Bill Addison, Patricia Escárcega
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Los Angeles Times
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May 16, 2019
Hayato, a seven-seat sanctuary that serves $200-per-person multi-course dinners inspired by Japanese kaiseki traditions. I’ve been a restaurant critic for 17 years; I assigned stars as part of my job for a dozen of those years, and I preferred a five-star
carnitas within L.A.’s universe of Mexican restaurants, these are, to the best of my knowledge, the ultimate. Hayato serves the most exhilarating, mind-expanding tasting menu I’ve experienced so far in Los Angeles. I’d be tempted to hand the restaurant five