Robatanyaki in LA? Help!

Just got back from Tokyo and had an amazing "robatanyaki" style dinner at Tan-To in the Roppangi district. This style of meal was more delicious and more fun than anything I've ever experienced in Japanese cuisine. Where can I get the "robatanyaki" experience in the LA area? I need another fix soon! Thanks much!

I like a place called Otafuku. I think that's the name. It's in Torrance, I believe near 166th st. and Western. On the Sunset Strip there's Katana, which is owned by the Sushi Roku
people. Very hip and not as serious about the food.

FYI, Otafuku is a noodle shop specializing in soba and udon. Roba_t_a_yaki is not served.

I like NanBanKan on Santa Monica Blvd, near the 405.

Second the Nanbankan rec (I always do!)

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I also recommend Nanbankan. Went on sunday night and had the aussie lamb chops, hamachi kama, asparagus maki and headed down Sawtelle to crepes to go for dessert. The lamb chops were excellent and the hamachi kama was also done nicely. Not too impressed by the asparagus this time around since it got a little too charred for my taste.

[J.L.]

NanBanKan is your best bet.

Musha is an izakaya, not a robata-ya.

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Musha
424 Wilshire Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90401

robata-ya
los angeles, Los Angeles, CA

Robatayaki is one of my favorite Japanese cuisines. This type of cooking holds favor in the style of pubs called izakaya, so the two terms are somewhat synonymous. Yakitori shops specialize in skewered chicken parts, while the term robatayaki encompasses seafood, beef, pork, sparrow, pretty much anything you can grill.

Shin Sen Gumi own a group of restaurants in Torrance, Gardena, and Fountain Valley. Two of these shops do yakitori / robatayaki. In Tustin, there's Honda Ya. There's a couple more in LA, but I haven't been to them, so I'll let someone else comment on those.

Shin Sen Gumi
18315 Brookhurst Ave.
Fountain Valley
714-962-8952
or
18517 S. Western Ave
Gardena
310-715-1588

Honda Ya
556 El Camino Real
Tustin
714-832-0081

I second each of those recs. Can't go wrong with either one.

There is also Kappo Honda in Fountain Valley, which is popular among the young and hip Japanese.

Hey, where are some in LA? Remember those of us who live beyond the Orange Curtain and are averse to driving over an hour for a meal. Thanks! ps -- will you be at wat thai on sat?

[JAB]

There's a Honda Ya in Little Tokyo as well.

Try Musha in torrance:

get the hire beef ponzu or tan shio...

YOU'll love it...

I'm also a veteran of the tokyo food scene and I think its the best in the world...Although LA cant exactly duplicate your experience, I think you'll come pretty close

[awinner]

I really wish there was something located in the San Fernando Valley