This place is quiet and laid back. No music playing and never packed the times I've come. Quick and friendly service. I have only come during lunch hour. The food is solid and good. Huge menu with a lot to choose from - I usually go for the bento boxes. The tempura isn't greasy but it's crunchy. Gyozas are good and fresh. The sushi I've tried has been tasty too. There's another side to the restaurant that I believe is the teppanyaki side. Haven't experienced it yet since I've only come for lunch. I'm wondering if they get a lot of business since it's so barren when I go. Hoping they get enough business because I do enjoy this restaurant! read more

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Boyfriend and I were visiting from Long Beach for Valentines Weekend Getaway 2025. We were craving sushi and found KiniSama. Easy to find and upon arrival, plenty of parking. Once we walked in we noticed it was pretty empty for a Saturday afternoon, but nonetheless we weren't bothered or worried. We feel our experience will be all the more better with just us 2 in the restaurant. Either way, we're good, the food will speak for itself. We decided to sit at the sushi bar and glad we did! Great music selection and the sushi chefs were a blast to talk with. Their humor made our lunch even that more enjoyable. We definitely made some friends and looking forward to come back another time. read more

KuniSama - Sushi and Sashimi Lover - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

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6/7/25 Ordered Teppanyaki last time and now it's time to try sushi! Ordered conveniently on the Yelp app, Booty, Booty roll, Spicy Shrimp roll and Seafood Dynamite ordered. Paid for it there and went to pick it up shortly later. Greeted inside and informed worker and she got it for me. Nice & cool inside with lots of seating and a nice bar. Received the order shortly later. Lunchtime! Order split. Booty Booty & Spicy Shrimp rolls were fresh & DELICIOUS! Lots of flavor! Even better with their wasabi & soy sauce included! Seafood Dynamite was different and GREAT! Tasty! It came with noodles & fresh ginger and that was GREAT too! Fantastic lunch! Mother said her half was REALLY Great! She pointed out how the seafood had all different and was GREAT! Leftovers for both too! Good service & GREAT sushi lunch! Highly recommended!! read more

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Our go to for a bento box. I usually get the steak, but today I got teriyaki chicken. I got a good portion that was tender. My husband got the salmon bento. It was a good size and "it was good"! The tempura vegetables were served hot and had a thin crispy coating of deliciousness! The California rolls were fresh. Great meal! Our waitress was quick to get our drinks and order. We ate early, but the restaurant began to fill up quickly. It was still quiet when we left. We sat on the dining side. read more

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The staff is amazing! The new menu and food is spectacular. They have karaoke on Thursday nights at 7:30-11:30pm. The vibe is chill during the day. They have a bar with a plethora of beers and liquors. Thursday Thursday Karaoke Night with $5 Draft and Wells, $8 Patron, Tito's, Captain and Jameson. Brunch every Sunday. This is my go to place on Thursday night or whenever I'm stopping by the nearby smoke shops and/or medical clinics. read more

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First time hwre Food was great, as well we had combo bowels panko chicken and tempura. My husband had sliced steak and tempura shrimp. We also ordered shrimp tempura sushi . The salad was not great tasted very Oily. Service was ehh. Hopefully next time we go service is better read more

KuniSama - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

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This review is based on an Uber order experience. Terrible follow through from what is listed on the app and what the client is actually given. Ordered the bento boxes it's advertised to come with chicken, rice, tempura veggies, a California roll, and miso soup. Unfortunately, only received the first three items listed. Doesn't sound like a $20 buy one get one free deal when half of what's listed isn't delivered. I called KuniSama and they communicated that some of the items noted on the app aren't provided via Uber eats orders. This is clearly some customer misinformation and ridiculous. We ordered a fried soft shell crab and all we got were the appendages because there whole lot of crab missing. read more

KuniSama - The $20 teriyaki bento box "deal". - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

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Hidden gem in Clovis, small and family owned and they care about the quality of their food and service. My kids live the hamachi fried rice and I love the spicy baked mussels. We ate here on night before going to an event at savemart center. But clearly you can see they were understaffed but they did the best they could to accommodate and take care of their guests. Our drinks and food took a lot longer to come out but we see that it wasn't just us and the waitress did the best she can and communicating the delays . Then when we got our check, without even asking they comp half of our check. Honestly we were half to pay for the food but that left a huge impression for USA. read more

Stopped in tonight after a football game. Horrible service. No refills for starters. This isn't an issue when you're busy, but, there was 1 other table in the main dining room. My son ordered the spicy crispy tuna tacos. The waiter returned and let us know that it wasn't on the menu . Ok, we pointed to it on the menu and he said, no, we don't have that anymore . Ok, no problem . My son ordered something else . The dragon roll was good, the ramen was good ...my husband had a poke bowl. My son's order never came out. The waiter said that it wasn't ready yet . That's ok, the 3 of us offered our son parts of our dinners until his was ready. So, we watched our waiter go over and enter it in the computer behind the sushi bar and tell the sushi chef that he forgot to put that order in. By this time, the 3 of us were finished . The waiter returned and asked us if he could do anything for us. We asked for the check and to just remove the order from our bill we were waiting on. This place has really gone downhill . There's way too many sushi places in town to deal with this again. Disappointing . I'm giving 2 stars because our 3 dinners were fine read more

I won't be going. back to this place not a kid friendly place at all First time ordering and I told the girl it's my first time ordering ordered a kids chicken with rice annnnd fries which chicken and one side is 12 or 13 bucks! You're going to laugh i promise you ....( picture) i called back and told her she forgot the rice she said it only came with one side but didn't tell me that when i was saying i want rice and fries. they also forgot the sauce suppose to come with, fries were soggy no sauce. She offered me to come back for the sauce. I really want me money back this is the worst place, i should have gone to Madduck read more

KuniSama - kids meal 12 bucks for soggy fries and little scraps of chicken - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

My first Teppanyaki experience to this to day, one of the best! I laughed so hard my face hurt. Best environment, just show up with your whole group AT ONCE, they seat you all together at once so don't be late! And they taught me how to Sake bomb!! Great memories. read more

KuniSama - Fried Rice - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

Karaoke Night at KuniSama with Vermillion Entertainment! Thursdays are for Tunes! Join us every Thursday at KuniSama for an unforgettable Karaoke night! * Sing your heart out: Belt out your favorite songs with friends and family. * Delicious food: Enjoy our mouthwatering Japanese cuisine while you sing. * Fun atmosphere: Immerse yourself in a lively and energetic Come early to secure a spot at the mic. KuniSama 6825 N Willow Ave, Fresno, CA 93710 #Karaoke #ThursdayNights #KuniSama #Fresno #JapaneseFood #SingAlong #FunTimes read more

We USED love this place. The food WAS always amazing. The service WAS best in town. Then they decided to cook the food in the back instead of the show we all know and love and the chefs who put that show on. Now I have to find a place who doesn't use Covid as an excuse for great food and great service read more

I came here for son's birthday on Sunday. I ordered from the dinner menu and asked for 2 of the filet with fried rice and veggies. I was told that they were out of filet. I had to settle for the regular steak. Food came out too salty with too much black pepper. You can literally see a bunch of black pepper on the food. Closing hours were 9 but they started closing at 815pm and they started turning customers away at that time. read more

We had an amazing time at Kuni Sama. The food and cocktails were amazing. I had the special and fresh roll, definitely coming back they were so good. The bartender and sushi chef were wonderful and made our date night so memorable. read more

KuniSama - Weekly Special sashimi flight - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

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Love this place. GREAT beer menu, tap takeovers and huge whiskey menu as well. The food menu is wildly big, almost questionably so....but something for everyone. They have some sushi rolls I really like. Weird hours of operation though they might not be open when you want to go. read more

Husband was craving yakisoba noodles and said that he had really good yakisoba noodles here back in the days. So decided to dine in for dinner. We've been here before but don't come often. Arrived just alittle after 5pm Friday evening. Waited a few mins at the front for someone to greet and seat us. Finally got seated. I ordered a salmon bento box sub fried rice (+$3) and my husband got his yakisoba noodle dish with white rice and he also ordered beer. Took about 20mins for his beer to arrive on the table and about 30mins for our food. The people next to us who ordered after us got their meals first. My fried rice was cold and bland and the salmon was lukewarm and the flavor was okay. It was just eh... it was filling but not satisfying. Sad to say this place might be going down. The servers were nice but just took forever and the food could be better. Definitely not how it used to be many years ago. read more

KuniSama - Salmon Bento Box Dinner - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

Ordered takeout tonight. Sliced ribeye bentobox and veggie tempura appetizer. Ribeye was thin sliced and overcooked, no sauce whatsoever. Shrimp tempura listed in description was missing. Tempura in both dishes was greasy and soggy. Probably won't go for takeout again as it's not worth the effort to go back for missing items read more

KuniSama - Sliced ribeye - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

TLDR: good food & service, a bit pricey, inside is kind of cramped I came to try Kunisama again after their remodel. I have to say I miss the teppanyaki tables and chefs, but this was a good change for them! It does feel a bit cramped though. Anyway, we came on a Thursday night and it was packed. If you didn't have a reservation you were going to have to wait. For being understaffed and having a full house I think they handled it well! The service was great still. We had quite a few things so I'll go head and list them out: Baked mussels: honestly probably the best ones I've had so far! Flavor was great and texture was perfect! Poke Nachos: loved this! Wontons were perfectly crispy. I do wish they took a yardhouse approach to this and spread them out on a long plate so some chips weren't plain and other weren't overly saucy! Side salad: this was bomb as always, but the pricing is a bit steep for the bowl size you get. I do wish it was a little bigger. It was $5 for the small bowls you get from teppanyaki. Hot mama: this was soo good! Perfect sized roll with a ton of flavor. I'm surprised I've never tried their sushi sooner! Chicken & Shrimp teppan meal: still tasted as good as before and their hot and spicy is on point! Green tea shooter: it wasn't horrible but wasn't great either. This has been my least favorite green tea shooter from any bar/restaurant so far. Melon shooter: not sure if that's the full name but this was just bad. Sister and I both took a sip and instantly set it aside. Overall, I used to love Kunisama and I still enjoy it now! Their pricing is a bit high but I feel like everyone's prices are going up. I'll be back. read more

KuniSama - Poke Nachos - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

I don't like leaving bad reviews, but I haven't had this bad of service in years. My party and I waited over an hour for our sushi, and the waiter hardly checked on us or refilled our waters. Despite the long wait, he did not update us on our food; we had to call him over to ask. When we finally got our sushi, the rolls were 20% smaller than they typically are. The presentation was also sad. My rolls were falling apart, rice wasn't on part of the rolls, and there was very little filling. When we let the waiter know, he seemed apologetic but also annoyed. We could hear other guests complaining to the waiter, so we know we weren't alone in our bad experience. It is so sad to see Kunisama has gone downhill like this! Oh well, back to BluFin and Wassabi. read more

Had a late lunch. This is the Ramen noodle with chicken. Great presentation! My guest said it was very good. I had a rice bowl with chicken and teppan shrimp. I substituted the rice for stir fry veggies. I also had the sauce on the side. The hot and spicy sauce was on point. The portions are on the small side especially for the price. Food was very good though! read more

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So disappointed with the manager (I believe). Ordered four items. There was one item I specifically made a special request on and that was the item they messed up. While I understand there will always be human mistakes, but this manager made excuses. Initially, when I called back to let the restaurant know that there was mayonnaise in my salmon sandwich, the waitress went back and asked the chef, then came back and said that no one from the kitchen had put sauce in my sandwich. I told her I would be happy to text them a picture of the sandwich with the receipt next to it. Then she had me wait, and this lady came on. I shared what happened. Instead of apologizing, she went on saying that there are different types of sauces that are in this sandwich. I told her I looked at their online menu and the description says mayo only. If it's a marinating thing for the salmon, that's different. She went on to check my receipt from her end and it says no sauce, but she said, it didnt say no mayo. Well, I can't help you with that. It's your system. I specifically asked for no mayo because I can't eat mayo. If this lady was a manager, then she needs to learn not to harass the customer. At the end, she gave me two options. I am hoping to get my refund because I trust that she will do the right thing. read more

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Thus place is HORRIBLE!!! Worst service I've ever had. We sat at our table for 15 min. before anyone came by. I had to wave my hands. THEY WERNT EVEN BUSY. The dumb waiter with the worst breath ever finally came over. He knew nothing about the menu or happy-hr. He didn't even know what domestics they had on tap. This place will not stay in business. I've been going to this place for about 10 years. It has continually gone downhill. This is my last time. I have never had good service there....this was the final straw. The food is average and they should do happy hr on the fancier beers. That's what they used to specialize in. Hopefully the owner sees this and makes some changes. read more

First time at this restaurant and we'll go back!! The sushi rolls were so delicious and fresh, it was perfectly crafted on the plate. We had the shrimp and ribeye Bento Box, such a great sized meal, perfectly presented, amazing flavor and temperature. Our server was fantastic, personable and on point!! Go Broncos We'll return... hopefully soon read more

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I have never left a review but after lunch today I feel very compelled to. My friend and I sat at the bar to have lunch and just as we were finishing up we seen a roach crawling on their whiskey dispenser. So we flagged someone down told him about it. He killed and slightly apologized. We then told our server who I believe was the bartender who had disappeared for a while, he NEVER apologized or even offered to compensate us in anyway. We were and are thoroughly disgusted and will NEVER go back there to eat. read more

I have been a regular here for a few months and it's a true gem. Drink and food menu is wonderful with a great happy hour/ weekend brunch menu as well. The sushi and hot sake is well prepared and authentic. As a restaurant worker myself, I see the reviews where people rated low and smack myself in the head reading them. "The chicken nuggets and fries from the sushi restaurant weren't good" or "the delivery order which I ate an hour later was cold and soggy". Come and give this place a genuine shot; stay for a few hours, order traditional drinks and 3-4 plates of sushi and Kunisama will reciprocate tenfold with quality and hospitality. read more

This place used to be so good, but sadly it has gone down hill. The quality of the rolls has diminished so much, it's a shame. Super thin pieces of fish on the rolls and old stale hard rice used to make sushi. Not to mention, they don't follow order notes/requests. They'll take your order/money & tell you they'll omit the mayo and then completly ignore the order notes. So if you have an egg allergy, beware. Also, they keep the place severely understaffed. This was def my last time throwing my money away here. read more

My coworker and I were here for our lunch hour and every single time it did not disappoint! Service is fantastic. The food is delicious & very filling! read more

This place has excellent service. Great good, sushi, Teppanyaki, variety of food. Kind gracious staff, eat in or carry out read more

KuniSama - Sushi bar, can eat at counter 21 and over - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

Went to dinner here with the family over the holiday weekend and it was good but there were some hiccups. My fish was fresh and looked great on my nigiri but the vibe and staff of this place wasn't my favorite. The waitress we had was nice enough but she forgot two rolls and then not even saying, hey I am so sorry I forgot I'll get it now , she acted like it was someone else's fault. My oldest got the spider roll , which the server forgot to put in and we all had food when my oldest had nothing . We ended up having to flag another waiter down after awhile just to check if the order had even been made. Timing and how things were brought out just didn't flow right, if you are paying attention to your table, then if you know they have younger kids wait to serve everyone or them first maybe. I also totally understand prices are changing, especially for fresh fish , so yeah I think only two items we got actually were the menu price . They are on the higher end of moderate. My hubby got the Panko tofu $12 comes with a sauce that you can chose, white rice, miso, and a salad. He said everything was good . My middle got the bento box which we got the adult one cause they don't have a kid size one, which was ok. She didn't like the options for the veggie tempura and was bummed. She also wasn't a fan of the dressing on the salad or that it had mandarin oranges on it . We also got a cucumber roll and I don't think that this tiny roll (which theirs only had 6 pieces) should be more than $5,maybe $5.50 but they charged $8 . The Miso was edible but not my favorite , what got me was not even half the bowl was filled , I paid separately for it (meaning it didn't come with a meal and for $4 it's not nice to put a splash in a cup. Bummed this was the experience but I know others love it here and the fish was fresh. I just think for us it might not be a repeat anytime soon. read more

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We got seated very quickly because it was empty but after ordering our food came in an hour later. The workers didn't seem diligent and walked around but didn't have much going on. The wait was too long and I'm deeply disappointed because I had to leave early and I barely got my food before I left. The rolls also were cut pretty thin but the food was good. For the wait and the price however it was definitely not worth it. read more

I like to have a good time and places with drinks and food are always my thing. I came just trying to see what it about and was hungry. The food was just bland which is really upsetting. I mean just meh if that made since it just needed a little more seasoning. I had to doss everything in soy sauce which isn't my thing. The wings were tasty but you cant really mess up wings. Drinks were great the service was amazing. It started to get a little crowded later on in the evening. Probably won't come back lol read more

Ordered delivery tonight. Mussels arrived burnt. Sashimi was thin and very small. Sashimi was put in the same container with a hot item. Tempura veggies were flavorless. No seasoning at all. Very poor quality. read more

KuniSama - Burnt mussels - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

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Disappointed, worst service. Long wait for seating. NOT BUSY at all. Staff have bad attitude to eachother. Everyone could hear it well eating. Overall, I will "NOT"go back again. Very very sad.. read more

Yelp guided us on this trip to KuniSama. I was wanting to take advantage of their happy hour since a yelper had posted a picture of their happy hour menu. I guess they're short handed at this restaurant since they have a sign posted on the front door saying they're short handed. We were seated fairly quickly. I asked for the happy hour menu but i was told due to Covid they don't have a happy hour menu. Three years and still restaurants are using Covid as an excuse. SMH! I ordered the appetizer heartbreaker. This stuffed jalapeño popper was delicious. I then ordered the red dragon with seaweed while the wife ordered the same but with soy wrap. This roll was good. Nice spice for sure. Two complaints though. One, my son Received his roll last. He is a kid and I kind of expected kids to get their food first. Second, my daughter ordered a avocado roll and this thing was sad. There was very little avocado inside the roll. I would think the avocado would make a presence in a roll named avocado roll. In the end, this place was fine. I would come back. read more

KuniSama - If you enlarge the picture, you just Might see some avocado. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

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Hi there, today I was in mood for some sushi so I decided to try a new place. So I came here KuniSama. The service could have been better I felt ignored when I came in maybe because I was in my comfy clothes. The guy in the orange hat with glass just kind of looked at me didn't welcome me in and just kept talking to the gentleman at the bar. Must have been big tippers. The young man however with the curly hair came over helped me out and was totally helpful. As a Manager at a high in jewelry store customer service is everything. So thank you young man for the great service. I know my food will be yummy cause of him. Shame on you orange hat man ! read more

Two stars for the good drinks and food plus our server being really nice however, service alone took forever. We didn't get our food until a whole hour later which made no sense when we were there and seated before those who got their food before us and had more of a complicated order than ours..guess they saved the easiest dishes to make last..literally it does not take a whole hour to cut up some raw fish and plate them. We left still hungry so we made another stop at McDonald's which was just as, if not more satisfying. read more

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We've been here plenty of times before the pandemic and also before taking out of the teppan yaki tables. Some may not like the new setup but I happen to like that the teppan yaki tables aren't there anymore--less noise, smoke and probably makes the place a tad cleaner. I've never had a bad meal or roll here but I will say the only thing was that the fried rice was a bit too fried and had a very crunchy texture. Nonetheless, any roll is good, but I'd opt in for a teppan plate and have a drink. I like this place particularly because they're bar is better than most of the teppan yaki places in Fresno. This place is a very popular spot and I'm glad to see they've survived the Covid shutdowns by adapting to the new environment. read more

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Food on a scale from 1-10 - a 5 . Service is a 8 and ambiance a 5. This is a decent place but they are slammed most of the time. Thank goodness we had reservations. I noticed anyone picking up to go orders , customers or DoorDash were being told they were 30 minutes behind. I may return because I'd like to try other items but they definitely need more staff. Our waitress was really accommodating and kind and apologetic about the wait. read more

Fish was not fresh. Fish was very jerky. I am severely disappointed on the quality of the fish. I will not order from here again. read more

KuniSama - Foul smelling fish - Sushi Bars Near Me - Fresno, California

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