Sushi Sasabune

On our list of the best special-occasion restaurants in Los Angeles.

Hiroki Totsuka took over this Wilshire Boulevard storefront in 2019, continuing an approach he learned there since 2003, with no interior design to speak of beyond a sushi bar that's the only place worth sitting. There are no specialty rolls and no menu to order from: a meal starts with sashimi, runs through eight or so courses of warm-rice nigiri, and ends with a crab hand roll. The original Sasabune opened on Sawtelle in 1993 as one of the first places in Los Angeles to serve true omakase.