3 ranked dinner with friends restaurants in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles — with ratings, must-try dishes and live availability.
3 picksThese are the 3 best Little Tokyo restaurants for a group dinner, ranked. Sushi Takeda is the pick if you want the surest thing — 4.9 stars across 881 reviews. Restaurant Ki is the one to book when you would rather not spend much. Prices run the whole way from $ counters to $$$$ rooms. If you only order one thing, make it the iwashi maki at Sushi Takeda. None of these take online reservations — they are walk-in or phone-only, so go early.
Little Tokyo covers a lot of ground for its size — Sushi, Korean and Japanese are all well represented across the 3 spots we track here, and the neighborhood averages 4.6 stars.
a third-floor Weller Court counter with tiered omakase pricing
Must-try: Iwashi maki, Ikura bowl, Uni bowl
📍 123 Astronaut Ellison S Onizuka St #307, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Korean in Little Tokyo — 4.5 across 2,350 diner reviews
Must-try: Duck liver mousse with white peach jelly, Tuna kimbap
📍 111 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Japanese in Little Tokyo — 4.3 across 465 diner reviews
Must-try: Uni risotto, Agedashi tofu, Beef tongue
📍 424 E 2nd St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
Sushi Takeda — 4.9 stars across 881 reviews, the highest on this list. a third-floor Weller Court counter with tiered omakase pricing.
Restaurant Ki at $$ — 4.5 stars without the $$$$ bill. 1 of the 3 restaurants on this page are $$ or under.
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 iwashi maki at Sushi Takeda, the duck liver mousse with white peach jelly at Restaurant Ki and the uni risotto at Kinjiro. 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 — 1 of the 3 here have a TikTok attached to their card. Every entry is checked as open before it ships.