Vandana Bhagtani

A must try sushi spot in the Carlsbad area! We came here for dinner on a weeknight and it was still buzzing with activity! The menu has a wide variety of options - there’s half price sushi rolls, some unique sushi rolls and the usual teriyaki bowls etc. The jalapeño stuffed roll was yummy! But I would order it as an app for the table. You can’t eat so much fried sushi by yourself:-) They also gave a good collection of sake and beer from Okinawa. We ordered Orion and it was a perfect pairing with the sushi.

+1

Tyler E. West

The sushi here was oh so good. Not only were the ingredients fresh and the portion sizes ample, but the sushi rolls were a visual treat to behold. The 50% off menu made it affordable for the whole group to enjoy one of our favorite meals. I've included photos of my order. A friend brought the whole gang here for his birthday. I will definitely be returning to this restaurant when I come back to San Diego.

이지수

A genuine friendly and delicious restaurant. There are many delicious rolls and sushi sashimi, and you can feel the flavor even more with fresh wasabi.

+10

Vera SD

We were just visiting in the area and thought we could use a sushi that night. Food came out as expected. Almost all food we ordered came out great Yellowtail girll was the queen but took longer than I thought. It came out after my tummy was half-way full. Carpacio was great. Baked scallop was okay, it's impressive display with 🔥 tho. Definitely a great service and ambience. Friendly servers.

Wil Michael

Some of the best sushi around. The prices here are unbeatable most dishes are always 50% off. This has to be one of the best places to go in Carlsbad if you have a birthday the experience is amazing. In my opinion the best roll is the Star Wars roll it tastes delicious so so good. Th staff here is always very friendly and the store is always busy and often full. Highly recommend if you are looking for sushi in the area.

+16

Fresh fish, a great variety, and friendly staff! While it can get very busy with both dine-in and takeout orders, the team stays on top of it well. The chefs are happy to customize orders upon request. The outdoor patio is a huge plus, and their 50% off specials are awesome!

Eddy

Top points for service, atmosphere, food presentation & actual quantity of food. Where this reviewer removed points was for actual flavoring and robustness of flavor. Very muted flavor on the protein. Teriyaki sauce lacked flavor.

Wes Paul

Hidden gem in Carlsbad. Warning to all the Sushi Aficionados out there though. This is not your high end sushi by the coast or like one of those fine dining sushi that you bring your partner on a special date. This is a sushi restaurant plain and simple. So I have to rate this based on mid-tier level Sushi Place standards Let's start with the food. The food is amazing, the fish are fresh and the portions are just perfect. Price-wise it's not that expensive, because if it's expensive, I'd rather go to a fine dining sushi restaurant. So they just priced their food just right. We tried unagi, tuna and the oyster and non of them failed. Yes they aren't cooked but the chef is confident enough to serve it to us, you guys wanna know why? Here's a little Sushi trivia for you guys. When they are that confident in the kitchen that means that they stand proudly behind the FRESHNESS of their fish, mollusks, echinoderms and crustaceans. Now when it comes to service, they are welcoming but I must say that the front requires more training. I ordered a Sake but our server forgot to put it in our bill. Since I am an honest customer, I did point out that it was missing and they are grateful about it. However what does a well trained restaurant do for customers like that? I don't know maybe a free dessert at least to thank them, but nope they just let us walk away. I mean I know it isn't necessary but I just feel that nowadays, how many honest people/customers are out there? Might as well give the good ones reasons to keep on coming back right? Again it's no biggie but I'm just saying Last but not least and this is the reason why it went down from 5 stars to 4 stars. It's the ambience. I feel that the place is a bit crowded. Like for example the table next to us is super close i could literally hear the guy breath next to me. Overall, we had a good experience. We'd definitely comeback. Maybe when we do, they do changes that would make this 5 out of 5 in my book

Hiep Huynh

Parking was not bad. Checkin was quick on Friday night. Service was great and friendly staff. We tried a few simple crunchy rolls, Star Wars roll, and California Beach roll. To us, the California Beach roll was the best. Didn't know they have some other locations. Will definitely come back.

Low quality fish. I ordered a teriyaki salmon bento box for my kids. The cooked salmon tasted very fishy and was obviously not fresh. I told the lady who seemed to be the manager/owner, and she denied it. She said all their fish is fresh. I told her, "I tasted it myself and it is very bad. It has a fishy flavor that only comes with old or unfresh fish." She still denied it. She went to the kitchen and came back and claimed her salmon was all fresh. Wrong answer. Ding 1. One of my sons ordered a lunch sushi plate. The rolls did not look appetizing (too much rice), the fish looked mushy and old. My son, who eats everything, said, "It's edible but I wouldn't choose to eat it again." Ding 2. I ordered the beef soft tofu stew (soontofu). The egg they gave me to me to crack into the soup was old. The yolk had that distinct funk that comes from old eggs. Ding 3. Also, no banchan offered when ordering soontofu--not even kimchi. Ding 4. She offered us a free tempura ice cream to make up for the bad salmon. I didn't want it but the kids did, so I accepted the gesture. The tempura was not fried well--it was not crispy (meaning it was fried at too low of a temperature) and had an old grease flavor. Ding 5. Would not go back. Worst Korean/Japanese we've had in a while. Still tipped 20%. Total bill came out to $61. Waste of money.

Bob Schmanski

We had a disappointing experience. They were busy, but not too busy since we were able to be seated right away. We filled out our order sheet and waited for someone to come by the table. Meanwhile a few other tables were seated. After at least 15 minutes, we noticed that the table seated after us was being served their drinks (meaning someone had taken there order and was now bringing their drinks, meanwhile no one had talked to us yet). My wife flagged down the host and let him know no one had been by our table since we were seated, and he apologized and hurried off to get someone. After maybe 10 more minutes of no one coming by the table we got up to leave as the other table was being served some of their food order. On the way out our a waiter from another section again apologized and said something about our table not being in his section. They need to work on balancing server sections or empowering servers to pick up the slack when necessary. We left without ordering to stop by Ralphs to get something quick to eat as it was getting late for our son and we couldn’t wait any longer.

Alex Parshall

I have ordered take out from here probably 30 times over the years and while there have at times been a few little things I didn't like about the way my food was prepared I've never had an order like the one I just received today. I ordered a variety of different food that my family usually orders, nothing different. The vegas roll was completely cold and it tastes like it had been in a refrigerator over night. The same for the shrimp crunch roll. The dragon roll has the most insane pile of fish eggs on top...I know it is supposed to have fish eggs...but this is about 10x more than normal. The salmon sushi still has the skin on it! The albacore sushi is gray! The maguro sushi (ahi) is a deep red and shriveled...so weird. I took 3 bites of different things, almost threw up. I tried being respectful and calling to get a refund and not leave a review but the phone rang about 20 times with no answer and no voicemail so here I am leaving the review. Did you guys get a new manager who us serving old food? A new sushi chef that loves fish skin on his sushi? What's going on?