DO NOT EAT HERE! We were driving up to Yosemite and this is the main town on Hwy 41 before getting to the main entrance to Yosemite. My wife and I were craving asian food and didn't feel like cooking in 98 degree heat at the campsite. We saw a sign "Kyoto Kafe, authentic japanese food" with dishes in Korean. It was a small restaurant with was pretty plain inside. It isn't the most clean place I've been to. I ordered the teriyaki beef bento box which included beef, rice, 4 california rolls, veggie tempura, salad and miso soup. It was pricey at $13.99 so my expectations were high. My wife ordered the udon. The miso soup was bland. the udon's soup base was too salty. The tempura wasn't crisp. The beef and cali roll was alright. While we were eating, one of the workers was walking around with a fly swatter, and there were 4 other tables with patrons eating. I thought, what is she doing, I look down to take a bite and "WHAM!" she smashed the fly swatter on the empty table a foot away from me. "Got it!" she says in Korean. What the? I started cracking up because I've never in my life seen this in any restaurant. Here's the serious problem. This place is UNSANITARY. Period. I can't go into detail but what my wife and I saw is not acceptable in any restaurant, especially one that serves sushi. How the servers handled food can cause serious illness. I will contact the proper authorities for the well being of fellow customers. DO NOT EAT HERE! read more

DO NOT EAT HERE! Agree with the other reviewers! I wouldn't even give this place any star! I yelped this place after I had a bad experience. should've done it beforehand. I never wrote review on Yelp before, but I this time I feel like I have to, just to give you warning. When we came in they don't even have a welcoming attitude. The woman that run that place was so rude. Took her so long to even come by our table to take the order. She's more interested collecting money from other tables. The guy next to my table had to asked her that she gave him a couple bucks short on change. She "serviced" us with a grudge. Overpriced. Food didn't taste fresh. The amount and quality is not like we would expect for the price. Between me, my husband, and 5 years old we spent $59. And if you don't give them tips like they think you should...that woman will come to your table, mock you, and swear bad words at you. i am local by the way. That place is embarrassing. It could give this town a bad name the way they do business. It was a DISGUSTING experience. read more

SERVICE: This is the part that made me blow my lid, because of multiple mistakes they made - From the first time we sat down, the owner and his wife took turns coming to our table asking very, very personal questions. I understand this is acceptable in Korean culture, but hey, we're in the USA, and I was brought up overseas. As far as I learned, you do NOT go asking random people you just met what their friggin blood type is or your home address. - The second part that pissed me off was that they kept "recommending" food. My girlfriend and I were clearly full from the main dishes we ordered and ate, but they kept telling us to try other food. Listen buddy, it's one thing if you recommend something once, but once you and your wife do it multiple times over a course of 3 minutes, then that is more than pushing it. Do you seriously have no sense of self control? I mean... I understand that your run down place with bad service isn't getting much customers, but then again, you brought it on yourself. - The last part (almost just as ridiculous as the others), is that they "required" us to pay some kind of a tip. Seriously, you treat your customers that way and then force us to tip? RIDICULOUS restaurant, that I would never go back. Would rather eat a soggy cardboard box than order from here if I was starving to death. ATMOSPHERE: Looks like the place is 30 years old. Everything about the places screams that any sort of interior decoration or maintenance was done years and years ago. FOOD: The food is actually not bad, but at the same time nothing spectacular. Still, the price seems quite high in terms of the quality you get. Personally I think Taco Bell food is 1000x better. read more

My first visit. I read the negative reviews, but a friend from Fresno and I decided to try it for ourselves. We were both pleased with our sushi selections. Delicious. The service was friendly and excellent. I will definitely be going back. read more

Run! I'm confused by Orange stars. Read all the yellow because it is a terrible terrible place. To keep it simple Vons sushi will be a far better money bet for sushi. read more

Food was not so great. I go to Yosemite National Park often so this place is in small choice of Japanese restaurant in this area for sure. Before I write about food, I like to write about my experience. One day I went to check the manu at Kyoto Sushi, First word from Owner was " Are you Chinese" (Why he care who I am) I asked ......."Are you Japanese" (I was little mad....that way he asked) Owner said " What do you want .......... (wwwwwwhat????) .....I left from restaurant that day. After this bad manners from owner, I lost my appetite. I had korian BBQ plate, Katsu-don in past. they were about 3 stars minus 1 star Udon was 3.5 stars minus 1.5 star read more

Low quality food, small portions, and poor service. First of all, my soda was watered down. It was light brown which is pretty weird for a cola. I've never experienced that before and it didn't taste good at all. Second, I ordered unagi which looked good on their picture menu. It came out with two tiny pieces on a large piece of rice and the smallest portion of wasabe I have even seen. It seriously looked like an accidental smear of green stuff. the unagi didn't taste bad but without a bunch of wasabe it just isn't the same. And it definitely didn't match the picture of what I ordered. Finally, I ordered the spicy chicken bowl for my main meal and got a tiny bit of chicken, which didn't taste bad, mixed in with tons of lettuce and rice. I left the place still hungry... read more

We were staying at Oakhurst for a Yosemite trip when we were craving for some Asian food. The sign said Japanese and Korean. Hey why not give it a try? OMG, what a bad decision. Everything sucked big time, especially their ramen. The ramen noodles tasted like instant noodles cooked in watered-down miso soup. Portions are small and the prices could be better. Decor was blah. Not a clean restaurant. Young dude that was the waiter (possibly the owner's son) looked like he got his ass hauled in to work against his will. Felt sorry for him, but more sorry for us eating at this place. Their combination dinners were somewhat possibly OK and that is why I could technically give this place a 1.5 stars rating, but guess what? There is no such thing as "1.5 stars" on Yelp, and because I had a stomach ache the next day, I will have to downgrade to "1-star" again. Would not come back here ever again. read more

These folks are nice, but they don't know sushi. The fish they served was anything but fresh and looked more like leather. We ordered a salmon skin salad and instead got a pile of iceberg lettuce topped with chunks of tempura salmon. While I appreciate a chef taking creative license, this concoction was anything but impressive or creative. Adding insult to injury it tasted awful. As nice as this husband and wife team is they need to step it up a lot. I know Oakhurst is a relatively small town, but it's not like it's in the middle of nowhere; it's a major hub. I'd really like to give them a second chance, but I probably won't. read more

Nice locally ran family restaurant. Sushi is fresh and very good along with their starters. If you like the small town feel of a local, family owned restaurant and enjoy good company. This is the place. It's my regular spot to eat in town. read more

This restaurant is awful. Inside of the restaurant is messy and the food was disgusting. We ordered 8 piece of salmon, and Tempura Udon and avocado roll and they didn't even gave us the 8 pieces of salmon. They only said "Oh I'm sorry" and they gave me cold salmon and they threw the food on the to-go boxes.Udon was cold and rolls are all smooshed. I would never want to go to the Kyoto Kafe again. read more

rubbish !! too expensive!! you cannot call your food ''sushi'' and ''curry'' the seafood is not fresh read more

Awful service. We waited for at lease 2 hours to get our food. The price is expensive but the food below average

Small family ran restaurant. The chef was very polite and even offered suggestions and they often checked up on us which was a huge plus. Their spicy tuna roll and spicy salmon roll was good :) Will definitely return the next time we're in the area. read more

Kyoto Kafe - Very nice service, checked up on us often and were very polite. Even suggested options :)) will come back the next time we're in the area. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Oakhurst, California

Today I took a random trip, this time in the direction of Oakhurst. I'd gotten a late start and had also skipped lunch, not a good combo. Upon arriving in the bustling metropolis of Oakhurst, I'd determined that an early-ish dinner would happen here, in what looked like a sea of chain fast food and pre-seasoned Sysco fare. After cruising the main drag, I came upon this tiny place, and decided to make dinner here. I ordered snapper nigiri and a tempura-ed roll. The snapper was surprisingly fresh and the flavor of the tempura roll was good, I appreciated the shredded cabbage in the middle, as I made an impromptu salad with the sauce left over from the roll. The only drawback was that the rice seemed a little dry. Scooped green tea ice cream was available for dessert, and I took full, delicious advantage of that. The decor is basic, and they do have a posted sign regarding a $10 credit card minimum (which Visa/MC say is a no-no), so do be aware of that. read more

Food tasted good. However, it was a bit pricey. Service was slow and it took them forever to give us our check. They did refill our waters so that was good. read more

Kyoto Kafe - Spider Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Oakhurst, California

Yelp reviewers are too mean and bitter in my opinion. Why do they expect to see some five star restaurant in Yosemite? Just be stay y'all. Nice to see an Asian American restaurant in Yosemite! Specialty sushi and udon was pretty good. If I'm in town again I would come back!! read more

We stopped here for a late dinner and got the yosemite roll, spider roll, fried rice, and bulgogi bowl and all of it was amazing!

Delicious food with a wide variety. We ordered the spring rolls, bento boxes, bugoli and some rolls. Great food with a great price!

I have to say, for a small place in the middle of nowhere, they have some good food. I think I have had almost everything on the menu and have not been disappointed with any of it. The owners are very friendly and go out of there way to make you happy. The prices are within range with other Sushi places and the portions are about the same. Do not let the location and look deceive you. It is well worth the stop. Do to having some of the freshest fish in other places, I can not give them 5 stars, but would love to. Can not wait to go back. read more

Worst food I've ever put in my mouth. My buddy spit his out on the plate, and he'll eat anything! Disgusting

Kinda a hidden gem! We've always received excellent service, friendly staff, and great great food when we dine here. Definitely worth a stop! And so much better than driving to Fresno for a roll! read more

Hit the spot! We are here for the weekend, last night tried the Italian spot not so great... and tonight after spending the day at the park the spicy ramen, shoyu ramen, bulgolgi plate with shrimp tempura roll really hit the spot! The whole family was happy. I didn't do 5 stars only because it was a bit expensive but honestly not even bad... read more

The service was pretty good, and the portions were not too great, however we ordered the tempura, and in the menu it shows a huge piece of shrimp in it, but not one of our three bowls came with any sort of shrimp whatsoever read more

Good Japanese food, owned by a local family. It's in a tiny strip of businesses, so it's sort of hard to see. Only good if you're heading back north as crossing Hwy 41 is getting harder and harder in Oakhurst. I like the tempura here, it's very fresh. read more

Hello all , Here I wanna write my honest review about this place. Dident check in Yelp but decided to have some sushi after we reached here I ordered coz we were hungry and then I checked the yelp and got sad coz saw so many bad reviews... We come from la and we found the food really delicious and did not feel any problem with the food. Nice ambient and some good ass sushi. Sure some combo the price a bit high but if u order separately prices are actually really good. Try crunch roll really good. So get out there if you like sushi and try the place for yourself. read more

Very filling. Freshly prepared, and perfect for that Japanese/ Korean craving. Tempura was passable, and came out hot. The sauces were mild, with not much flavor. The gyoza was fat, and tasty, also coming out hot. I ordered the chicken teriyaki as to not stay too far from comfort, and was not disappointed. It came with lots of big pieces of chicken, and a surprisingly good teriyaki sauce. The Cabbage was fresh, and everything was bite size. The box also came with tempura, which was freshly fried., and a side of rice, which was a perfect side. Overall everything was hearty, and I cannot say that you will be disappointed eating here, as long as you manage your expectations. Word of warning; sushi in the middle of no where is probably not the best idea, maybe, look to other parks of the menu when deciding what to eat. read more

Amazing!!! I love Chinese spicy sea food soup (Jam-Bong) and I have had it many times in many restaurants. Today, I had the best one ever. The perfect amount of seafood, vegetables and noodles. The broth was unbelievably delicious. I completed the chef and his family many times on how I enjoyed the soup. If you like spicy seafood and noodles, make sure you try this here! So delicious!!! read more

Food was good and people Super friendly. Will come back for sure. Teriyaki chicken was really good and iron was so delicious as well. read more

The best spicy seafood noodles ever. Didn't expect much when stepping in. Full of surprise!

If I could give half a star I would. The people were polite and for that I would give that half star. Don't waste your time, money or want for edible food. I don't think I have had worse or ever rated anything like this. I was taught if you have nothing nice to say don't say anything at all................ read more

Context: So like many others that visit this place...We (a group of two) decided to dine here after a day long hike in Yosemite. We went into this establishment with zero expectations, only because we were in oakhurst and no one expects mind blowing cuisine from here. The restaurants name suggest this was a japanese restaurant but there was also Korean characters on the side. So we went in thinking this might be a restaurant that serves both Korean and Japanese food. When we went inside we noticed it was actually a japanese restaurant that was ran by a small Korean family. Food Review: the menu was basically the same bread and butter menu you would see at any Japanese restaurant. They had mostly traditional sushi dishes and American style maki rolls. Since the owners were Korean they had a total of two Korean dishes on the menu kalbi and bagulgi. We ordered kalbi dish and a tempura udon along with two iced green teas. The kalbi dish (~$14) came with 6 bones of short rib, some tempura (made with odd veggies like cucumber (not zucchini) bell peppers, onions, and carrots), bowl of rice, and two pieces of California rolls. The tempura udon (~$13) came with udon, a couple pieces of veggie tempura, and 8 pieces of avocado maki rolls. The kalbi itself was what we expected from a place like this... Not great, but good enough. Everything else on the dish other than the white rice was just bad... The tempura taste really odd especially with the more obscure veggies they made it with and the two california maki pieces was just..beyond horrible. The tempura udon was what we expected....ok..minus the soggy veggie tempura inside of it. The rolls it came with was the same story as the kalbi dish. Service: service was also what you would expect from a low end Asian restaurant not great but definitely below average. We ordered a green tea and asked for a cup of ice but instead, they brought us two bottles of diet Kirkland brand bottles of green tea...it aas kind of odd, but they did replace it for us when we asked. Justification: I've been to plenty of japanese restaurants with Korean chefs, and some are great. But this chef seemed like an amateur. We didnt order any sushi , but our dishes came with some American styled rolls. When the rolls got to our table we immediately saw that the rolls were falling apart. Upon closer inspection we noticed the rice they used to make the rolls were made from long grain jasmine rice...not sticky japanese rice. Then we tasted just the rice on the rolls and there wasn't even vinegar in it...I didnt understand that. I can see that maybe they ran out of Japanese rice and had to use jasmine as a replacement but at least flavor the rice when making sushi.... TLDR; come here if you need a nice restroom to use (for customers only) but that's it. The owners would of been better off opening a Korean bbq restaurant than a Japanese one, because the sushi was simply terrible. read more

Was hungry for sushi on way back from Yosemite, so stopped when saw sign. Worst sushi I've ever had. Edamame was borderline rotten. Shrimp tempura was cold and day old or something. I hope the owners read reviews and try harder or I can't imagine they can stay in business. Sorry, but no good. read more

so good. made my internal caverns jiggle. loved this place soooooooooo gud. beatutful scenery and sooo nice. all these other yelpers WEIRD AF for say its bad bc it not it GUD AFFFFFFFF read more

Service ok, but the food and atmosphere not good. Food was barely edible. We ordered 5 donburi; 1 chicken and 4 salmon teriyaki. All bowls were completely dumped with teriyaki sauce and served with a fork sticking out of it. Although the sauce was good, it was way too much! (half the bowl of rice soaked in sauce) Also, each bowl had a random, small portion of salmon, a few pieces totally unedible. One bowl had 2 considerably small pieces compared to the others. The fish was deep fried and not grilled. We scooped out as much of the sauce soaked rice as we could and tried to eat what we could...our tongues are still numb from the sauce. They gave use 2 bowls of plain steamed rice to try to make up for all soaked rice we had to scoop out, but it was kind of unfixable. Two of my family members refused to eat in fear of food poisoning. After we complained, they said the sauce is not salty, it's sweet and to mix it...really??? Anyway, we paid over $55+ for small rice bowls. I feel so bad for guiding my family here and risking their health and mental well being. I should have read the 1 star reviews because they are 100% accurate. But when you have been driving all day through Yosemite without a decent meal, your ability to discern things clearly are not good. So, please proceed to this restaurant with caution or go somewhere else. When you have a bad feeling about a place, listen to your gut and walk out! In the end, I feel sorry for businesses like this. read more

We stayed in Oakhurst on vacation while visiting Yosemite. We got food from Kyoto Kafe almost every day that we were there. The owners were very nice people, and they really made us feel like we were at home. Even when we got back to town late from Yosemite just before they closed, they were happy to prepare a big to go order for our family of 5. That's not easy, but they treated us like family. The food was great, especially the Jjampong. We really felt like they try to feed their customers fresh and healthy food. Everyone in my family said that their food had very clean and healthy ingredients and wasn't salty (where the other restaurants we ate at all made us thirsty later on). Our family eats a lot of Korean food at home, and I don't think we would have survived the week without Kyoto Kafe to save us! Next time we go to Yosemite we can't wait to eat here again. Thank you Kyoto Kafe! read more

Not the best, but also not even close to the worst. Roommate and I had a couple sushi rolls and ate them all. The only complaint was that there was too much sauce, but the sauce itself was tasty. I'd say this is a nice in the wall Japanese place for a last minute craving kick. Such nice staff too. Not a lot of English, but very friendly. I'd come here again read more

Yeah... pretty bad. Not inedible, but not good. Won't eat here again, save your money and time and stop by somewhere else.

These people are smoking Korean pot. Salmon was old and rancid, miso soup was who knows what. There's a reason why this place has 2 and a half stars. Only reason to eat here is out of choices when other restaurants were closed read more

Really poor quality. Tons of rice on the rolls, no filling to speak of, and chewy seaweed wrap. The sauces were good, and we did not get sick. The restaurant and everything in it was very dirty. The miso soup was just broth and two pieces of greens. No tofu. Live and learn. Will not go back there. And it wasn't cheap either. read more