Reviews for Mizu 212 in Los Angeles, CA
Excellent well ran friendly Shabu Shabu hot pot resturant. High quality meats and veggies with organic options. Great place for... first timers or veterans ZZ more Japanese style than Chinese (you get hot water you flavor wirh various things if you want orkeep it simple to just enjoy the food you cook). Gluten free, vegetarian, and vegan no problem. Can handle most allergy orfood intolerance issues. No reservations unless you want a table that seats four together, otherwise all counterseating. Restrooms. Parking lot out back, sometimes pay on the evenings. Another lot across street under brick building. Somemeter parking. Credit cards OK. Read more
After seeing this place closed for over a year it was nice to see the pots boiling around several tables, far apart from each... other. Service was very attentive- refilling our teas and making our dipping sauce (while other hotpot places have unreasonablyreturned to pre-covid stations of build-your-own condiment sauce mixes). Appreciated the fresh seasonal veggies and qualitymeats. Wish the broth could have been more than just kelp and water. Or add more broth options. Read more
Located right on the corner of Sawtelle and La Grange. Parking can be tricky to find, it's either street or there's a paid lot... on the other side of La Grange. The pros: Very nice and clean atmosphere. Mostly bar seating with a few tables scatteredthroughout, probably not ideal for large parties unless you don't mind being spread out. Staff is friendly and helpful. The foodis delicious. Probably some of the best cuts of beef I've had at a shabu shabu place. Rather than getting large portions of onetype, grab small plates of their variety and see what you like best! The cons most people may have: No flavored broth. Peoplewant their sodium and options. I personally didn't mind as it let me taste the different flavors of the meat better. The cost.Because of the smaller portions with a slightly higher price point I feel like the cost is a tiny bit on the high end. Itdefinitely means this will be more of an occasional dinner rather than a usual spot. Read more
This place has been in place for awhile now. It has been the first place I experienced the joys of Shabu Shabu dining. I still... hold it as a minimal standard for what this type of meal should entail. Granted just recently it has changed hands inmanagement the quality in ingredients have not suffered. Maybe the quantity a bit but the decor and process still holds true from way back. The place is minimalist stools and a wrap around food bar. It has one big event room for semi large party and acouple of tables. Just recently the menu has changed under the new management to include organic food items (still taste thesame) The brewed ponzu is a level above and the Goma sauce is the on point. Not sweet at all allowing the flavor of the meat toshine through. I tried the grass fed beef option (small, standard and large) The standard should get you through but if you wantyour grub on Large will do. Felix the cat is still hanging on the wall. Glad the new management left that well alone. :)Service is still good and friendly. I will miss however the lady that makes the dipping sauces to specification. Read more
A rather upscale shabu shabu experience. I'm personally not a fan of the flavorless broth approach, but the available sauces and... seasoning did a decent job. Overheard that this restaurant will be under new management soon so take my review with a grain ofsalt :) Read more
My favorite shabu shabu restaurant located in the Sawtelle Japantown area of Los Angeles. It's a small, manageable menu that... excels in the optional organic-farmers-local high-quality market fresh veggies that I highly recommend for the add on of ahandful of dollars. The dark leafy green vegetables of rainbow chard and dino kale, trumpet and shitake mushrooms, okra, kubochasquash, snap peas, bok choy, napa, artisanal tofu and other seasonal organics are worth more than the token upgrade price. Ichose the $25 prix fixe menu because I could not decide whether or not I wanted land proteins or sea proteins. This choicealready includes the organic veggies (refills too, that is if you could manage to plow through the humongous bowl of gardenfresh organic veggies!) + 1 choice of 4 types of land protein options (wagyu for me) + 1 choice of 3 types of sea proteins(calamari for me) + dessert (Cabernet sorbet). The Prix fixe and other single protein shabus are shareable (add $5 per person),but really good for a hearty solo shabu. There are also a la carte shabu protein options that include their regular, but stillvery fresh non organic veggies. The prices for those single-choice proteins range in the low-to-mid teens: kurubota pork, wagyu,nigori chicken, and grassfed ribeye. The grassfed wagyu $45 to $55. There are three sizes of Shabu: small, medium and large.Choice of white or brown rice. Ponzu sauce, sesame sauce, and spring onions soy sauce are all set out for each diner. Thereally cool thing about this place is the majority of the restaurant is situated in a tastefully appointed and thoughtful barseating set up shaped in an inverted "J" from the point of view of the doorway as you enter at this corner Sawtelle restaurant.Each seat has it's own shabu pot that your host-server orchestrates and controls of heat and procession of sides and mains foryour yummy shabu meal. They use convection heating for each diner, so there is no radiant heat to make you sweat Read more
This place is some of the best cook it yourself Shabu Shabu on the Westside of Los Angeles. It is a little bit pricey but worth... it for how fresh the food is. Service was good, food was fresh, and staff was friendly. You can share a platter but they docharge a 5 dollar fee for this which I found to be a bit ridiculous. If you want a great cool it yourself place and good servicethen come here. Read more
it served me natural beef and fresh vegetable with brown rice. delicious food and good service eased my stress. Japanese think... that this japanese food is awesome. Read more