Nikko Sushi

Nikko Sushi has pretty good japanese food, although it’s not the BEST out there, it’s good for the price. Not too expensive for goof quality sushi (=
Although it’s a very small restaurant in a secluded area, it’s welcomed by people around the area. You can call to make reservations or just walk in. I love their agedashi tofu, bento boxes, miso soup, salad and dragon rolls. Although recently I heard it is closed because the owner is dealing with some health issues.

Great Sushi very fresh, small quite place, this place is on the back of Fairway Plaza shopping center. Cost is low and great, some times you may see owner father and mother helping. Foe sure you may see have a Bento Box and Rolls. Lots of Parking right in front of the door in the back lot. Mike

A small family owned sushi located in a hidden plaza in the back. Not bad for the price, sashimi is really reasonable and the service is excellent!

Ok, So i figured i’d try this place out since it is right around the corner from my work. And I’ve read fellow Unilocaler’s reviews.
I ordered the Bento Box B3 Chicken Terriyaki and another order of California Rolls, the chicken terriyaki and the rice are really good. As for the California Rolls, i didn’t care for them very much at all. i know they came with imitation crab, but i just didn’t like it. I guess i shouldn’t have bought the extra Rolls without trying them first, Oh well. I think i’ll stick to Ray’s Sushi’s California Rolls.
All in all, the place is nice and small, very clean, and the woman was nice also.

This place is at the lower tier of acceptable japanese food. It’s better than you’d expect from this tiny wall, but no better than the shortcut stuff that I can make at home.
I work just around the corner so whenever I feel indifferent about eating I find myself wandering over here. Every time that I’ve been here there hasn’t been much traffic so workers are always prompt with service whether it’s take out our dine in.
Chicken udon, soft yet not soggy noodles. When I ask for take out, they keep the soup and noodles separate (as you always should). They provide lots of grilled chicken to top it off, I have a feeling that this is the same chicken that they use for their chicken teriyaki tho (minus the sauce of course).
Unagi Bento box, very nice portions on the eel, it’s like the size of an iphone. Pass on the salad, the roll is sloppy, however the right flavors are still there.
Too bad they don’t deliver or else I might eat here more often, considering the nearby choices.

I’m upgrading my review for Nikko Sushi. After reading too many Alameda County Health Department reports for restaurants, I discovered the Nikko Sushi was one of the very few restaurants that had ZERO violations the last time the Health Department visited them. ZERO!
You know where I’ll be ordering my sushi from now on. some of the other sushi places had some pretty scary violations.

I came here because my co worker and I were craving sushi and she lives in San Leandro. I used my Unilocal app on my iPhone to search for sushi in San Leandro and, of course, I wasn’t given a wide selection. I chose the one with the most stars, and was led here!
We got here around 6PM and it was already pitch black outside. I can’t lie, this plaza looks pretty shady and old. To get to Nikko Sushi, you have to walk inside the plaza’s hallway and you’ll find the tiny restaurant. The place, like everyone said, is clean and small. There were three people working: what looked like an older couple and their daughter. The older couple didn’t speak any English. The older man just nodded every time I said something, but he was kind. The older lady was extremely kind, as well. She always smiled. :)
The food: we were given free miso soup and my friend ordered edamame. The edamame wasn’t impressive. It was cold (I usually receive mine room temp or warm) and rough. My co worker ordered the Autumn roll and the shrimp tempura roll. I ordered the Marina roll. Everything here tasted extremely fresh, and I can’t lie, it was good. Honestly, I wasn’t expecting much, but this place was good!
What I didn’t like was the amount they gave you for the price. I pay almost the same amount for my roll at Sushi House and get the same quality for cheaper.
Would I come here again? Yeah… I probably would. Although, I did think the price was expensive for Nikko Sushi as a whole package.

Came here because I Unilocaled it and it seemed promising. No one was there when we showed up. The sushi was decent, the prices were decent and they honored a coupon we didn’t even have on us. Not much of a wow factor here, but would probably come back.
3.5 stars

As other Unilocalers said, don’t judge this place by its cover. Hidden in the industrial area of San Leandro, Nikko Sushi offers fresh sushi and CHEAP bento boxes at great prices. Theres one menu for lunch and dinner and even a Bento/​Udon stamp program… buy 10 get 1 free!
Sorry, but I’m just going to keep raving about the bento. Chicken teriyaki bento… for $ 6.95? Plus the b10g1 free deal? Yess! Salad has a unique but good dressing and you get a healthy amount of chicken.
The rolls here are made with fresh ingredients… and come in typical portion size. However, the prices are definitely below average. Just to comment on the Cal Roll — the fake crab filling, in my experience, is mushy and unusual. Not sure if I dig this.
It’s sad to say, but this place definitely needs more traffic. I’ve been referring my friends here… support their family business!

Wow… talk about a hole in the wall.
Definately dont judge this book by its cover. Outside is post 60s, but the inside is your familiar typical sushi joint. You will own this place when you get there as you will most likely be the only one dining. Your own private sushi restuarant. Its hidden in the back of an old run down strip plaza that has been overlooked since 1965. The front door is actually behind the plaza, so you can park there if you wish. But if you park in front, you can still get to it by walking thru the little hallway inbetween the liquor store and Uncle Wongs restuarant. Theyve been there 3 yrs now and counting.
Im very particular about my sushi. This sushi is good, not the best, but pretty darn good. Fresh fish and produce. Not a brown spot on any of our veggies. Impressive. The teriyaki bento box was good, but the steak was a little thin, cooked perfectly, but a little tough due to it being just a plain old flat steak. With 3 specialty rolls, the bento box, a sake, a beer and fat tip we got outta there for under $ 40. A hidden little diamond in the ruff.
What really sets this place apart is — DELIVERY Baby!!! YA!

I discovered this place by accident because frankly I don’t think there is any other way to find it — it’s about the most hidden of hidden gems you could get — tucked away at the BACK of a local shopping center where you wouldn’t expect to find anything except delivery trucks and garbage. I had actually planned on getting Chinese or Thai food from one of the little restaurants in the FRONT of the shopping center, but both were packed and I didn’t have any patience that evening. I was standing frustrated between the two restaurants (and somewhat fascinated by the din coming from the Filipino karaōke bar) when I noticed the little covered passage way with the sushi sign and decided to investigate. The restaurant is very small, and very narrow, with a door off of the covered passageway and another off of the back (which I’ve since discovered has a useful little parking area that noone uses so I can just pull up and walk straight in whenever I have a sushi craving). The little Japanese lady didn’t speak much english, but I managed to explain that I wanted dragon roll and seaweed salad and she got out a picture menu and pointed to a few things that somewhat resembled what I wanted so I said OK. The wait was a little bit long, but they gave me some tea to sip while I was waiting and threw in some miso soup with my order which is always good. I don’t think it was the cheapest sushi I’ve ever had, but it was very fresh and delicious and I’ve been back several times since.

Slow delivery service; just be warned. They say 30 minutes, and it’s more like an hour.
Sushi is fine; nothing spectacular in terms of freshness or preparation.
If it wasn’t for their delivery service, I probably wouldn’t go here on a regular basis since there are better places in the area.
But when you don’t feel like going out and you still crave sashimi, this works.

nikko’s is in the rear of the shopping center, behind the filipino restaurant.
i arrived slightly after lunch (2?) and an elderly chinese lady greeted me.
i asked her the difference between golden shrimp T3 and tempera shrimp T6. after a few attempts, it was obvious she didn’t understand english. she kept saying «ok, ok».
a few minutes later, a group of people came in, looks like the regular crew had gone out shopping or whatever and returned. a younger chinese lady asked again for my order. i was told the golden shrimp was made with eggs so i went with it.
samplings:
golden shrimp (4.95):
–4 pieces of heavily breaded shrimp, shrimp was mushy and tasteless. obviously this came previously frozen., would guess origin is china or thailand.
–hamachi nigiri (3.95) fresh generous rectangular slices
–sake nigiri (3.95) fresh generous hexagon shaded slices
–comped miso soup: basically a few pieces of seaweed with msg. broth with a dash of hondashi
–comped edamaine beans: skin tuff, unedible, pods ok
leftovers:
–free meal with 10, udon or bento box, i forget.
–nigiri ok, the rest of menu is should be eaten with a grain of msg.
–fell asleep for an hour afterwards, msg induced?

My wife had a taste for Japanese food this Friday evening and we didn’t know of a good restaurant near us. Other Unilocal reviewers gave Nikko Sushi good marks so we decided to give it a try. First thing we noticed was it was not very big, but it was clean. Service was fast and friendly. The miso soup was quite good and free with the meals, as was the always full tea. Wifey opted for the vegetable tempura and bento box and I a sushi combo. Mine tasted fresh and flavorful. My wife’s food was very good. She is kind of finicky but she really enjoyed i all. She did run ‘out of room’ because the portions were good size, but not to worry, I helped and enjoyed it too. Prices were reasonable and we left satisfied. Mrs. say we will be returning, soon. No argument here.

Based on the reviews here, I begged my husband to try this place. So we packed up our daughter and off we went in hopes of finding a new sushi place that was priced lower than what we were used to.
The couple who run this place are very nice and very attentive. We were the only customers in the place at 530pm yesterday. We ordered the following to try their rolls out.
The Maki Combo — california rolls and salmon rolls.
San Leandro
Shrimp Tempura
We ordered the Chicken Teri Bento Box for my daughter which included 4 pcs Ca rolls, salad and of course rice.
Rolls first. The rolls are small compared to Sushi Avenue and Sushi House in Alameda. The Ca rolls were very grainy. I don’t know how else to describe it. The salmon rolls were tiny. San Leandro roll really had no taste to it? Shrimp Tempura roll was good. Very crispy and you could tell the tempura was fresh. I really wanted to like this place especially since they have delivery and the prices are so good, but honestly I can’t say we will return even if we are in the area. I would prefer to make the short drive to Sushi Avenue. Put it this way. Had we ordered the same at Sushi Avenue, I can guarantee we would be full, but leaving here we were still hungry?
The service was good. But with us being the only customers, I can’t judge this fairly.
The teriyaki was bland and had no taste to it. The chicken was stringy at parts too. The rice was good though. The salad had a funny dressing on it. I’m not sure. It kinda tasted like Italian dressing?
Will not be returning. I had a stomach ache after eating here.

How refreshing to go to a restaurant where you feel like you own the place! Carmen blends good service with yummy sushi, endless sake, and entertaining conversation! We are definetly going back!!!

Nilkko’s is definitely one of those precious hole-​in-​the-​walls that is truly a gem of a find. The cold night we stumbled into this restaurant, the owners immediately brought out a personal heat fan for our table. Our tea cups were continuously refilled and the staff were all very polite and nice. Talk about great customer service! The age-​dashi tofu had very yummy sauce and great texture. Sushi itself was tasty and flavorful (although I must admit that I’m no expert on sushi). Overall a great find and a place I will be eating at again.

Like what Chad said, its a tiny place but yet it is sooooo clean! And gosh they have the cutest utensils and bowls lol. I ordered the salmon bento box and my friend ordered the teriyaki chicken. I must say that they were both delicious! So therefor i give this a good review. And can I also mention that they have good service plus they give you a card with stamp so when you order 10 bento box you get one for free :)

Nikko’s is a tiny little place, seemingly run by a younger couple, (probably in their early 30’s). It has some of the best miso soup I have ever had. The bento boxes, teryaki, and tempura dishes are wonderful, but for some reason the sushi will come to the table at room temperature and cool quickly to a more normative temperature. The udon is somewhat lackluster, but in the end the ambiance more than makes up for the rest. Quiet, conveniently located in the back of the dolittle strip mall a.k.a. the marina fair plaza. If you are feeling like trying some place new then you might at least pop your head in to check this place out sometime.
I like it…
CHAD