Yabu
A West LA soba restaurant whose official lunch menu offers both seafood-and-vegetable and vegetable-only tempura pairings.
How we calculate this
We combine ratings from independent platforms and weight each source by how many ratings back its score.
- Google Maps4.5219 ratingsCounted
- Yelp3.9525 reviewsCounted
= 4.1 / 5 · 2 independent sources, each weighted by how many ratings back it.
Our own Taster score is never mixed in.
Public platform ratings, shown as of when we last checked, kept separate from our own Taster score.
What diners are saying
Distinct notes drawn from the public review sample, attributed summaries, not verbatim quotes or our own review.
One diner recommends Yabu as a Westside option for a tempura-soba outing when a trip to the South Bay is less convenient
This is a useful local recommendation, not a substantial review corpus
Diners praise the from-scratch soba and good-value lunch sets
A few feel quality has slipped over the years
One recommendation, no detailed tasting account and no independently extracted date.
Best tempura soba?, FoodLosAngelesWhy it matters
Provides a Westside option for readers looking for tempura with noodles rather than a dedicated omakase counter.
Dishes highlighted in the coverage we read, not a promise of today’s menu, and not our own picks.
Listed on sources checked today; live operation was not phone-verified.
Location & visit
11820 W Pico Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90064 · Los Angeles, California
How ratings work
Diner ratings. We show each platform's public rating as of the date we recorded it, on a 5-point scale, with a link to the current rating. Our tempura rating is our own firsthand tempura score, always kept separate and never blended in.
Diner consensus. We combine independent platforms into one score, weighting each by how many ratings back it. Platforms that share the same reviews are counted once, and the consensus only appears with two or more independent sources.
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