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 did a take out this time! Still amazing sushi and food, still packed, and we really would like to…read moreknow when the squash blossoms are coming back! The inside gets a bit chilly but sit outside on the patio is my recommendation.

Hanasaki Sushi has some of the best sushi we've had in Santa Clarita. The food was outstanding from…read morestart to finish. Every roll was fresh, beautifully prepared, and absolutely delicious. You'll see from the photos that we didn't just stop after a couple of rolls. As a family of two adults and two children, we intentionally ordered an extensive variety because we enjoy experiencing as much of the menu as possible before forming an opinion. By the end of the meal, it was clear this wasn't an average sushi order, and our bill reflected that. That's exactly why we feel our review carries weight. We weren't judging the restaurant based on one or two rolls. We sampled a wide variety of what the kitchen had to offer, and the kitchen absolutely delivered. The chefs deserve recognition because the quality remained consistently excellent throughout the entire meal. Unfortunately, the service was the complete opposite of the food. Our server, Mickey, made what should have been a fantastic dining experience disappointing. Every time we asked for something, whether it was a refill, extra sauce, napkins, or even the utensils we needed to eat the food, it felt like we were inconveniencing her. We were repeatedly met with eye rolls, sighs, or an attitude that made us feel uncomfortable asking for even the most basic necessities. What makes this even more disappointing is that the restaurant was extremely busy inside, so we voluntarily chose to sit outside in the heat to help free up indoor seating and make things easier for the staff. We weren't demanding or impatient. We were patient, polite, and ordering a substantial amount of food. We simply expected the same level of hospitality that matched the quality coming out of the kitchen. The food is easily five stars. The service, unfortunately, was nowhere near that standard. We'll absolutely return because the sushi is worth it, but we sincerely hope management addresses the customer service. A restaurant serving food this exceptional deserves service that leaves customers talking about the meal, not how they were made to feel while ordering it. FYI we still tip 18% ‍

Food is always great here! Anytime I have friends from out of town, I take them here because this…read moreplace doesn't have a single bad item in their menu. The bentos have great portions and easily stand as one of the best tasting bento in SCV. If you're picky, they will have something you will LOVE! My family of 5 eats here few times a month. It's a great family vibe and staff and service are so welcoming and understanding. My brother has an avocado allergy and they always make our rolls without the Avocado. Here you don't have to worry about the quality of food or the quality of service. This place consistently one of the best restaurants in Santa Clarita for lunch and dinner.

Been coming here for years. Food is great and service has been questionable but our most recent…read moreexperience warrants this review. We walked inside, about 60% of the tables were empty. The host asked us to wait a few minutes in order to sit. We stood there for 20 mins, not one update or even look from them. They literally ignored us as we stood by the front door, while half the restaurant was completely empty. We are patient and could have waited but at least sit us at a table while we wait. I have been coming here for years, we have drank with the owner Song, and have spent thousands of thousands of dollars here. We will take our business somewhere else from now on, their service is terrible. It was tolerable in the past but now it's just flat out terrible. Do yourselves a favor, go to Mr. Sushi in Valencia. They have identical menus as two partners opened the restaurants and split it to 661 and Mr. Sushi.

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.

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!

I've been coming to Yamato for over 20 years, and the food has always kept me coming back. The…read moresushi is consistently fresh and delicious, and, honestly, the sushi chefs are usually friendlier and more attentive than the servers. This visit started off on the wrong foot. Mark took our drink order with a bad attitude and then disappeared. About 30 minutes later, he came back without saying a word--just looked at us and walked away. It was disappointing and, unfortunately, not unusual based on many of my past visits. Thankfully, Sophie completely turned the experience around. She took care of us for the rest of the meal, and she was absolutely outstanding. Friendly, professional, attentive, and genuinely kind. She checked on us, made sure we had everything we needed, and reminded us what great service should feel like. In more than two decades of eating here, I can honestly say I've only had truly great service once before. Sophie is definitely one of the best servers I've ever had at Yamato. She deserves recognition for her hard work and positive attitude. The food is still excellent, but I hope the restaurant invests more in consistent customer service. Employees like Sophie are the reason customers keep coming back. for Sophie. for the food. The management should make sure every guest receives the same level of service she provides.

After moving up here, I was on the hunt for a solid sushi spot, and Kinza Sushi has been…read moreconsistently great. The fish is always fresh, and the quality never disappoints. My go-to rolls are the Jerry Home Run Roll and the Valencia Roll--both are excellent every time, in addition to their sashimi; simple, clean, and very high quality. I've brought multiple business clients and friends here, and everyone has had great things to say. It's dependable, well-made sushi with fresh ingredients, which is exactly what you want in a go-to spot. Highly recommend

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.

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!

We go to Gyu-Kaku a lot. It is our favorite restaurant. The staff is always so wonderful…read more Today I coordinated a surprise birthday party for my husband with Gyu-kaka. The hostess was absolutely amazing at keeping the surprise a secret and accommodating what I wanted to have happen. There were 8 people in our party and our favorite waitress just happened to be working and she got our table. She made the experience a time to remember. We will always recommend this restaurant and continue to dine there. 10 out of 10 service, food, environment and hospitality. Please give them a try. ​

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