Over the past few years, their quality has gone from 3.5 stars to 4.5. I hadn't reviewed them earlier because I really want them to survive. The only other Asian restaurants in this area are god freakin' awful. I've glad to finally be able to give them an honest good rating. They used to skimp on quality even 3 years ago but I can tell that either their policies changed or they have a new chef. Anyway, they're not Nobu but they ARE solid. read more

Very small restaurant but fairly nice service. We sat at the bar and the guys making sushi were constantly working! We arrived during happy hour so it was very busy. There were a bunch of delivery people waiting on orders and it seemed like they were pretty upset about having to wait longer than expected... Fortunately we were not super hungry so we were not upset about waiting. We tried the sparkling yuzu sake? And that was nice to try. A bit refreshing. The agedashi tofu was decent but possibly a bit bland (this was surprising to me since I am fairly sensitive to salt!) The 2 appetizers we tried was the hamachi truffle and the salmon ataka... something. We enjoyed the hamachi one - thick slices of fish and thick chunk of avocado with good flavor. The salmon on had the look of kimchi almost and was nicely spicy - the jalapeño had a kick - this one was interesting. We had nigiri - maguro, unagi and the walu - would probably skip the unagi one. We had Maki rolls - hamachi with scallion, unagi with avocado, and the spicy salmon - all were pretty good. Overall we enjoyed it and if you happen to go and it is super busy - just be prepared to wait. read more

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The BEST sushi! So fresh. So delicious. Fantastic presentation and above all customer service. Cozy on the corner and very convenient to Muni over on the J. They always have a great variety of specials and Happy Hour to pair with. This is definitely my go-to spot for date night. read more

Great happy hour food and drink options, extremely friendly service, quaint ambiance, and lots of food options overall. I got a spicy salmon maki and tempura udon which were both delicious! Can't wait to go back. read more

Kama Sushi - Spicy Salmon Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

Come here for happy hour rolls! I believe that serve until 6:30pm on week days. Discounted rolls are $7 and the menu isn't limited to rolls you can order tempura, hand rolls and tofu! Our table decided to order some rolls and a sashimi platter to share family style. The rolls have the golden ratio of filling to rice, the filling is packed and the rice isn't overwhelming. We found the sashimi to come in thick slices and enjoyed the chefs selection. We especially loved the tempura, it was light and crispy and came with a good selection of vegetables, eggplant, kabucha squash, and carrot to name a few. We would probably skip the agadashi tofu as it wasn't as crispy was we would have wanted but still a solid dish! read more

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The party tray is very good! It's a great deal for what you get and can feed 3 very hungry people. It is not super high quality, but overall I will be back to order the party tray when I'm craving local sushi!! read more

Kama Sushi - Party Tray Combo - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

This little gem in the heart of Noe Valley serves up solid sushi in an intimate, small dining room. Service is attentive, and menu is ample. I particularly recommend visiting during happy hour, when they have a good size menu of discounted selections. The quality of the fish is good, but perhaps can't compete with more expensive Sushi restaurants. Nonetheless, it's tasty and fresh. I definitely recommend Kama Sushi. read more

Hadn't been there in a while, but has been my go-to for many years. The quality of the sushi and all the food is much better than the last time I went. I'll be back again soon. read more

Was working in the area two blocks away and saw this place was open for my lunch time. Great costumer service. The waitress are very friendly and with a great smile. Recommend you tasty food. As soon you sit down they'll give you a small bowl of their soup (yum). Ordered basil chicken, best so far I had. End up fishing my rice and still have some left over basil chicken. I put it to go and she packed it for me with extra rice. She went above and beyond. Yum yum food. read more

You might not think of South San Francisco for sushi or omakase. However, trust me when I say this it is a must and if you are lucky enough to have Helen be your server, let her take you on a journey. We have been several times for sushi and recently stopped by for omakase and let's just say it was truly superb bites, amazing dining experience and memorable. Chef Cheuk is a true artist that focuses on technique, flavor and color and his passion and enthusiasm shines through every bite. Helen is equally as passionate in describing each dish and offering the perfect pairing. You must check this place out, like today. read more

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Sushi that gets the job done. There was nothing bad about the food, but there was nothing particularly noteworthy either. A good option if you're in Noe Valley and want a quick bite. read more

service was good food was good kinda small but its fine lol .. zz zz z z z z z zoom read more

really really yummy and good prices. they make my pickup orders in less than 15 mins and are always solid. i think they definitely reserve better than 3.7 on yelp read more

Kama Sushi - Boston Roll The Rock California Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

Haven't had Kama Sushi in so long and decided to order via Ubereats and wow was it delicious! Held up well through delivery. - C27 Roll (spicy scallop, crab meat, cucumber topped with hamachi, salmon, spicy mayo) - California roll - Shrimp tempura - Miso soup (not pictured) - always delicious - Beef skewer (not pictured) - so tender Everything was so good and tasted so fresh. Writing this review is making me want more! read more

Kama Sushi - C27 Signature Roll, California Roll, Tempura Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

Kama sushi is a really great sushi place with a ton of good vegeta options for the people who don't eat seafood and the food is always fresh. ( you can see them making some of the food at the counter) the service is pretty good -average for sushi- and I highly recommend it. They have a great restaurant with really nice tables and kind waiters and waitresses. read more

While I have eaten in years, I was excited to try it again, although was let down by the service they provided. We got seated before a bunch of people came. We ordered 3 rolls and waited for a good 15-20 min, and still no rolls. Yet they have people coming in non stop to pick up their online orders/uber eats. They did give us complimentary edamame and did apologize which is nice. Food is delicious, just wished it came out sooner. Definitely looks like they prioritize online orders, while they should prioritize those who are eating at the restaurant. read more

If there was a swimming pool full of their Udon Curry, I would drown with a very happy, stupid grin on my face! I miss the Kama sushi before at 9th & Folsom but I still drove out church street to get me some Curry Udon! For pickup they are usually less time than they say Deffor fast & great food!! read more

Mushy rotten fish. Avoid unless your craving rapid weight loss from vomiting and diarrhea. read more

Kama Sushi - disgusting - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

Kama Sushi is my go-to takeout place for sushi rolls and donburi. Kama Sushi's distinguishing strength is perfect rice. Perfect texture, shine, and flavor, every time. All the basic rolls (maki) are good every time. I've had fewer of the speciality rolls, but all the ones I tried have been good. Negi hama maki is my favorite roll in general and their rendition is spot on. Their versions of the California roll is also very nice. No matter if you want to go more traditional or choose the inventive/American rolls, they are tasty. For donburi, I particularly like their chicken teriyaki and chirashi don. Others in my household really like the curry. Their nigiri is solid. That perfect rice makes the difference here. I generally just get nigiri as part of a set so I can't speak about any special nigiri. I haven't liked the hand rolls as much. I think it might not be a good takeout food, losing some texture with packing. So it might be good if you dine in, but for takeout rolls I'd stick to maki. Finally, they are very quick when I order pickup. They are often ready by the time I walk over which takes less than 15 minutes. Even on a very busy night with a complicated order, they had my food ready under half an hour. One time I ordered just rice from them because I was too lazy/hungry to cook rice at home and they didn't act like I was weird for that. read more

Ordered through Uber Eats 2 sushi rolls and a udon soup. The quality was very mediocre (sushi was very mushy with some strange flavors) while the total bill was 100 usd... will not order here again read more

This restaurant had great dishes and reasonable prices pre-COVID. Now their fire cracker balls taste soapy or like bad fish & the veggie dragon roll is an overpriced vegetarian roll with slightly dry rice that separated from it. I'm sad they've gone down in quality. read more

Great Sushi! Efficient service and delicious food. I frequently call and place a Will Call order but I also go in and eat in-house. Both methods work well. read more

This is a review for take out Sake Oyako Don. The salmon sashimi was cut nicely so it displayed the stripes of fat and fanned out over a bed of rice, dressed up with some shredded diakon and a leaf, the standard wasabi and a generous pile of ginger. It was very delicious and tasted fresh. I liked the main dish very much. I took off a star because there was so little miso soup. For over 20$ the main was good but the amount of soup was small-about 4.5 sips of soup, and on a cold night it would be nice to have at least half a container of it! The miso was mild and had good quality silken tofu and wakame. I would go back for more. read more

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Fantastic quality for its value! I order from here whenever I'm craving sushi and I keep coming back here after trying a few different places around the area. Portions are generous, delivery items are packed with care and they have a varied menu. read more

2.5 STARS When I need to be cheap...I can be c-h-e-a-p. Just over the weekend, I got into it with a manager at an Asian market over $2. The staff mislabeled the price for coconut water. I told her it was the law and that they need to charge customers the posted price which was lower than scanned price. She refused, claiming that a kid switched the price tag. Mr. NSS: "Please don't make a scene, I'll pay for it." Me: "Ummm no, it's the phuckin' law!" Mr. NSS: "Calm down, you're getting your granny panties ALL up in a bunch over $2 BUT you spent $360 for one meal at Saison?!?" Me: "Hey, I love my granny panties dammit...have fun with PALMela tonight!" Choose your battles wisely, fellas. If you're girl wants to haggle over $2 so let it be. What drew me to Kama Sushi was their Happy Hour (HH) Specials available every day from 5 pm - 6:30 pm: http://bit.ly/10sysXZ. On the menu are $5 large hot sake, $4 large beers, $5 hot apps, $4 nigiri, and $5 maki rolls. I compared it the regular menu and you save about $1 for most items. Make sure to check in on Yelp for a free small hot sake! I had a not so great experience at Kama's SoMa location aka mad Hershey squirts afterwards, however, I heard that their Noe Valley location was better. LIES. If you're looking for solid and authentic sushi, you will not find it any of their Kama locations. As the infamous Nobu K. would say, it's 100% Chinese here (I'm 3/4ths Chinese and I heard the sushi chefs speaking in Canto) with a huge jive ass roll selection. Not to say, Chinese sushi is entirely bad because Hamano Sushi nearby does Chinese sushi right: http://www.yelp.com/biz/hamano-sushi-san-francisco. Sakesan Bistro in Inner Richmond is also great as is Kamu Sushi and Amami Sushi in the Peninsula. We came right when Kama opened and we were the only ones there until we left. OUR ORDER: *Soft Shell Crab (HH $5): http://bit.ly/1z2vFky *Shrimp Tempura (Reg $7.95): http://bit.ly/1tgXqR0 *Yakitori: Kurobuta: Sausage & Butabura: Pork Belly (HH $5 each): http://bit.ly/1x6Xbj4 *Albacore Tataki (HH $7): http://bit.ly/1s9Jmsl *HH CA Roll, Sake, Maguro, Saba ($5, $4, $4, $4) & Sake Toro & Hamachi Toro (Reg. $5.95, $7.95): http://bit.ly/1z2wj1E What Kama excels in is their fried items. Whoever their chef is, they have excellent frying technique. The soft shell crab was piping hot, uber crunchy, and not greasy. Equally delicious was their shrimp tempura which was light, airy, and deliciously crunchy. One of the best shrimp tempura I've ever had! You can skip their yakitori skewers. The kurobuta sausage was store bought and decent enough but their pork belly thinly dry, overcooked, and insanely salty. With Kama's sushi, expect mediocrity. Thank goodness most of the nigiri we ordered was off the HH menu because I would NOT pay full price for these items here. We also ordered two nigiri off the regular menu to gauge the sushi making skills. One of the fundamentals of solid sushi is the shari (sushi rice) and Kama's shari was terrible. The rice was grossly overcooked, mushy, and underseasoned. It reminded of the shari in Safeway sushi. The fish to shari ratio was also off (too much rice). Additionally, the quality of the fish was subpar and not fresh. Even with the Sake and Hamachi Toro Nigiri from the regular menu, the fish tasted dull and stale; no butteryness whatsoever. Avoid the Saba, it was fishier than p.....never mind. As a comparison, the sushi here is a baby step higher than sushi found at an Asian buffet. Wasn't fond of the service either. Our male server was curt. After we received our food, he left to use his phone and never came back. The female server seemed friendly and brought us our bill. Had she been our server, this would have been a solid 3 star place. Kama is small compared to their SoMa location with seating for about 25 people. We usually sit at the sushi bar but it was very dim so we opted for window seats for some natural light. Easy street parking. While this reads to be more of a 2 star review, I'm giving them 2.5 stars rounded up because of the HH specials and no mad Hershey squirts afterwards. read more

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Great food for "good" price! Great customer service even though we came in a few minutes before closing.

I think their food is just so so which isn't a good thing for one to say. I love sushi but their sushi didn't taste fresh and I felt kinda crammed at my table for how limited the seating is. I thought the inside was rather dark and you can spot the dirtiness within the restaurant. I wouldn't recommend coming here as it's not worth your dollar for the quality of food you get. There are better sushi places out there that will excite you than this mediocre sushi place. I wish they would put a new coffee shop here or a better sushi place where I would want to go back to. read more

Incredible food and great service! A hidden neighborhood gem. The ambiance was wonderful and there were a ton of delicious vegetarian options which you don't often see at sushi places. read more

Great neighborhood spot for dinner, but food is hit or miss depending on what you order. We came here on a Sunday night and it wasn't very packed. The place is small so if you're a large party, it might be hard to get a table. We ordered a miso soup and gyoza as starters. It was okay. Nothing to write home about. The gyoza did come with 6 pieces instead of 5, but the pieces were smaller. It had a nice crisp to the bottom and the top was soft. As soon as you bit into it, it fell apart. The filling didn't have much flavor. For mains we ordered an assorted 7 piece sashimi, the August 4th roll, and the Red Dragon Roll. The assorted sashimi was good. The cuts were well prepared. I'm a little surprised that there was no salmon among the sashimi, but since it was chef's choice, no complaints. It was also interesting to try the different kinds of fish, some were super fatty and melted in your mouth. The rolls were very unimpressive. The August 4th roll was lack of better words confused. The inside had unagi, avocado and tamago. It didn't pair very well with each other and the tamago didn't add much either. It was topped with "torched" salmon, but ours barely had any singe so it lacked the smokey burnt flavor. The Red Dragon Roll was forgettable. The spicy tuna was very spicy, but the texture of the whole roll was mushy. This roll was also supposed to be topped with "torced" tuna, but it was barely singed. I live very close to here so I will most likely be back. I'll skip the rolls for now and just stick to their sashimi. Maybe I'll try their hot food next time too. read more

Kama Sushi - Goyza - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Seems every time I dine here I am over charged. It is very annoying. I have learned that I have to look over my bill. They offer a happy hour menu but when the check arrives I don't seem to get happy hour prices. Am I the only one that checks my bill? I am not from the area but when I visit I take my Granddaughter here every time...and seriously...I am over charged every time. read more

This review bums me out. We've eaten here regularly for years and loved their sushi. Something has drastically changed in the last couple months, and we've gotten 2 really disappointing meals in a row. We hoped the first time was just an anomaly, but unfortunately it wasn't. Our red dragon roll was inedible - the tuna on top was just warmed to a gross mush instead of being seared, barely any toppings. This used to be a favorite, and this time it was seriously disgusting. The 49er roll that used to be bright, fresh, and delicious was falling apart, with uneven cut pieces of lemon and fish and a fishy taste. The garlic edamame was overcooked and mushy inside and barely seasoned compared to usual on the outside. Everything has just gotten noticeably worse. I hope you address the steep decline in quality, we'd love to become regulars again. But for now, there are better options. read more

Kama Sushi has been our go to Sushi place for many years. We like to sit at the bar having sake and sushi, enjoying a relaxing moment after a tough day at work. During the pandemic we started ordering take out. The quality and taste were not compromised at all. We support the business. Hope it keeps on doing well and lasts forever. read more

Kama Sushi - a variety of sushi dishes - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

i was excited to try this place but the fish wasn't very good :( kind of rubbery and the rice was chewy. Couldn't finish it

DON'T TRY TO GET IT DELIVERED. We've been here many times and sometimes call for delivery. The food is good albeit overpriced. Spend over a hundred bucks every time. Well, I ordered (and was billed for) $125 worth of food at 5pm and it's 6:30pm now with no food in sight (and a hungry family). I called at 6 and the woman who answered said, "yeah, so the food is ready but the driver isn't here." She then assured me it would arrive at 6:07pm. So.... my order is just sitting on the counter for over an hour? I've called back many times and no answer. Sorry, Kama. You lost my business for good. UPDATE: the food arrived cold at 6:50. read more

Kama Sushi - this is what $125 worth of cold food that took almost two hours to arrive looks like. - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

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The fish here are not fresh, they smell fishy. The Butabara-Skewers (Pork Belly Skewers) is one of the worst item to choose from the menu. The temperature of the Pork Belly (Butabara) Skewers was not warm enough, the texture is dry and hard. This is by far the WORST Pork Belly Skewers I've ever eaten in my entire life. The space in this restaurant is small, all tables are close to the main door and it could feel cold when people open/close the door. Really not worth it to come and spend your money here. read more

Kama Sushi - Sake Toro Nigiri ($5.95) & Hotate Nigiri ($5.5) - Not that fresh, smell fishy - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Quick service. Good for when you need a spontaneous sushi fix. read more

Kama Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

I've ordered from Kama via GrubHub several times now. They're 1) always on time, if not early; and 2) reliably delicious. I've never been here in person, but from a delivery standpoint, they're excellent. read more

While I normally don't give 1 star reviews, I think this deserves it. I ate here and got sick. The health department is the first call I make in the morning tomorrow. I eat sushi all the time, I know whats good, whats not and what I can deal with so this is not some kind of noob problem. The fish was old, it didn't taste right, I knew that from the first bite. I thought it was just one piece, no, it was all of it. I paid the price for eating it, and this review is the price they paid for serving it. This place needs to fire their fish buyer, I suspect I could get better fish from a chain grocery store. The hygiene practiced there was poor. I know, I watched; The chef had his freaking iphone out on the counter, was texting constantly and didn't wash his hands. Gross. Also, their menu was an engrish bomb. The only redeeming feature was that their staff was nice, however lacked any real knowledge of what sushi was actually about. The guy with the rat-tail was a nice touch... read more

I love Kama Sushi, nice size rolls. Their sake selections are great. The ambiance of the place is very romantic. They have 2 big flat screen TV. Real good place with tasty rolls! I don't mind coming here again! read more

Kama Sushi - Menu (front) - Sushi Bars Near Me - San Francisco, California

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Omg..... How did I NOT know this place sooner! Wow.... From the beginning to the last..!! Definitely one of my favorite place now. Great decor, Great staff, Great foods! Can not go wrong! Yum, Yum, YUM Must try Shrimp Kama, Hamachi Kama, Dragon Balls, Karaage, Ramen, and so much more! I'm looking forward to try some more stuff in the future. All the staff are so friendly and attentive. 120% satisfied! Thank you for the great experience everyone at Kama Sushi! You guys are awesome! Can't wait to go back!! read more

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