This is definitely the best sushi in Palmdale let alone Antelope Valley. It is more expensive than other places by almost double average price but it's worth it. Everything tastes fresh and the sushi melts in your mouth. read more

My wife and I went here after one of our favorite restaurants (Saku Suki) took a drop in quality. The fish on the rolls is very thick, and is full of flavor. I could not believe how great each roll tasted and it was easily miles above any other sushi I've had. You can tell that they use only the best quality fish and it shows. There is one very nice and friendly waitress waiting tables and one chef behind the counter making all the rolls. It is apparent that he puts tons of care into crafting each one. Shogun Sushi is easily the best Sushi I've ever had. Now don't get me wrong, the pricing here is higher than any other Sushi locally or even in nearby areas such as Santa Clarita. However, I can tell you that it is absolutely worth it. read more

We found this amazing sushi restaurant about 10 years ago. We come every year for a competition for science students and ALWAYS have to come do or dinner! Love the fReshness, quality and the wait staff. read more

Purposely sought out this off the beaten path sushi restaurant to try something different. The sushi was fresh and tasty. The waitresses were nice and did a good job. Unfortunately that's all the good stuff I can say. Our experience was just okay. Took an unreasonably long time to receive any of our order, but mostly the price!!! I have never seen, let alone paid over $20 for such a small sushi roll and I've eaten at A LOT of sushi bars. Even the nigiri was $9 or $10 an order. I figure we paid about $75 a pound for our fish dinner. Yikes!!! If you have tons of money and don't care about price, then you'll have a tasty dinner, but the cost is why I gave this place only 3 stars. read more

Delicious. Not for those who love rolls with a lot of sauce and stuff on top. These are fresh, simple rolls but very delicious. Nice, small and quiet atmosphere. Will definitely be back! read more

Simple, well-done sushi. Quaint but clean. Small but spacious seating. Polite wait staff. read more

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If you're looking for what has come to pass as "sushi" in LA, don't go here. If you're looking for the absolute best traditional sushi in Southern California, plan a route to Palmdale and don't look back. My wife and I have a standard when we eat out that we'll only eat at a restaurant where the chef actually cares. That leaves out most chain restaurants and anything too big. Most times, we can cook better food at home than we'll get eating out. That being said, Masa-san is the chef, owner and all around sushi master at Shogun. I'd always heard that the best sushi should have an essence of the ocean in its flavor. I had never really experienced that until I had a bite of the salmon sashimi here. OH MAN! Delicate, perfectly cut and served with pride - from that point on, I was hooked. Masa told us that he doesn't let anyone else touch his fish or make food. He just doesn't trust anyone else with the customers. Every item is carefully crafted by him, so plan on waiting a bit. For example, we wanted some shrimp tempura, so he went to the back to one of his live fish tanks, pulled out two live shrimp, cleaned them, dipped them in batter and fried them right up. Best. Tempura. Ever. Another sign of a great chef is that they know the source of their food. Masa-san knows where every single type of fish comes from (eg. on our visit, it was: Salmon from Scotland, Scallops from Santa Barbara, Tuna from Japan) He goes to the fish market every day and only buys the best, freshest fish. You just can't find that quality in restaurants any more. Decor is.... well, try the sushi! It's an older restaurant for sure (they own the building) and they haven't spent much on the interior. It's clean, safe and comfortable - but once you start eating, you'll forget the decor anyway. Service is awesome. Not sure about another reviewers less-than-stellar experience. One of the servers is Masa's wife and the other has been there over 20 years. It's not a big restaurant, so you can't expect service like at a chain. Once we started talking with them and got into a conversation about the food, we experienced some of the best service we've ever had. Price... Not cheap. It's not like you're going to Nobu or anything, but it's definitely more expensive than the generi-sushi place down the street from your house. Two of us was just over $120 (not including tip but including two bottles of sake). We did eat a LOT though... Ok, I think I've gushed enough. Shogun is truly a gem. One of the best restaurants we've ever been to and we will go back forever. I highly recommend sitting at the sushi bar so you can talk to Masa and watch a true master in action. Enjoy! read more

For 24 years the owner has driven to the Fish Market every day. By far one of the Best Sushi restaurants, period. Shogun is not the typical California strip mall sushi bar that serves low quality, stale fish smothered in cheap Hot Sauce and served in a massive roll by someone who does not understand Japanese... Shogun is impeccable quality, served my a master who takes pride in his restaurant. Enough said, you make your choice about where to eat tonight. Nobody else within 40 miles even comes close. read more

I will admit, when driving to Shogun I was having second thoughts. The location does give one cause to wonder just how good the food is going to be, but based on Yelp reviews, we pressed on. We both ordered the roll of our choice and what I would call a bento box. Everything was excellent. The tuna in my roll was very fresh and in good proportion to the rice. My friend's eel roll had plenty of eel and he declared it excellent. I had a combination of katsu and calamari tempura. Both were crisp and not greasy. My friend's mixed tempura was pronounced very good. This is definitely a mom and pop shop with a very loyal clientele. I can understand why. Prices were reasonable and the service was good. I'm looking forward to coming back when I return to Lancaster/Palmdale. read more

I have a new favorite restaurant in the Antelope Valley! Granted, I've only eaten at about 10 restaurants in the AV so I'm not a local authority. But, I've been to plenty of Japanese restaurants and have eaten raw fish for 30 years. First and foremost, the fish used for sushi/sashimi is well-cut and tender. This is the main reason for the 4-star rating. When using nori in sushi, the seaweed flavor correctly comes through. The typically boring salad that comes with most Japanese dinners avoided the lame mayonnaise-based dressing in favor of a zesty citrus dressing. The place has room for improvement. The menu is limited and repetitive. There are no specials. The wasabi is runny. The sushi rice is almost like regular Japanese rice. Despite dealing with troublesome raw seafood, the LA County Department of Health gave Shogun a near perfect score of 99 out of 100. All the more reason why I should come back. The location is terrible. It's not on a major street or near other major businesses. Basically, I'd like to give some credit to other Yelpers since I would have never tried or known about this nice restaurant. Yea Yelp! read more

Service is horrible and the food is overpriced for the quality, and the place are so compact that you'll end up eating so close with other people make you feel in uncomfortable. read more

I've lived in the AV for twenty years & seen the glut of sushi places continue to grow. But nothing tops Shogun's. The sushi chef selects the fish himself from down below, and it is always amazing -- just melts in your mouth. The service can be interesting depending on the mood of the ladies -- but they are genuinely nice people. The prices may be high for some (I recommend GoldFish for good, inexpensive sushi), but you can't beat the value. I've only tried the sushi, so I'm not sure about the rest of the menu. Just give me an Asahi large and bring on the sushi! read more

This place is seriously the most delicious sushi I have ever tried... Mind you I have eaten sushi all over the country! Masa picks his fish fresh everyday, and boy can you tell. Nothing compares to this place, I PROMISE! My family and I love coming here. Thanks Shogun. #bestsushiever read more

Shogun Sushi - I love this place!! It's delicious every single time. Best sushi ever - Sushi Bars Near Me - Palmdale, California

Most authentic sushi place in the AV. If you want an authentic sushi like you're eating it in Japan, this is the place!

Okay.. so I am going to be very honest and state that this is the very first time I have actually enjoyed every single japanese dish we ordered. I am generally a non-japanese cuisine eater. My cousins convinced me to try this restaurant and boy were they right!!! It is such a quaint little restaurant that its a little easy to miss. I am guessing it is a home style restaurant.. family owned. The service was good :) My favourite dishes were : the sea bass, the chicken and shrimp stir fry, the veggie stir fry was good too. I think we also had something called the dynamite which was just like the name ! it was really good! The Sashimi was wonderful. I think we got the platter so we tried a bunch of stuff... Thye Spicy Albacore was good too!My uncle loved the Spicy Tuna Salad so much he refused to share with anyone lol :D I cant wait to visit Palmdale again and eat at this restaurant!:) read more

Small out of the way Great Sushi Bar. Seafood is Fresh! Owner makes daily trips to pick only the best. Quality is world class. read more

Masa is a sushi master. He is a hidden secret in the Antelope Valley (actually kinda surprised hes even in this city). For 20 years he has been offering his gift of making authentic sushi to the "ONES" that know about Shogun. Interesting thing to take into account is that he doesn't advertise, his clients keep coming back and spreading the word. He is Japanese so he knows sushi! His rolls aren't HUGE and I love that, he knows his fish and picks it out himself. The taste and texture are like no other. Try it all and make sure you as for Toro. read more

So amazing. Such great fresh food. The sushi chef and the waitress are a great team. She's very polite and he's very serious about the food he puts out wich makes for an amazing meal worth every penny. I've been here 4 times and every single time has been a great expiercne. The fish is so fresh. Toro is favorite. I highly recommend coming here for a very traditional sushi expiercne. Miso is great the dressing on the salad is wonderful. It makes me so happy coming here haha. Love it read more

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Best sushi in the AV!! This place is not for everyone because you get what you pay for, which means that you are going to pay up for high grade sushi & also for a chef who takes a lot of pride in his craft. The chef goes every morning to the fish market in DTLA & he never freezes it. If you really like sushi & are willing to pay a little extra for some high grade fish, this is the spot! read more

Sushi is only worth eating if it's this fresh and tender--and beautiful. You're not going to find Asian fusion or Americanized dishes here; it's very old-school as the other posts point out. It is located on a street I had never been on in East Palmdale--where I grew up--but it's easy to find, to park on the street and once you're inside, you forget how shitty that area looks on the outside. It's a good find and place to impress other sushi lovers. read more

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Sushi...Palmdale... Skepticism- I get it! My son and I were delightfully surprised! Place rocked. Quality fresh fish, nice staff. It was a great dinner. Best spicy tuna roll around- simple I know but levels above your avg roll. Take a shot! read more

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If i could give this place 10 stars i would. I am out of words on how amazing everything is here !!! This is real sushi made the real way no place in the av can even come close to how good this place is like wow ! I recommend everyone to come here !! read more

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I come all the way from Philadelphia PA to eat at Shogun. Best sushi in the Antelope Valley. Masa is a sushi master. Service can be slow but it's definitely worth the wait. read more

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Whenever I can, I go to Shogun Sushi (in the AV). Hidden away in a hole-in-the-wall, Shogun is a diamond in the rough. The fish is fresh, and the presentation spectacular! They are not fancy in any way, shape, or form, but they are consistently terrific in what they serve. The chef will not serve something he doesn't "approve" of. I like that! I've been going here since 1998, and have never been disappointed. Parking is very limited, but so is the space inside. I had my first sushi here, my first quail egg, soft shell crab...ahh, the memories. Now I've moved away and I don't get there as often as I'd like, but when I do, it's still a treat. read more

Masa has the best fish in the Antelope Valley. Everything is always fresh and delicious. If you are in the mood for sushi, this is the place you have to visit. read more

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Trying to find a good sushi place in the AV. I gave three stars because our service was good. Our server was kind & attentive. The cooked food was good. Tempura was good. I ordered a combination plate. Soup had great flavor. Salad had a nicely flavored dressing on it. I ordered a spicy tuna roll & California roll. I in all honesty couldn't tell the difference between the two. The texture of them made me gag. It was not bad fish. But I tasted no 'spice' in either one. The prices for what we ordered was pretty expensive. This place came recommended & now it left me wondering what they consider 'quality' sushi. Unfortunately, we will not be back. read more

Found this driving home from Mammoth through the high rating on yelp and I only would rate it very high. The sushi was delicious and the lunch special was a perfect size and price. The location is not the best, but some of the best restaurants are the ones off the main road. I really loved this place and loved the service. True ma and pa place. They hosted, served, cooked and even cleaned. Not a local to Palm Dale and didn't expect to have the freshest fish being hour away from LA but it truly was delicious and a great sushi spot. read more

Took forever to get 2 orders. And they were both simple orders. One roll and a spicy tuna salad. Food was good but not great. But the waitress (also an owner?) was incredibly rude. She ignored us for the first 8 minutes or so after we sat down. Not even a "hold on a moment while I get you a a menu." Totally ignored! Not even a nod! Finally tried to get her attention and she just blew us off. She took our order after about 5 more minutes (we'd been there 15 minutes at this point!). Then the food took 30 minutes! No joking! It wasn't that crowded. It was the end of the lunch time rush. When she came she had just my salad but not the roll for my friend. I said "it really took a long time.". She literally snapped back at me "we're very busy!" no apology or anything. The roll came 5 minutes later (again no comment like sorry). My friend asked the sushi chef for extra spicy mayo. He literally snickered at him! Like how dare you ask for some crap like that in my spectacular restaurant?! The check took a long time also, and I was going to stiff her on the tip but decided to give an extra "FU" by leaving just a dime. Screw her. What did she do? She came storming outside after me to my car and THREW THE DIME at me! Insane! What narcissistic nut! And the place is OK tasting but really expensive! $30 for those two things - a roll and a salad. Stay away! read more

Its so hard to find good sushi in the AV.I have tried so many places and each time I was let down that was until I met my boyfriend and he took me here for our first date and for the last two years this is the only sushi place we go to when I found out he drives down to the fish market to get fresh fish I knew I was home lol.The staff is wonderful always nice and helpful the food is always good and great prices. Arrive before 6pm gets packed fast doors open at 5.Best in Town what are you waiting for? read more

Literally this is THE most flavorful sushi I've ever had. The staff was pretty polite, but very businesslike. Great hole in the wall. read more

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My husband and I have eaten a lot of sushi at a lot of restaurants in our 60+ years, and Shogun is our absolute favorite. They've been open for takeout throughout the pandemic and we go there nearly every month for our fix. (They do a very good job packaging everything.) I was worried that the quality would somehow suffer due to the disruptions. It did not. Fair warning. This is not the kind of place to inquire about the special of the day or banter with the chef. The owner does it all himself and is very busy. Just order the basic assorted sushi or sashimi dinner, or better yet, get it with the baked yellowtail or salmon collar or sea bass. It will be delicious and worth every penny. Oh, and the tempura is quite good too but I'm waiting for them to reopen to start ordering that again, as I don't want to eat it cold. read more

Fish wasn't as fresh as stayed in the reviews I was going by Yelp and was disappointed, we had an order for take out and was charged $80. for minimal food as well as our order being completely WRONG. Maybe if you go in you won't get the shaft . read more

Good quality freh sushi. Quiet, calm atmosphere. A tad pricey but only by two or three dollars as far as my standards go when it comes to sitting down and enjoying sushi by the piece. Overall I enjoyed my visit. read more

We went for my birthday lunch because of a recommendation from a friend and the reviews. I had a lunch combo - the sushi was just OK. It was a little on the warm side (temperature wise) and did not taste fresh to me. The one piece of albacore was excellent. The roll was smaller than I'm used to and was just OK - not a lot of flavor. My husband had teriyaki chicken with tempura vegetables. The chicken was under done and the tempura was soggy (not crunchy). On the plus side the beer was ice cold and the service was above average. A disappointment at $50 for lunch. I'm not sure where everyone's going for their sushi to make the statement that this place has the "best sushi in the AV". For the money Miso Sushi is much better in my opinion. read more

Shogun is a very quiet and traditional Japanese restaurant. The food there is amazing, the fish was very fresh and the rice was cooked perfectly. I highly recommend this place if you're looking for a quiet casual setting that is a very traditional vibe. read more

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First time here and we came here for my bday dinner. The place was small and cozy. The people were kind and attentive. The fish tasted fresh and healthy. I enjoyed every bite. The price and quality was well worth it!!! read more

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Hands down the best sushi spot in all of Antelope Valley! I moved here from LA and I was missing some good sushi in my life. This place is a winner all around, from the exceptional customer service to the food quality and taste. Great vibe in this little place, it's very cozy. I felt at home, thank you Shogun for a great experience, can't wait to come back! read more

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This is a diamond in the rough. Located on an isolated street in East Palmdale, this is likely the best sushi restaurant in the Antelope Valley. I had one of the dinner combinations: the braised yellowtail collar with sushi. It was a succulently cooked fish and very fresh sushi standards (tuna, yellowtail, albacore, and salmon). My dining companion (hi, mom!) had a small combination with miso glazed salmon and tempura crab that impressed a hard-to-impress eater. I sampled some of hers and can attest that it was delicious. Another clue to the quality of this restaurant was the number of apparent regulars that dropped in during our meal. Most of them personally greeted the waitress and Masa himself, making small talk as he labored behind the sushi bar. One tip: get comfortable and give yourself plenty of time. This is not fast food, but instead a treat. read more

Wow! Just wow. This is real, fresh, sushi. Melt in your mouth, like butter, high quality fish. The chef is down to earth and old fashioned. There's no computer or website. Just quality fish that Chef is extremely knowledgable about. Our whole experience was wonderful. Do not let the neighborhood deter you. This is the place for incredible sushi. read more

We tried Shogun for the first time tonight. It was delicious. Everything was so fresh and the atmosphere was calming and great. It's a little hole in the wall, for sure, but a wonderful gem. Every item I had was delicious: the miso soup, the tempura, the gyoza. My daughter had the spicy shrimp roll and loved it. Even the green tea ice cream was excellent. We will definitely be back. read more