Sushi-Ya

Was in the Livermore area so I looked up sushi places on Unilocal and this place looked good based on the reviews and the photos. I was a little disappointed in the presentation and the service (the sushi chef sat on the phone forever) but the sushi was good. We had the Megaton Roll (which was ok) Bananja Roll (which was really really good) a Spicy Tuna hand roll and an unagi hand roll (I loved the tuna one and my Mom loved her Unagi). I would probably come back if I was in the area to try more rolls off of the menu!

Great stop on the way through town to avoid traffic. Fresh though basic with rolls.

Delicious!
Sushi-​Ya made my husband like sushi… something he never liked before!
We’ve been here roughly 5 times or so since we first came here around November ’11 and have never had a bad food experience. I’m no sushi expert my any means, so all I really care about is if it tastes good! The soup & salad are a great and affordable start to our meals!
I have to take off a star for a strange reason — the music they play. Now you’re probably thinking, wow she is really nit-​picking. But before you say that, listen to an instrumental song, roughly 4 minutes long, on repeat in a quiet place for 45 minutes. Do it now.
Am I still being nit-​picky?

We came here for a late lunch at 1:30. They have a decent bento box selection. You can get up to 3 items for about $ 12. Each bento box comes with a gyoza, edamame, rice, a piece of broccoli, miso soup, and salad in addition to the items you choose. You can order various cuts of sashimi for an extra $ 1.
I actually went with the sushi lunch instead. It came with 6 pieces of California roll and 5 sashimi. There was tuna, salmon, yellow tail, another fish I wasn’t sure of, and cooked shrimp. Some of the cuts of fish were not so fresh, smelling a bit fishy. Also, some of them were a bit chewy as well, leading me to think that they were not the best cuts of fish. At $ 10, it wasn’t cheap, with each piece costing about $ 1. It also came with miso soup and salad.
It wasn’t the best sushi lunch I’ve ever had, but I did enjoy how strong the wasabi was.

Parking Gods granted me a spot in front of Sushi-​ya so I took it as a sign to have lunch here. End of the lunch rush so it wasn’t fairly busy and I was seated right away. There are about 12 tables and a sushi bar.
I ordered the Tempura Udon because its like having yummy filling soup adn a appetizer of tempura since they place it on the side. Their broth was yummy. Full flavor, no need to add anything — maybe some jalapeño’s because I like it spicy — but then it would be Phở. lol The tempura was freshly fried. I’d order that again.
I also order salmon skin nigiri rolls. I love the crunchy and salitness of the salmon skin. But there wasn’t much salmon skin — it was skimpy. Too much rice. I won’t order it again… not from here.
For my meal it cost me about $ 16 plus a tip.
Service was good.

We’ve been eating here regularly and trying all their rolls… eating our way through the sushi rolls menu,
The service and food is consistently good.
Rolls we have tried here:
1.NRG Popper — Deep fried spicy tuna, cream cheese and jalapeño roll with hot and sour sauce — good stuff!
2. Hot Body — Extra spicy tuna roll — hot stuff!
3. Tom & Jerry — Tempura shrimp, cucumber, avocado, green onions, unagi sauce, green tea sauce and sesame seeds — more good stuff!
4. Grand Slam — Eel, ebi, crabmeat, nut, sesame seeds and sauce — slamming stuff!
5. Orange Dragon — Salmon, Avocado, crabmeat and tempura shrimp — yummy stuff!
6. Keep in Touch — Salmon, tuna, crabmeat, avocado with spicy sauce — okay stuff!
7. Ninja — salmon, cream cheese, avocado, tempura shrimp and house special sauce — deadly good stuff!
8. Hira Spark — Crabmeat, shrimp tempura, spicy tuna on the top wuth sauce and sesame seeds — more yummy stuff!
9. Heat & Run — Tempura shrimp, avocado, green onion, tuna on the outside with sweet and spicy sauce — delish stuff!
10. Crazy Roll — Tuna, Sake, hamachi, green onion and hot sauce — insanely okay stuff!
11. Volcano Roll — Spicy tuna, crabmeat, avocado, cucumber, seaweed salad, hot sauce, sweet sauce and tobiko — fiery good stuff!
12. Cherry Blossom — Salmon, avocado, tobiko and tuna on the outside
13. Megaton Roll — so good I can’t remember what’s in it!
14. G-​Spot — Hirame, tuna, avocado, radish and sprouts– sushigasmic stuff!
Handrolls we like are the Spicy tuna and Spicy Hamachi — consistently fresh fish and right spice kick.
Dessert — they have MOCHI ICE CREAM — SCORE!!! The flavors we have tried are:
*Mango Mochi
*Green Tea Mochi
*Strawberry Mochi
The Strawberry Mochi ice cream is by far my fave of the lot!
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