Suehiro DTLA

This charming Japanese diner's been around since 1972—and while Suehiro recently relocated from Little Tokyo to Downtown L.A., the unpretentious menu still offers just as much old-school Japanese comfort from a much larger, sleeker dining room. Even in new digs, the unpretentious menu still offers just as much old-school comfort from a much larger, sleeker dining room. Dishes like curry udon, shrimp tempura, straightforward donburi and okonomi combo plates always satisfy, but my favorite dish is the beef hayashi rice: a rich, comforting demi-glace sauce topped with a supplemental fried egg. Over in Chinatown, you can find much of the menu available for delivery until 12:40am via Suehiro Mini, which offers a truncated (but vegan-friendly) menu of ramen, udon, curry and rice bowls and a handful of seats for dine-in. The Downtown menu is surprisingly vegan-friendly, with plant-based takes on yakisoba, mapo tofu and ramen.