If you drive by Katsu on Rosecrans and Highland, you probably won't even notice it is there. They do not have any signage on the building! There is a red awning and a door with an "A" rating hung on it and that is it. You better know what you are looking for. But most good restaurants gain customers by word of mouth and Katsu certainly is proof of that point. You rarely have to wait for a seat for lunch, but at the same time they don't often have many open tables. Parking can be a bit of an issue, especially in summer time when beach goers are out. There is parking on either side of Rosecrans with parking meters that take credit cards and in the two story parking structure at the northeast corner of Rosecrans and Highland with parking meters that take coins only.
At first blush, Katsu might seem like a typical "beach sushi" restaurant when you are greeted by a surf board hanging on the wall. But Katsu is anything but "beach sushi". The food is high quality and very authentic Japanese sushi. The atmosphere is fairly quiet and obviously geared toward business people. There is a small sushi bar with about 6 seats and then two levels of tables for two or four in this tri-level restaurant. The restaurant is traditional Japanese fare with curry, soba, bento, and a number of different "dons" or bowls. The pricing is quite reasonable given the quality of the food and the proximity to the beach.
Each lunch is served with hot tea, miso soup, and a fresh salad with light dressing. My favorite lunch order is the "chirashi" sushi bowl. It contains a generous amount of sushi rice topped with a diverse array of sashimi. I will list the fish in order of my personal preference from least favorite to most favorite.
jeffmbca
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