Kushi Shabu Restaurant Reviews
Submitted by JOAN LIOU on 06/22/2022
JOAN LIOU 4 stars rating.
Friendly staff, great service, good meat and sauce????????
Jason Dai 5 stars rating.
Came with a group of 10 and we had excellent service in the private room. Food was good
Submitted by Jason Dai on 07/24/2022
Mark Santiago 5 stars rating.
Absolutely love this place. Friendly staff, great meat and sauces, and amazing ambience.
I live nearby so I eat here almost every week. 1 plate is enough to keep me content, but the AYCE option is available for those that want more.
Submitted by Mark Santiago on 05/07/2022
Sammy Hoang 2 stars rating.
Order the kobe all you can eat 85 usd per person(they said it was weekend and everyone had to order same all you can eat) total 7 order all you eat kobe.. 5 adults and 2 kids with 1 order seafood extra at 14usd. Alot food but quality of the beef was average, seafood was not fresh. First time and last time.
Submitted by Sammy Hoang on 03/25/2022
Brandon Sato 3 stars rating.
Came here after work with some coworkers and we had a craving for shabu shabu. We ordered a few plates of beef and pork for the shabu shabu plus the vegetables. I wanted to give more stars, but service was a bit lacking. They forgot our orders a few times and we didn't get certain items like desserts for all 3 of us, which comes with the meat and vegetables despite ordering extra plates later. Just felt very much like they were cheapening out on us as much as possible. Overall, it was alright, though I'm not super inclined to visit again
Submitted by Brandon Sato on 08/29/2021
Lorenzo Patricio 3 stars rating.
Had a huge craving for shabu shabu so I decided to hit up Kushi Shabu Restaurant in Little Tokyo DTLA. I’ve been before but it has been a really long time. There wasn’t much of a wait since I showed up exactly at 6pm, when they open. If you’re looking to indulge in shabu shabu gluttony, then Kushi is the place for you. They’re have all you can eat Shabu Shabu starting at $36.99. Since it’s been a while since I’ve had shabu shabu, I opted for the all you can eat. Their beef is ok. I actually enjoyed their pork more which is weird because I always go for the beef. Why the 3 stars? Well the service was a bit lacking when I went. I’d give them 4 stars for their all you can eat options but I was really disappointed with how I was served. I was seated right away, which was cool and I got my order of meat rather quickly but that was pretty much it. I didn’t get the condiments and seasoning that you would normally get at a shabu shabu restaurant like the green onions, goma, garlic etc. I had to repeated ask for it. The rice and vegetables didn’t come right away. I was halfway done with the serving of beef before I followed up about the rice and vegetables. The rice finally came but I had to ask again for the vegetables. I love meat and all but after a while you want some vegetables. So that was disappointing. Their ponzu and goma wasn’t the best but it got the job done. Would I go back, maybe.
Submitted by Lorenzo Patricio on 04/02/2021
H Valmahr 5 stars rating.
Best Shabu house ever!!!!
Heard they were opened now (July 3rd visit) so I went to dine in, outdoor seating, but it was a beautiful view!!
Their beef Shabu is soooo delicious their peanut sauce is by far the best in Little Tokyo, I've been to others but they're all super diluted and/or they're all very, very watery.
Paired with an glass of iced plum wine on a hot summer day it cannot get better than that...but it can.
Their meals come in half or full to which you get veggies, rice, peanut sauce, choice of Shabu, DESSERT, miso soup and more for a really good price!
Always, always going back and not to another one.
Submitted by H Valmahr on 07/04/2020
Valerie Yip 1 stars rating.
When we ordered, the female waiter didn’t even allow us to finish before she just rushed The restaurant was not packed at all with many empty tables but she was plain rude. When we tried to ask her something about the menu, she didn’t even bother to explain to us and expect us to somehow figure it ourselves. Also, with the language barrier that she couldn’t speak fluent English, was not helping at all. She literally threw the radish and onions in the sauce without even asking for our preferences
Submitted by Valerie Yip on 12/29/2019
Jiahui Zhou 5 stars rating.
I was amazed upon entering the restaurant, as if suddenly I set foot on a foreign land. The worn but not tired, rather graceful pieces of wooden furniture were companioned by various little souvenirs in such an arrangement that rendered the space neither austere nor compact. The beef was of high quality, and the noodles were unexpectedly good. Compared to other shabu restaurants I've visited, the veggies might not be the best of the kind, and the choice of sauces was on the side of being rather limited. In all, it was a nice dining experience, except that on Sunday noon only one person was on service duty, and however nice he was, it made one feel that he needed some help.
Submitted by Jiahui Zhou on 08/04/2019
Octavio Akiyama 4 stars rating.
The restaurant itself is quite nice, its a quiet atmosphere, very attentive staff, and the food is pretty good. My review will mainly be able the Shabu Shabu. On most days, if you're coming here just to catch up with friends or something, I wouldn't recommend it. This is because it is a little expensive, at $50 a person, BUT the best days to go are Monday and Thursday, as they discount the prices to $35-37 a person, a savings of $15 a person, which could be better spent on the drinks.
The All You Can Eat is truly all you can eat, it just keeps coming and coming, until you let them know you're done. The price includes all kinds of things, a small salad, rice (I think, they may have changed that since I went), the shabu shabu itself, and an ice cream for dessert. The staff themselves are very attentive, they come by nearly every time they pass by you to check on you and see if you need a refill or want more meat. This is a great place to go if you have an enormous appetite (which honestly, you should, as you're spending $50 on a normal day, just to make it worth it).
All in all, my only gripe with this place is the price, but that is easily remedied by the fact that they have days where they discount the All You Can Eat plates.
Submitted by Octavio Akiyama on 01/13/2017
