Sushi 21

So many better options nearby.
Just pass this joint.
Not worth your time or $ in my humble opinion.
If I had to choose between a ghetto seafood buffet with days old quality in Vegas or sushi 21, than maybe I’d go with the latter.

The Ayce menu is basic. The albacore salad it was really good. The fish was really fresh. Reason for 4 stars, the server need to do a better job with communication skills. Other than that, food was great.

This is the spot to go to if your looking for fresh sushi!!! Love this spot!!! Highly recommended

The sushi was delicious! The service sucks.
Waited to long to get our food and there was only 2 other customers.

This place has the best albacore in the WORLD!!! Food is great, vibe is amazing, and the interior design is nice!!! This is my new go to spot!!!

I’ve been here a few times and love their food. I usually will order the bulgogi or spicy pork combinations but their sushi is also delicious. Service gets and A+++ Everyone here are very nice and friendly. I wish they had booths though but that’s being picky.

~ I wanted to go to a place that had a casual atmosphere but yet quality service and food and found just that at Sushi 21 ! I enjoyed the food and loved the seaweed salad and vegetable tempura! Staff was friendly and service was great!
I will be back soon since it’s so close to where I live!

I came down to San Pedro because of my sister funeral.. I have no ate all day and just couldn’t face going home after all day events at 10 pm to go back to burbank and thr fwy without food.
I have special diet and can’t eat fast food junk. No sugar no starched but I love sushi. I go to my places in burbank and they all know me cuz i go alot.
Well I saw this suzi not knowing anything about it. So I came in. The lady was pleasant but I had to make some changes cuz I don’t eat rice of crab. They were happy to do so. Very quiet not many here. But the food was very small but good. I guess being by a beach it would be fresh. Thou small amount it was good and The waitress was very sweet. She mad not speak much as she is learning English but she has a good heart and her smile is very sweet. So don’t worry if she is quiet. smile at her and she will be a good friend.
.
Don’t be afraid to try it. Be open mind. people give back what you give to them. It was nice and clean and food was fresh.
Thank you for caring about me and my sister it made my ride back home sweet and caring.!!

Since my last review (2013) I been to Sushi21 at least 20 times. Since the renovation there is so much space and light and the decoration great.
Their sushi are always fresh, I guess there fish are delivered everyday. I love their salmon sushi, it’s the best !!!
I always recommend this place to my friends and they all love it as well.
And guys… tips your waitress !

Came here to eat with my girl friend last week to try out some of the other sushi places in our area, and man was this place hidden.
It’s right next too a hotel, and the customer parking was horrible, I had to park on the street by the mc’donald, what a horrible spot to place a restaurant.
Food was nothing too amazing,
Baked salmon roll was pretty decent but the tiger roll really sucked, no flavor at all.
Nothing about this place made me want to come back.
But I’m glad I gave it a try

Nice sushi restaurant, clean on the inside, the outside is a bit shabby.
Great food with nice presentation. We enjoyed the teriyaki rolls, super yummy.

Worst place EVER
Worst service ever.
I’m in the car writing this.
Came for dinner and there was maybe one couple in here that’s it! They give us our menus and come back one minute later. Dude chill out. They keep coming by. We finally order bc that chick is going to have a stroke because she’s so impatient. I order a bento box and I want extra salad. My food comes out no extra salad. Ask for siracha. Waited 10 minutes for it. Mind you it’s dead as hell in here. She’s ready to give us the check and I ask for a refill. She busts out the check so fast without asking for dessert or even if we are done.
THERE IS NO ONE IN THE DAMN PLACE!
This isn’t Katsuya or Nobu bitch!
My friend and I put both our debit cards and specifically tell her split down the middle. Why does this dingbat charge the whole amount to my card and claims my card doesn’t go through?! I had a bill I was supposed to pay which is why we split the dinner bill. I give her another card bc I think oh maybe my card or the chip is acting up. Nope. She charges me the whole amount.
No apology no nothing like its my fault. I call my bank and figure it out. I will never come here again. They treat you like cattle to get u out as fast as they can and have no manners. These women need to get fired or go work somewhere where there is no human interaction. Horrible excuse for waitresses. Sushi Tashiro is way better and that’s where I’ll be going from now on. This place and people are a waste of time.
Deuces.

I have been coming here for years. It is always good and fresh. Tanaka is the best. Do yourself a favor and get here quickly. The All You Can Eat (AYCE) is a great bargin.

$ 22.95 for lunch all you can eat. What can i say? Dont go!!! They took over 70% of the regular menu items off the ayce menu. The sushi was double packed full of rice. I ordered the special cucumber roll that was supposed to have tuna, crab, salmon and all we got was cucumber w rice roll!!! This place aint worth it!!! Not coming here anymore

All you can eat sushi !!! BUT the ladies there are horrible, mean and rude, I tipped the sushi chef and only had a few bucks and she had the audacity to first off count it in front of me then talk trash in front of me and laugh at my tip saying that my tip wasn’t enough for the bill, I sat at bar so most they did was get me water with no refill to add to it !!! she wouldn’t give me her name but doesn’t matter if you go there you will know exactly who I’m talking about ive seen how their rudeness has turned customers away, I just can’t believe people feel so privileged and entitled and as many times I’ve came in or taken friends and family to this spot, oh well the all you can eat was great but it’s not worth the embarrassment and unwelcoming feeling when your in this place… Next day woke up with food poisoning :(

I have been to this place several times over 10 + years and the food has always been delicious.
The service on the other hand has always been its biggest downfall.
This is why I’m willing to drive 30+ minutes out of town to better places.
They recently remodeled and I figured I would take the family there for lunch. Walked in and were told to sit anywhere. Picked a table by a window for 6 we were 4. Whoops sorry not there? WTF! Place was empty. The waitress sees that I was not having it and says fine you can stay. Well after that she was just rude. Brings 3 miso soups instead of 4. We asked for spicy mayo and it comes after our food and only after I had to flag down the owner to bring the missing soup, who also was rude. Who has been rude every time I’ve been there.
The only time anyone smiles is when they bring the check. Of course expecting a big tip. We got smart and tipped the Chef! Cash! I’m sure they weren’t happy about that.
So maybe in 6 months I will waste my time and try them again. Who knows they might have learned manners and courtesy by then.
Tip to the Chef/Chef’s:
Open your own place. That place is nothing without your talent.

TERRIBLE! TERRIBLE! TERRIBLE! NEVER GO THERE! UNFRESH previously FROZEN SUSHI! Cheap QUALITY INGREDIENTS! Asking extra money for Sushi that was not of a good quality!
The BENTO PLATE at $ 14.95 was AWFUL! It is essentially a plate full of raw fish fillets and white rice. Where is skill in that? AND the RAW fish didn’t taste fresh. I couldn’t eat much of it. I fed it to my dogs/​cats later that day and they pushed it away. The plate also had chicken terryaki that was dry in places and tastes of a cheaper quality.
Then the lady, a waitress there who never waited on me, embarassed me and hassled me over my tip amount! She said it was too low! I gave her $ 2 more dollars just to shut her idiot mentality up! What morons running this place! They never waited on me once, never asked me for a single refill on me drink, and then gave me unprofessional attitude about me tip, I should have gave them a $ 0 tip for the idiocracy! Can you believe the nerve of these first generation Asian immigrants? Clearly they have resulted to intimidation tactics for the tip money because their business is no doubt suffering!
Worst Sushi and Unprofessional «Third World» experience I’ve ever had!!!

I do not know how this place gets 5 Stars. Perhaps people don’t hold high standards for sushi. This was probably the worst Sushi ever.
Ambiance old Denny’s. FREEZING cold A/​C we had to move from our initial table because the A/​C was blowing directly on us. Same at second table so we put pur bags on the coldest chair .
Caterpillar, was edible. Nothing special not a lot of eel inside and none one top.
Philly roll: sour vinegary flavor. How do you get a sour vinegar flavor on Salmon Rice & cream cheese is beyond me but I could not eat it. Same with my g.f. friends’s playboy roll.
Lite soy? probably not no real distinguishment between the bottles and it had an oily and sweet taste .
Service: The server was not super friendly and seemed agitated. The place had other patrons but it didn’t seem especially busy.
I will not be returning here.

So… First time I personally have been here in over a year.
What I noticed right off the bat was that they removed all the booths and replaced them with tables and chairs. Way, WAY more seating space now. (We had a relatively large group, 8 in all). We were just slightly hesitant /​concerned when we walked in and noticed the makeover, (because of the redeaux), thinking maybe ownership had changed. But my eldest daughter immediately spotted the owner behind the sushi bar, so all our initial concerns were immediately quelled. (That’s good thing).
Sushi is still good, just as good as I remembered from previous visits. Not necessarily «blow me away» or «the best I’ve ever had good», but still, pretty fecking good. The wife and I decided to get the Bentos Combo’s, which included sushi, (1 piece each of Tuna, Salmon, Snapper & Shrimp), sashimi (2 pieces of Salmon and 2 pieces of Tuna) and teriyaki, (chicken for me, beef for her), just so we could try one another’s Teriyaki. They also come with salad, (awesome), and of course Miso soup, (also awesome).
The rest of our table’s order, (which we all shared), consisted of Octopus rolls, Baked Mussels, Eel rolls, Lobster rolls, (now those bad boys ARE out of this world), Shrimp and Vegetable Tempura and a couple assorted others I can’t remember because of the food coma we were all in afterwards.
Then we threw in some Hot Sake, Sapporo’s, Asahi’s and Black Raspberry wine to wash it all down. All that jazz, for 8 peeps, and less than $ 200.00, (before tip of course). What a bargain!!!
If I were to complain, (definitely not enough to drop a star), it would be that the service was a tad slow… And it really wasn’t that busy in there. Not the chef’s fault either, it’s the servers. But, they were courteous and friendly, not like some other reviewers have claimed.
Still a favorite, especially since if need be, I could always just roll my fat a$$ down the hill to get there, and right back up to get home!!!

I have driven by this place numerous times! It’s been on my mental list of places to try (Pre-​Yelp for me). So, yesterday, I finally ate here.
Parking is tricky! This place is next to a hotel and the hotel posts signs designating some spaces are specifically for them! Not sure if they’d actually have you towed, but I don’t like to take chances.
It is pretty quiet here, unlike other Japanese restaurants! There is very little or none of the traditional shouting of greetings and thank you’s in Japanese. We were in a hurry when we left, so I don’t recall any of the banter when we headed out!
We ordered the Tanaka appetizer, which is jalapeño pieces stuffed with crab & spicy tuna and then deep fried. It came out nice and hot! It is very tasty and has a great combination of ingredients! It wasn’t spicy, even with the Jalapeño, but that’s okay. My husband ordered the Teriyaki Beef Bowl and he liked it. He said it was a little on the sweet side.
I got the Tempura & Sushi Bento. When it arrived at the table, we noticed that the tempura wasn’t even hot. It might have been sitting at the counter a few minutes… that’s about all it takes for it to cool off. It was a disappointment. It tasted like other tempura I’ve had. The Sushi pieces (3 out of 4) were good. About that 4^th piece of sushi, it was Whitefish, which I never get. It was soooo chewy, ewww! Maybe that’s how that fish is, but I usually try to swap it out. I didn’t try to do that here because it seemed pretty set. The Bento includes a tiny salad & some slaw with a vinaigrette dressing similar to that of Chinese Chicken Salad. I also ordered 2 pieces of Freshwater Eel… I must say that I enjoyed them!
The service started out okay. The one lady seemed to have a disgusted demeanor about her when we asked her for a refill of water & extra napkins. We looked at each other and couldn’t believe it! Our waitress was okay.
I would come back for the AYCE (All You Can Eat) during lunch time, it is a good deal for $ 20.95. If I can choose the sushi I want, then hopefully, there won’t be a problem with getting something I don’t care for!
There is a nice variety of rolls offered, sushi and other dishes to eat. Hopefully it won’t be quite as long for a return visit!