4. Matsuhisa

There are many better Japanese food options in LA. We had a dreadful omakase meal consisting of 9 courses, of which 3 were soup. Miso, suimoto with enoki, and miso with clams (okay, a clam, and a small one, at that). In all fairness, Nobu wasn't in that evening, but when we brought it to the manager's attention, he did NOTHING. No feigned surprise at our overly liquid repast, no apology, just, "We haven't had any other complaints." We even wrote to Nobu, but of course, our letter was ignored. BTW, this was our 4th experience there in 2 yrs. We used to fly in from Hawaii to eat there (well, among other places). We still fly in, but don't waste our time and $$$ at that place when there are other restaurants that actually value our business.