I've been going to this place for almost 6 years now. Lately the food servers are NOT ATTENTIVE AND FRIENDLY with PAYING CUSTOMERS especially the old male asian guy!!... My gosh, I've asked for 2 waters (first order as drinks were asked first and I am with my husband so naturally we need 2 waters!) BUT I NEED TO BEGGED 2x to be given 2 glasses of water with his grumpy attitude. PLEASE HAVE SOME CUSTOMER SERVICE MANNERS ... we're paying and loyal customers!!!! you cannot enjoy eating with grumpy, rude food servers! read more

Best sushi in town. Very fresh. Great service. Ample parking. My toddler and teens love when we come here. read more

Kanpai Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

Ordered a few of the specialty rolls including the one with scallops, pizza roll, Marilyn monroll etc... they came pretty fast and fresh. Some of the rolls had a little too much rice so it was very filling. They only have a few rolls that are not spicy or only a few nigiris otherwise lots of other choices. Some specialty rolls are up there in price $ read more

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Our insights: * Their special rolls have been on rounds for us and it never disappoints. It is savory and delicious. Worth the money you spent. The Monkey ball was a hit on our table. * Our server was attentive and prompt to our orders. * The place is clean and quiet which was perfect for us. read more

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I ordered this via GrubHub, so I can only attest to the food and not anything else. California Roll: Pretty standard and nothing special to be honest. They were plentiful and it came with the lunch combo, so I was happy for it. Spicy Chicken: They gave you a huge amount of food for what you pay for. The chicken I can tell is the same you would use in teriyaki chicken. It was a bit tough to eat and a bit dry, despite being drenched in sauce. The spiciness was indeed present and the onions and bell peppers were nice. The salad was whatever. Overall, I was content with ordering from here. Would consider ordering here again. read more

Kanpai Sushi - California Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

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I don't recommend this place at all , I walk in at 8:11 and they close at 9:30 they told me they no longer sitting people down I'm confused why online it said 9:30 ?! There's is lots of empty tables that's a whole hour and 20mins left to close !!! The girls have a bad attitude since I first walked in I order to goo and left a $0.00 tip she got mad about it !!! what you want a tip for taking my order girl bye aren't you closing anyways !!!! Please make sure you arrive two hours before lol . And make sure to call & I asked them what time do they close that day !!!! read more

Kanpai Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

We have been going here regularly and it seems management might have changed hands? Having said that, there was nothing to complain about before and in fact there is a good new development! They have an explicit vegetarian menu! Woohoo! The chef made us generous rolls and when I requested extra ginger, he sent a small mountain (and yes I ate that all up single handedly :) ). My husband had an Udon and it was made to perfection. The gals serving there were friendly enough. And its priced okay so don't understand the bad rap this place gets. I'm not changing my favorite local sushi place for some time to come. If you are local to Brentwood, please support this local business. read more

Food was amazing I got the chicken Katsu plate and my uncle got the teriyaki salmon plate and we loved the food service was amazing and very friendly service 10/10 recommend read more

I had the mixed tempura and the volcano roll. Both were bad for the same reason. The tempura batter was raw and soft. There was also too much of it. Posting a pic of the volcano roll that shows a less than one inch piece of spicy tuna wrapped in seaweed surrounded with massive amount of flavorless, doughy and raw tempura batter. It was deep fried in incorrect temp as the pieces were just soaked in oil. read more

Kanpai Sushi - Volcano roll... small amount of protein layered in a tempura batter jacket. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

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Kanpai Sushi is a nice Japanese eatery that has been in Brentwood since 2005. The ambiance is modern with bits of Asian decor after being renovated. There were 3 animated maneki-neko (beckoning cat) overlooking the indoor seating area. These cats are a common Japanese figurine which is often believed to bring good luck to the owner. The service was prompt and our server was very nice and helpful. She accommodated our special request by asking the sushi chef if certain things can be done. We ordered: Appetizer Calamari - 3/5 The calamari was deep fried and the batter was relatively pretty thick, but tasty. The calamari itself was not not tender as I wished. It was more rubbery. Overall, the calamari wasn't bad, but I had better. Maui Roll - 4/5 This was a special sushi. There was a lot of tobico the topped the Maui roll. The cucumber gave the spicy hamachi and rice a nice crunch. The mango sauce with unagi sauce did not agree with my taste buds. I would prefer drizzling all mango sauce or all unagi sauce over the Maui roll instead of mixing the two sauces together. This is a personal preference. Others may like the two sauces drizzled over the Maui roll. That being said, the Maui roll was very good. Bento Combo (sesame chicken and california roll) - 5/5 With the Bento dinner combo, you get to select two items. One from the entree list and one from the "side" list. I selected sesame chicken and California roll. You also get miso soup and salad. The sesame chicken cubes was breaded and fried, then tossed in teriyaki sesame sauce. Very tasty. The california roll was very good. The avocado was buttery, not overripe. The portions were very generous. I would order this combination again in the future. I cannot speak for the less positive reviews that I've read on yelp. If I believed the negative reviews, I would not have tried Kanpai Sushi. We're happy that we did try Kanpai sushi. The service was good, the staff friendly and accommodating. The food we ordered was very good. I would recommend giving Kanpai Sushi a try. It is best to personally try the restaurant and give your own review. We will order other dishes from Kanpai Sushi and update this review. read more

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This was our first time coming to Kanpai Sushi but it was a bit disappointing. We ordered three different sushi rolls and they were all underwhelming in their own way. On all of the rolls, the sushi rice was not sticky like you'd typically expect, so all of the rolls crumbled as you tried to eat them. The wasabi was very sweet like it had sugar in it. The soy sauce was so salty it was unbearable and needed to be thrown out. In terms of specific rolls, the 007 was incredibly sweet tasting and warm because they packaged this cold roll with hot items. There were a lot of different sauces all melted together. Both fried rolls (Deep Fried California and Deep Fried Philadelphia) were very greasy and the oil had permeated all the way through to the center of the roll. The fried Philly had a distinctly fishy taste and smell to it. The flavor in both were really bland but also overly sweet. The worst part was probably how soft the "fried" exterior was since there was no crunch whatsoever, and the bottoms were very wet and soggy. We ate a couple pieces of each, so it was definitely "edible", but not really all that enjoyable. I was also not able to find my go-to order on the menu (spicy salmon roll). We're still searching for a good sushi place in Brentwood since we recently moved here! read more

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Terribly dissappointed. Walked in there, wasn't even greeted by the employees, they didnt offer me a seat or menu. I stood up and left. Thank you! read more

This place is our usual doordash place but today we did dine-in. My daughter like her 007. My son said Sake Don was just ok. I usually ordered the Crazy Roll but today I gave the Maui Roll (one of the specials they have for today) which was a big mistake. It was way tooooooo sweet. Service was good read more

Kanpai Sushi - Maui Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

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The food was really good but one thing I want to point out was the service specifically by Gabriel. He had an amazing attitude and was very polite and friendly the whole time. It was nice that it was opened seating and was overall a great place to go out for food. read more

Honestly this review is about the service. If you're someone who doesn't care about that and only came for a food review I'd give food 3/5. It's mid tasting for the prices they charge. Anything fried will be soggy fyi. Service... seems like the girls just come to hang out with each rather than work. I walked in and they asked if it was to go and I said yes. They didn't direct me to come to them for pick up and we just stared at each other for a while until another girl asked if I needed seating and I said no to go and she directed me over. The girl who bags my items reviewed everything with me as she was bagging, sounded right. I paid for my food and I left. Thank god I checked before driving all the way back home but my stupid roll ($20) was missing. I come back in again they look confused and I explained they forgot something. Without even saying what it was the girl said "oh yeah the stupid roll". YOU JNEW YOU FORGOT but didn't call me to tell me to come back?? Then the chef comes over and said yeah I knew you didn't have it when you bagged it. so TWO Employees let me leave without my roll knowing they forgot it. They say they are finishing preparing it. I asked for a cup of ice while I wait. I sit down expecting the server to drop it off at my table but no she shouts out my order like a burger place and makes me walk to her to get my glass. Not that they knew this but I'm four days postpartum, I came in limping. I just spent $65 on three rolls of sushi and I'm missing orders and not getting served. Hard pass on this place. Maybe they could have done their jobs better instead of gossiping about who texted her last night. No one in the restaurant cares to hear that sorry. New to the area and won't be going back. read more

I really wish I read the reviews in advance because I wouldn't have ordered from here. I got two rolls from Doordash for dinner, I thought the price was fair and that the food was decent - a little fishier than I wanted if I had to be honest. Their tuna wasn't the best quality in my opnion. The ginger they gave me had some black spots on it but it didn't look like mold to me at the time. I assumed it was discoloration. I didn't eat the ginger and ate half the rolls I ordered before going to sleep. The next day by 1pm I was full blown sick. I'll spare you the details but it lasted two days and has been ruled as food poisoning by the doctors. I don't like accusing restaurants of food poisoning, because it can be so hard to prove, but the sushi from Kanpai was the only thing that I ate that no one else in my family ate. I had it for dinner around 8-9pm ish and was sick by 1pm the next day read more

One of my favorite places. Great sushi. Mendocino and salmon skin are my favorites! Top Tier customer service as well! read more

Kanpai Sushi - Mendocino Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

I absolutely love this place!! They are the only sushi place in town with generous portions and good fish. We've been coming here for 8 years now and I hope they are ALWAYS here!! There is not better quality sushi in the area, regardless of how high end the place. I'm satisfied with every delicious bite. read more

Kanpai Sushi - Delicious fresh cut of saki nigiri - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

wonderful food sometimes you even get an orchid on your rolls loved. you really get your bang for your buck

Last night my family and I went to have dinner. We have gone to this restaurant multiple times each time in the last year. We have noticed that they have a large customer base and DoorDash. We went into the restaurant and ordered our food. We sat at the table for about 10 minutes. While multiple door dashers came through the door. Finally, the waitress took our order and started trickling our food to the table. Meanwhile, the one waitress was handling all of the DoorDash orders as more doordashers came into the store. It might sound petty, but if I'm a pain customer, and I take the time to drive to Your Store, come into your restaurant, sit down to eat. I feel that I should be taken care of as a priority. My inconvenience to DoorDash because of this. My family and I will not be returning to this sushi restaurant that we have frequent in for the last 10 years. Too bad, we notice the quality of food was subpar, and now over a $100 for a family of 3 eat. I felt bad. But on the tip line, I wrote, you should get your tip from DoorDash. read more

Came here to celebrate my son birth. I have to say the place is clean and cozying. The food was fresh and tasty. Had the Marilyn Monroe Roll, which was pretty good. The Monkey fist's were good too. The rest of the family said their orders were tasty as well. The place may be added to the rotation of monthly family dinners. The service was attentive and quick. If you are a sushi connoisseur and happen to be in the area, make sure you stop by and indulge. Support your local establishments! read more

For the area, this tends be the best so far in the neighborhood. The sushi taste fresh, and the prices are decent but every-time I order the presentation is horrible, and presentation is everything. I hate when the rolls are prepared sloppy. read more

Kanpai Sushi - California rolls - Good but poorly rolled - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

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Let me set the ambiance. You walk in and banda music is playing in the background and the sushi chefs are not Japanese because they're singing along to the music. There is one sushi chef without a mask preparing food and one gal chef wearing a mask. The server is wearing a mask. Now that I've set the mood, we begin to order. You can see the back cooks not wearing masks. Start with gyoza & mix tempura. The gyoza is deep fried with a spicy sauce. The mix tempura are huge chunks of vegetables deep fried. Now I've never had tempura with two crowns of broccoli, two squash, carrots, two zucchini's and shrimp. I mean these are huge pieces I'm not exaggerating. Rolls: Cal Recall roll, deep fried with avocado, shrimp and crab & dragon roll with the standard unagi, avo, and shrimp. Both were decent size portion and served really quickly. The rolls were adequate. That's what I have to say. What takes the cake: the table had a cockroach, under the table next to a dirty napkin holding the table steady. I couldn't stomach food after this. I felt the whole restaurant wasn't clean and my skin was crawling. Someone send this place help. Someone send them an exterminator please. I'm pretty sure I won't be back. read more

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Amazing food and servers we love going here! 10/10 recommend. Everyone is nice and welcoming, we always look forward to coming!

ordered tonight about $90 worth of food. the rolls smelled like fish horribly!! the garlic edamame even looks old and we haven't even touched it yet and will not be after tonight. i ate one of your rolls bc i was starving and i haven't eaten all day. even with how bad it smelled, and soggy it was sitting in the container i just spent $90! hours after eating your smelly crunchy roll i have been sick. your chicken teriyaki kids plate was a joke and even my kids couldn't even eat that. the owner should be ashamed of themselves for allowing there restaurant to go down as bad as this has. this use to be a nice place but you can tell you have allowed your business to run into the ground serving old food. i think its time to let your place go. i read previous reviews and see i am not the only one who has got sick and had rolls thats smell fishy. note to everyone: spare yourselves and find a better sushi place in town we will never come here again the quality of food is shit! the only reason you get 1 star is bc how lovely the girl was on the phone who took my order. she should leave too and find a better place to work at you guys don't even deserve her read more

Sweetheart and Arthur roll.... both 10/10 I also had the tuna steak roll which i thought was 8.5/10 but only because we had so much to eat already it was still really good! Potstickers were good as well good vibes and great prices!!! Give them love all the other places around are rude and take too long... read more

Kanpai Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

On 12/21/25, Yesterday. Around 12:45ish I went to get a simple Chirachi order, which in my personal opinion was a little on the expensive side for the amount of food I got to the quality of fish used on the dish, but its not about this at all, all of it came falling apart when i simply paid a total of 27.44U$ on 8 pieces of fish that I HAD TO THROW AWAY HALF, why you might ask? well, in between the 2 pieces of salmon there was a hair, but it doesn't end there, I wish it did, what really got me to actually come and make this review, was because there were TWO!!! 2 SEPARATE, DIFFERENT, FROM DIFFERENT BODY PARTS, which I presume one was hair the other one was face, because of its thickness and for the quick look I could see from the chef. Will never come back, will never recommend to anyone I hold dear, am extremely disappointed, because I have never had the "pleasure" of finding hair on my food, but not only my first time happened, but I GOT TWINS, I do dare to say that i checked and ate the other 4 pieces, with the rice, because I was extremely hungry, but indeed sadly my worst experience, HOPEFULLY, it was just MY OWN experience, happy holydays! read more

Walked in about ten min before the my closed and was greeted immediately staff and seated. I ordered an appetizer along with three rolls and a few drinks. The host was very pleasant with my daughter and recommend new things for her to try (Japanese sodas) which my daughter enjoyed. Every roll we tried was great. Afterwards my daughter was given Japanese candy. The complete experience was great. read more

Another great alternative for quality sushi with great staff. They do have some interesting specials and unique rolls and their portions are huge! Their Cupcake-like Sushi is a fun delicious dish that was a meal in itself. We had a slight problem with our California Roll and once the staff was informed they immediately took care of it. One suggestion is their daily specials on their board, it would be helpful if there was a brief description underneath the name. read more

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This place used to be our spot to get sushi & teriyaki but wow they have really gone down hill. We ordered a steak teriyaki & the size was a tiny kids portion for 19.95. I don't usually complain but it was pretty ridiculous. I know times are tough but you can't charge full price & give child portions! The chicken teriyaki was still a decent portion but don't bother ordering the beef unless you want to overpay for a kids plate. Sorry to say we definitely are not coming back here as this is the second time this has happened. read more

Decided to try this place out of the blue and it was expensive but the food I got was good. I wanted to get a mix and match bento box but the waiter said we don't do that and that you have to pick one of the predetermined items on the menu only. Most items come with a California roll or shrimp tempura only for the lunch specials. I've never been to a Sushi place that doesn't have an option for their bento boxes (like pick two or three of a list of items). I asked the waiter why they don't offer that and he said "we've been doing it that way for 10 years". I asked for more rice and no salad and he didn't say it was $1.00 extra for that and when I got the check I was surprised to see that charge. We asked for a to go cup for my sons juice and he said "oh we don't do that here!" What?? You don't have to go cups?? My bbq short ribs that I got were delicious BUT it was most all bones and fat. It's a quiet environment so you can hear your neighbors talking the whole time so it's kind of awkward. My wife didn't like the dressing on the salad but the kids meal has a lot of food so you'll probably have left overs. read more

Kanpai Sushi - $1.00 extra for rice instead of salad. Wow - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

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Idk what has happened the past year, but their quality of foods have declined significantly.. rice being hard, lack of flavor, skimpy fillings (though price has only increased instead...) unfortunately we won't be going back here after multiple orders of just disappointment. read more

Today we visited Kanpai and were very disappointed in the lack of cleanliness. The first table was sticky and next to a table that needed to be cleared, so we moved and the next table was equally sticky with the menus on top. Seats full of crumbs and wet. Frustrated we left. Very disappointing since there was plenty of staff available to keep the restaurant clean. read more

Ok, I'll try to find some thing nice to say. First, I'm thankful for a business that is open and serving customers. Secondly, they should be grateful for DoorDash or any other food delivery service. My in person experience was horrible the employee at the table was so unbelievably rude. There was one person ahead of me and she took his order. When it came to my turn she walked away to gather online orders or delivery orders. I didn't mind waiting for a few minutes but after 5 mins I asked if she could take my order. She said "no! I'm getting my orders together" I kindly said "you can take my order and still pack your orders." Again she said "no" one of the guys said something to her in a different language she then replied in English "if you wanna take her order do it" "I'm taking care my orders over here" (not exact words). I started feeling a type of way because she was now purposely being rude to me. She spoke in English so I could hear her nastiness! I continued to wait until she was ready and she did take her time. Finally when she took my order she informed it was going to be 25-30 minutes wait. I COULDN'T BELIEVE this I just waited inside for 15 mins maybe longer. Still the nice person, I am. I paid for my CRAP left then came back. I'll say pictures are sooo nice to see and often used to influence you to buy things like FOOD !!! My sushi roll was HELLA nasty it fell apart before making it inside my mouth. It was soaked in watered down teriyaki sauce. I had previously looked at yelp photos to see what's poppin the most. I ordered the alen roll (correct spelling) it looked nothing like the pictures and it was an EPIC fail. It cost $20 (one damn roll) it had maybe 8 pieces NOT WORTH IT! I will not eat or order from here again. The customer service is HORRIBLE and MY FOOD WAS TRASH. This is my review and it's 100 percent MY truth. You can roll the dice and wish for a better experience. My advice would be spend your $20 on gas and keep it moving, don't take your chance on this place. read more

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This was our first time here and let me tell you, the staff is super welcoming, friendly and the food is excellent! Every bite tasted fresh and just absolutely delicious. The sushi chef asked how everything was tasting once we got our rolls and that made our experience even more pleasant. Great atmosphere overall. Will definitely come back again! read more

Kanpai Sushi - Mendocino Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

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Came in last night to get some sushi. We arrived and sat down, about 10 mins later a waitress was about to take an order for a table that sat after us she looked at us and asked if anyone had helped us. She went ahead and took our order first then she went and took the order for the other table. A few mins later a group 4 came in and sat at a table, they waited but no one was tending to them. The chef behind the sushi bar told them to come over to the bar area... they knew each other. Remember our order was already in. So 20 mins later the waitress comes to our table to let us know she was sorry for the delay but that they were just getting started on our sushi order. Waiting patiently... when we saw the guys that had come in after us got 5 rolls delivered to their table... UMMM how does that happen?? They placed their orders after us! We waited another 10 mins and our order was still not ready. The chef obviously wanted to take care of his friends! he could have made 3 rolls for them and at least ONE for us to balance things out since we only ordered 2 rolls! HORRIBLE Customer Service! We will never be back. read more

This is my wife and I's favourite local sushi spot for its authenticity and kind staff. We always have a good experience coming here. Trust me, you need to try their sushi - it's fresh and mouth watering delicious! The servers were busy tending to other tables, but the sushi chef Carlos took the time to ask us if he could start us off with some drinks. That says a lot about their attentiveness. Don't pay too much mind to the negative reviews and come in to see for yourself. This place is awesome! read more

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Food was mediocre at best. If you're looking for soy sauce container bring your own basically gave me a quarter inch dish. Fish with soft not fresh. They're more worried about their presentation than the quality. A good friend of mine owns Tanaka in Berkeley which is 1 million times better. Don't expect to glam the fam with this place. Wish Tao San Jin was open For eat-in dining. read more

Kanpai Sushi - Soy sauce dish in background I had to fill it to the rim yes it's built on the table. This was the crazy roll again not impressed. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California

I drove by and decided to stop by. I walked in and I was holding my baby. The woman who helped me was very nice. I ordered two lunch specials. I got chicken teriyaki with miso soup and some type of rolls. It was a lot of food for two people I think it would be enough for three people. Went back to my car while they were making my order. Since I had my son the woman who helped me walked to my car to bring me my food. The customer service was outstanding for me and the food was pretty good. read more

The place was clean, Sushi was ok, dragon balls were delicious. The server was very polite. read more

Kanpai Sushi - Rainbow roll and Dragon Balls - Sushi Bars Near Me - Antioch, California