Love this neighborhood sushi place! The food is amazing!! It's like a hidden gem, if you know you…read moreknow! Hand rolls delicious! Good service.

On my way to hotel, the neon green light of Kinza caught my eye. When I'm travelling, I tend to…read moregravitate to Asian cuisine. And a quick search from Yelp reminded me that we were here last time! I guess they are still attractive. This place felt like it was run by the Vietnamese, as all hosts and servers spoke Vietnamese to each other. The menu is as extensive as before, 2 full pages of rolls! One page is the standard ones, like the Lion King, sumo rolls, 49er's, and the other page is their special rolls. Unlike last time that we tried a bunch of their special appetizers (and they are still the same on the menu), we tried the rolls and bento this time and I think I like that more. We ordered the Teena roll, the Gilbert roll, an order of salmon roe sushi, a side order of chicken fried rice, and a tempura bento. The rolls tasted good, soft and slightly chewy in the mouth with a blend of all the sashimi and crab meat and sticky Japanese rice. The tempura bento was sumptuous! It came with a bowl of miso soup, a bowl of white rice, 4 or 5 pieces of gyoza, a salad, cucumber, a pre-cut orange, and 8 or 9 pieces of tempura of a variety. My least favorite is probably the salmon roe sushi as I wish the roes look bigger and more orange-y. Service was great. Although we were told they were busy and we might have to wait a bit, food started to come in less than 5 minutes! We didn't get a water refill but the glass of water was big. Dirty dishes were taken away timely too. I've been abused by the Bay Area exorbitant prices for a long time, it was such a pleasure to see rolls priced at $15. So overall, it was a good dinner in town.

I could truly write a novel about how much I enjoy this restaurant. As someone who regularly comes…read morehere for sushi, I've had the opportunity to try different items on the menu throughout the years. I fully trust everything coming out of here will be high quality and delicious. When I say I have legitimately been begging Chef Tim for YEARS to offer an omakase experience, I truly mean YEARS. Well, it was a random Wednesday and I found myself wandering in for dinner. Because it was a little early (5:30pm), there were no other customers seated (toward 6:15pm it started getting busy though!) . I gladly took the opportunity to once again beg Chef Tim to do a makeshift omakase experience for my partner and I. I was overjoyed when he agreed since it was on the slower side. He knows our order, and is familiar with our taste preferences, so I completely trusted him. I was super excited to watch Chef Tim be in his element, allowing him to be creative and make something he wouldn't necessarily have time for on a busy day. His passion truly shines in his craft and I knew this was going to be quite an exciting experience. Chef Tim's makeshift omakase experience included: halibut with truffle oil, cripsy rice with toro and caviar, miso chilean sea bass, a trio of seared items including scallop, aburi toro and peppered salmon, Blue fin akami, salmon belly and yellowtail belly, a pickled radish roll with Bluefin tuna, salmon yellowtail, and avocado and the A5 wagyu with uni. He also made secret menu items such as deep fried scallops, maguro yamakake, and my newest favorite which was the "fish taco." The "Fish Taco" was a deep fried garlic red snapper over creamy spicy tuna. I really did enjoy each and every dish he selected for us. I couldn't even begin to rank them because they were all fresh, delicious, served at the perfect temperature and paired well with one another. He did a great job at spreading out raw with deep fried, for a great balance of flavors and textures. (I'm still wishing that he would offer an omakase experience one day - he absolutely killed it!). I was pleasantly surprised by the A5 Wagyu with uni, "Fish Taco" and the the seared trio. It's funny because if you were to ask me I'd say I LOVE raw fish, so the fact that these three stood out to me really surprised me. Another thing is, I would never gravitate toward beef at a sushi spot, but I was thoroughly impressed with how well the flavors infused together. I knew they offered it on their menu, and like I said before, I thoroughly trust them, so if I was going to go out of my element it would be here. Another thing that I wanted to mention was that you can special order a whole sushi cake! While we didn't pre order one today, we had it in the past and it's also one of my favorite items. It consists of salmon and ikura on top with rice, masago, and imitation crab inside. I'd much prefer this over a real cake any day! Overall if you've stayed with me for this long, then you can probably already tell that I'm the self proclaimed President of the Ananto fan club. I'm just really sorry to my partner's wallet because I keep adding more and more new foods we just HAVE to order every time we go ;).

I visited this place with my family for dinner over the weekend. When we parked in front, we…read morenoticed the restaurant was completely empty, which honestly made us hesitate to go in. However, since we were already there, we decided to give it a try. ​After getting seated, we ordered drinks and wrote down our sushi order on the paper provided. We also added a few appetizers and rolls. Even though there were no other customers, the food took quite a long time to come out. ​The most disappointing part was the service. Instead of placing the dishes on the table, the server just handed everything to me directly. I had to take every single plate and set it down on the table myself. I'm not sure if the server was untrained or just lazy, but my wife and I could only laugh at how absurd it was. ​To top it all off, the sushi we ordered at the very beginning never arrived, even after we had finished all our other food. It was clear they completely forgot about it, so we just asked for the check, paid, and left. This was our first time here, and we definitely won't be coming back.

Service was great Sophie energy was good she kept checking on our table too make sure everything…read morewas good (: and food was great

In short: For the price this is a great resteraunt. The banana tempura desert was the stand out…read moredish for me. I think they may want to consider raising their prices to afford some upkeep on their premises, as it is aging. I ran across this place because it happened to be in the same parking lot as my primary destination, and I was pleasantly surprised. I have visited Benihanas before and this place had the same general vibe, but I had a better experience here than any Benihana I've been to. I had the NY steak entree which comes which a choice of soup (I had miso), a small salad, grilled shrimp appetizer, and I upgrade my steamed rice to fried rice for a few bucks. I also had the tempura banana with ice cream desert. I arrived alone. Having never been here I was impressed by the little pond and waterfall with stream and koi fish. The whole building had an air of what was once a premium setting but had succumbed to age and poor maintenence. I see potential here, but it would require a heavy financial investment at this time to repair and clean. I was sat with a group of a couple family's that had just returned from a beach trip. They were all very polite and nice, but the smell of coconut sunscreen became a feature of my dining experience. The cook put on a bit of a spectacle, lighting onions on fire and flipping food around. All of the food tasted good, not amazing, but I have no complaints. It was well worth the very reasonable price. The stand out part of my meal was the simple tempuraed banana with ice cream desert - I may return just for this!

Stopped here by chance for dinner while driving home to Santa Barbara from Mammoth Lakes. It can be…read moretricky to find a decent place on the road, but Gold Coast was a fortunate surprise. The space is cozy and clearly a family-run restaurant, thoughtfully decorated with a calming ambiance. The staff was friendly, attentive, and communicative. The kitchen was a bit backed up due to a recent rush of tables, but we were in no hurry and didn't mind at all. What stood out was that our waitress proactively let us know before we ordered, and later brought out a delicious complimentary gyoza dish, unprompted. Everything was fresh and beautifully presented, but the Mango Roll and Black Snapper were standouts for me. We thoroughly enjoyed our meal and will definitely stop by again next time we're passing through.

You know me, I do not like fake crab for real crab prices…read more Fake shredded crab with sushi rice that's falling apart. Our group of 4 didn't even fight over the sushi or order more. The ramen waa meh, service waa scattered when there were only 3 tables here. Not understanding the high reviews for this place. The katsu meal was awful. Lukewarm with tasteless breading, and awful salad, and like packet tasting sauce. This was an all around nope for me.

I love Tokai, but lately it has been disappointing. The restaurant is so hot the AC doesn't work,…read morethe restaurant is dirty (the floors, the tables), it doesn't give a good aspect. Also I was surprised that their rating is C from the health inspection. Sad it's declining it's quality

really yummy and the biggest crave also great pricing waiter attitudes kinda iffy but the food is…read moregreat so it makes up for it

This is our go to place for Ramen & sushi ~it never disappoints. Always fresh & good! We went on a…read moreFriday night & place was lively but not too crowded. Their sushi is always fresh with perfect rice. The ramen flavor is always delicious but this time, the noodles were not chewy enough for my taste. The ambience is clean & cozy. The servers were friendly & nice. We love the order from the tablet feature~ we can take our time to choose what we want as we scroll through photos of options.

The ambiance was nice. Good decor and comfortable seating. It got pretty busy and they only had one…read morewaitress for a majority of the time and she was getting overwhelmed. You have to order from the kiosk at your table. Added extra meat spicy on the side and it didn't come. I had to wave down the waitress to bring it. That aside... the ramen was super good. I got the the spicy tonkotsu with extra kotsu and spicy on the side. Spicy tuna roll with gobo. was good and spicy. The gyozas had good flavor but could have been fried a little more. I would come back.

We arrived on a Friday around 7:35pm. For a table of 2 we were quoted a 30 minute wait, which was…read morealmost accurate as our table was ready in 25 mins. I believe our server's name was Hollyn. She asked us if we had ever been there before, and we said no. She offered to give us the spiel of how everything works but it seemed pretty straight forward. There were three menus - All You Can Eat, Adventures in Niku, and A la Cart. We opted for the AYCE premium at $50/person. We were told we can order 2 meats per person, and then as many sides as we wanted when we put in an order. We ordered: Garlic edamame, cheese corn, cucumbers, vegetable spring rolls, fried pork gyoza dumplings, toro beef, angus beef rib, New York steak, pork belly, shishito peppers, and a few other meat options that I can't remember from the AYCE menu. A la cart we ordered the garlic rice. From the Adventures in Niku menu we got the $2.50 Kirin drafts. My personal favorites were the Angus Beef Rib, garlic edamame, garlic fried rice, and lots and lots of s'mores! We were very impressed with our server because she was very present and not on autopilot. For example, when we put in our first order we ordered the garlic fried rice and a two steamed white rices. I believe when a different employee dropped off our meats, she said she was going to get the white rice but never came back. My partner and I didn't think anything of it because the garlic fried rice was so large, and we can always order more steamed rice if we really needed it. About halfway into our meal, our server looks at our food and goes "didn't you order 2 steamed rices in addition to the garlic fried rice?!" I said yes and she immediately went to go get it. It was really nice to see that she wasn't just putting orders in as she heard them, but she was actually fully present and listening to what the order was and then doing mental checks to see if we had received everything. She was fantastic! In addition to our server, I noticed that there were bussers who would walk around looking for empty plates to remove. This really helped with keeping our table as empty as possible for all the food that we ordered. Overall, the food was something fun and different than we're used to. However, the stand out for me were the friendliness and efficiency from all the employees.

Dear Mr. T, I am…read morewriting to express my disappointment regarding an incident that occurred at your restaurant yesterday evening. First, I would like to say that my family and I have dined at your restaurant on several occasions and have always had positive experiences. We have enjoyed the food, atmosphere, and service, which is why the experience we had last night was particularly disappointing. My family and I visited your establishment again and ordered from the à la carte menu. After we had finished most of our meal and paid our bill, some members of our party, including my brothers, were still enjoying their sake and finishing their drinks. To our surprise, a staff member approached us and asked us to leave the restaurant. While I understand that it was a busy evening and that there may have been other customers waiting for tables, I found it inappropriate and unprofessional to be asked to leave when we were still consuming items we had legitimately purchased. We did not order from an all-you-can-eat menu, which typically has a clearly stated time limit. As paying customers dining from the regular menu, we reasonably expected to be allowed to finish our food and beverages without feeling rushed or pressured to leave. What was most disappointing was the manner in which the situation was handled. Hospitality should include treating guests with courtesy and respect, regardless of how busy the restaurant may be. Being asked to leave while still finishing our drinks and foods left us feeling unwelcome and diminished what would otherwise have been an enjoyable dining experience. I hope you will address this matter with your staff and reinforce the importance of professional customer service and respectful communication. Thank you for taking the time to review my concerns. I would appreciate your acknowledgment of this complaint and any information regarding how this matter will be addressed. Sincerely, Carla

My wife and I had not been to Kisho in over ten years, and for some reason it popped into her head…read moreto go. We invited another couple and headed out for an early dinner on a Friday night. First of all, they accepted a reservation. Doesn't sound like a big deal, except most of the restaurants where we live do not. It just makes it more convenient. We arrived a bit early and were asked to wait until the table was ready. They don't seat in this restaurant unless they have full chairs at the griddle, but they manage people well. We were seated right on time. Our server found us right away for drinks, and our chef soon showed up and began cooking. Like all Teppan restaurants, he did a show while he cooked our food. He was very personable and all of the food was cooked perfectly. Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. The only weird thing was no chopsticks! Forks were at the table, and while I didn't ask, I think they will provide them if you do. Because teppan is often sliced in pieces, it's always easier to eat with chopsticks. At any rate, service was good, food was good and all had a good time.

He loves burger and fries. I crave sushi, so Kishos has those and more! A match made in heaven!…read moreThis has become our cheap lunch date, especially when "someone" gives us a gift card! Love my Beautiful Salmon Roll with added masago and Brown Rice, also brought me some fantastic fresh wasabi and chili oil. Hubby ate all of his bunless Wagyu Burger, so we ordered a double scoop of fabulous Green Tea Ice Cream!

The food was wonderful! Our server Alex was great, super helpful and attentive! My favorite sushi…read moreplace in SCV :)

Great food. The service was amazing. Could tell they care about their customers…read more %100 going back!!

Our family went to this place for the first time. My husband and I ordered the bento. I was…read moreimpressed with the amount of food served, and the food is so amazingly delicious in all levels. The service is excellent. I strongly suggest to try this place and I am definitely going back again.

I'll never stop praising this place. For our family, it's the best Japanese restaurant in Valencia…read more We visit it 4 times for month, and everything is always delicious. Each time we try something new, and we always love it. The staff are always friendly and in a great, upbeat mood. There's a special atmosphere inside -- it's just a really pleasant place to be. Highly recommend it to everyone