what a horrible franchising idea to take all the reputation Katsu-Ya has built and exploit it by opening up a location in a glorified suburban mall. the football stadium sized floorplan made it hard to make eye contact with our waiter for any request - including asking them to refill the empty soy sauce container. two separate kitchens for hot and cold items required the waiter to explain that our dishes would come randomly and at odd intervals - and they did. at least two tables of ""party of 12"" guests complete with tots in high-chairs blared loudly that this is now a ""family restaurant"" rather than one of the top 10 sushi joints in LA. so sorry to have spent my money at this location - next time... Hollywood or a more low-key Studio City! (and i'm Armenian!)
Pros: they have some of the dishes from the flagship Katsu-Ya restaurants (but not all)
Cons: overall ambiance, weird 2 kitchen floorplan, bad service
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