Yazawa Japanese BBQ - Yakiniku restaurant in Beverly Hills - 9669 S Santa Monica Blvd #2, USA

PROS: - Excellent service (our server was pleasant and grilled all of our meat) - Excellent food (wagyu was fresh and juicy, grilled vegetables were perfectly cooked and sweet) - Overall ambiance of the restaurant was great CONS: - The entrance (door) to this restaurant is a bit hard to find - The omakases do not come with rice, vegetables, or desserts. It is primarily only meat Would I come here again? YES

Omakase wagyu was amazing, probably the best meal of my life. Price is worth it for special occasions, make sure to get a reservation too! They also grill the meat for you! Also, one thing, is that the water bottle is charged at an obscene rate of like $10/bottle, so make sure to ask for tap water.

The service is absolutely nice. I’d firstly recommend the beef tongue, crunchy but soft, very top. Secondly, the Yazawa Special Rice. It smells and tastes perfect, can eat it with soup and wasabi. The whole ‘rice & noodle’ list looks tasty, too. I’d not order the chef’s selection next time. They are all too rich for me. I don’t feel well after eating too oily. Two of the appetizer is raw and very salty. And I don’t like the egg yolk ‘bubble’ sauce of Yazawa-Yaki. IMA has the better egg yolk dipping sauce. However, drinks and tea are excellent.

Very expensive, but you are getting what you are paying for. It's definitely not a meal you would do frequently, but for those times you feel like treating yourself this place has got to be up there. The staff is so nice and attentive, and the food was absolutely delicious. I went to Tokyo 5 years ago, and from what I remember this place matches what you'd expect from a high end Japanese BBQ over there. I look forward to coming back.

I love the experience of cooking my food I loved the place Justin was so kind, hospitable and helpful. We told him that we don’t eat pork or anything with alcohol so he offered us some sauces that doesn’t contain those ingredients and the mashroom order contains it so the chef was kind to do it for us specially without alcohol The meat was so fine and tasty Thank you so much for wonderful dinner.

Always wanted to try Yazawa wagyu since forever... Finally decided to get it for our 12th anniversary and birthdays dinner. We got the A5 Wagyu Assorted Bento (added Tongue & Harami), Kalbi Bento, Garlic rice, Udon, OX Tail soup and salad, total come up to be $197. It is quite expensive, especially when the portions are not that big. The wagyu are superb, grilled to perfection. It doesn't really melt in your mouth, however, the taste is really delicious. The only regret I have would be the ox tail soup and salad. The soup is bland and hardly any meat, it is definitely a rip off. The salad is great, but for $13, i think it is a little too much. Will I dine there again? Probably for special occasions only.

It was our first experience, meat was amazing melt in your mouth A5 wagyu. Our waiter Mathew was excellent as well, guided us through the menu and selections, as it was our first time. We'll be back again, but next time we need an inside table, the outside dining was loud, busy street.

Amazing evening at Yazawa, all the different cuts of the meat was fantastic, the flavours👌🏼tried a couple of salads too and the garlic friend rice, everything including the service was great! Would definitly come back