Kazu Nori Set to Open Seventh Location in Wilshire Center

Kazu Nori is expanding to a seventh location in Wilshire Center/ Koreatown, at 3465 W. 6th St #50.

The new restaurant will replace Round Table Grill at an undisclosed date. Kazu Nori is a part of Sushi Nozawa Group, a local group that owns Sugarfish and Nozawa Bar. These restaurants are owned and operated by Jerry Greenberg and Kazunori Nozawa, who started the group in Studio City in 2008. Now, the group is getting ready to open their new restaurant in a 1,612 square-foot location with 24 indoor seats, according to a case filing for the restaurant submitted to the City of Los Angeles.

Kazu Nori is the self-proclaimed “original hand roll bar,” and first opened its doors in 2014 at its Downtown LA location at 421 S. Main St. Following the opening, Nozawa and Greenberg opened five more locations in Los Angeles at Mid-Wilshire, Marina del Rey, Santa Monica, Westwood, and one in New York City.

The Sushi Nozawa Group takes great pride in its quality of fish and the process in which it’s served. Traditional rice cookers are not good enough for them, as they’ve spent over $50,000 on finding a rice cooker that could achieve a restaurant-grade certification. The restaurant doesn’t offer many sauces, but you will discover house-prepared soy sauce and ponzu. Finally, the fish is hand-selected from local fish markets. The restaurant is currently exploring a technology that could freeze the fish in one minute, creating a unique way of preparation that doesn’t diminish the fish’s flavor.

“Every piece of sushi we serve— whether it comes from a 150-pound big eye tuna or a two-pound snapper—is selected for us, by us,” according to their website. “Each fish is different, but we are always looking for the highest quality, whether it is color, fat content, size, freshness and how the fish was handled. When it comes to quality fish, there is no compromise.”