Sushi Spot

The restaurant's chef is sushi chef Taku Shimuchi (referred to on the restaurant's own site simply as 'Chef Taku').

• Sushi Spot (official website) — Sushi Spot · link
  “Chef Taku makes sure to pick the freshest fish and ingredients daily”
• Sushi from Sushi Spot Tarzana — Time Out Los Angeles — Time Out · link
  “Taku Shimuchi”
• 33 Best Sushi Restaurants in Los Angeles — Time Out — Time Out · link
  “Taku Shimuchi”

Sushi Spot is family owned and operated and has been for over 33 years.

• Sushi Spot (official website) — Sushi Spot · link
  “family owned and operated for over 33 years”

The signature value set / Chef's Tasting Course features warm-rice nigiri, an albacore sashimi course, baked mussels and baked scallops, a crab-stuffed squid, spicy tuna sushi, and a Blue Crab hand roll.

• Sushi Spot (official website) — Sushi Spot · link
  “Starting with a half order of Albacore Sashimi ... Tuna, Yellowtail, Snapper, Halibut, Salmon, Shrimp, Scallop, Spicy Tuna Sushi, Eel, Butterfish, Stuffed Squid, Baked Mussel, Baked Scallop ... Ending with our delicious Blue Crab handroll”
• Sushi from Sushi Spot Tarzana — Time Out Los Angeles — Time Out · link
  “Each carefully made piece of warm rice nigiri at this Tarzana restaurant comes simply, and elegantly, seasoned”
• At Sushi Spot, bliss is a $60 omakase — The Infatuation · link
  “seven pieces of above-average nigiri, sashimi, two baked courses, tuna crispy rice, and a crab hand roll”

Signature items in the $60 set include around seven pieces of nigiri, sashimi, mussels and scallops baked in egg yolk, a squid stuffed with crab meat, spicy tuna crispy rice, and a blue crab hand roll.

• Sushi Spot (official website) — Sushi Spot · link
  “stuffed squid, baked mussel, and baked scallop, ending with blue crab handroll”
• At Sushi Spot, bliss is a $60 omakase — The Infatuation · link
  “seven pieces of above-average nigiri, sashimi, two baked courses, tuna crispy rice, and a crab hand roll [...] buttery mussels and scallops baked in egg yolk [...] five-inch-long squid stuffed with crab meat [...] spicy tuna crispy rice”

Sushi Spot is located at 19658 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana, CA 91356 (phone 818-345-8651), on the Ventura Boulevard 'Sushi Row' corridor.

• Sushi Spot (official website) — Sushi Spot · link
  “19658 Ventura blvd. Tarzana Ca, 91356”
• Sushi from Sushi Spot Tarzana — Time Out Los Angeles — Time Out · link
  “19658 Ventura Blvd”
• At Sushi Spot, bliss is a $60 omakase — The Infatuation · link
  “19658 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana, CA 91356”

Sushi Spot is open as of 2026, serving dinner Tuesday-Saturday (about 5:00-9:30 PM, last call 9 PM), closed Sunday and Monday.

• Sushi Spot (official website) — Sushi Spot · link
  “5:00 P.M.- 9:30 P.M (LAST CALL AT 9 P.M.) ... Open -Tuesday- Saturday closed- monday + sunday”
• Sushi from Sushi Spot Tarzana — Time Out Los Angeles — Time Out · link
  “Tue–Sat 5–9:30pm”
• SUSHI SPOT - Updated May 2026 - 19658 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana (Yelp) — Yelp · link
  “Updated May 2026 ... 19658 Ventura Blvd, Tarzana, California”

Sushi Spot sits on Ventura Boulevard's 'Sushi Row' — described by The Infatuation as an 18-mile stretch from Studio City to Calabasas with the highest concentration of sushi restaurants in America — and is regarded as an old-school, value-driven holdover (warm-rice, no-frills nigiri) amid that corridor.

• The Best Sushi Restaurants Along The Valley's Sushi Row — The Infatuation (Los Angeles) · link
  “the 18-mile stretch of Ventura Boulevard from Studio City to Calabasas [...] home to the highest concentration of sushi restaurants in America [...] It's the birthplace of spicy tuna crispy rice”
• At Sushi Spot, bliss is a $60 omakase — The Infatuation · link
  “This tiny Tarzana sushi bar has all the elements of a Ventura Boulevard classic”

A USPTO 'SUSHI SPOT' word mark exists (Reg. No. 4248892, Serial 85464422, filed 2011-11-04, registered 2012-11-27, Class 043, owned by 'Sushi Spot II LLC'), but it is NOT tied to the Tarzana restaurant: it belongs to an unrelated operator, and multiple distinct 'Sushi Spot' businesses exist (Arcata CA, Brooklyn NY, Plano TX). The Tarzana restaurant claims a 1989 opening, predating the 2011 trademark filing.

• Sushi Spot (Arcata, CA - official website) — Sushi Spot Arcata · link
  “Sushi Spot – Japanese Restaurant; 670 9th St #101, Arcata, CA”
• ✗ SUSHI SPOT - Trademark Details (Reg. 4248892 / Serial 85464422) — Justia Trademarks · link
  “registration number 4248892 and serial number 85464422 [...] registration date of November 27, 2012 and original filing date of November 4, 2011 [...] restaurants, sushi restaurants and sushi take out services under International Class 043 [...] Sushi Spot II LLC”

Sushi Spot's headline value set is about $60 (The Infatuation and the official site list the Chef's Tasting Course at $60; Time Out's roundup cites a $65 chef's set course), with a separate market-priced omakase running roughly $100.

• Sushi Spot (official website) — Sushi Spot · link
  “chef's tasting course $60 ... omakase $m.p.”
• At Sushi Spot, bliss is a $60 omakase — The Infatuation · link
  “your only order should be the $60 omakase”
• 33 Best Sushi Restaurants in Los Angeles — Time Out — Time Out · link
  “The $65 chef's set course includes a sashimi course, a dozen or so pieces of sushi and a handroll ... The market priced omakase starts at around $100”