Tenno Japanese Bar & Grill

i went here after not going for over 4 months. i used to love going here. this saturday i took my wife after craving susho for a while now. was patiently waiting for our food. my son is enjoying his burger, when all of a sudden i see a BIG A… roach just walk on the table next to my chop sticks. i told the waitress and she said «it probably came from under the table». i was like «okay, im assuming that is normal now». paid for our food. they didnt even give a discount. they simply took my son’s burger and brought out a new one. i should have left. never going back. will go to the new one in downtown la. if that! Very disappointed. USED TO LOVE THIS PLACE. NO MORE

Its ok, 2 $ shoktops and 10 $ pitchers cool place to drink a few not to impressed with the food here

While I did not have a particularly bad experience here, it wasn’t necessarily good either. I guess the only way to define it was odd. To quote my boyfriend, it was a restaurant with a true «identity crisis.»
The menu boasted bento boxes and sushi, but also burgers, burritos, udon… the list goes on. It basically was a HomeTown Buffet where you had to pay an unappealing price to just choose one. We got the udon and the bento box, sticking with the Japanese eatery theme.
So we waited, as K-​Day music played in the background. During this time, we had the opportunity to observe the restaurant, further proving this restaurants identity crisis — japanese wall hangings but otherwise Spanish style décor.
The food that came out was decent, but nothing that would make me want to return to this confusing restaurant. Perhaps it would help if it weren’t called Tenno Sushi — leading people to expect just sushi.
On a final note, the restaurant is open 24 hours, which is cool but, in my opinion, merely adds to the oddity of this business.

Bad service here!!! They want to charge you extra something dumb and they just make stupid faces! I’m a constant customer but forget this place I’m not here ever again!

I love this place! Great drinks, great food, close to home, chill place to hang out. It doesn’t get any better than that!

Good sushi, cheap beer, good service — overall cheap prices! What’s not to like?! I recommend to stick to the common sushi bc it’s cheap and it still tastes good. Oh and dollar beers for happy hour.

The food was delicious. I got a bento box and the portions were very generous. The fish was very good. I am definitely coming back.
I was expecting the older waitress to be rude like those negative reviews on this place claim, but she was very very nice! Really professional, she was working hard, and very friendly. I kind of felt bad for her for getting negative reviews. I liked her a lot. Which made me realize, you can’t trust all negative reviews on Unilocal.
There was other people there, a lot of laughter, delicious food, smiles, and good vibes.
Can’t wait to come back again. And I’m so grateful a local restaurant like this exists in Boyle Heights. Thank you guys!

Horrible service! All the other reviews are right! They must have had a change of owner because it has never been this bad. Group of 10 for lunch we waited almost an hour to get our food and still after one hour — one person in the group still had no food. Finally, the server came out to tell us there was an error with the dish and they were going to recook it — she blamed it on the new chefs. I will never go back — they didn’t even offer us a drink refill until we flag the server down. Food was bland — nothing like before. Very disappointed. We complained and got a discount on the food — not worth it.

COCKROACH found on table when food was served !!! Very disgusting. Posted a picture for proof. Asian lady was being very rude and disrespectful. Very cranky didn’t seem to want to work there.

Service f’ing sucks here. The Asian lady is so freaking rude. she always has an attitude. The food is ehh but not amazingly great enough to make me wanna come back again. Especially since they changed their menu. The $ 10 beer pitcher is cool. Oh, and apparently you can bring your dog here. I’ve never heard of a RESTAURANT that allows animals in unless it was a service animal (enter sarcastic tone here).

This place was pretty cool. Gotta admit parking sucks. Restaurant is nice roomy with a bar. Waitress seemed a lil dingy and her appearance wasn’t the best. our table had three adults and one teen and she brings four glasses for our pitcher. Never once did she ask the teenager for an ID. other than that lol. I’d probably come back.

Disclaimer: ok this review is relative to the fact that there are so few Japanese food joints as well as non-​shady or non-​appetizing 24hr places in the Eastside (other than of course Otomi-​San and the parking nightmare that is j-​town these days).
this is such an odd sounding place to me that I had to try it with my wifey. sure enough it was odd… but it was cool. plenty of space on a weekday night, upbeat, and decent japanese food for what looks like a korean owned operation (please note I said relatively decent… don’t go expecting authentic gourmet j-​food).
the bentos are a great deal for what you get… i was actually impressed with the chicken teriyaki (i rarely go with this stereotypical dish but I wanted a bento plate). the rolls are fine (again not great but, apart from the not-​so-​fresh nori, not bad). onions rings were like straight out of a microwave box or something though so try the american food at your own risk.
will definitely come back to try more things on their huge menu!

Great prices! Wow, this place was a total surprise for me. My friend told me to try it with him today for lunch, and upon reading the «Japanese Mexican» sign, I became very suspicious. The place smells a bit weird, but everything looked pretty normal. I ordered the crunch and the spicy tuna rolls, which came out to less than $ 7. My friend ordered the sweet & fire chicken, which was okay, but too crunchy.
The sushi was the best I’ve had in a while, so it is great that such a tiny hole-​in-​the-​wall has such great sushi!

Comfy, divey spot for cheap drinks and tasty, ghetto-​sushi.
Two can pig out for under $ 25. The have a regular menu and a menu of small portion items for a few bucks each. Makes it fun to try different things they have. The fusion tacos and jalapeño bombs are pretty good.
The hostess is always rude but she’s so consistent, it just makes me laugh. However, there’s a new waiter that’s really nice.
Don’t come here with high expectations, just come hungry, thirsty and with a sense of humor.

To start off, expect HORRIBLE service from the older asian lady that’s always working. Do not expect traditional sushi from here, they have mexican fusion sushi rolls which are actually pretty good until you see a cockroach running accross your table. I know that’s not the «worst» that can happen, however when it grosses out the birthday girl to the point where she won’t eat anymore it kind of puts a damper on the mood. So don’t plan on bringing anybody you want to impress here.
However, they do have karaōke on weekends and cheap drinks!

This is one of my favorite sushi places.
I love how they have karaōke a bar and its just very homy and comfortable.
Customer service is good although the lady that is always there seems to be mad all the time.

Found this place while looking for another place. It said Mexican Japanese food and we decided to try something unique. Adding a Jalapeño to a California roll is not a true fusion food. I did have a cajun salmon taco and that was the best item we had. The lobster rolls, crunch rolls and the Mexican roll were good just not over the top. Our kids had chicken teriyaki bowls and they enjoyed it. Our waitress was good and the overall service was quick and helpful. The one thing about adding Jalapeño to sushi is that it gets you fool.
It was a decent experience, that we might try again when we head on back to Boyle Heights, but its not a must do.
Damn I sound like a snob!

What else can you say about a Japanese Mexican restaurant in Boyle Heights. They have all day happy hour, Sushi specials, and food specials. I do not remember anytime spending more than $ 20 for a few rounds of drinks. I cannot comment on their food, but people order sushi by the plateful and it’s always packed.
They also have a bunch of TVs, so you can catch your favorite local sports team.
The best is Saturday night karaōke. Not sure if they are locals or if this is the spot to go, but a lot of girls dress up and take the stage for a night of entertainment. This is a hit or miss because the last time we went, no one chose to sing.

Pretty decent food and fair pricing, but the owner is extremely rude. She told my bf and I to hurry up and finish eating because she wanted to help other people, and moved our table with the food still on it to seat them. We had no choice but to pay the bill and leave. Totally unprofessional and the main reason why I avoid going there.
Plus they have a very small parking lot and street parking is very limited.

If you’re looking for a cheap date spot, well, I guess you should come here.
You know that moment when you think something is like a good idea and once you get into the situation you realize it’s probably going to be a bad result but kind of just finish until the end? Yeah? Well… This is one of those spots.
The idea of $ 3 rolls all day long was probably the worst deal I’ve agreed to. I ordered about 3 rolls and 2 large house sake bottles and god damn they were all awful.
The rolls looked like they were made with fish that’s been sitting at room temp for awhile. So gross. I’m not one to complain about alcoholic beverages but geeze man, this garbage tasted like acetone.
Anyway, I don’t have much to say about this spot other than it’s pretty gross but if you have a budget to be on and want to fill the void with a mediocre job to this is your spot.
Ps I hope you come drunk because the service here sucks, the music sucks and the food sucks.
…but it’s open late?
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