Mizu 212

Food taste really clean and healthy. Vegetable and seafood are so fresh. Kimchi is good too! I like matcha mozzi icecream.

a solid restaurant specializing in Japanese shabu-shabu, which is very different than Sukiyaki or Chinese hot pot. this place lives up to my expectations after having had several shabu-shabu experiences in both nyc and tokyo. we chose wagyu beef which isn’t their top priced item, and it was very juicy, tender. the aroma of beef lingers in your mouths, just as shabu-shabu is supposed to be, tasting the original ingredients.

Delicious shabu shabu. Good quality meat and assorted vegetables option. Went during lunch and had the All you eat special. Left feeling satisfied. Suggest adding all the veggies in the broth to give it lots of more flavor. Ponzu sauce was delicious. Wagyu short plate was my favorite. 🤤. You cook your own food so be prepared for that, which was perfect since I prefer my meat a certain way. Yum.

Truly one of the best shabu places i’ve been too. Such a high quality produce, meats, and broths. Worth the extra money for wagyu. The lunch special is also great deal. Their mushrooms & kimchi are heavenly. 10/10

My favorite shabu shabu restaurant located in the Sawtelle Japantown area of Los Angeles. It's a small, manageable menu that excels in the optional organic-farmers-local high-quality market fresh veggies that I highly recommend for the add on of a handful of dollars. The dark leafy green vegetables of rainbow chard and dino kale, trumpet and shitake mushrooms, okra, kubocha squash, snap peas, bok choy, napa, artisanal tofu and other seasonal organics are worth more than the token upgrade price. I chose the $25 prix fixe menu because I could not decide whether or not I wanted land proteins or sea proteins. This choice already includes the organic veggies (refills too, that is if you could manage to plow through the humongous bowl of garden fresh organic veggies!) + 1 choice of 4 types of land protein options (wagyu for me) + 1 choice of 3 types of sea proteins (calamari for me) + dessert (Cabernet sorbet). The Prix fixe and other single protein shabus are shareable (add $5 per person), but really good for a hearty solo shabu. There are also a la carte shabu protein options that include their regular, but still very fresh non organic veggies. The prices for those single-choice proteins range in the low-to-mid teens: kurubota pork, wagyu, nigori chicken, and grassfed ribeye. The grassfed wagyu $45 to $55. There are three sizes of Shabu: small, medium and large. Choice of white or brown rice. Ponzu sauce, sesame sauce, and spring onions soy sauce are all set out for each diner. The really cool thing about this place is the majority of the restaurant is situated in a tastefully appointed and thoughtful bar seating set up shaped in an inverted "J" from the point of view of the doorway as you enter at this corner Sawtelle restaurant. Each seat has it's own shabu pot that your host-server orchestrates and controls of heat and procession of sides and mains for your yummy shabu meal. They use convection heating for each diner, so there is no radiant heat to make you sweat, and cooking your shabu is actually a sweet and pleasant experience! There are plenty of flavoring condiments to add to your cooking liquid including two types of yuzu sauces, sriracha, spicy sesame oil, Japanese pepper, ground fresh ginger, chopped spring onion, and chopped white onion to flavor to your heart's content. Your server will also place a bowl of ponzu sauce, a bowl of delicious homemade sesame sauce, and the soy spring onion sauce to dip all of your ingredients into after you've cooked your shabu to taste in your own individual Shabu pot in front if you. There is a nice assortment of hot and cold beverage choices that compliment the healthy take of this brilliant little gem of a restaurant. I went for lunch, and it was pretty busy, but the counter tables turned over quickly. It is the same menu for lunch as for dinner. If you have a large group of four or more, they do have tables that are off to the side of the bar setup. Reservations can be taken for four or more people. Note: this is not your ordinary shabu shabu restaurant. The quality of the ingredients, attentive service, and small menu are well thought out and top notch. Tasty overall and, it's an incredibly competitive if not better and healthier value choice of many of the area's restaurants and cuisines beyond the requisite Japanese/Korean/Taiwanese/Viet/Flip food at this thriving Sawtelle Japantown restaurant District.

Should have seen the signs that all places are full or with people in line. We were hungry and we said at least give this a try. The menu online looks good and classy. Can't complain regarding the atmosphere. The food though, I really can't explain. You are given 2 choices. Mushroom or Miso. Anyway whatever you choose both will taste like water anyway with a hint of mushroom for both (and miso with the miso) both are loaded with mushroom anyway. This broth is not something you would want to slurp on because it's so bland. We were given 2 dipping sauce a sesame and ponzo. Both will add somewhat of a flavor but not something to rave about. There are a few options on what you can add on the broth and non seem to add enough flavor. In the end.i threw the ponzu the on the broth to see if it makes a difference but nothing. I don't know if there is a secret menu here but I made sure to ask the servers how things work and they explained everything but honestly nothing taste good. Spent 100$ and I just wanted to say charge to experience. I'm sure it's the reason they are not full of customers nor a line outside. This is my 3rd hotpot/shabu.

Excellent well ran friendly Shabu Shabu hot pot resturant. High quality meats and veggies with organic options. Great place for first timers or veterans ZZ more Japanese style than Chinese (you get hot water you flavor wirh various things if you want or keep it simple to just enjoy the food you cook). Gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan no problem. Can handle most allergy or food intolerance issues. No reservations unless you want a table that seats four together, otherwise all counter seating. Restrooms. Parking lot out back, sometimes pay on the evenings. Another lot across street under brick building. Some meter parking. Credit cards OK.

After seeing this place closed for over a year it was nice to see the pots boiling around several tables, far apart from each other. Service was very attentive- refilling our teas and making our dipping sauce (while other hotpot places have unreasonably returned to pre-covid stations of build-your-own condiment sauce mixes). Appreciated the fresh seasonal veggies and quality meats. Wish the broth could have been more than just kelp and water. Or add more broth options.