Tsubaki

“Awesome creative food great attentive service”

Linda McLoon★★★★★

Every time I get to L.A. I have been lucky enough to try a restaurant where I have never been. This time I went to this lovely Japanese restaurant in Echo Park. We started with the Japanese latkes, which were potato pancakes topped with salmon crudo, daikon pickles, and yuzu creme fraiche. Delicious! We had their Japanese Caesar salad, which was fresh and bright with a miso Parmesan vinaigrette. We all loved the chawanmushi, an egg custard with Dungeness crab. I would suggest ordering one of these per person. They are hard to share. I also recommend getting at least 2 per person of the scallo

Lailian Park★★★

The atmosphere was definitely the highlight of this place. The restaurant has a really nice vibe and setting. However, I found the food to be quite expensive for the portion sizes. As an Asian customer, I personally didn’t feel there was anything particularly special about the sashimi or the sauce. The pieces were quite small, and paying around $30 for a small portion felt a bit overpriced. I probably wouldn’t mind as much if the fish portions were a little more generous. We ordered four dishes: salmon latkes, kanpachi crudo, wagyu kushiyaki, and chicken heart yakitori. For two people, we fe

Jennie Zeng★★★★

We dined here with the red dinning book experience. We had the chawan mush, chicken wing and chicken gizzard yakitori, black cod and yakisoba. Potions are pretty small, so make sure to order at least 3+ dishes. I didn’t really like the yakisoba because the charsiu pork have too much fat.

Eric Jin Cheng★★★★★

Fantastic meal. Easily ranks among my top 15 restaurants in Los Angeles. Tsubaki, tucked away in a quieter corner of Echo Park, delivered a warm, elevated, and refreshingly unpretentious dining experience. The food not only hit the mark in flavor but also left us feeling fully satisfied. Standout dishes included the scallop skewers, clams, and Caesar salad: especially the salad, which was a surprisingly fresh and inventive twist on a classic. If I were to reorder, I’d probably skip the crab rice and chicken tail, but I’d definitely go for the other chicken skewers again. Overall, excellent