Yamashiro Restaurant (Los Angeles, California)

USA / California / West Hollywood / Los Angeles, California / South Sycamore Avenue, 1999 North
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1999 North Sycamore Avenue
Hollywood, CA 90068
(323) 466-5125
yamashirohollywood.com/

For three decades, guests have enjoyed Yamashiro’s gracious Japanese ambience, with its award-winning Japanese menu. Two years ago, a complete management change instituted renovations inside the building and an elegant yet contemporary new direction in service and food, resulting in the creation of the restaurant’s highly praised CalAsian cuisine, complementing classic Japanese favorites. Now the complete dining experience is unmatched in Los Angeles, enhanced by the spectacular view that originally drew the Bernheimer brothers, and later the Glover family, to this Hollywood hilltop to build Yamashiro, Hollywood’s own “Mountain Palace”.

The Bernheimer Estate was built in 1914 to house the brothers' priceless collection of Asian treasures. In order to have an authentic Japanese design, hundreds of skilled craftsmen were brought from Asia to recreate an exact replica of a palace located in the Yamashiro mountains near Kyoto, Japan.

The original Bernheimer structure included a 10-room teak and cedar mansion, where carved rafters were lacquered in gold and tipped with bronze dragons. Superbly landscaped Japanese gardens and a Sacred Inner Court in the center of the home filled with sculptured plants, pools and fish add to the Japanese character of the estate. The colorful hillside terraces included 30,000 varieties of trees, shrubs, waterfalls, hundreds of goldfish, and even exotic birds and monkeys.

After the death of one of the brothers in 1922, the art collections were auctioned off. In the late 1920s/1930s, the estate served as headquarters for the exclusive Hollywood "400 Club," an organization for the elite of the motion picture industry. After WWII, the home was converted into apartments. Soon thereafter, Thomas O. Glover purchased the property and began the restoration of what was to become the Yamashiro restaurant.
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Coordinates:   34°6'21"N   118°20'32"W

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  • Yesss. Four year anniversary with my girlfriend. Best restaurant ever!
  • Yamashiro is still open! http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-yamashiro-reopens-20160615-snap-story.html
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