3 ranked business dining restaurants in Torrance, Los Angeles — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
3 picksThese are the 3 best Torrance restaurants for a business lunch or dinner, ranked. Nozomi is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.8 stars across 3,296 reviews. This is a higher-spend list — plan accordingly. If you only order one thing, make it the nigiri at Nozomi. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Torrance covers a lot of ground for its size — Japanese and Sushi are all well represented across the 3 spots we track here, and the neighborhood averages 4.6 stars.
a strip-mall sushi bar with a bargain omakase and the best fish selection around
Must-try: Nigiri, Toro, Santa Barbara uni
📍 1757 W Carson St, Torrance, CA 90501
Japanese in Torrance — 4.5 across 3,563 diner reviews
Must-try: Bluefin toro, Golden eye snapper, 10-day-aged amberjack
📍 20920 Hawthorne Blvd, Torrance, CA 90503
Japanese in Torrance — 4.4 across 723 diner reviews
Must-try: Tonkatsu, Millefeuille pork
📍 1652 Cabrillo Ave, Torrance, CA 90501
Nozomi — 4.8 stars across 3,296 reviews, the highest on this list. a strip-mall sushi bar with a bargain omakase and the best fish selection around.
None of the 3 on this page take online bookings — they are walk-in or phone-only. Going early, or on a weeknight, is the reliable move.
The nigiri at Nozomi, the bluefin toro at Sushi Inaba and the tonkatsu at Kagura. Those are the dishes regulars point to first.
Ratings and review volume decide the order, but the list itself is drawn from restaurants people actually post about — 3 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.