{"id":62353,"date":"2025-11-20T17:59:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/62353\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T17:59:07","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T17:59:07","slug":"homareya-review-the-most-exciting-new-restaurant-in-long-beach-balances-izakaya-tradition-and-modern-flair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/62353\/","title":{"rendered":"Homareya Review: The Most Exciting New Restaurant in Long Beach Balances Izakaya Tradition and Modern Flair"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">You know it and I know it: Los Angeles <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/24202088\/nobu-la-dishes-japanese-lounge-restaurants-fine-dining\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brims with cool izakayas<\/a>. But despite its <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/maps\/best-long-beach-restaurants-cambodian-tacos-seafood-los-angeles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">energetic food scene<\/a>, Long Beach has been somewhat behind in the category until <a href=\"https:\/\/la.eater.com\/venue\/925366\/homareya\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Homareya<\/a> opened in September \u2014 a new izakaya from chef Yoya Takahashi, formerly of Kodo and Hamasaku. Homareya has a fun seafood-focused menu with a strong slate of specials, some wacky and wonderful signatures (think yoshoku quesadillas), and a deep sake list. It\u2019s an exciting restaurant for Long Beach and amply worth the drive from Los Angeles, too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">If you\u2019re driving all the way to Long Beach, take an extra hour to explore. Park in the very affordable garage (two hours free), and dip into Ism Brewing, Beachwood Blendery, or Recreational Coffee. If you\u2019re in a bang-bang kind of mood, the wonderful Ammatoli, Sonoratown, and Milana\u2019s are all right there.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph n2hx75i _1knl15h1 _1knl15h0 cej01i1\">If you\u2019re driving all the way to Long Beach, take an extra hour to explore. Park in the very affordable garage (two hours free), and dip into Ism Brewing, Beachwood Blendery, or Recreational Coffee. If you\u2019re in a bang-bang kind of mood, the wonderful Ammatoli, Sonoratown, and Milana\u2019s are all right there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You know it and I know it: Los Angeles brims with cool izakayas. But despite its energetic food&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[28829,131,133,132],"class_list":{"0":"post-62353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-long-beach","8":"tag-dining-reports","9":"tag-long-beach","10":"tag-long-beach-headlines","11":"tag-long-beach-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}