2of five · Restaurants · Silver Lake
Izakaya Osen
Japanese · Izakaya · $$
A wood-panelled strip-mall room that feels like an actual Japanese tavern — yakitori smoke in your clothes by the end of the night. Chef Damon Cho's donburi and the two-person chirashi are the value play; the à la carte nigiri holds up too. Book ahead, it's tiny.
Reservations recommendedA small room — book ahead or plan on waiting at the door.
Good for
Date nightA small, calm room made for two.
Sushi with a friendOrder across the menu and split it.
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