Katsuya - L.A. Live

4.3

2441 reviews

$31 to $50

Japanese

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Katsuya is the Los Angeles Times Readers’ Choice "Best Sushi Restaurant" in Southern California and one of OpenTable's "50 Hottest Restaurants in the U.S." Featuring the dynamic pairing of Master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi and design impresario Philippe Starck, Katsuya by Starck is truly a feast for the senses. With specialty cocktails, unique rolls and spectacular sushi and sashimi platters, Chef Uechi skillfully translates Japanese flavors to the American palate.

Signature dishes include Crispy Rice with Spicy Tuna, Yellowtail Sashimi with Jalapeño and Miso-Marinated Black Cod. With superb talent and exacting precision, Katsuya by Starck is changing the face of Japanese cuisine.

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No. of diners

2 people

DateTime

5 Jul 2022

19:00

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Takeaway

(213) 747-9797

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Private dining

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Dining style
Casual Elegant
Cuisines
Japanese, Sushi
Hours of Operation
Mon–Thu, Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
Phone number
(213) 747-9797
Website
http://www.katsuyarestaurant.com/
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Dress Code
Smart Casual
Executive Chef
Katsuya Uechi
Catering
sbe Catering offers Katsuya's award-winning Japanese cuisine by Master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi at any location, for intimate dinners at home, meetings at the office or elaborate parties. Customize your event with tray-passed service, seated dinners or chef’s stations. sbe Catering can do it all! <br />www.sbe.com/meetings-events/services/catering
Private party facilities
From intimate to grand, let sbe Events & Catering plan your perfect event at Katsuya. Katsuya L.A. LIVE accommodates up to 400 guests with design by Philippe Starck, on-site and off-site catering, custom menus by Master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi, and premium mixology and specialty cocktails.
Private party contact
sbe Events & Catering: (888) 754-5134

Location
800 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90015
Area
Downtown
Cross Street
Figueroa St.
Parking Details
Self-parking is available at L.A. LIVE.
Additional
Gluten-free Options, Patio/Outdoor Dining

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4.3

4.3 based on recent ratings

4.4Food
4.2Service
4.2Ambience
3.8Value

Noise • Moderate

Diners' Choice Awards

Los Angeles
Most Booked 1000-Point Tables
Downtown / South and East LA
Late Night Find
Downtown / South and East LA
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AnnieR
1 review
4.0
1 review
Dined 3 days ago
overall4food4service5ambience4
First time dining at Katsuya. The atmosphere was great. The server, Carlos, was awesome. The food was delicious but a little overpriced. Other than we had a great experience.
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined 3 days ago
overall3food3service1ambience4
Some of our parties food came out 30 minutes after everyone else’s was done eating. We had to ask several times.
C
Candice
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined 4 days ago
overall5food5service5ambience5
The service, food, and ambience at Katsuya-L.A. Live was great! My waiter was attentive and kind as well.
GA
GimmeAllOfTheFood
Los Angeles
11 reviews
vip
3.0
11 reviews
Dined 5 days ago
overall3food2service3ambience3
These SBE copy cat Katsuya’s are not as good as the OG spots. The places are nicer to be sure, but I prefer having a good meal vs a nice exterior. The portions are tiny here for the same things you would get at the OG Katsuya.
SA
ShaunaA
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on 26 June 2022
overall1food1service3ambience5
Ordered the summer Omikase special as a main course. Also ordered 2 different shrimp rolls and the spicy edamame. I can’t recall having sushi that horrible literally. For a total of 260.00 dollars and zero flavor and poor quality… I will NEVER return. Truly a disappointment l. Our server was polite and did her best given the poor quality of sushi. Save your money and go somewhere else.
OT
OpenTable Diner
San Francisco
1 review
vip
5.0
1 review
Dined on 24 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
The bartenders were fantastic and provided amazing service
OT
OpenTable Diner
New York Area
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 22 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
The food was fresh, tasty, and all around great. Misa, our waiter, was amazing!
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 22 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Taylor the bartender was excellent. Made great recommendations and delicious cocktails. Awesome customer service.
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 20 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Father’s Day dinner. Food was great.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
5 reviews
5.0
5 reviews
Dined on 15 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Whenever in LA County for an event, always dine at Katsuya!!!
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sheenaG
San Diego
4 reviews
5.0
4 reviews
Dined on 13 June 2022
overall5food5service4ambience5
I love katsuya. I come at least once a month. I love the salmon caviar.. that’s my favorite. For tuna lovers I would suggest the spicy tuna fried rice. If you’re into sashimi, definitely get the yellowtail. I made a reservation for 2pm on a Sunday I learned my lesson it’s super busy a lot of people. If you want more quiet less of a crowd then 5pm is nice. Wasn’t a lot of people. The outside area is nice, it’s covered, clean, and you see all the foot traffic in and around LA Live. I thing I don’t care for is the chairs. I hate the chairs very uncomfortable and children daycare like. So opt for a booth in the back or the little couches they have in the middle of the restaurant. Oh yea don’t forget the Katsuya Fresh great drink ask for an extra cucumber!
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Pvpeacock
Las Vegas
13 reviews
5.0
13 reviews
Dined on 5 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great service and great food.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on 4 June 2022
overall3food5service3ambience4
The food was good but the service was extremely slow!
OT
OpenTable Diner
Orange County
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 3 June 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great service, food and wine list. Ver accommodating! Love this restaurant!
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
3 reviews
2.0
3 reviews
Dined on 28 May 2022
overall2food4service2ambience2
Hosts were rude. Service was incredibly slow. They added $15 to our bill to support their staff. I found it rude that the server didn't explain that to us. Adding an unknown fee to a bill and not doing us the courtesy of bringing it to our attention is shady. It felt they they were doing us a favor by us being there. I will not be going back there.
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Aaron
Orange County
3 reviews
3.0
3 reviews
Dined on 28 May 2022
overall3food1service4ambience3
We went with a group to celebrate my wife's birthday. When we arrived the menus were missing pages and the pages that were there had soy sauce stains all over them. The food took forever to come out and numerous dishes has to be remade and send back out because the prep was so poor. The Crispy Rice came out as just rice with fish on top as an example. We weren't in a rush thankfully so we were able to get our food. Thankfully the server was busting her but to try and make up for the kitchens issues. Overall it just seemed that they were not prepared for the dinner shift. Disappointing.
MM
MelanieM
Los Angeles
2 reviews
vip
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 28 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great food and great service! We’ll be back!
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 22 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Héctor Daniel was amazing!
OT
OpenTable Diner
Las Vegas
6 reviews
vip
5.0
6 reviews
Dined on 22 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Misael was the best he made us his world renown sauce
RM
RolandoM
Orange County
2 reviews
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 18 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great server was nice and helped make good menu choices and was tentative to our table. The food was great and the even though I felt a little underdressed (after a dodger game) the setting and experience was nice. Would definitely recommend and will be returning.
JV
JVaz
Miami
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on 16 May 2022
overall1food1service2ambience1
The food was horrible
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 15 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Las bebidas son fabulosas, la comida y el servicio son buenos la comida esta fresca.
r
roys
Orange County
17 reviews
vip
5.0
17 reviews
Dined on 15 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Service was great and the good was delish!
JH
JoeH
Dallas
18 reviews
vip
2.0
18 reviews
Dined on 15 May 2022
overall2food2service2ambience4
Very disappointing. I have been a huge fan of Katsuya for years. Eaten at almost all of their locations. This was by far the worst experience I have ever had with them. The server was there and then not- had too many tables with some inside and some outside so not even within eye shot to get attention, most of the time. The food was barely serviceable: The Miso Cod was undercooked, cold and hard to cut. Tasted terrible. The Crispy rice with Tuna used to be warm rice and cold tuna, this time it was cold rice and warm tuna. The Rock Shrimp Tempura roll was good except again the spicy tuna was warm (and not because of the fried shrimp on top). Everything else was passable but definitely not up to standards of this once incredible restaurant. I'll be cack to try again but they need to figure it out.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
4 reviews
1.0
4 reviews
Dined on 15 May 2022
overall1food1service1ambience3
It took 45 min to get our drinks, it took an hour to get our food which was just 3 orders of fried rice. The rice was literally the scrapings from the bottom of the barrel, it was crispy over cooked hard pieces that would stick to your teeth. Completely uneatable. Very very disappointed I used to love it there but sadly will not be returning. Left there to go directly to the concert STARVING, couldn't eat until super late after that.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Palm Springs
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 15 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
The tomahawk short rib is simply divine!
BA
BAXLEY
Los Angeles
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on 14 May 2022
overall3food2service4ambience2
Andrew was a great server, food was so so. Lots of tourists.
OT
OpenTable Diner
New York Area
1 review
vip
1.0
1 review
Dined on 14 May 2022
overall1food1service3ambience2
Ovwrpriced
EH
EricH
Los Angeles
2 reviews
vip
4.0
2 reviews
Dined on 8 May 2022
overall4food5service4ambience4
Service was prompt and friendly. Food was great, some was exquisite. I definitely recommend this restaurant before a game or concert!
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 8 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
It was so perfect and intimate even in the day time
T
Theo
Los Angeles
48 reviews
vip
5.0
48 reviews
Dined on 8 May 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Food was fabulous and service from Matthew was excellent.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
1 review
vip
2.0
1 review
Dined on 1 May 2022
overall2food4service1ambience2
The food was excellent. The service, however, was poor. Our waitress barely checked in on us. And another random server with a dark beard was very rude. He had absolutely no personable skills. I would recommend the food, but nothing else.
OT
OpenTable Diner
Los Angeles
1 review
1.0
1 review
Dined on 1 May 2022
overall1food4service3ambience3
I’m very upset that the restaurant changed my reservation by 15 minutes so that I wouldn’t get the 1,000 points I was suppose to receive for making a reservation at 8:30. My email confirmation also confirms I made the reservation at 8:30. Somehow someone at the restaurant changed it to 8:15 so I only got 100 points. Very disappointed.
A
Antoinette
Los Angeles
3 reviews
vip
4.0
3 reviews
Dined on 30 April 2022
overall4food4service3ambience5
Service was awfully slow. The table behind us was yelling. We asked for water and they tried to charge us $10. Food was decent tho
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 30 April 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
It was awesome
OT
OpenTable Diner
1 review
5.0
1 review
Dined on 27 April 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Wonderful atmosphere and quick turnaround on food. Great place to just hang out or people watch. Highly recommend for a date night.
N
Nancy
Los Angeles
23 reviews
vip
5.0
23 reviews
Dined on 25 April 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
Great food - fresh, high quality, creative and tasty! Loved that Katsuya set aside a private area for my party. Food was served quickly as well, which we appreciated considering it was a Sunday evening. Thank you!:)
OT
OpenTable Diner
London
1 review
3.0
1 review
Dined on 24 April 2022
overall3food5service3ambience2
Low level restaurant - garish decor - utterly amazing food.
S
Sara
Los Angeles
2 reviews
vip
5.0
2 reviews
Dined on 24 April 2022
overall5food5service5ambience5
service was great. they really accommodated us. Especially one hostess but I did not get her name
DJ
DseanaJ
San Diego
6 reviews
3.0
6 reviews
Dined on 24 April 2022
overall3food4service3ambience3
This location was extremely loud and the food did not come out in any logical order. One entree came about 20 minutes before anything else. The last entree arrived at least 10 minutes after the previous item. Appetizers arrived at random intervals, not before entrees. They were out of most of their beer options. Overall, food was OK, but it was too noisy and the food service was chaotic.

Safety precautions

Cleaning & sanitising
- Surfaces sanitised between seatings
- Digital, disposable or sanitised menu provided
- Common areas deep-cleaned daily
- Sanitiser or wipes provided for customers

FAQs

You can order delivery directly from Katsuya - L.A. Live using the Order Online button. Katsuya - L.A. Live also offers delivery in partnership with Postmates. Katsuya - L.A. Live also offers takeout which you can order by calling the restaurant at (213) 747-9797.

Katsuya - L.A. Live is rated 4.3 stars by 2441 OpenTable diners.

Yes, you can generally book this restaurant by choosing the date, time and party size on OpenTable.

Make a booking

No. of diners

2 people

DateTime

5 Jul 2022

19:00

Order delivery or takeout

Takeaway

(213) 747-9797

Other options

Order online

800 W. Olympic Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90015

Additional information

Cross Street
Figueroa St.
Area
Downtown
Hours of Operation
Mon–Thu, Sun 5:00 pm–9:00 pm Fri, Sat 5:00 pm–10:00 pm
Cuisines
Japanese, Sushi
Dining style
Casual Elegant
Dress Code
Smart Casual
Parking Details
Self-parking is available at L.A. LIVE.
Payment Options
AMEX, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
Executive Chef
Katsuya Uechi
Additional
Gluten-free Options, Patio/Outdoor Dining

Website
http://www.katsuyarestaurant.com/
Phone number
(213) 747-9797
Catering
sbe Catering offers Katsuya's award-winning Japanese cuisine by Master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi at any location, for intimate dinners at home, meetings at the office or elaborate parties. Customize your event with tray-passed service, seated dinners or chef’s stations. sbe Catering can do it all! <br />www.sbe.com/meetings-events/services/catering
Private party facilities
From intimate to grand, let sbe Events & Catering plan your perfect event at Katsuya. Katsuya L.A. LIVE accommodates up to 400 guests with design by Philippe Starck, on-site and off-site catering, custom menus by Master Sushi Chef Katsuya Uechi, and premium mixology and specialty cocktails.
Private party contact
sbe Events & Catering: (888) 754-5134

Katsuya - L.A. Live

Make a booking

Order delivery or takeout

Takeaway

Other options

Private dining

Additional information

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What 2,441 people are saying

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Make a booking

Order delivery or takeout

Takeaway

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