Kazu Sushi

I have been here three times and every time the sushi is tasty. The seafood is always fresh. The uni was buttery and bursting with flavor. The hamachi toro was huge. The restaurant is a small and there is only one sushi chef and one waitress so there is a bit of a wait for the food. However, the wait is worth it when you can taste the different layers of flavor that each sushi roll is given. For example, the spicy scallop roll had cilantro paired with a sweet and spicy sauce all wrapped in the roll with the scallop and not on top of the roll.
I read a review below about the waitress and the table not receiving their miso soup. I understand that people love their miso soup but don’t go to a sushi restaurant and order miso soup. All that does is fill you up and then you can’t enjoy the sushi.

I walked in there late on a Monday night so I decided to do take out instead of dining there. I ordered the spicy roll with yellowtail and the King Kong roll to go. I thought they were both amazing and I look forward to coming here for a sit down dinner.
It’s a quiet cozy little place with a nice atmosphere. Not very many tables so I wouldn’t be surprised if one would have to wait for a table.
The staff there came off as very polite and accommodating. I can’t wait to try this place on the weekend

Couldn’t get service the other night. Was horrible. We ordered 2 waters, 2 misos, and some sashimi. The sashimi came out before we even got our waters or miso soups, and that was over 10 minutes from when we ordered. We didn’t even have napkins or chopsticks or soy sauce or plates either. Ended up just walking out. The waitress just couldn’t be bothered to help us. Took her 10 mins before she could even come over to take our order. So 20 mins and… just horrible. Just disgraceful. We ended up getting up and walking and went to Naan and Curry instead, which was GREAT. Not sure I can do this place again… so so so disappointing.

A-​OK. Wasn’t amazing, wasn’t disappointing.
Ordered the Sake sashimi (came with rice and miso soup) and it was good but it wasn’t anything special as it was $ 24.00… I’d rather go elsewhere to have sake and rice for a fraction of the price.
My bf ordered the Sushi Combo D, which had a variety of nigiri, cali roll and sashimi. This was $ 25.00 and I thought it was much more worth it for the price but it still wasn’t anything special.
All in all, I didn’t think this place was special or amazing enough for me to come back again.

Nothing special here but staff is nice. The rolls are good, not great, but a bit pricey

Japanese owned and operated. Super fresh fish and skilled sushi chefs who know what they’re doing. The omakase here is 100% legit. FYI: if you like mayo rolls this probably isn’t the place for you.

I’ve come here a handful of times and thought the food was pretty good quality. However, this last visit, I will never ever return.
Arrive 7pm with my boyfriend, dad and daughter. We ordered a handful of things:
— hawaiian roll
— miso soup & seaweed soup
— tempura
— ankimo
— hamachi dinner (suppose to include miso soup + rice)
— 2 hamachi collars.
Simple enough right? wrong. First off, she brings everything out of order. hamachi dinner first with the rice, no soup. then the hawaiian roll w/​ankimo, no soup still. every time she passed our table «excuse me, but may we get our soups please?». She either forgets or just ignores us. Either way she brings everything out in 30-​minute increments. I must’ve asked her 5x before she brought each item… always missing the accompanying side dish — rice or soup. So the whole dinner was either eating rice w/​nothing. Or my main dish with nothing. Worst part, it is 8:35pm. no hamachi collars. When I asked if they are coming or I’m going to cancel it, she brings 1 out, the 2^nd 15 minutes later. I asked her can I please get a hot bowl of rice since I’ve been waiting for an hour for these fishes. She takes my half filled rice bowl, heats it up in a microwave and gives it back. This lady couldn’t even give me fresh bowl of rice??! Left the restaurant pass 9pm…
This was the most stressful dinner ever… over 2 hours attempting to flag a waitress running around with her head cut off. And to add insult to injury… charged us for the soup she never brought out. By that time we just paid for it, didn’t want to bother waiting for her to fix the check.

Another Unilocaler described it best, «good sushi with mediocre and disorganized service.» This was our experience tonight. We were actually trying to eat at Ebisu, but the wait would have probably been 20 – 30 minutes, which we were not willing to wait since our time was limited. Yes, I am fully aware that it is a Saturday night. So, that’s how we decided to give this place a try.
We ordered mostly from their specials board:
otoro and fatty salmon sashimi ($ 15/​$ 7.95−2 pcs ea.)
spicy salmon nabe
spicy salmon tempura roll (4 pcs)
From their menu: zigzag roll (4 pcs)
Everything was good but the spicy salmon nabe was the standout. The broth was just the right level of spicy (at least for us) and the salmon was tasty and not overcooked. Yay. Still trying to figure out how much MSG was in the broth. Fortunately, I’m not feeling thirsty, so that’s a plus.
Although he was nice, our waiter didn’t really check on us and he seemed easily overwhelmed. He brought out a sushi roll that wasn’t ours and had to try catching his attention which was surprisingly tough given how tiny that restaurant is. I had to ask someone else for a tea refill.
Overall: 4 stars for food; 3 stars for service

Nice staff, great sushi semi expensive. I’d suggest going when it’s not super busy, they don’t have a lot of space and the service gets slower, otherwise must go.

Fabulous vegan sushi! Asparagus tempura nigiri was perfect and cute. I highly recommend the veggie crunch and sitting at the bar.
You can definitely satisfy herbivores and omnivores alike at this establishment. Good place for a date night or night out with friends.

I live in the neighborhood and had passed this place so many times I can’t count, and finally did my research on it in an attempt to find a Japanese option for dinner for a couple girlfriends and I. These few blocks of the inner sunset have definitely no shortage of sushi spots, but this is a great option if you want something more authentic and cozy than the rest. We all ordered the Moriawase, which was a very filling chef’s choice assortment of sashimi. So yummy it harkened the days we spent eating our way thru Japan. And at a little over $ 30 after Rex and tip pp, not too shabby. I also think they’re a mom-​and-​pop joint so I’m all for supporting their business. Very short wait for a table on a Friday night, which is a huge bonus (it was crazy at ebisu).

I took two kids I was babysitting to this place on Friday at 5:30. We were the only ones there for about a half hour. The kids weren’t crazy, but, you know. We were a little messy, but the server was sweet and I made sure to clean up our mess.
Just came by to tell y’all it was not a good time. The miso soup was lukewarm. They had to be hosting some kind of children’s cooking class on GroupOn. This is the only excuse I will accept for the crumbling, bland crunch roll I received.
I ordered teriyaki chicken for the 2 and a half year old. $ 7 gets you a small chicken breast with lettuce garnish and two baby tomatoes cut in half. WHY, KAZU? I LITERALLY HAVE MULTIPLE SMALL MOUTHS TO FEED. HELP ME OUT.
The cutlet was like rubber, and if I had to guess their cooking instructions, it would look like this: remove Costco frozen chicken breast from package. Thaw. Remove skin, set aside. Microwave the chicken until it isn’t pink. Dip raw chicken flesh into teriyaki substance. Carefully blanket the cooked chicken in its uncooked skin. Do it. They’ll love it. Serve.
Moral of the story: if you want to find good, or even passable sushi in the city, ask a friend for a recommendation! 2 stars because one of the kids said «I’m full,» and that’s all I can really ask for.

I love food. And I never really care about service. If the service sucks, just don’t tip them good. But I’ve never had service ruin a meal until I came to this restaurant.
I came here on a Saturday with my cousin. We walked in and were told it would be a half hour wait (even though we were second on the list and a table just left). We waited 5 minutes in the cold outside before they started cleaning the empty table. After ten minutes the table remained vacant and ANOTHER table paid and left. After another ten minutes, we finally get sat at the first table that was cleaned 20 minutes ago…
We sat down, and it took a while until they came up to us to take our order. Once the order came, we had to ask for soy sauce plates. TWICE. At any other sushi restaurant, the soy sauce dish should’ve already been at the table.
The food was actually pretty good. It was my first time trying ankimo, which I really liked. I had the King Kong roll, and the Double Double, which were both really tasty. I also ordered amaebi but it didn’t taste that fresh.
After we finished our food, the waitress brought our check. And I realized that we never got the fried shrimp heads that come with amaebi, which is the BEST PART. We tell the waitress, and she asks if we still want it? OF COURSE WE WANT IT.
After five minutes, she brings out ONE fried shrimp head when one order should come with two. I had to ask for the tempura sauce to dip in, which took another five minutes to bring out. When they brought it out, it was only enough sauce for one dip. I was really frustrated at this point.
I tipped a little less than 15%. I am a server so I know a lot about service, but it didn’t even seem like the waitresses were trying. One of them just stood by the register the entire time doing nothing.
I wanted to give this place one star but I don’t want to be those snobby people who don’t give credit where it’s deserved. The food was good, but the service ruined it.

Wow, a Japanese restaurant that’s actually owned by Japanese people.
The omakase here is not bad. It’s definitely not as pricey as some other places that are now featuring omakase. You can choose however many pieces you want so whether you’re a small or big eater. It works. The service is very nice and prompt. The place is a little small but even coming here on a Friday night had no wait.
Overall, I would totally come here again.

This place is real good… You wanna know why? It’s because there were actually Japanese people eating here. I hardly see the real real Japanese people eating a sushi spots so when you see them eating here, you know it’s good.
So to not sound too foreign in front of the Japanese customers, I ordered the simple rolls (no rainbow raider or Philadelphia sugar roll) this was simple tuna and or salmon roll… Along with some sashimi.
So excited when it came cause I was super hungry, I was glad that the sushi came in my mouth and bursted with good flavor. The rice and sushi complimented well and was done right and the added tuna and salmon just complimented it more.
A must try? I think so!

Good sashimi, and a cozy little restaurant. Oh, and they’re one of the few restaurants I’ve found in the city that serves tamago warm, which I strongly prefer to chilled tamago.
While I enjoyed my food, I had to dock two stars for service. It wasn’t that crowded when I came here with my girlfriend, but we felt ignored the entire time, to the point where another server completely took over for our waitress as we were trying to wrap up our meal. It’s also a tad pricey compared to other restaurants with comparable quality.
I’ll update my review next time I’m back if this improves.

Ehhh. Came here trying to explore some of the new eateries near my new apartment in SF and wasn’t too impressed :(
To start, our tea came out luke warm, and the rest of our appetizers didn’t seem… too authentic. Our chicken karaage was a bit soggy, the sunomono salad was a little too sour, and the sushi wasn’t as fresh as I would’ve liked. It’s a bit on the pricey side as well, so I was disappointed with the quality of food for the price.
Overall, it was mediocre. If you’re craving sushi and in the area and all the other places have long waits (which is very typical of inner sunset), I guess you can come here. But don’t order too many appetizers off the regular sushi menu! Wasn’t impressed :(

Came here last weekend since Ebisu was packed, there was no wait here even for being a small place, though a replacement for some of my other favorite sushi in the area.
My friends and I ordered quite a bit including some beers and sake. Nothing really stood out for me, in general I would stick with the sashimi or nigiri vs the special rolls. Here are some highlights of the meal:
Chicken Karaage: lots of batter and kind of lacked flavor to it, definitely have had better karaage
Lamb Chop: pretty tasty and juicy, though kind of sad that they were only able to give us 2 instead of 3
Nuclear Roll: basically a spicy california roll
Yamakake Roll: now, I have never had Yamakake before, which is basically a gooey yam sauce… but it is just not appetizing at all, the texture is pretty gross and I’m not really sure if it went well with the roll at all, in addition the tuna didn’t taste very fresh
Salmon Nigiri: comes with a few pieces but the slices of salmon are huge!
Assorted Sashimi: this was actually a pretty good value for what you get, again I appreciated how big the sashimi pieces were
Overall, if you have the time to wait or have time to make reservations elsewhere, I would pass. In another location Kazu might be good but doesn’t stack up to this area.

Kazu is quite an experience.
I don’t really get when people want sushi and don’t try the sashimi and get rolls. I believe a good sashimi is a great indicator on if the spot is a great sushi spot or not.
I came here to Kazu and got almost everything I could. I had the fatty tuna, chicken wing, mackerel, anchovy –ish fish, nabe, and crab ramen.
The nabe was amazing — i have never seen or heard of this at any sushi spot. It was great to try on chilly day.
The crab ramen was amazing– top off with fresh and REAL seaweed and crab. It was definitely different than any other ramen I have had, and not as rich as Izakaya sozai’s but light and delicious.
All the fish I had at Kazu was fresh and tasty and I would try to list all the names of the things I ate, but I believe at Kazu the menu can change quite frequently so it wouldnt even matter if I did list them all. Yes they may not have chirashi bowl but if you just pick 7 – 8 pieces of fish with some rice you can make your own chirashi bowl.
Parking is difficult but hopefully you have good parking karma or try to go up or down 2 – 3 blocks.

Pretty decent sushi for good prices. It’s at a higher level than your regular rolls place, but at a better price than most omakase places. The dining room is small so either come early or make a reservation!
The chef and assistant are very nice. Service can be slow (especially on a Monday) because they’re kind of short handed. But they’re very gracious and not pretentious at all. Sit at the bar (duh) and get the omakase. The pieces are really big so I guess it counter balances the long wait between each piece. Plus you can chat up the chef. He’s nice!