鮨やまもと / Sushi Yamamoto
Permanently Closed
Omakase sushi with handmade soba, sake & wine pairings
Omakase sushi with handmade soba, sake & wine pairings
"An eight-seat sushi restaurant in Beverly Hills opened in fall 2023 by chef Yusuke Yamamoto, Sushi Yamamoto serves an omakase that has recently incorporated Motoishi’s hand-made soba; the small room by the entrance that was once a rarely used private dining room under the previous tenant (two-Michelin-star Urasawa) is now dedicated to soba preparation. Because the restaurant is closed on Sundays and Mondays, owner Yamato Miura and Motoishi use the space for the Kaiseki Motoishi pop-ups, and Motoishi also contributes soba to the regular omakase where the soba course can feature elevated ingredients such as abalone or Hokkaido uni. Miura originally planned for Motoishi to work there for five years before taking over, but instead they are keeping the pop-ups small while Miura prepares a separate eight-seat dining room for Motoishi inside the upcoming Hilton in Arcadia, where they hope to add a stone grinder and expand the soba program." - Fiona Chandra
"The newest member of LA’s growing club of very expensive omakase spots, Sushi Yamamoto is hidden on the second floor of Two Rodeo plaza in Beverly Hills (sushi geeks might know it as the former home of Urasawa). Dinner at this eight-seat counter costs $390 per person—gulp—but if blowing that on amazing sushi sounds not totally unreasonable, you’re in the right place. The young chef running the show here worked at Matsuhisa and Nobu Tokyo, and he brings a loose, fun energy that perks up what might otherwise be a too-serious meal. A simple surf clam in dashi is enough to make your knees wobble, while flashier dishes like uni-caviar tempura and hay-smoked wagyu explode with flavor. Nigiri is fine-tuned to enhance the natural sweetness of seafood, but dessert is perfectly not-too-sweet: a wedge of hollowed-out Japanese melon filled with extra creamy melon ice cream." - Garrett Snyder
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