We walked in on a busy Friday night around 8 o'clock and only had to wait a few minutes before my boyfriend and I got seated. The service was a little slow only in the beginning, but we didn't mind since we didn't have a reservation. - We could tell they were busy. When our server took our drink orders I just HAD to try the High Saki Flight. I enjoyed all three of them! Food wise we ordered: - Spicy Edamame - Wow, fantastic! Definitely don't skimp out on these. So much flavor! - Gyoza - Perfectly cooke!! - Yaki Soba (pan fried noodles) - I added beef and it was delicious! - Chibi Sashimi - Even though I knew it wouldn't be the best fish because of the pricing and it being an appetizer, I was still a little disappointed. I've had better... - Blazing Red Dragon - My boyfriend ordered this and he wasn't a fan...I personally thought it was good. It definitely wasn't a wow factor but I enjoyed it. read more

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When I think of Chicago, I don't think of sushi so I feel like there's no reason to be overly harsh on this place. It's neither overwhelming good or bad. The servers are always nice/polite. The atmosphere is moody/dark. Perfect for a date night or night out with friends. The drinks are alright -- there's not a lot I find myself wanting to drink on the menu as I'm typically a fruity cocktail girl. read more

Kamehachi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Edamame was very salty and not spicy. The tales of wasabi and negi hamachi were not very good. Service was fast and good. Wouldn't come in again read more

Kamehachi - Negi Hamachi Maki and Tales of Wasabi Maki - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Came here for lunch on a Friday since they have lunch specials. Walked right in and there was hardly anyone in the restaurant. I ordered the Nabeyaki Udon. I was disappointed with the lack of flavor but extreme taste of salt. The side of veggie tempura came with sweet potato, onion, broccoli, and a few other fried veggies. They were SO oily and I ended up not feeling well for the rest of the day from them. Given these two items and my experience at this restaurant, I don't feel a need to ever return here. read more

Came here twice in a week while visiting because of convenient location and ambiance. Don't expect the best sushi in the world, but it's still fantastic. The spicy scallop roll was my favorite. The Chicago Crazy and Sunset rolls were runner-ups. Also can't go wrong with spicy tuna/ spicy salmon. The lychee martini is a MUST!!! read more

Nice variety of Asian food, nice service, and big selection of sake. We started with an aromatic Konteki sake. They had east coast oysters so we started with a half dozen. Terrific Brine flavor and I ate mine plain. We shared shrimp tempura which came in a nice setting. Some gyoza and spicy tuna roll finished our meal. Our server, Bolero, was helpful and terrific! read more

Ambiance is awesome! They have great sake selections, friendly staff, and good sushi read more

We really enjoyed most of the food at Kamehachi. The dining room had a nice atmosphere, and since we went early in the evening, it was quiet, which we appreciated. The service was very attentive without being overbearing. Overall, it was a good experience. read more

Ordered through doordash for delivery and tried it for the first time as it has so good rating from huge reviews. The food arrived and was appalling. The portions were way smaller than I had thought - not an issue as photos from fans might not show the actual size - but the most horrific thing is that the salmon used for its salmon rolls was dried, cold, and frozen ones. That for a Japanese outlet, and as an Asian customer, this is a huge mistake and completely write off from the future list. I hope people will get smarter in enjoying Asian food. 5 thumbs down! read more

Kamehachi - The hard, cold, frozen salmon n for the roll...yuck - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

The only place I'll eat sushi because I know it's fresh. I love that it's three generations of Japanese women owned. The staff is great the ambience, beautiful and it's the same whether you're in the old town location or in Northbrook. I flavors are delicious and authentic read more

Food is excellent. Service is also very good. They even had my sunglasses that I left‍

We had a baby shower and had Kamehachi do the catering drop off....the food + platter presentation was amazing and delicious! They had something we all could enjoy from vegetarian to raw to cook to even gluten free!. Lisa P. was our contact and she was great from providing everything we needed and great suggestions....all the ladies wanted their info! Thanks for making this a special event :) * can't wait to use you for our next gathering! read more

This place was awesome! The Suishi was fresh and tasty! The beef Kabobs were delicious! The service was great as well. We had a group of about 13 people and they serviced us well. All of our food was perfectly cooked and served with a smile. read more

Good food, ambience and service. We enjoyed the sushi and maki. Everything was fresh.

Came here with a colleague for a late lunch. 1. Restaurant was not busy. However; server took long time to even bring water... Uncaring servers 2. Ordered: tempura veggie, sushi, noodle soup Sushi was ok (2 starts for it) Tempura veggies was way to oily Huh. Noodle soup was terribly over salted !!! Never again and won't recommend There are many options along Wells st read more

We came for an early dinner on a cold day. The space has a nice vibe. Attentive friendly service. Conversational acoustics. Massive menu. Sushi, rolls, bowls, entrees We had a great fried oyster special with a nice dipping sauce. Seaweed salad and a vegan roll. All really good starters. Also enjoyed a very good ramen abundant with noodles veggies and flavor. They substituted pork belly with grilled chicken. Another order was the tofu noodle vegan dish. Interesting drink program. Will be back. Would be fun with a large group. Sharing. read more

Kamehachi - Noodles and tofu. Vegan roll. Ramen. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

This place has a special lunch menu and a huge interior with lots of seating! Very cool spot to grab a bite inside. As others said, the waitstaff seem to be quite busy, so you might have trouble flagging folks to pay your check or get water refilled, etc. The food was a solid 4/5; as expected. Appreciate the serving size of the bento box! read more

Kamehachi - Katsu Bento - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

What a wonderful lunch! We wanted to brunch at a different nearby cafe but was a 2 hour wait so we came for round 1 of our lunch and decided to only grab coffee at the cafe. I've been here for dinner at this location and at Northbrook so I knew what to expect at Kamehachi and today's experience didn't disappoint! 1- very welcoming walking in. The hostess welcomed us to the restaurant and sat us in the back. The lighting was dark, set for romantic mood. Although it was daylight out, there were no windows in the back. 2- extensive lunch menu. There were many options for lunch that we didn't know what to pick! We got Niban bento box which is chicken teriyaki along with rainbow, unagi, and spicy tuna roll. 3 of us shared but it was plenty of food for us. It was delicious and came out with good timing. 3- service was excellent! Although there was only 1 server, she was on point! 4- complimentary birthday mochi. I've already gotten our bill but asked server on the side if they do anything for birthday and we got mochi. My mom absolutely loved it! read more

Prices have gone way up, the fish portion amount of the sushi seems to have gone way down. Hamachi crude was good, everything else was so-so. The dragon roll with eel tempura barely had any actual eel, but it had lots of skin inside the roll. At $22, it's a ripoff. Drinks are overpriced as well: Japanese beers are around $12, sake is way more expensive. DO NOT order mixed drinks here, the bar does not know how to make a quality cocktail. This place was great for so many years, it seems like they are just after the $$$ now. It's a shame, because this used to be the go-to spot for sushi in Old Town. read more

Great sushi, noodles, and shrimp! I will be a returning customer in the near future as someone in the local area

I've had some Kamehachi items at the Batsu show upstairs, but this was my first time dining in the restaurant. We came here on a rainy night, so we weren't able to sit outside but there is a nice patio area. Our service was fine. We got glasses of wine and some appetizers to start. The rock shrimp was tasty, but the japanese spicy chicken wasn't spicy and was extremely pink on the inside... As for our entrees, the salad was huge and filled with fresh veggies- such a great deal! I also got the tales of wasabi roll, and this was tasty as well. The specialty rolls are kind of pricey for the small size, but other than that my dinner was very satisfying and left me pretty full. I definitely suggest this place for a nice sushi night in the old town area. It's excellently located on wells street in the heart of the action. Just watch out for the pink chicken though.... read more

I was told this was the first sushi restaurant in Chicago! Started out with the Asparagus Beef Rolls. Really delicious and unique. And some Gyoza which was pretty standard. I would have loved to try some of the raw rolls but couldn't due to my pregnancy. The Rainbow Roll looked especially tasty! My sister got the Spicy Tuna Roll while my husband and I enjoyed a California roll and the Tempura Shrimp. read more

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Update- I am updating my original review from 1stars to 5 stars because of the customer service I received after a manager Tom from corporate called me not even a day after I posted my review apologized for the experience we had at dinner and offered me a gift card for the entire balance of our dinner. In addition the gift card was hand delivered to our front desk. I will absolutely come back here because I think the food is very good the service I just found to be really bad and I think that was just a one off night. This kind of follow up is definitely the kind of place I will come back to and give this place a chance again. But again the food is exceptional. ---------------------------------------------- I came here on Friday night with my husband and my father-in-law and our two year old we live 10 minutes away on Lakeshore Drive so we have been here a few times. The service was absolutely horrendous. I had a 730 reservation and they seated us at the front table with our stroller. It took 20 minutes to get drinks and put in appetizers I asked the waitress if she could please bring a side of rice and some edamame for our two year old because he needed to eat ASAP, my husband and father-in-law both got their salads but our child got nothing. I had to beg again saying that our kid was going to have a meltdown if he didn't eat something anything just a side of white rice I didn't think that was too much to ask. We ordered a bunch of appetizers, soup, salad, Gyoza, and beef. They came at different times and in weird order. I had to ask a Busser for silverware and that took forever also so I just drank my miso like a mug instead of using a spoon at this point the waitress has not taken our dinner order yet. We were ready for our dinner order about 10 minutes after we sat down at finally 9 o'clock at night STILL one had taken our dinner order. I tried to flag our waitress numerous times I mentioned it to the host that we had not place d our dinner order yet and the busser or both of then said OK I finally grabbed our waitress and said, can we put our dinner order? She looked at me and nodded and ran off, I finally had to flag her down again and she looked at me and said what are you missing? I said our dinner she said your dinner never came ?? I said no you never took our dinner order. The look on her face was priceless. She had a completely blank look on her face and she said oh no I'll put a rush on your food. We placed our dinner order and she affectionately touched my father-in-law's arm. I'm assuming because she thought he was Paying, which was not the case I was paying! Our food finally arrived and at that point we just wanted to get the hell out of there. She brought the bill over and said sorry about that didn't comp a drink nothing and by the way she never offered refills so we had to keep begging bussers to get a second refill of any drink. A good waitress would've at least brought out a dessert or comped our sodas we weren't drinking alcohol, so wouldn't have been that big of a deal. $200 and 2 1/2 hours in the restaurant we left still hungry and really irritated. read more

Quite tasty fish and excellent drinks Our family dined here recently and enjoyed a mix of sushi, sashimi, fried bits (agedashi tofu and shrimp tempura), and veggies (multiple orders of goma ae). All were quite good and some of the fish in the Sashimi Dekai were truly excellent. I and my wife started with a pair of cocktails, a Jupiter and a Tokyo 75, both of which were excellent. We then moved on to a sake flight to go with our fish. And our son was very happy to discover they had various flavors of Ramune (though sadly, no Calpico). The service was reasonably good. The space is somewhat cavernous, though warm woods and subdued lighting helped alleviate this and made the restaurant more welcoming. read more

Downgrading my long-standing 5 star rating to 3 only because not only do they no longer serve the lunch menu on Sundays anymore, but even their super-delicious ramen soups are out! Must be new management. So sad for us since we're only in Old Town on Wednesday nights and Sundays all day. read more

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I had their agedashi tofu and veggie roll! Was pretty good. Nothing super special but I feel like it's a place where you'll typically be satisfied atleast. Cute place to sit in and enjoy. read more

Kamehachi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Great place for raw fish Sundays. Not too packed was easy to get a table. Love their patio. Staff was attentive. Food is pretty reasonably priced. Lots of sushi and other food options. Not a super fancy place but great for more of a casual but not sketchy sushi/asian meal experience read more

Kamehachi - Huge portion of Edamame. Like biggest ever. Salmon sashimi. Seaweed salad. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

Shakespeare's King John warned against guilding the lily, or over-embellishing things that were already fine. That's how I feel about Kamehachi. The food is simple, direct and tasty. When Kamehachi was at Wells & Schiller, the simple decor and modest prices fit the food perfectly. A few years ago when they moved up the street, the food remained the same but the restaurant design became more upscale, trendy and exclusive. (See my pictures) They have a fancy bar. They have Asian antiques. They have live music. And, oh yeah, it became more expensive as well. So, the food is good but not nearly as good as the decor. It's probably a good place to impress a date if they are not foodies. At Kamehachi prices, the sushi should be top notch. Instead, it's just solid and simple. We eat here sometimes because the location is convenient but it is not my first choice for sushi in the Windy City. See my other reviews. read more

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We had a friend visiting town, and met them here for a drink while they had dinner. The food looked good, so we decided to try the gyoza and some sushi rolls. All was pretty tasty! The space itself is also nice and cozy, and the service was decent. I'd definitely return again, when I'm in the neighborhood. read more

Kamehachi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

We went here for dinner on a Monday night, and while the food was delicious, the service was not great. Our drinks didn't come out until well after the appetizers were dropped off, and it took a very long time for our server to come back to take our order. Then my meal came out relatively quickly but my husband's meal never arrived. The server never came back to check on us until I flagged him down after my meal was nearly finished. My husband's meal never ended up being submitted, so his meal didn't arrive until after mine was done and my plate was cleared. We spent the whole night just watching each other eat! And our server never came back to ask if we wanted another drink or anything. The saving grace was the food itself. I got the chicken katsu and my husband got the California and passion rolls. I am sure that they are short staffed and the servers are stretched thin, but it ended up being a frustrating experience. read more

Very disappointed with the quality of fish offered here. Every piece of my nigiri lacked flavor to the point where it was almost bland, espically the uni which is not pictured here. Equally unfortunate was the low quality rice which did not taste the way sushi rice should. Service was great! read more

Kamehachi - Sushi Combo B - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

I would like to say that I'm somewhat of a sushi connoisseur and have been to all the best sushi spots in Chicago. Unfortunately, this was one of the worse experiences I've had at a sushi restaurant. I'm not trying to sit here and bash a restaurant because I understand they've been closed for a while or have just opened up but it just wasn't good. First, it took 20 minutes for the waitress to ask if we wanted any drinks then another 15 for them to bring those drinks to our table (which was just a bottle of wine). From there we didn't order any food until 45 minutes into sitting down. I couldn't tell, but it seemed like the waitress was managing the entire restaurant and was hustling so I'm not gonna dock the restaurant for that. Second, there was a mushroom dumpling listed under "dumplings" and when it came to our table it was just a plate of different sautéed mushrooms with a block of polenta on the top. It was kinda gross tbh. *they did not charge us for that which was nice. Third, we finally got our food a little over an hour into our dining experience. The gyoza was actually pretty good but the sushi was average at best. $18 for a signature roll that was subpar was very expensive. Most other signature rolls at other restaurants are better $13-16 and the quality is better. You'd think a sushi spot right on wells in old town would be a little better but it wasn't. Was hoping for better because it's so close to my girlfriends apartment but won't be coming back. read more

Life is about simplicity and luxury sometimes. I was here a few nights ago during the old town art fair. This is my new favorite spot. Had the Sukiyaki I thought it was pretty good. I had 3 Tokyo Tea's. It packed quite a punch so to speak. If you remember the 2nd "naked gun" movie ( which was titled "Naked Gun 2 1/2)Where the guy at the bar says "give me the strongest thing you got" and a guy punches him. Well Luckily for me no one punched me but this contains vodka,triple sec,gin,tequila and just for the fun of it coca cola so this kind of put me out of commission for a while. This place is not making any sacrifices on the quality. I will be coming here again with some friends to sample some of the other potent drinks and sushi. read more

Food is very disappointing. Not sure why shiu ma is served on a bento plate for Japanese food. Ordered the new zealand king salmon nigiri and it didn't even taste as good as regular salmon. Also ordered steak and there was so much sauce in there that it drowned out the steak taste read more

Overall: Great atmosphere, food, and service put Kamehachi on that map for a nice Japanese option in Oldtown. The good: Good atmosphere. A nice casual bar and small table section in the front and larger dining area in the back. Very clean and appropriate decorations. Great service, everyone was very attentive. The food was great, a lot of entree items outside of the sushi (which was also great). Plenty of drink options. The bad: Nothing really "bad", but the prices seemed to jump quickly on some of the items. The food was great but not 5-star worthy. Atmosphere: 9/10 Service: 9/10 Food: 8/10 read more

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We had a great experience here! I've had carry out from here before and really liked the food, so when we had friends visit from out of town we decided to try to dine in. We made a reservation for a Friday night and it was pretty busy. Our server was so helpful. He took a menu and marked all his favorites and suggestions for us to look at which was helpful because the menu is pretty large. His choices were pretty spot on. The only drink any of us liked was the purple one in the pictures (I don't remember the name), the others were not very good. However, the food made up for this. We started with spicy edamame, rock shrimp and spring rolls which all were so good. The edamame isn't too spicy but very tasty. Everything tasted fresh and good quality. For our meals, we had various rolls and noodles and I don't think anything was left at the end. This place is cozy for a date night or fun for groups in one of the large booths. read more

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Sushi. Disappointing. One of the oldest well known sushi places in old town. New location has great atmosphere. But, Wait staff and Manager, could not have cared less if we were there. Even though we were the only customers in there. Need to work on front of house before I spend money there again. Sushi was ok, but lots of better options in Chicago. read more

Kamehachi - Sashimi platter ( waitress didn't bother explaining and details) - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois

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Overpriced for mediocre sushi. Service was not great. Only one server for the entire restaurant.

Dined at Kamehachi twice. The first time I was alone and ate at the bar in the early evening. I started with gyoza pan-fried pork potstickers. Those may have been the best I ever had. The sushi was very good as well and the bartender was friendly and the ambiance was excellent. The last time was Monday, July 11, 2022. I was with my family in the mid-afternoon. Service was spotty as the hostess doubled as the waitstaff. Gyoza was not quite the same but the sushi was very good. I like Friend's Sushi on Rush or State, but the ambiance at Kamehachi is much better. I would recommend Kamehachi as the food is good and the ambiance is excellent. read more

If you're looking for sushi in old town, this is it! They have a cute patio right on Wells which is always busy- even during lunch. We started with the spicy edamame and got a spicy tuna deluxe and a California roll for the main course. Everything was super fresh and delicious. read more

Kamehachi - California Maki with spicy Mayo - Sushi Bars Near Me - Chicago, Illinois