Recently came here for the 1st time (for my b-day lunch). Had 2 rolls with unagi; both were maybe slightly above average (maybe I'm a tough grader, but I'm keeping it real here). Had the bamboo roll; a little too much cucumber for me, but I was ok with it. My almost-3-year-old son liked his udon. The staff was very friendly. Not an *amazing* place, but I'll definitely come back. read more

Never.Ever.Again..Took over an hour to get most of our food. Our server disappeared 20 minutes in to our dining experience. Had to cancel part of our order because it was taking too long. Got there at 6:30, ordered by 6:40, my food came out around 7pm, husbands food came out at 7:30, by 8pm we gave up and cancelled the rest of our order. Surrounding tables were experiencing the same issue and we're having their food boxed togo because they couldn't wait around any longer. I asked for the manager but he/she didn't even bother to come out of the kitchen to speak to us. Just sent out the bill and told the waitress(who was friendly and I felt bad for her) to just offer us complimentary icecream which we declined cause we just wanted out of there. So disappointed in this place. read more

I went with my bf on a Sunday afternoon. The lady who served us was very nice, quick & attentive. It was moderately busy with a couple families, but nothing too crazy (probably because of the day and time). We both enjoyed our sushi... the Mango Madness roll was DELICIOUS! I would definitely go back and recommend it to people. :) read more

Generous portions, amazing taste, stylish decor, friendly staff, what more could you ask! read more

Bamboo Fish - Our server Kimmy was so sweet and attentive!! Food was also amazing the sashimi was so ticccc - Japanese Near Me - San Jose, California

Since changing their name from Ninja Sushi, the quality has gotten a lot better. I'm glad they worked out the kinks! Although it's not my favorite sushi place, I love that this location is convenient and the service is great. read more

Wow hidden treasure very nice place Great food and service. New owner Young and Brian are best at what they do. I love sushi and I been in a lot of sushi restaurants but by far this place is on top. Soon name will be change to Bamboo Fish read more

Very disappointing. I love sushi anytime anywhere but I will not be coming back to this place. The taste and quality were not good at all. Spent $75 on two people! read more

Great service and top quality food. We went on a week night to celebrate our anniversary and got lots of attention. Nigiri was delicious as well as the rolls and usual tempura and seaweed salad. We will be back! read more

If you are looking for really good sushi then this is your place. If you are looking for really good and inexpensive sushi this is not your place. My wife, 13 y.o son and I went last night on a recommendation of a friend. I had the Temptation and Shark roll, son had two rolls and the wife had a dinner plate. The bill came to $81 Once again the food is really good and you will pay for it as well. So if you have a teenager that can eat his weight in gold I would suggest you pre-party at McDonalds to keep the bill down. read more

Great service! Great food! The place was nice and relaxing. Will definitely come back! Kimmy was a hottie

We were a party of 5 adults and 1 -5 year old. the Sashimi was fresh. 2 of us got our dinners in about 10 minutes and then it took the other 2 about 10 minutes later. my 5 year old ordered Chicken Teriyaki, it's been about 25 minutes, the remaining 2 have not even received their food!!! Service was not good. We will not be be going back!! read more

This place is located in the shopping center behind the new Mo's in Almaden (former Sonoma Chicken Coop). They remodeled the old Teppanyaki and Sushi place that used to be there. They did a good job in the remodel and the sushi bar is nice. The seating area has good elbow room. The food just doesn't have enough umami and the by the dishes that we had, it seemed to me that there is just a lack of experience and understanding of what makes a great dish. The chicken and salmon we had were overcooked and tough. The positive was the teriyaki sauce was pretty good. The sushi was on the lower scale of average because the ingredients used in the rolls were not balanced - not enough eel or too much imitation crab. The wasabi was not powerful which is a signal to me about the possible inexperience I mentioned above. It's very easy to serve up good wasabi. The miso soup was decent but the salad was too watered down - need to serve the salad crispy. The overall portions are good and the sashimi cuts were good size. The fish they use for sashimi was good. Server was attentive but mixed up the order. This is a new place so hopefully it will get better with time. The dinner prices for average about $18 and run into the high $20's for sashimi dinner plates. read more

Didn't get to taste the food. Wasn't even acknowledged when we walked in. When I finally flagged someone down to put my name on the list, I was told they don't have a list. I was handed a piece of mail and asked to write my name down on the back on the envelope. I put my name down and after waiting about 15 minutes, I noticed tables of unhappy and impatient patrons that either still haven't ordered their food or were waiting for their food. After watching a few people complain, we decided to leave. read more

Huge menu, lots to choose from. I have tried some of the regular rolls, and some of their "special" rolls, all were delicious! They are also huge and the presentation is really beautiful. read more

Food really good, bento box pretty good, love this place nice and clean, highly recommended!

I don't know where all these people ate at. I just got back from there with a couple of my friends and I have to say it was the worst experience I have had. The food was not that good(only ate a bite of mine and so did my friend) the fried calamari was worse than if I made it from scratch myself. My daughter cant eat sushi so she got a pizza from next door so she could still eat with us, but the owner said she couldnt eat it inside. After some arguing they eventually allowed it only that one time. I would recommend sushi from Safeway instead. read more

Service is excellent and food is delicious. The sushi rolls always taste fresh and the boxes have great choices. One of our favorite places to go. read more

My family and I have been going to this Japanese restaurant location since it was showgi many years ago. It has since changed names/management to ninja sushi and now to bamboo sushi. This was the first time and probably last time I will be coming to bamboo sushi. Showgi's and ninja sushi were almost always busy but today when I walked in, the place was mostly empty. I thought this meant we could be seated quickly. After waiting 10 minutes with plenty of open seating, we were told it would be another 10 minutes to setup a table....we had a party of 5 and told them this when we first came in. We could have driven to and started eating at Almaden sushi before we would have been seated here. We left and went next door to the Thai restaurant, seated promptly and had our food ready within minutes. read more

Me and my wife occasionally coming here for dinner. Place in general is good and fresh . Stuff is nice and friendly. Service is also good but could be a little faster. My favorite here is Salmon sashimi and orange blossom roll . The also serve a good sake. read more

Thought I would give this restaurant a try tonight since I live in the area. I had such high hopes after reading previous reviews. The food was just ok, nothing special. The rolls were rather small. Some items were served on paper plates. The staff was unwelcoming and seemed almost bored to be there. On a positive note, the menu is quite extensive and the atmosphere was very nice. read more

I stopped in there for lunch today with my daughter and what a difference from Showgi! New owners, completely remodeled, food was delicious, the service was fast and the staff was attentive and very friendly. A little on the pricey side, but well worth the visit. I will be back. Restaurant is located at the corner of Almaden Expressway and McAbee, same center as Mo's. read more

I've been wanting to try this place since it switched ownership and names. The last place was very pricy like Ninja but their sushi was very good. Nina is very expensive but the sushi was just ok. For these prices I expect a lot more. My son ordered the chicken karage and it was awful. Needless to say this was a one time only trip to Ninja. read more

I liked this place because on Valentine's Day I showed up with my family and we were seated at a reasonable time frame. However I show up today on Saturday evening and I am told I have a 15 minute wait. Another party of 10 shows up and they get seated in the back area while I wait with my family. The waiter informs me and I nod that is fine - he lets me know a table will be opening up and I am next. Another party of 4 shows up and I hear the party stating that she has a reservation and wants one of the booths. This booth happens to be the table I am to be seated at. I ask the same waiter and he says yes they are next. Upset I leave with my family. Saturday nights can be very tough but expectation setting is key and they failed miserably. I left waiting for 45 minutes! read more

The staff was super rude. No greeting. We weren't escorted to our table, the hostess/waitress just rushed to a table in the back and slammed the menus down. Luckily, it was a loud enough slam we were able to find the table. Awkward vibe, the staff wouldn't even acknowledge us being in the building. The waitress was slow to bring out waters. She took our orders shortly after that. After about 15 minutes we hadn't seen any of our food or appetizers. My sister and my niece went to use the bathroom. The floor was soaked. She assumed it was freshly cleaned. Then discovered the toilet seat was soaked. She cleaned up the water off of the seat so my niece could use the toilet. She flushed the toilet and the water spiraled out of control like a goddamn tsunami and soaked the both of them. After that we walked out. Upon exiting, we notified two of the staff. They looked at us like we had giant dicks on our foreheads and didn't say anything. Fortunately, we had put in our names in Mo's prior to walking to Bamboo Shit. We decided to try Bamboo Stick because the wait was long for Mo's. Went to Mo's, had a great experience there with friendly staff. I will never even consider eating at this place again. Rude people read more

Still the best. Go Wednesday or Friday, awesome waitress!!

I haven't been in a worst sushi resto in San Jose this bad, the rice was so hard, the chicken from the bento box looks like Microwave, before I ordered, I asked the server how many slices of the assorted sashime combo, I was told 16pcs, it came back with 9 tiny slices, not a good place to celebrate fathers day with my family. Its very expensive as well. Is there a ZERO STAR? read more

Bamboo Fish - Japanese Near Me - San Jose, California

Went in after work yesterday, literally some of the worst dinner service I have ever experienced. Sat myself at the sushi bar, it took 5 to 10 minutes after I sat down to get acknowledged and even longer to get a menu to order food from a staff member. One girl started to serve me, and after she took my order she made me feel invisible as she wouldn't even look at me for the rest of the night. I ordered a beer from her and ended up asking for it from the sushi chef because she forgot about me. Then a 3rd person brought me my check, when I had to ask for it 20 minutes after I was finished eating. Maybe I smelled bad? (Doubtful) Maybe she ignored me because I was wearing a Giants jersey and she was a Dodgers fan? Blows my mind because I was extremely nice, even when I was treated like I was a ghost. I'm pretty insulted because every time I have come here I tip at least 30% even when the service has been sub par in the past. This time it was atrocious and I tipped 10%, plus they lost me as a customer and I will not be going back. I would have given nothing. However, I work in the service industry so I couldn't find it in my heart to do that. I'm giving 2 stars because the sushi is good. Should hire some servers that care about customer service though. I know how it works, i'm a blip on the radar screen because I am only one person. I will gladly take my $75 to $100 I spend every time I come here elsewhere though. read more

I've been here a few times and it is a few dollars more per item than regular sushi places. The first time wasn't busy and I got seated right away, though after placing my order I received everything out of order and wasn't asked if I was doing ok. I also had to ask for the check. The other times were busy and I had no one acknowledge me when I first came in. I was seated at the bar and had to ask one of the sushi chefs to flag a server down so I could place an order because I waited for a while and no one came around. After that the service was fine, however, the nigiri I ordered was not fresh tasting. Way overpriced for the service, quality and ambiance. I would rather drive out of my neighborhood for better quality at cheaper prices. read more

Even though most of our food tasted good (except for the Saba Shioyaki) I unfortunately got very sick from this past Friday's Saba Shioyaki and Salmon Teriyaki dinner. From late Friday night to Sunday my stomach was in serious pain and couldn't hold anything in. The service is quite slow even when the restaurant is not full. I had to get up and pull someone to get an extra filling of tea and the bill. It seems like our waitress disappeared in the back after we were served and never checked up on us. Also, be sure to check your order for takeouts as we received the wrong order twice on different occasions. read more

Fresh, tasty and plentiful! My daughter and I stopped in for lunch. The service was great and the sushi was perfect! Nice size portions, excellent cuts of fish and the soup and salad were done perfectly. Loved the peanut salad dressing! Yum! Our NEW sushi stop! read more

Seems they go under a different name now. Sushi rolls were excellent but some of the cuts of the sashimi just were not that great. Atmosphere was great!! Might try again! read more

i used to come here all the time when it was showgi, i miss them! this was my first time coming to the new place, and I thought the food was great (though frickin expensive!!) but they need to sort out their service. it's probably due to being newly opened, but it was absurdly disorganized. things like figuring out they had left us waiting for a table when there had been one sitting empty most of the time, bringing us the wrong orders, bringing my dad's bento box way before my sushi came out, never bringing the water we asked for until the fourth time asking. i'll give them the benefit of the doubt on that though, i know new places need time to iron out the kinks. and i don't really mind screw-ups like that as long as the staff are nice, and everyone was! i had the chirashi sushi, the fish quality and variety was excellent and the presentation beautiful. i also appreciated that the rice amount given in the bowl was manageable, as many sushi places give you way too much and I hate wasting food. my dad had the beef teriyaki bento box, the teriyaki was nothing special but he loved the tempura that came with it. we shared a baked scallop roll (because when we go out for dinner together our eyes are always bigger than our stomachs ahaha) and it was so good! the only problem was that it was falling apart from how much sauce it had on it, which is an issue for the chopstick-impaired like my father. tl;dr: the food was great and would be worth the insane prices if the service was perfect, but it wasn't. i agree with other reviewers that the ambiance is lacking, though the decor is nice. i'll give them another shot, but if the service hasn't improved or the prices haven't gone down, i won't come back. read more

This is our go to sushi in the neighborhood spot..always good and service is top notch.highly recommend mango mania....

Absolutly delicious! Great modern atmosphere and super friendly staff. We'll definitely be back for sure!

Nice rolls. Good portion sizes. Priced appropriately for what you get. Only drawback was we were seated in the back corner and lighting was just awful in that spot. read more

I would have attached a photo but it was so good we dug right in and it went fast. Amazingly fresh Hamachi so of course I had the Hamachi lovers roll. My husband isn't very adventurous about raw fish so he got the bento box. HE LOVED IT ALL. !!! So glad that I brought him here and thanks to Julie and Kimberly for introducing me to Bamboo Fish. read more

Wow. Place has upgraded big time. Phenomenal quality! Love to have this back in the neighborhood. Coming back soon.

Lunch time with only 5 tables loaded, need to wait for lunch box combo for more then 30 minutes, and still now idea when the menu will come... read more

Ninja is easily my favorite restaurant in Almaden Valley. They are family owned and since opening for business, they have continued to improve the interior of the restaurant, offer greater variety on their menu and do it all with fantastic service. The fish selection here is like none I've experienced at any other sushi restaurant. The wide range of clams, variety of salmon cuts, the fresh and amazing ama ebe (raw sweet shrimp), weekly signature specialties and the immaculate preparation of all dishes makes Ninja a must-visit spot. They offer a large selection of sake and beers on tap. The atmosphere is fun, the staff friendly and warm, and they even draw a crowd mid-week for dinner. They recently expanded their lunchtime offerings, which I hope to try very soon. I'm so glad Ninja has moved to the neighborhood. They provide a clearly superior choice over other local spots like Almaden Sushi or Sushi Okawa that lack in both service and seafood variety. read more

Bamboo Fish - Chef's choice sashimi and fried shrimp heads served alongside the ama ebe (raw sweet shrimp). - Japanese Near Me - San Jose, California

We had a bit of everything...udon, ramen, lunch plate and a sushi roll. Everything was spot on and very good portion sizes. The one waitress that was there was awesome and very at tentative. Would definitely return. read more