Tempura Endo Beverly Hills - Buy Reservations

We had been to Tempura Endo twice in Kyoto and got excited that there was a Beverly Hillslocation. Food is flawless.. very close to five stars but it's a tiny bit on the expensive side for how much food you get. We'll still come back for sure.

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I went to this restaurant's Kyoto "headquarters " several times. I was surprised Beverly Hills 's branch has same quality. Highly recommended if you want authentic Japanese tempura experience.

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I've had Tempura Endo bookmarked for the longest time, finally decided to give it a try since my dietary restriction was not allowing me to eat sushi, thought I'd use this "opportunity" to give this place a try. I personally don't think this place is up to Michelin star standards, from the quality and quantity of their food to the quality of their service, the only thing that was up to Michelin star standard was their pricing. There are three different tasting menus. The middle one was $200, the highest one was $280. The difference between the two was a lobster tempura and a bite of wagyu cube. We chose the middle tasted at first, a lot of yelp reviews said the highest one did not worth the price. But after a few bites of tempura we decided to just upgrade and see what they are since we might never come back here again. Just like other Yelpers said, totally not worth the upgrade, but hey I just had to do it. We wouldn't mind paying the extra if we were given decent quality and quantity of foods. Unfortunately we were given frozen lobsters and a tiny bite of beef. If the lobsters were fresh then I would have no complain, although the beef cube was super tiny. I actually liked the beef cube. Don't get me wrong, their tempuras were better than any other restaurants' in LA. That said, not every dish was cooked to perfection. Scallops were overcooked, and the caviar inside didn't even taste like caviar, was completely tasteless. The last rice dish was tasteless, super doughy. The people next to us were given much bigger mushroom pieces than mine, just because they were guys who doubled my size? Their dessert was basically some store bought cheap matcha ice cream with a piece of red bean dessert that's also store bought, they basically took it out of the wrapper and cut it in half, put it on a plate, wala! In this case I'd rather have them given me the dessert with wrapper so it's not contaminated. It was not even good, really hard. I've had much better store bought ones. The restaurant didn't feel clean. I was sitting at the bar in front of their utensils. I saw one of the waitresses was preparing trays for customers, she picked up the chopstick by where customers would use to eat, placed them in the tray. How often do they wash their hands? That really grossed me out. I could tell that they tried to provide high quality service, but it is what it is, small things count. It is a tempura restaurant so you would think they have a good ventilation system especially they charge a premium. But the restaurant's ventilation system sucked, we smelled like oil after dinner. If you haven't been and have the money to splurge then give this place a try just so you have been here. I definitely won't be going there again.

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My favorite place! So good I loved the food so delicious I can't wait to come back again !!! thank you Satoshi Masuda!

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Holy smokes, what an experience! It'll cost a pretty penny, but highly recommended. Walking into the little restaurant transported us straight to Japan. We went for the Higashiyama set, which I believe included everything from the other sets along with lobster and wagyu. The four of us sat at the bar, and there was a copper covering over the deep fry area but we were able to see everything being fried and prepared for the most part, similar to one would at a sushi counter. Because there were so many bites that were all very delicious, for brevity's sake I'll list them out and highlight anything of particular note: - Small salad of mushrooms and other autumn vegetables, with grated nagaimo- Salad with crispy tempura bits on top- Tempura corn and shrimp toast: the corn was so fresh sweet and toast was excellent- Sashimi of the day, which included otoro- Tempura shrimp: the head is the best bite!- Tempura crab leg and uni rolled in seaweed: I don't think I've ever had warm uni, and this was a surprise and delight- Tempura ginko nuts, shiso leaf wrapped mozzerella: what a unique combo, a bit nostalgic of mozzerella sticks but also elevated and brand new with the sharp herbiness of shiso cutting through - Tempura white fish (halibut I think), halved and topped with uni and ikura- Tempura whole lobster tail- Kabocha bisque- Tempura scallop filled with caviar: a creative dish I've never seen or thought of before- Tempura tofu: the tofu was SO soft and more like pudding in texture - Tempura wagyu- Another tempura white fish with curry powder- Ten-cha with tempura shrimp and Japanese pickles: for this, you have the option of going with the ten-don (shrimp over rice), ten-cha (what I got, which is tea poured over shrimp), or the ten-soba (shrimp over soba)- Matcha, red bean sweets, matcha ice cream, tempura sweet potatoThe meal was both a showcase of the quality and quintessential taste of ingredients alone and an extravagant display of the ability to control cooking temperature and oil to balance the flavors and textures of every piece of fried food. If I had to gripe at all, it would be -- the portions were too generous and it was SO much food! I rolled out thinking that I could've done without the entire lobster tail (one piece would've sufficed!) and smaller bites. Champagne problem, really.

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I took my bf here for his birthday back in June, and 6 months later, I still dream of this place. This is essentially an omakase for all things tempura. Think of the simplest, yet most luxurious ingredients, fried ever so delicately to perfection. To go all out, we ended up getting the $280 Higashiyama menu. Although, if we were to go back again casually, we would opt for the a la carte items since it ended up being A LOT of food, some of it we could do without.Standouts of the tempura were the corn, mushroom, shrimp bread, live scampi, sea urchin, scallop with caviar, lobster, and wagyu Miyazaki-A5. I am salivating just thinking about it. I also really enjoyed the Ten-Cha and Ten-Soba at the end of the meal. I didn't really care for the salad or the dessert.We ordered 2 bottles of sake for 4 of us to share. Although it was probably the most delicious sake I've ever had, it was highly marked up from the retail price, so just be prepared for that if you decide to drink. It was overall a pricey experience, but an unforgettable experience nonetheless!

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Great tempura place !!!! It is hard to find a great Japanese restaurant in LA because most of them are just the hype and hip places . I love the freshness of food here . Light but flavorful which is very rare in US. Every bite you have , you wanna say '"mmmmmm" . At the end , you will have "not too sweet" deserts which is perfect . My favorites were corn tempura and scallop and caviar tempura. Can't wait to go back !

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