The best sushi restaurants are mostly of the hole in the wall variety, only the locals really know where to go.

The top places to go are:

- Edomasa - Best sushi restaurant in town. HUGE variety of rolls and the sashima has the best taste and texture you can try. It's mostly locals, but it gets PACKED.

- Shintori Sushi Factory - Hardly anyone knows about this joint because it's so small and out of place. Their presentation is a culinary work of art, and best of all, it's delicious.

- Kyto Japanese Restaurant - This place is nice. They have little rooms where you are seperated from the rest of the diners, and you kneel on the ground in front of a little table to eat. This place is for a Japanese traditional experience and they also have a big list of list of dinner specials and rolls.

Maeda - This place was awesome because it had allyou-can eat sushi. 23 bucks would get you some fresh sushi, prepared to order. It was not a buffet. I haven't been there in a while, and I believe they took away the all-you-can eat. Tasty food nonetheless.


Check out other restaurants here.

Philadelphia roll = tuna, cucumber, cream cheese.
Crazy Boy Roll (I've heard a few names) = California Roll Tempura style. OH MY GOD.

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Originally posted by Lomeli The best sushi restaurants are mostly of the hole in the wall variety, only the locals really know where to go. The top places to go are: - Edomasa - Best sushi restaurant in town. HUGE variety of rolls and the sashima has the best taste and texture you can try. It's mostly locals, but it gets PACKED. - Shintori Sushi Factory - Hardly anyone knows about this joint because it's so small and out of place. Their presentation is a culinary work of art, and best of all, it's delicious. - Kyto Japanese Restaurant - This place is nice. They have little rooms where you are seperated from the rest of the diners, and you kneel on the ground in front of a little table to eat. This place is for a Japanese traditional experience and they also have a big list of list of dinner specials and rolls. Maeda - This place was awesome because it had allyou-can eat sushi. 23 bucks would get you some fresh sushi, prepared to order. It was not a buffet. I haven't been there in a while, and I believe they took away the all-you-can eat. Tasty food nonetheless. Check out other restaurants here.

are all of these in SB? will try these when i go on a road trip up there.

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Originally posted by lex400sc zushi puzzle in sf has the best sushi/sashimi ever..... their custom rolls are addictive

I haven't been there yet... I'll have to try it soon.

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Originally posted by nerdgrl416 The sushi places in the Southbay aren't that great.

Have you tried Satsuma in Mountain View? They have really good sushi.

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A couple of my favorite places up here in the San Francisco area are...

Wasabi & Ginger on Van Ness (san francisco)
Sushi Sams (san mateo) great for sashimi!
Matsu Sushi (pleasant hill)

definitely have to check out some of these other places people mentioned. SUSHI = GOOD

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ecstasy roll @ moki's in san francisco. brilliant!

Hamachi, ftw!

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Originally posted by gerard6975 for the sushi purists, here are some of the restos i recommend: - hide sushi (west la on sawtelle)

I've tried this place and it's a great sushi place. I used to consider myself to be a sushi snob(these days I haven't been eating sushi once a week as I used to) so I really appreciated places that serve good fish instead of focusing on fancy rolls.(I cringe at the Philly roll) I always find it amusing when people say that they like sushi, but then when we get to the restaurant, they won't eat raw fish. If California Roll is all you eat, then you don't really eat/like sushi! 90% of sushi is raw fish. It's okay not to like it. It's an acquired taste. It's silly to say you do because it's trendy.

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Originally posted by TheMETHOD A couple of my favorite places up here in the San Francisco area are... Sushi Sams (san mateo) great for sashimi!

I don't know when you last went to Sushi Sams, but the food went downhill in the past five years.(used to be GREAT) But thank you for the other recommendations. I will give them a try! =)

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Originally posted by Koolaid74 I don't know when you last went to Sushi Sams, but the food went downhill in the past five years.(used to be GREAT) But thank you for the other recommendations. I will give them a try! =)

Well I went there not too long ago actually (first time), thought it was pretty good, I was especially impressed by the large selection of fish... Some fish are seasonal or specialty and many places don't have them so when I find a place that does it always scores points. I do like a variety of rolls though and this place doesn't really have the best selection, also the service was a little slow but they were really busy when my g/f and I were there.

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i do love my sashimi but what i want this year for my birthday is some kobe beef

The only places I go to now are:


Sushi Zo (WLA; former chef at Hide) for the freshest nigiri around. (Thrax: it's 2 minutes from work
Kiriko (WLA) for their lunch special and unique sushi.
Mori Sushi (WLA); they don't have a sign in front.
Asakuma (WLA) for take-out sushi.
Hamasaku (WLA) for their rolls.



I really think that Sushi Zo >>> Sasabune.
Hide used to be my #1 cheap spot, but Zo and Kiriko kill it all the time now; it's not worth it anymore (plus Hide is cash only still).

I know a lot of people like Katsuya & The Hump too.

I would like to try Urasawa once.

I treat Nobu, Matsuhisa & Tengu as Japanese places, not just a sushi place, IMHO.

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