My husband and I ordered take out from there. The food was good temperature but very sparse on serving size. We ordered veggie tempura. It was OK...but not outstanding. The portion was very small compared to Thai restaurant we eat at in Albuquerque. We would eat at Orgami again, ONLY because it's a 100 mile drive to Albuquerque. read more

New owners have really cleaned this place up and the Korean food tastes so much better now. Can get really busy. Mondays and Tuesdays are your best bet to get a seat quick. read more

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This place is EXCELLENT! Haven't had fresh sushi this good since being in Japan. Friendly staff and especially so since I was lost and unable to find the location by GPS. Nice cozy atmosphere with an exceptional variety of Japanese and Korean specialties. I highly recommend the assorted sushi; the vegetable tempura complements the meal well. read more

Introduction: Wish I could give a zero star. Note that this is not about service, they serve well. This is purely about food, and their philosophy preparing food for the customers. If you don't want to read this thesis, simply remember Cafe Sushi is way better and authentic, in any sense, except they only have one person serving the entire room, which I am totally fine with. Ok, here is my thesis: I came to Los Alamos for an experiment, as many people do, and I love to search for good Japanese/Chinese restaurants wherever I travel. There are only two Japanese restaurants in town, Cafe Sushi and this one. I tried Cafe Sushi a night before, and it actually amazed me. They just know how to make REAL Japanese food, sashimi's were fresh and tasty, rice was soft and right at the point. From my experience, 90% of the Japanese restaurants I visited in the U.S. are owned by Chinese, you can't really find authentic Japanese-owned restaurants unless you are in big cities or you are really lucky. (BTW I really wish Yelp comments could identify if a Japanese restaurant is really Japanese, it's not hard for people who are from East Asia or have been there, so I don't have to test them myself.) The point is, Cafe Sushi's surprisingly good experience make me have higher expectation about Japanese restaurants here. Even though by just reading the menu online I can feel Origami is not an authentic place, I still decided to give it a shot. The yelp comments got me prepared for dry rice in sushi/rolls, but Origami really exceeds my expectation, in a horrible way. To test Japanese restaurants, I never order those fancy rolls, they are frankly, American things. I am not saying there are no rolls in Japan, but rolls/maki here just isn't SUSHI, please don't call rolls sushi again, they are MAKI, or, sushi rolls (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%AF%BF%E5%8F%B8)! Therefore, I ordered two pieces of salmon nigiri sushi ($5.29), a spicy Korean ramen ($9.99, and I know it has a Korean in it, but it is still supposed to be ramen) and one yakitori ($7.99). The salmon sushi was served almost immediately, which I don't know if is a good thing. The fish slices are small, unlike in some other comments I read, and the rices are indeed in the dry end of the spectrum. The only good thing is that wasabi is not artificial substitute, I can taste the actual flavor of wasabi. In short, these are not good sushi, at least not for the price. But I can bear with it, you know, first time, first dish, there could always be more surprises. And then there is the surprise. The spicy Korean ramen and yakitori came. I don't have much comments on yakitori, this is probably the only item that could justify me for paying this dinner, not bad, not good. The spicy Korean ramen, however, made the FOTD (Food of the Day.) Let's not arguing about whether if it is a Korean thing. RAMEN, which came from the word LAMIAN in Chinese (https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3), isn't any kind of Asian noodle. Despite the Japanese ramen has changed and evolved from its ancestor, it is still a very SPECIFIC TYPE of noodle. And what I was served, OK I admit, IS ANOTHER SPECIFIC TYPE of noodle, guess what? SHIN-RAMEN!!!!!!!! WOOOWWWOOOOWW, it is shin-ramen, ramen... ra.....men?????? REALLY? Origami? You served me a pack of INSTANT NOODLES with barely anything in it (if a few tiny pieces of vege count as anything) which roughly costs $1 and a bowl of boiling water, FOR $10! (https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_2?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=shin+ramen) No I am not only angry about the price, I am angry like ******!@#%^&. Seriously, instant noodle, in any manner, should not be served as food in a RESTAURANT. I get it, most of the "Japanese" restaurants don't even offer ramen, it is really hard and expensive and time consuming to prepare all the ingredients for a proper ramen. So please, just like other places, don't serve ramen if you cannot make proper ramen. You know how excited I was when I finally saw a menu that has ramen on it and how desperate I was when I figured out the "ramen" was just instant noodles? This is absolute DISRESPECT. PERIOD. PERIOD. and PERIOD. Conclusion: I had long got used to the fact that Japanese restaurants here are not always Japanese, I would happily embrace this fact and seek for places that strive to provide their best food for their customers. But this time, it crossed my red line. If you can't make ramen, don't make it; If you want to make ramen with $1 instant noodles and sell it for $10, add something in it, like chashu and eggs, Coz I know it's hard to find or make the proper noodles for ramen yourself; If you sell $10 instant noodles with nothing else just for the sake that most people wouldn't notice or care, you have my RESPECT*i^2. Gladly take my first ever Yelp review. Won't ever visit here again. (BTW, Wiki reference is not a proper citation! But, who TM cares, this is Yelp.) read more

Great rainbow rolls ! Can get real busy and you might have to wait awhile but overall pretty good for for Los Alamos.

My wife and I ate here for dinner. The yellow tail sushi she had was SO THIN, you could read through it. We are from LA and now the Pacific Northwest where you can get sushi for a reasonable price. Not that the prices were extremely high but the yellow tail was SOOOO thin, after I paid, I had to tell them the truth to their face I was so upset. I told the sushi chef that we would have ordered more but we decided to cut our loses. I didn't see many people there, only one other couple came in, so maybe this is old news. read more

In a town with two sushi options, this is the better one. It's not like the sushi you would get in a big town near the coast, but Los Alamos is neither of those. Ask the chef what's special or fresh for the day and you'll get much better food and service. Seriously! read more

So, the past two times I've gone to Origami it has been a disaster--the first time had to do with blatantly ignoring a declared food allergy. I'd like to give this place the benefit of the doubt that sometimes things happen and I'm assured by friends who regularly visit that my experiences are out of the normal. Saying that, I am not normally a person to walk out but when it's been a hour wait for two sushi rolls and two other tables--who arrived after you--have been served and finished their meals there is no excuse. I don't see myself returning to this establishment, which is sad because they do have great sushi but sometimes multiple bad experiences are enough to break the camel's back. read more

We had a lovely lunch here when recently visiting Los Alamos. We all chose Sushi; so I'm not able to comment on other offerings, but the Sushi was fresh and delicious. However, our water came with plastic straws already inserted into the glasses. We are trying very hard to limit the use of straws because of their negative impact on the environment - plastic that goes into landfills and never really breaks down. Because they had already inserted the straws into the glasses, there was no point in refusing them. I hope they will think of this step of improving the environment and in future begin to offer straws only upon request or go to paper straws. read more

Not much choices for sushi in town but Origami is consistently good. The Santa Fe roll is one of our favorites as well as the Tiger Eye and spicy tuna. There are plenty of different rolls to choose from as well as sashimi, nigiri and non sushi Japanese food as well. The fried rice is the best I've ever had. Service can be a little slow if they are busy but everyone is always very friendly. read more

Not bad for small town sushi place. The green chili in the Santa Fe roll is particularly yummy.

We always have such a great meal here! We always have to come here on trips up to Los Alamos. The sushi is super fresh, and the staff is friendly and knowledgeable. The rolls are amazing, and the nigiri is also super. We've been there several times, and the food is always good and consistent. The sushi chef is super friendly, and it's totally worth it to sit at the bar and watch her work. We also had the tempura fried ice cream- it's *huge* so plan to share it! read more

I have come for both lunch and dinner. I think the food is a solid 3 stars, but I really appreciate the 'can-do' service for both when I call in an order or when I eat there. I love the tuna salad as it's raw fish/low carb heaven. I have liked almost all the rolls I've tried and the food was very consistent between visits. I think the food is solid but nothing special but for way up on the mesa it's pretty good. read more

Highly recommend the heart attacks, the monkey brains, the meso, the chili Reno roll, the lion king, something wrong #2 and if you don't have to drive the saki bommers The owner, Jen, is a real gem in town and the restaurant food is great! read more

The hot stone pot rice with beef was very fragrant. The restaurant's cleanliness was immaculate!

I've been coming here since they first opened (2003? I've lost track) and I worked at the radio station across the way. I've been in love ever since. The folks, even the sushi chefs, are friendly and always smiling. The management has changed hands once or twice but it's never really changed the atmosphere in any negative manner. When given the chance I love stopping here to place an order to go. Nine times out of ten I still get a seat with miso and a salad while I wait. While spending endless nights at the local theater for a show last winter I would stop for sushi on my way in and I got to know the hostess and crew very well. Their caterpillar and dancing eel are my usual fare but their yakisoba and donburi are out of this world! The prices may be a little high but the quality makes it worth every cent. read more

The food is actually pretty good here. Husband usually orders the sushi and I'll generally experiment with something new. Everything I've had is very good. The problem here is the waitress we keep getting. She's some high school kid who has no idea what she's doing. She could not refill my water glass and took almost an hour and a half to bring out our food once. Everytime she passed by our table, she freaked out and realized she forgot something, but then must have forgotten about it another three seconds later because she still never brought us our food. The price is a little high and as long as it's not an american serving you (I know how it sounds, but honestly the high schoolers are really bad at customer service here), be prepared for decent food and decent service. read more

This is the problem...the sushi was a shaving, it was so small and I cannot say it was very fresh. After one order of sushi, my husband and I switched plans and decided to order the Korean food and it was delicious, however, very expensive for what you were served. The Seaweed salad was very good, but I haven't ever paid so much for an order. The best I can say is that their hours are good, but I am glad that I do not live here and do not have to have this restaurant as the only sushi restaurant in town. My hometown was Los Angeles, but I now live in Vancouver, WA and in the Pacific Northwest, the sushi is plentiful and reasonably priced. But even compared to LA, I think this restaurant is out of line, too expensive for what the meal was worth. read more

Underwhelming. Wife had a seaweed salad filled mostly with rice. Service is spotty at best. The concern seems on making $ vs. serving good food. Los Alamos is a desert as far as restaurants go. And to boot, expensive for what you get. read more

Food was alright, pretty nice place, but a bit pricey. Could be a little slow during lunch, so may not be the best place to go if you have a short lunch at work. read more

Best sushi rice ever. Sashimi was fresh but the slices were thin. My husband enjoyed the Unagi don very much. Service was good too.

I eat here on a regular basis. It's a little overpriced. My REAL review is waiting on the judgement of the head chef. The owner overcharged me $80 dollars in sushi. All I wanted was a normal meal. She rang me up two extra times, because she didn't know how to use the machine and barely spoke English. It was an honest mistake, but I'm worried they're trying to escape getting me my money back. The next day, my friend and I came in and they said our meals were taken care of. Although this was a pseudo-chivalrous move, I expect the difference; ie the $58 bucks I unfairly lost. I'll sign in and post again on whether or not my situation was handled, and courteously. This will truly reflect on the quality of the restaurant as well as the management. read more

We went here last night as a family (2 adults and 2 kids, one 16 and the other 11). We've never eaten sushi before and didn't know what to order. We asked the waitress for a recommendation for an order for us to share among all of us. We saw something that had 20 pieces, 30 pieces or 40 pieces. We asked her if she recommended it for us and she said, "I don't know. It comes with how ever many pieces and the chef chooses what you get." We mentioned that we had never eaten sushi before, but I don't think she understood and wouldn't take the time to listen or explain anything on the menu. It turns out, our order was just random cuts of fish on some sort of raw, shredded vegetables. It was meant for one person. It was horrible for our first experience. We knew to order California rolls (which was the only thing we ate) and had hoped that the "30 pieces" were going to be something similar, which it was anything but. If the waitress would have taken 2 seconds to explain anything, our experience would have been pleasurable instead of awful. My family likes to try things once. We probably wont go back, especially with the kids or without someone that knows what to order. Our bill ran us $70 and we left starving and nauseous all at the same time. read more