Alexandra “Ale” Paredes

Incredible fresh fish! We ordered the Omakase and it did not disappoint. Every fish was yummy. We also had miso and edamame as starters. Their sale selection excellent as well. The ambiance is very cute and intimate. Great service! We had an excellent experience overall. Perfect for a date or small group.

+3

Justin Rogers-Cooper

Probably the best sushi in the neighborhood, although Silver Rice is awesome; Gen does a different thing though, with lots of daily specials, inventive combos, and fresh chef touches. Good sake and beer menu. Weathered outside begets cozy and intimate seating inside - interesting corner space. For its small size, punches way above its weight. Nice service. Good value with price options for all kinds of folks. Tasty. Gets crowded on peak times on weekends.

+2

Ruby

This was our first time here, waiter was very attentive, friendly and thoughtful. They have weekend lunch special and Tuesday happy hour bottomless sake for $25. We ordered udon, sushi omasake, ramen from lunch special menu. But the dishes on their regular menu seem more home cooking and not greasy at all. Waiter gave us free gobo dish because the fried chicken was taking a bit longer to cook. Cozy down to earth food and authentic as well. Definitely would come back again. They also have Sake tasting on weekdays.

+2

Najela Singleton

When It comes to this place, I would stick to the hand rolls. I can’t speak on the meany other cuisines this place offers, but I can’t speak say that out of the sushi I would avoid sashimi or raw fish. I had three of the specialty rolls, one tuna, one salmon and shrimp, and one eel and shrimp tempura. The tuna was boring and flavorless, the salmon and shrimp was pretty good and the shrimp tempura was fantastic. The sashimi was flavorless. Stay away from the iced teas or smoothies. I made the mistake of ordering the Thai Iced tea. This restaurant was pretty good though I ate those handrolls UPPPP. Great deals.

Tanner Agle

One of the better spots for fresh fish in the neighborhood. The menu is slimmed down due to COVID right now, but they have ample outdoor seating with rotating fans. Sushi melts in your mouth. Highly recommend the affordable omakase.

Li Tan

This place is like you are home, waitress is nice but their plates are not that clean and everything looks old, but they have fresh mashed wasabi, traditional ingredients that you hardly find from other restaurants. You should always try their $18 traditional breakfast set. It's really good!!

Bryn Birkhahn

We ate at Gen about two years ago and it was just ok. Since we moved to the neighborhood recently we thought we’d give it another shot, and we were even more disappointed. I would love to give Gen the benefit of the doubt and assume that they were just having an off night but not sure I can stomach it. First of all, the Miso soup was obviously instant soup and not even a good version. We ordered 5 rolls and they ranged from flavorless (snow crab California) to sloppily cut (hamachi scallion) to insanely salty (Ume Shisho) to incredibly “meh” (Saba Gari). So surprised it gets such good reviews - what am I missing?

Brian Delaney

Visit 1: Ordered take out sushi rolls which were decent, but a little pricey for what you actually receive. Visit 2: Ordered take out again. Extremely sub par sushi, some pieces had the smallest slivers of salmon and tuna possible.

Jessica Wang

I ordered a few rolls and a platter and I wish I hadn’t bothered. The sushi came out late even though the place was practically empty at 6:15 pm and the rolls were poorly made (cut to uneven sizes, avocado inside was black, rice crumbling apart). The yellowtail was very slimy. Waitress did not seem to know much about their sake menu and could not answer a basic question. A hot mess.

Lo C

My allergies were not taken seriously. Staff knowingly watch me eat a meal that was contaminated with my indicated allergy. I alerted them when ordering. The waitress acknowledged and even circled back if it’s ok my partner had that ingredient - how nice. However, my meal still came out with the ingredient I’m allergic to. I politely asked if this was a mistake and they apologized asking if I wanted it simply removed or remade - I said remade. This is where it gets infuriating: Instead of actually remaking it because it’s close to closing time; they just removed the allergen and put the remaining food onto a new plate with something to replace the allergen. And kept it in the back for however long to seem like they were remaking it.. Replating is not remaking it. After had eaten a small portion of the meal, I confronted them that it’s not actually remade. They admitted to it with whatever they felt was their justification - time, ingredients, efforts, etc. etc… it was just the gen don - rice, sashimi, and tempura. At my own judgment, I still picked at it, I didn’t finish the meal. Hoped for the best. Was able to walk out fine and still polite but later increasingly felt the effects. I can forgive unintentional accidents - although it shouldn’t happen in the food industry with allergens. But what really is unacceptable and dangerous is that they literally watched me be poisoned to cover their mistake. Also, the sashimi isn’t fresh.