The Best Sushi in Los Angeles, Ranked: Gardena Beats Little Tokyo

Sushi Sonagi in Gardena tops the order, Morihiro comes second, and Little Tokyo's $300 Sushi Kaneyoshi lands sixth.

The best sushi in Los Angeles is served at a 10-seat counter on Artesia Boulevard in Gardena, and you book a seat a month out, at midnight, with a deposit.

That's Sushi Sonagi. The Infatuation gives it a 9.2, the highest score on its list of top-rated sushi spots in L.A. My order starts from the critics' ratings, then counts the bill and the booking just as heavily. That's why the city's most famous $300 counter comes in sixth.

How this list was made: I picked one counter from each of six parts of town, from the South Bay to the Valley, then ordered them by the critics' rating, the bill and how hard a seat is to get. The places, ratings and prices come from The Infatuation, including the prices in its July 17 omakase guide, plus Morihiro's own posted menu. Nobody from The LA Globe ate at these counters, so every word about the food comes from the critics who did.

1. Sushi Sonagi, Gardena

The dinner costs $250, according to The Infatuation, and runs two hours and 19 courses: Japanese technique with Korean touches. Between rounds of nigiri come plates like dolsot bibimbap with snow crab and little monkfish liver tarts topped with caviar. Bookings open 30 days ahead at midnight, a deposit holds the seat, and there's a waitlist for cancellations. The same guide gives its open nights as both Tuesday to Friday and Friday to Sunday, so check the booking calendar before you plan a night around it. It's for the birthday you'll plan a month ahead.

2. Morihiro, Echo Park

Morihiro got a 9.0 from The Infatuation, whose Jan. 26 review says it offers both a high-end omakase and an à la carte menu. Its own autumn menu lists Akita Komachi rice grown in Iwate, Japan, female snow crab from Hokkaido, and toro tartare with kaluga caviar. On the à la carte side, California rolls sit right beside traditional Edomae rolls. The menu doesn't post prices. It's for the table where one friend wants the full omakase and another just wants a roll.

3. Sushi Masuyoshi, Culver City

Before this counter, the chef ran sushi dinners in people's houses, The Infatuation says, and now he works alone in front of five seats. The 18-course omakase costs $185, up from the $165 The Infatuation listed in its October 2025 review. That's still the lowest posted price among the four counters The Infatuation rates 8.7 or higher, and the guide calls it a generous deal. It's for whoever makes a dinner party fun.

4. Go's Mart, Canoga Park

It ties Morihiro at 9.0, but nobody can tell you what the check will be. The omakase starts at $250 and keeps going until you quit, so The Infatuation advises giving the chef a ceiling. Picture bright orange paint, a dance studio for a neighbor and, by the guide's measure, a room about as big as "a janitor's closet." You have to call to reserve. It's for the Valley regular with no number in mind.

5. Matsumoto, Koreatown

This is the one that works tonight. The Infatuation lists the omakase at $80 to $290 and scaled to whatever you tell the chefs you want to spend. It's good for eating alone and for walk-ins, it does a takeout omakase too, and it's in a strip mall on Western Avenue. Its 8.4 is the lowest score on this list, and it's the only place here where your budget sets the menu.

6. Sushi Kaneyoshi, Little Tokyo

At $300, Kaneyoshi carries the highest price on this list and a lower rating, 8.5, than the four counters at the top of this list. The Infatuation calls it "a favorite of the private jet and grand cru crowd." You go through an office lobby and down into a 10-seat room. A month of reservations goes live on the first at 3 p.m. and usually sells out in minutes. Strike out, and the guide points next door to Sawa, the same team's 10-seat bar, where cocktails share the counter with omakase and bookings tend to come easier. I put it sixth because the price and the scramble for a seat cost more than the extra prestige gives back.

Not ranked yet: Caya, Eagle Rock

Caya's own website announced its grand opening on Eagle Rock Boulevard for Sept. 11. On Sept. 30, The Infatuation described it as a sushi and sake bar billed as "upscale Japanese fusion," with otoro nigiri topped with caviar and truffle, udon carbonara with uni and a big covered patio. Its writers said they hadn't been yet. It goes on this list once somebody's verdict is in.

Source: theinfatuation.com, retrieved October 22, 2026. Other sources: theinfatuation.com (2), morionodera.com, Caya's website, theinfatuation.com (3).