First time to this place for lunch. Their lunch bento price is unbeatable! I ordered Chicken Teriyaki with Spicy Tuna Roll. Portion is decent, I consider big portion. Taste wise is awesome, their spicy tuna is a bit spicy but still manageable. Service was very good, they keep checking on you, making sure they didn't miss your need. I would definitely go back because of the price is very good! read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

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the category is... thiccccc NOMd: - yakitori. fatttt pieces of chicken and they don't skimp on saucin it up. - butabara. i was sad that this skewer didn't come with any veggie but really nice char and good salty flavor. perfect ratio of meat and fat. - baked mussels. fat mussels topped with a delicious seared mayo roe. - sake nigiri. pieces were thick but too chewy and uneven (as a texture person i didn't like the difference and made the fattier pieces even chewier) - salmon belly nigiri. the salmon belly being seared was the surprise i needed. next time i'll have to get without wasabi bc i cannot stand the flavor. YUMd: - water. has a really bad off-putting taste and is filled with white swimmers. usually those particles disappear but these just sunk to the bottom like salt. i would bring your own water. service, etc.: had the whole place to myself on a saturday afternoon which was a pleasant surprise. fast and efficient. read more

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Cute little spot in a Dublin strip mall. Sushi is fresh and for sure some of the better in the area (not counting Harumi, they still have the crown). Prices are very reasonable, always nice to find places that offer a good product at a fair price. Service is friendly and very low-key. Note: They don't take Apple pay so be sure you have a physical card or cash with you if stopping in. read more

This hidden gem in Dublin is tucked away in a quiet corner with plenty of parking. I loved that they offer unique nigiri options like salmon belly and hamachi belly that are hard to find elsewhere. The fish was fresh and high quality, the prices were very reasonable, and even though there was only one server, she did a great job keeping up with everyone. It wasn't too busy on a weeknight, making for a relaxed dining experience. I'd definitely be back! read more

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I can't stop eating at this family restaurant. I have been coming here since day 1. Never disappoints. Fish is always so fresh and the place is super clean. The owner is obsessed with sanitization and is committed to serving fresh fish and great food. My fav-octopus wasabi salad for an appetizer Nabe udon- huge portions and tons of salmon, veggies, chicken, and an egg. Tako ( octopus) nigiri- always fresh and with fresh lemon if requested Grilled octopus - almost perfectly grilled each time Grilled mushrooms skewers- delicious and scent of bbq tops it Prices are insanely reasonable but the food and service are excellent- thank you, Kathy read more

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The interior here is plain, unremarkable, but not uninviting. It could use a bit more character, but I enjoyed my meal all the same. Our waitress was very kind and sweet, anticipating my needs consistently! I never needed to ask for a tea refill, or the check, or a to-go box! The food here is great, but a little heavy on the sauce! I prefer more fresh, simple sushi, but if you want something with a little more oomph this place is great! Their baked mussels were delicious, and I'd love to give them a go again! read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

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Great service, our to go to when we just worked 3 days in row. Food is great and staff friendly.

Not my favorite sushi but great service. The workers are so kind and inviting. The ambiance is great. If I am in the area I would stop by for a quick bite. read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Cali roll, Carrot roll, Mango and avacado roll - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

Stumbled upon this Japanese restaurant Went for an early dinner Food are fresh, delicious and affordable Service was great and very attentive Place is clean and comfortable Will definitely stop by again when I'm in the area read more

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Still great. Service excellent, and so is the food. Love the selection of vegetarian sushi.

My family are regular "lunch special"customers to this yummy Japanese restaurant!! Gloria and her husband are exceptionally nice with a (owners) clean atmosphere and delicious food!! Where else can u get an inexpensive lunch including salad, rice, soup, choice of hot entree and side? My "go to" is the beef tery and Ca roll! They don't skimp on the portions! Check it out in the Dublin area!! read more

I forgot to take pictures because I was that hungry but we ordered the over the rainbow roll, Philly roll, unagi donburi, 2 chicken karage', pork belly & 2 shiitake mushrooms, udon & miso soup. Everything was delicious & for a party of 3 adults, 2 kids & an infant for under $95 seems like a good deal. There was only one waitress working on a Tuesday night so be patient. There's parking & the place seems clean, even the bathrooms. They had a lot of takeouts so yes this restaurant is great. I do really like shiitake mushrooms so give that a try. It comes on a skewer stick with 3 pieces & a sauce on top. read more

Great service, great sushi. We ordered the Gambler (one of the pieces has wasabi hidden in it) and that in itself was a fun little game. The Inside Out with soft shell crab and fish eggs on top was also fabulous. We'll definitely come back soon! read more

I ordered from the weekday lunch menu (which isn't available from the web site) to go. It was basically the sushi combo (with 5 pieces) and a choice of side dish, which I chose the California roll. The highlights are: 1. The fish slices are thick, and felt very fresh (note that I am not an expert), but they felt fresh for me. 2. The California rolls were surprisingly large AND most important of all tasted "fresh"; not like something that came out of a refrigerator (cold + "hard"). read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Good size f the meal.... See how big those California rolls were; and they tasted freshly made. - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

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We love this restaurant. The prices are very reasonable and the portions are generous. I recommend the butabara (pork belly)skewers $3 per. Any of the sushi rolls and the spicy scallop hand roll are so good! My husband is partial to the beef teriyaki (comes with cabbage salad and miso soup). You could order other items by the piece--kabocha or multiples. Good service overall. Definitely worth coming back. read more

The lunch sushi set I ordered was only $15 + $2 for spicy tuna roll. It is a good deal. The sushi is fresh and the portion is generous. Not a fancy place though. If the presentation of the sushi set can improve, I will give Torarenbou 5 stars. Overall, I highly recommend Torarenbou for lunch. Give it a try if you are around the area. read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Lunch special - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

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Service was attentive and quick. Ambiance is casual and comfortable. Food was very affordable, $12 for lunch specials, and $20 for Chirashi. +$2 to add Spicy Tuna roll to the lunch specials. Will definitely come again to try other dishes. What a pleasant surprise. read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Chirashi - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

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The food was delicious! The mix and match tempura is nice! The zucchini, mushroom and eggplant skewers were delicious and each tasted unique! The tofu don was good but they forgot my salad. The lobster hand roll was good and had lots of avocado and lobster but it didn't hold its shape. The salmon belly was my fiancé's favorite item! The jalapeño poppers were a good app too. We ordered on DoorDash and it was super fresh when it came to us but the prep time was 71 minutes and our dasher still waited an additional half hour to get our order so that was the biggest disappointment. read more

Such a cute little sushi restaurant tucked away in this plaza. We've seen the sign but didn't realize it's a sushi restaurant until we looked it up on Yelp. The value and the food always been pretty good. My kids enjoy coming here every so often. Sometimes can take a bit long to get our food so it's not a quick snack and go for us... we've only tried sushi orders so far but will be back to try dinner entrees in the future. read more

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Great sushi spot we discovered for dinner takeouts on our drive home from work a few years ago. We have been coming back to this restaurant every time when we craved for sushi. They have a decent selection of rolls and you can't beat that price. We all know how expensive sushi can get these days and this place is affordable. We even tried to dine in on weekend but their service can be slightly slow because they only a small crew. But the lady that works there is so sweet and approachable. I recommend giving it a try if you haven't. read more

My family and I came here for their lunch special. It was $13 during the week and it was super yummy and delicious with big portions. You cannot beat the price and amount of food. We are always immediately greeted at the door by the sushi chefs and waitress. They are so welcoming to me and my family all the time. They are very attentive and make sure to address any needs we have. I ordered the salmon teriyaki with California roll combo. It came with miso soup, rice, veggie tempura, and salad. The salmon teriyaki was tender and flavorful with teriyaki sauce! I definitely will come back during lunch and I am interested in trying their other menu items. read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

Amazing Sushi! I love going here. The owners are so kind and friendly. The sushi is super fresh and the servings are very generous. Highly suggest checking them out. read more

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We checked this place out even though it's always been at this specific location for as long as I can remember. I would like to say that this place is decent for their affordability with quality sushi! It's fairly small inside and not much seating (around 7 tables + a few bar seating). From my understanding, it seems like they are still in the process of renovating the restaurant. Their menu has no pictures and everything was just typed out of a printed sheet of paper. Service was great - water refills, repeated back our orders, attentive. This place is one of my top spots for dates (I'll be coming back) and quick fix for sushi for sure! Chirashi Don ($20) - LOVED the sushi rice and comes with miso soup! This came with 3 pieces of salmon, 3 pieces of tuna, 3 pieces of yellowtail, Tamago, 3 pieces of Mutsu, shrimp, and Aji(?). Fresh, thick slices - worth the price for sure. Dragon Roll ($13) -Inside only has shrimp tempera but it was fried to perfection. Super crispy. This roll is topped with avocado, eel, eel sauce, and masago. We were satisfied with this one. Lion King ($12) - Since it's baked, it was the last one that came out. This roll was a little smaller but mayo with salmon was baked great. The inside has avocado and imitation crab. It was okay - I wish it was crab mix on the inside rather than a crab stick. Shiitake Mushroom ($3) - a little burnt but still flavorful. read more

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Delicious boat filled to our taste! Friendly staff and quick services. Great quality fish! read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Sushi boat - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

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Overall rate 3.5 We tried several items here The gambler 3.5/5 Interesting concept one of the piece has wasabi in it. Dragon roll 4/5 Salmon avocado 4/5 Spicy sukiyaki 3/5 It's standard sukiyaki and they give you shichimi on the side. They give you a pretty decent amount of meat but not enough soup imo. I would've liked a lot more. It comes with rice as well. And not a lot of cabbage. Spicy tuna 3.5/5 The spicy tuna is a bit sweet. I was very surprised at this. Not bad just unexpected. read more

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Been here a couple times trying different things and they were all good. Service never changes always great. Definitely one of my favorite sushi spots read more

The food was okay, service was decent but slow almost took an hour for our food to arrive and the ambiance was a little awkward. But It's wasn't till the very end where the lady was asking us if we forgot to tip. We told her no we didn't tip but that everything was okay. Then she got pretty mean and rude about not giving her a tip and lectured us about it? so safe to say we're not going there again anytime soon. read more

This is a review for take out. Had a problem with my order (my fault) and the restaurant was able to accommodate and was really nice about it. First time picking up sushi from here and it was SO GOOD! Really good portion size and high quality fish. Will definitely be my go-to sushi place. Thank you! read more

The plus side: Plenty of parking and fish is generous. We ordered the nigiri mix and the slab of fish on top was more than generous. The prices are decent as well. The handrolls were good. The not so great: Not sure if this place changed owners or something, but our sushi presentation and taste was definitely not below average. I was pretty surprised given the great ratings on yelp. 1. We ordered spicy tuna rolls and it was so oddly shaped. There was very little filling inside the roll, but instead, the spicy tuna was haphazardly slapped on top. It's like they squeezed too hard, couldn't cut the roll properly, and so added dollops of tuna on top. 2. Ordered the tempura. Our tempura batter looked nothing like pictures from previous yelpers. The veggie was basically soaking in oil. It was flat, oily, and didn't have much of a crunch as it was sitting in a pile of oil. 3. My daughter's roll with salmon on top was sliced so thin that the salmon ripped and you could see rice. That's a first for us. Previous yelpers' photos looked great, too bad we didn't get the same! We won't be going back and we definitely wouldn't recommend this place. read more

High quality fish, with an interesting variety of rolls. This is the best sushi value I have ever found. Honestly the service can be a bit uneven, but it is worth it. And the owners are wonderful, friendly people. read more

Been coming here for a few years now and the food is still consistent and fresh! I love broccoli tempura and I'm so glad they actually sell it as an order. I've tried ordering just broccoli tempura at other sushi restaurants and it's always a no. Sashimi is always fresh and melts in your mouth. Sushi rolls are the perfect size and I really like their eel and spicy Mayo sauce. They are slowly opening back up for dine in but I still prefer to get mines to-go. read more

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Torarenbou Sushi Bistro is in the Valley Center Shopping Center. I had been in this plaza several times, but I had never noticed this sushi spot. Small spot in a small plaza with a shared parking lot, but there was plenty of parking here. Not much service - I ordered ahead on the phone for a to go order, so my food was ready to go when I arrived within 15 minutes. A bit inconvenient because I did not know that they do not take Apple Pay, so thankfully I had my actual card on me. I ordered a sake maki, sake nigiri, and salmon handroll. The portions for the sake maki and sake nigiri were generous, while the salmon handroll was average sizing and I only paid about $20 for all 3. Salmon tasted pretty fresh, but the nigiri had a fatty salmon taste to it and the handroll also had a slight aftertaste to it. read more

Came here on a Thursday night. The atmosphere was ok, but had lots of restaurant supplies out in the open. What I was really surprised by was the paper plates, plastic to go sauce cups for your sushi, and miso soup served in a to-go cup. I wasn't expecting much from the sushi at this point. I ordered salmon belly sashimi, albacore tuna belly sashimi, spicy albacore hand roll and an Over the top Rainbow Roll. The sashimi and hand roll came out first. To my surprise, the albacore belly was really good and so was the salmon belly. It was lightly seared in the top. The hand roll was good as well. The roll came out and it was really over the top with fried bits. It was good, but a bit too much fried bits. Overall the service was fine, but I would rather not eat on paper plates and to go cups. That alone deserves one star reduction, but I will say the sushi was very good for the price. I would say it is very good for everyday sushi. read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Albacore belly, salmon belly and spicy albacore handroll - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

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I've ordered takeout from here and to be honest, that's the best way to go. You usually expect sushi to be enjoyed better in the restaurant, but it's really all paper plates, to go containers, and a bunch of flies. It wasn't a pleasant dining experience, but we did like the sushi. The fish tasted pretty fresh so no complaint about the food, it's the atmosphere that got me wondering if I should go back... read more

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Been coming here for years since their opening (E-Sushi). The food has always been good and good enough to come back. However, enough is enough on take-out. They consistently take :20 to :30 longer than their initial time estimate. If they're busy, then tell us you're busy. Order to go if you have nothing but time. read more

This place was my second choice since my first choice didnt happen. I want to give this place a chance but from the first step in to me leaving, it was just all bad. When you enter the restaurant it was weirdly blocked off and I thought they were only taking togo orders but you can see some people seated in the corners. They are so short on staff and the staff aren't very trained to handle peak hours. They didnt greet people waiting at the door and if it wasn't for the people that cut us in line, we wouldn't know how to enter this place. Also they didn't really cut us in the line cause they told the waitress we were there first. The waitress seated me and my husband at the bar which was fine and we waited a bit to get our orders taken. They seated two other people at the bar later than us AND they took their order first?! I am confused. So overall our wait from ordering to getting out food was 45mins-1hour. This was for 3 items: 2 rolls and a chirashi don. The people that seated 15mins after we did also got their food first. Once we got our food, honestly we were disappointed. The presentation of the food was funny in a very bad way. Don't take your date here. The portions are small and it was just decent. They served miso soup in togo containers, you eat on paper plates, plastic dishes, and disposable chopsticks. I understand covid situation but this goes beyond. The deluxe chirashi don was even more disappointing. For $27, the presentation wasn't appetizing and it looked like they just tossed the fish on top. Usually it is a bit more organized and presented nicely, especially looking at other pics of it. It was quite sad. Everything costed $75 for 2 rolls and a plate of fish. Service was very slow. I wish I could say more positive things but there was none. Also they have a sign that says their toilet is clogged so you can't use the restroom. I would skip this place if you can. read more

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Very fresh and good portion. Thickest sashimi I've ever seen on a nigiri, 3x thicker than Kura sushi, very satisfying. I want to come here everyday read more

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This place will be getting one stars, and am very surprised it is still in business. We needed a quick spot after another sushi spot we wanted to go to was packed. We walk in and there was only one family in the restaurant, that right away gave my boyfriend and I concerns but we still wanted to give it a chance. We ordered two rolls, chicken katsu, miso soup, and my boyfriend attempted to get hamachi nigiri. I also ordered green tea, which arrived in a red solo cup and was luke warm. The only items that did not come in to go containers was the sushi rolls, it was less than ideal dining experience. When our sushi arrived, it looked like someone went a little crazy on the sauce and it was over saturated to the point it took away from the flavor of the sushi. The rolls also looked like they had older avocados in it because they were browning:/ The inside looked like part dining, part storage unit with boxes everyw The icing on the cake was the nigiri my boyfriend received, our waitress dropped it off and it looked a little off in coloring. My boyfriend took a bite and it was STILL FROZEN. When we told the waitress it's still frozen, she verbatim said "oh just wait another 5 to 10 minutes and it will be thawed". Um what?? I wish I took more pictures, but would not recommend going back to this establishment. read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Chicken Katsu Miso Soup - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

We stumbled upon this place. We almost didn't come here because of the yelp reviews but those were wrong. The fish here is so fresh! We ordered a lion king, thunder roll, deluxe ca roll and sashimi chef choice. Scallop and pork belly skewers. Everything was absolutely delicious. It's a small family owned business and you can tell they really care about your experience. I'll be saving this place and coming back ! read more

Torarenbou Sushi Bistro - Ca delux roll, lion king, thunder roll - Japanese Near Me - Dublin, California

One of the few places that has sukiyaki. They also have beef gyudon. I miss the old Yoshinoya chain. I don't know what happened to them, but they may still be in Southern California. I used to love their beef bowls. It's similar here, but not at good as Yoshinoya's, not bad though. I've also had their salmon shoyiaki, a little dry, but next time I'll tell them more medium. It wasn't in the menu, just regular salmon teriyaki, but the waitress had no problem omitting the sauce. The California roll portion was very generous, too! I've always gone to the Vietnamese place next door, but I'm a fan now. Apparently a lot of locals, go there too. I've been there twice now. read more