The Best Restaurants in Los Angeles’s Sawtelle Japantown

Gyeran-jjim at the Mulberry. | Bonjwing Lee Sawtelle Japantown, one of California’s last remaining historic Japantowns, is one of the region’s best neighborhoods for dining. Stacked with karaoke lounges, yakitori dens, and ramen shops, this West Los Angeles neighborhood is abuzz with activity every

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Sawtelle Japantown, one of California’s last remaining historic Japantowns, is one of the region’s best neighborhoods for dining. Stacked with karaoke lounges, yakitori dens, and ramen shops, this West Los Angeles neighborhood is abuzz with activity every

day of the week. Here are the essential Sawtelle Japantown restaurants to try. Many restaurants from the last edition of the map have permanently or temporarily closed, including DongTing Noodle and Wine House Kitchen. Still, there’s a bounty of new restaurants and old favorites to choose from: This update welcomes yakitori omakase Yakun, wagyu katsu specialist Ten no Meshi, sleek Korean dinner destination the Mulberry, and newcomer Mian.