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I had been to the Katsuya in Brentwood before, and while all these Japanese restaurants seem the same to me (Katsuya, Nobu, Sushi Samba, Social House, etc.) and are pricey for having such small portions, I keep coming back to them anyway :p Each restaurant either has some kind of stand-out dish or ambiance nice enough to make me want to come back.
For Katsuya, the stand-out dish is their Crispy Rice with Spicy Tuna - it is a MUST! Other than that, we got items that you usually can't go wrong with and they did not go wrong: Creamy Rock Shrimp, Yellowtail Sashimi with Jalapeno, Miso-Marinated Black Cod, and mochi for dessert. Actually, I had never had mochi before so I had nothing to compare theirs to, but it was ok - nothing all that special.
Service started out pretty good but started to slack off a bit. For instance, the mochi my sister and I ordered never came out - I think they had lost the ticket for it or something. Meanwhile, our friend was done with her meal and dessert long before they finally ended up bringing us our mochi. Our server though apologized and made up for it by taking it off our bill. Also a nice touch was the rock shrimp being on the house - I heard the person who brought it out say something about it being a special for locals, and our friend we dined with is a local.
We got seated at a booth which we requested when I made the reservation. It was pretty full on the Sunday night we went. Our reservation was for 8pm, and it stayed busy until closing. It's a trendy place, and the later crowd seemed to be in their clubbing best :p
By the way, did I already mention how good their Crispy Rice with Spicy Tuna is? Hehe :)
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