item. Obviously, my card didn't win. East does have a good variety of items on their menu, from sushi to tempura to teriyaki to udon, theres lots of stuff to choose from. The menu has pictures of most of the items to help clear up any confusion on names. I didn't have much of anything else besides sushi, as thats what I went there for. To me, the variety of sushi was somewhat limited. Even though they had specialties such as the Mexican Roll and the Tuna Crazy and Salmon Crazy rolls, which were good, they still didn't really present some of the oddities or things that make sushi places really stand out from all the varying competition out there. Now I got lucky and got seated with my 2 friends quickly for a Friday evening, but there really isn't tons of seating in the restaurant, maybe for around 20 to 30 people tops. So I would say be prepared to wait a little while if you go here during peak times. All in all the food was average to above average, the service was pretty good, and the experience itself was good enough for me to give this a Recommend rating. Parking is not the greatest experience but its normal for any who know the Little Tokyo area. I havent been to a lot of sushi places in Little Tokyo so I might have to amend this review later after trying some of the other ones, but if you can't decide on which one to eat at, give East a try, it should not disappoint. Pros: Good food and Service. Cons: Parking. more

The best Japanese food on 1st St. 4/13/2006

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Salmon Monday - every Monday when Salmon-centric items have a special price. No take out allowed! Service gets dodgy when things get busy and you may never see your food and drink refills or server. Order everything you want at once if you suspect it's one of those days. Food is great, my friend from Japan says it's the most authentic place she's been to outside of her hometown. Lots of roll varities - What to try: Green river roll, mexican roll. Salmon/Scallion yakitori is amazingly delicious. (They also have the most expensive potato salad in the universe - just try it when it comes in your combo box...) Pros: Variety, Salmon Yakitori Cons: Parking can be tight, Service can be bad, Very busy on Mondays more

Visually appetizing. 1/31/2006

blasterific Provided by Partner
Friendly, prompt seating. The restaurant had full-color menus to visually explain certain dishes, but there were so many types of rolls and traditional Japanese delicacies to choose from that my decision was harder to make! (Not that I'm complaining...) The fish was fresh and the service was warm and accomodating. Perfect for a casual night out with friends. I think they also have special discounts on their rolls and Kirin Draft beer from 5-8pm on Thursdays. Pros: Friendly service, Full-color menus Cons: Hard to follow menu, Parking more

Delectable 6/17/2004

mickeyfickey Provided by Partner
Great food, great price. Sashimi is fresh. Teriyaki is great. Not "usual" teriyaki. Much better than that "glaze" you get at other places. if you can't find street parking, then you prob. have to park in a lot. Pros: delicious, affordable more
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  • Neighborhoods: Downtown, Civic Center / Little Tokyo, Central LA
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