December 6, 2007
Anonymous Hong Kong,
Having live in Toronto, New York, Charlotte, Shanghai, Hong Kong and Tokyo, and have tried numerous sushi places, Nozawa has the best sushi,. No contest.
Ms. Virbira obviously has no clue about the fine art of eating sushi.
May 21, 2007
Anonymous Los Angeles, CA
After seeing other readers defend Nozawa, I reluctantly have to interject and support Irene's review. I have been making sushi for fifteen years. My family works in the Tsukiji fish market. I have been to Sushi Nozawa a couple times and found nothing extraordinary other than how rude the staff is. Nozawa's behavior is an embarrassment to the entire industry.
May 28, 2005
D. Sinclair BURBANK, CA
I don't get Ms. Virbila's review at all. Nozawa's fish is amazing: fresh, pure, generously sliced, and the best I've had anywhere here or in Japan (though tsujiki fish market in tokyo close second). He remembers my preferences and contrary to the reviewer's comments gives me special tidbits and a menu tailored for me. Last time: yellowtail, snapper with shiso, oysters, salmon eggs, monkfish liver handroll, giant clam with shiso, uni, albacore, and a little bowl of seaweed.
September 8, 2004
Anonymous Anonymous L.A., CA
With her one-star review of Nozawa, which arguably serves the best, freshest fish in Los Angeles, if not the country, Virbila has lost credibility.
Her gripe seems to be that the place is too popular, and that obviously bothers her.
Yes, Mr. Nozawa is a serious man, who takes the quality of his food seriously. Yes, there are rules: no california roll, no spicy tuna roll. Yes, his motto is "Trust Me". If you're smart, you do that.
Virbila seems to have no understanding that Nozawa's method's and discipline are authentically Japanese. If you don't like the way he operates his restaurant, don't go-- but don't denigrate it out of ignorance.
Nozawa is a master. And he continues to serve the finest, purest, simplest sushi we are lucky enough to get here in Los Angeles.
