Yo Sushi has become our convenience stop each and every time we happen to be doing chores near the Marina Village Center. The food is tasty, the price is reasonable, and the staff are friendly. That the center has its own huge parking lot doesn't hurt. Some days we swing by for some miso and a tiny something. When we are being keto the Yo Sashimi special gets eaten. When carbs don't matter, we dig into the dozens of available specialty rolls. The inside part of the restaurant is kid friendly, reasonably quiet, and all-around pleasant. The outside tables make it for us; there is something special chowing down on hot soup and cold fish while a nice breeze and the sounds of birds punctuate the dining experience. We're regulars, so we'll see you there. read more

Yo Sushi - Restaurant exterior - Sushi Bars Near Me - Alameda, California

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This was our favorite sushi place in the past when they opened in 2013. We met the young owners, and I believe they just had their first child. The kid was so cute, and always playing in the back near the restroom. I am not sure of their business model. I am led to believe they are an extended family business...? And that they have 5-7 locations. Here are some of their other locations and the year they opened: Fairfield 2006. Vallejo 2009. Martinez 2012. We discovered this place in Albany (opened in 2016), when we were both looking at the same location for real estate. Pinole 2025. Quality/Quantity - Wow, it has been too long since I have been here. And this was a last second change from my long term friends. Good and fresh. Today I got the Deluxe Sushi Special - So fresh. But as a light eater, I was still hungry after eating my dinner, but it did look like it was a decent portion. Chirashi - Wow, this looked so good. Also, it's fresh. I will get this next time. My guest was only able to eat half of her dinner. But this also came with a salad and soup. And for only $3 more, this was the better choice of the two. Atmosphere - Good and clean. Small local business. One clean large unisex restroom. Plenty of mall parking. Open 7 days a week from 11am to 9pm or 9:30pm; see website for specifics. Service - Quick and friendly. The owners (Kevin since 2013) were not here today. The restrooms are clean and organized. You have to respect an owner that snakes their own plumbing (see picture)! Price - Reasonable, especially for dinner. Owner Suggestion - I remember you were so proud of your 4+ star yelp ratings when you first opened. You are still well respected in the community and am sure you will get back to your 4+ star ratings again. read more

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The servers were very kind and polite. The restaurant offers an adequate amount of tables but no parties larger than 6 from the looks of it. It's clean and has a lot of random pictures on the wall. I attempted to order the 3 way combo teriyaki bowl but was informed they were out of beef? Unfortunate, but decided to get double the chicken. The chicken was extremely bland, non seasoned and bone dry. The sauce seeped into the rice, which I don't mind. The salad was somehow dry but soggy. I think I would be willing to try their sushi, it seems like people have a more positive experience with that. read more

Yo Sushi - Chicken Teriyaki with shrimp - Sushi Bars Near Me - Alameda, California

The sushi here is good, but I question the cleanliness. If the bathroom door is any indication, we should be worried about the sanitary conditions in the kitchen. There's no excuse for filth in a restaurant. It's just pure laziness. read more

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My dogs' vet is in the same complex as Yo Sushi, I went over a decade ago so not sure if it is the same ownership/management. One Saturday afternoon I was in the area and I decided to give them a try. At sushi places I like to order a Chirashi, which is mixed raw fish/sashimi over seasoned sushi rice. It came with a soup and salad. The staff brought it out in a reasonable amount of time. The Chirashi was good, the fish was fresh and it was presented well. It was a reasonable price of sushi, I would be suspicious about super cheap sushi and especially raw fish. I had it with a Sapporo beer which really hit the spot. There were people ordering takeout and there was seating inside. I dined in. There are lot of sushi restaurants in the area, but since I already come here when taking my dogs to the vet, maybe I'll work a lunch break into my plans. read more

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First time for late lunch Isolated and quiet even though it's close to the road Clean and simple layout, pretty pictures, themed Rice was seasoned and sashimi was really good Portions fairly portion for its price Service was quick and friendly Will be coming back read more

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I cannot stop writing reviews for this awesome place. The food is best and hits the spot! The place is welcoming and neat. And the staff - simply the best. Awesome- friendly and so welcome. I modify my order due to some dietary restrictions and they happily accommodate they. By now I have my order as a regular. When I get there, it is ready for me to eat. I appreciate their awesome customer service and always being so patient with their clients. Must visit this gem! Oh also very family friendly ! Love hearing kids giggle and the staff are so nice to little ones! read more

Came here for a late lunch yesterday. One other person was here so it was nice and quiet. We all ordered a couple of rooms to share. Food was quick to come out. Everyone loved the rolls that they ordered. Service was nice and quick. read more

I cannot believe how little the portions were and it was not season well. They're not taking no pride in making their food here if you want some good Yo Sushi go to Albany California, alameda is terrible is the worst I've ever tasted read more

Myself and my team (Inmotion : Electric Unicycle) came to this location because we were having an event near by and all of us were craving sushi. Everyone ordered different food and we got a bunch of appetizers. I ordered a Baked Lion King (I love the flavor and how well it was cooked), Oregon (Salmon and Avocado is my favorite) and Lemon Salmon (having the lemon slice on top for the salmon and crab meat was amazing). All the food was great. I was grateful for the service because they were able to accommodate 12 people. The building was small but the ambiance wasn't crowded or loud. I also enjoyed the dressing they put on their salad. Please come and check out this place. read more

Extremely bland and overpriced food. I ordered the tekka donburi which was supposed to come with miso and a salad. The miso was so bland it might as well have been hot water with tofu and wakame. The tekka donburi had 6 slices of tuna and a pitiful amount of rice. It was bad enough to be charged $22 for such a lackluster meal, but they also forgot to give me the salad. I didn't realize until I left and wondered why I still felt a little hungry. I can't really find an excuse for such a slip-up since they were empty on a Sunday afternoon. The servers were polite, but that was pretty much the only good part of my experience. So disappointing for such a good location. read more

Has the best sushi in town! This was my go to post partum! It's delicious! My 5 year old son loves their sushi as well.

I came here for lunch and ordered the two-item special lunchbox. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed after spending nearly $23 on food that tasted stale and old. The spider roll was extremely dry and unappetizing, almost as if it had been sitting out for a day or two. I couldn't even finish the meal. This used to be one of my go-to lunch spots, but after this experience, I've definitely lost confidence in the quality. Honestly, I feel like I deserve a refund for the meal. read more

Yo Sushi - Two items 2 Item Special Bento Box - Sushi Bars Near Me - Alameda, California

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Came here for lunch. Got the chicken teriyaki lunch special and it was okay for the price. It would've been nice if they were sliced bigger. The service is friendly. The ambiance is casual with music in the background. Maybe will give this place a try again to try the other sushi rolls. read more

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Pretty average sushi spot. It was good and prices were fair. Place was cleanly and the girl at the counter was professional and friendly. I'll likely be back! read more

I'm giving you guys one star because the girl at the front desk doesn't know what the heck she is doing. The thicker Asian girl that's always there during the day. I go there a lot and "every" time I try to order something she tells me that I can't have that and somehow rearranges whatever I want from what it says on the menu! She seriously gives me a hard time every single time I'm there and it's just me ordering for myself. And I'm ordering basic stuff! It's almost as if she wants to charge me more and upsell me for something that's already priced on the dang menu. I'm never giving you guys my business again because she is a complete pain in the butt and I'm convinced she just likes to make people feel stupid for some strange reason. I never have any trouble ordering any other sushi restaurants. I go to sushi restaurants all the time and I know what's what. She's killing your business. She's rude, cold and needs to wake up because she obviously doesn't know the menu yet she's been there forever! She gots to go. Yes and the ambience is just OK. read more

What's wrong with y'all? Are you OK? this don't make any kind of sense. did you split one full into 2 halves and call it "extra dressing?" next time i will order extra extra extra dressing. read more

Yo Sushi - Ask for extra dressing what did you guys do? Split one into 2 cups do better please - Sushi Bars Near Me - Alameda, California

I go here at least once a week the food is always great and comes out super quick all of the people are friendly and lively

We got takeout from this restaurant, and it is definitely one of the more underwhelming restaurants I've been to. To start, we got 2 bento's. One bento had a much larger plop of rice and had edamame. The other was barely 5 bites of rice and mo edamame. Both bento's had chicken and was bland and dry, no char whatsoever. The beef is really really.... REALLY bad. One of the worst I've had. It's paper thin, and virtually no salt or seasoning. And for 17-18 dollar bento's, it is a very small quantity of food. I've been to higher quality Japanese restaurants that charge nearly the same price, but quality of the beef is real sirloin steak. The maki is decent, but everything else we had was a huge disappointment. I'm compelled to write this because I was hungry and Japanese food is my favorite cuisine but this didn't sit well... And I'm still hungry. read more

Yo Sushi - Chicken bland. Super small portion of rice, no edamame like the other bento. Fish is overcooked - Sushi Bars Near Me - Alameda, California

This is a pretty cool sushi restaurant with a huge sushi roll menu. The largest I have ever seen IMHO. Its location though seems a little isolated and business seems to be slow for the lunch hour even though service was pretty fast and professional. Parking is more than ample. We ordered a poke bowl, miso soup, Tataki sashimi appetizer, edamame, a couple of maki rolls (I forgot what was ordered) and a kani sunomono appetizer. The restaurant itself was fairly simple with lots of picture of the maki rolls on the wall. I think it is a nice restaurant to visit at least once. The only item we ordered that was subpar was the miso soup which is normally true for many Japanese restaurants. read more

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Simple, small restaurant but it hits the spot. Love their nachos and monkey brain. Great service, always. read more

Yo Sushi - Yummy. USA. YO Nacho - Sushi Bars Near Me - Alameda, California

It was really terrible food. I ordered a bento combo with tempura shrimp and veg and teriyaki salmon. There was one piece of shrimp, 3 piece of fried yam. No onion or broccoli. It was limp and cold. The piece of salmon was about 1/8 of an inch thick,, meaning it was overcooked and tough. The sauce was better than the fish. I am a personal chef and offer recommendations to clients. This restaurant will not be on my list read more

terrible management pre order hours ahead and waited 30mins on requested time. low quality sushi floor sticky run down spot ruined my business meeting read more

I went here today to try it out becasue i work near it and i will never be coming back, sushi was not fresh at all and tasted funky. I'd prefer Safeway sushi!!! But the service was good and people were nice. read more

Not bad not bad. We were hungry after some ding few hours at the park and the beach and this was place was one of the very few open after 3pm and close to where we were so we gave it a try. Very casual place, family friendly and also budget friendly. We ordered a bunch of rolls and a cold sake. Our 5 year old had a blast enjoying different rolls :) Service was friendly and relatively fast. Kudos! read more

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Quick Quality Sushi 5/5 Stars This is my go-to sushi place for take-out. I call in my order and they have it ready in 15 mins or less. I order their sushi sashimi combo almost weekly. I definitely pick this up when I am headed to the airport to enjoy it while I wait for my flight. I ordered this combo at least 50 times and it has never failed. The quality of the fish has always been great and everything tasted fresh. It never disappoints!!! read more

Yo Sushi is my go to! I use to live here and every time I'm in the area, it's always on my top list! I usually get the lion king, rainbow roll, California roll, miso soup, and my husband's favorite, Chirashi. Simply because it's always fresh and flavorful! I miss you Yo Sushi! read more

The food was okay but the service was abysmal. The server obviously absolutely hated her job and it showed - she had no interest in providing the basic civility required to work in a restaurant. She basically just flung stuff on the table and I witnessed several diners go up to the counter to ask for stuff she hadn't provided (like soy sauce). Never going there again. read more

Have been coming here for a long time since high school and experience is always solid each time. The store is clean, has restrooms and visuals for most items on the menu. The service is good and food is delicious (fairly affordable compared to other places). Will continue to come here for casual meals with friends and family! read more

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Maaaybe a 3.5. I visited Yo Sushi for a family lunch on a Sunday afternoon. We arrived around the time that they opened so we were able to find seating pretty quickly and parking was no problem with their large lot in the plaza. It looks like they're mostly takeout but they did have some folks who were dining in. As our meal went on, they quickly filled with the lunch time rush. The one staff who was working the front/cashier was able to take care of everyone with no problem and service was pretty quick overall. My group of 7 dined in so they put some tables together for us and even took our order at the table. Not sure if that's the norm as they have a sign above their cashier that says "order here". Food wise, my bento box was okay. I went with the two item combo for $17 and got tempura and chicken katsu. The tempura was good - came with 5 pcs veggies and 1 pc shrimp. Solid, but not the best I've had. I didn't really like the katsu as much. It was thinner than I've had at other restaurants, with less meat. It was overall pretty dry and the katsu sauce was more sour than I expected so dipping in that didn't help. My family seemed to enjoy their meals though so if I were to return, I'll probably go for their teriyaki instead. read more

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In alameda they just opened a new sushi restaurant called Broadway sushi on Santa Clara in alameda. the spot they opened the restaurant is the old Kamakura restaurant. I gave them a 1 star review for there quality, and no taste at all. Also there rolls were very loose and no sushi vinegar in the rice. now to yo sushi. We have been coming here for the past 10 years. Every time they do not disappoint. The quality of the fish is fresh and rolls are made very well. also, the price is excellent. compared to Broadway sushi. Yo sushi price is less then half compared to Broadway sushi. Always has a very friendly staff. I will always come here compared to the other place. read more

If you like waiting for more than 30 minutes for 2 orders of sushi. Get overcharged. Then this place is for you. The quality of the food has come down a lot. Came in at 13H00, after waiting more than 30 minutes for 20 or so rolls is not ideal. I was not told the tea was additional and we didn't even took a sip. I burned my pinky, I was not given a warning. Pot was collected together with elastic bands and the teapot kept leaking. Look for photo of leak. Nothing was given for the waiting or compensation for the wait. 35 minutes after I decided to take my food to go and for some reason it was additional 15-20 minutes. When I get to the car to eat both rolls are together after asking not to put them together. One of the rolls was made really hasty therefore holding no shape with its bad quality. My sushi was cold after it's supposed to be a heated/warm item. Will not come back. Nice decor. read more

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Love yo sushi! Have been here numerous times in the past few years. Their sushi is consistently delicious and fresh. Have never been disappointed. Recently had a bowl of excellent Ramen on an awful evening when I got a flat tire and had some time to kill before it was repaired. That was wonderful too and perfect on a cold yucky evening. Nice folks. Highly recommend. read more

simple, small but very comfortable sushi restaurant. Super friendly people one of my favorites in alameda

Me and my co workers came one day for luch and just decided to order everything on th menu and loved it the food was very good the service was nice and we made sure we left a good tip and the . Place is very nuce to dine in. read more

Yo Sushi was a total find. I was in Alameda for a few hours, and super hungry, and wanted to find something tasty. Yo is located in a shopping center, and by most accounts, probably a place that most people would just ignore and drive by. It's a fairly small location, and the sushi offerings are fairly extensive for such a small place. First off, I will say that the food was good, and perhaps it's considered good in the area, but it wasn't outstanding. I found them to be fairly pricey especially during lunch, when one might expect prices to be a tad bit less than dinner prices. I noticed that they were doing a lot of to go orders, and not much dine in service. The appetizer that I ordered was supposed to be wontons. We all envision things differently, but without pictures on the menu, I really thought I was getting something different than what I actually arrived at the table. Ironically, would arrive was better than what I expected, and I was super excited to enjoy it. The wonton cups were filled with a combination of seafood, and the crab was pretty tasty. I will say that I love the fact that it wasn't the seafood salad that was heavy mayonnaise. It did lack some seasoning, but I appreciated the light wonton filled with yummy fish. Much to their credit, the sushi roll which was a basic cherry blossom, was much larger than I normally find, it definitely was a pleasant surprise, and the roles were filled more with cream cheese, but the salmon absolutely was fresh. All in all, the food was good, the customer service was super spotty, and frankly it felt like they really did not want people dining in. Super pricey for lunch, but it's good food and there's not a lot in the area. read more

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This place has a HUGE selection of rolls! Probably the largest selection I have ever seen. The other day I had a chirashi bowl and some fried oysters. The quality was just okay and with a higher price point - it's hard to justify the value. With that, I'd say this place is great for a variety of unique and fun rolls if you're in the mood for that! Great choice for rolls to-go or delivery! read more

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My food at This place is great for eating lunch and if your on the go the food choices are good I like the different types of sushi's & Bento Bowls Teriyaki bowls and a whole line of veggie options gyoza and different types of rice You can also get tempura shrimp or udon noodles or ramen noodles the server was great friendly and checked on my granddaughter and I read more

Yo Sushi - Menu - Sushi Bars Near Me - Alameda, California

Came on a Sunday for lunch, there was a moderate amount of people and we got seated quickly. Plenty of seating inside. Can only speak about the sushi and sashimi, but everything was fresh, tasty, and very well priced for sushi in the bay area! Definitely coming back again for their deals. They had a very diverse menu. Also side note - good, savory, hit the spot, miso soup :) Food did take a little while to come, but it looked like a mom and pop shop with only the mom and one other working. read more

Yo Sushi - Sushi and sashimi set - Sushi Bars Near Me - Alameda, California

Good service. I got a spicy tuna roll and it had the worst rice I've ever consumed wrapped around it. I could barely bite through it because of how chewy it was. read more