Kairi Sushi

The food is FRESH... and sooooo good! They also keep the rice light with the sushi pieces (which we really appreciate!). The service was awesome. They were so polite, knowledgeable, and attentive and brought stuff to us before we even had to ask. The ambience was great.. NFL on the big screens and the speakers sound so clean! Thank you for an incredible experience!

Kairi Sushi replaced what used to be a bullet train sushi restaurant. $40 for AYCE dinner is quite a good deal so I decided to give this place a try. There are a few premium/special items you can only get one per person. I got all of it and they were delicious and premium indeed. The oysters were so fresh and perfect with a squeeze of lemon. All of the premium nigiri were seasoned well and nice and fatty. Now for the bad... the rice was a mushy and not seasoned to my liking and there was quite alot of it for each piece of nigiri. The regular salmon and tuna nigiri was on the lean side for those fishes. I would give this place a 3.5 but I'll round up due to the quick and friendly service as well as there not being a wait on a weekend for lunch or dinner. I'll go here if I want AYCE without a long wait and am willing to sacrifice on taste. Sake2me down the street is better if you're willing to wait.

I'm torn because the food is really good and a spectacular value (hello $11 sushi rolls that are huge!) but the service is truly lacking.We came in on a weekday at around lunchtime and found the restaurant half full, with at least 6-8 tables open. It looked like only 3 staff members were working the front of the house with 2 chefs in the kitchen. We put our name on the list, expecting to be called pretty quickly given how quiet it was. 5-10 min later, the party before us was called and the waitress saw us standing there but made no acknowledgement. I later asked another staff member how long it would be after another 10 minutes and received a dismissive "just wait here" answer. We finally got to a table, where it took forever to get our food. Note we didn't even order AYCE and just ordered off the a la carte menu. I asked about our soups which didn't come until it felt like they maybe forgot at one point. Sushi rolls were served with no wasabi. Asked for wasabi, which didn't arrive but I couldn't even flag people down because they were so busy. We had to call another waiter who wasn't the one who took our order to finally get some.I get that they're pretty understaffed but the whole experience left a bad taste in my mouth. Either hire more people or be a little more courteous / at least tell us to be patient or seat us and let us know the orders might take a while so we're not left hanging waiting for when we would actually be eating.

Haiku: Kairi SushiNew all-you-can-eatGenerous cuts and less riceAnd there are no lines!---There's a new AYCE sushi kid on the block and I've eaten here a few times already. First of all, there's a grand opening special lunch price (Mon-Thurs, 11:30a-2:30p) for $26.99 (regularly $31.99). It's so worth it!Why I choose this place over others:- Generous cuts of sushi nigiri and tiny amounts of rice (so you don't get too full).- Sushi quality is decent, rolls taste delicious, and a lot of appetizer/salad/soup/noodle/bowls selections.- Kids can order individual dishes and not be forced to do the AYCE option. Kids between 40-50" are $14.99!- Kairi offers 4-pieces per roll, so I can still have room to try other types of rolls.- No linesFavorites: - Nigiri Sushi: Yellowtail yuzu jalapeno, seared salmon, seared tuna, freshwater eel, scallop, albacore- Special rolls: Kairi special roll, Hot night roll, Albacore delight roll, - No rice rolls: Canadian Blossom.- Everything on the dinner only special items: Bluefin tuna, jumbo scallop, ebi shrimp, daily fish, salmon carpaccio, seared tuna carpaccio, yellowtail carpaccio.Service was attentive and friendly, and plenty of tables to accommodate large parties.

First timer's at Kairi AYCE sushi & honestly it was OK; nothing I'd drive out of my way for - just head down the street (4 min drive) to SAKE2ME AYCE for better qualify fish in my opinion! The reason why we found this place was because the wait at SAKE2ME was 1 hr long & didn't fit in our schedule as we expected! Quality of the sushi was meh - I would refrain from the seared salmon & seared tuna. Usually we are all for it but the quality was just not there. It tasted rubbery and honestly not a fan. The yellowtail was buttery & literally melted in our mouths! Salmon nigiri was a hit too - I'd pick this over their "chefs choice" of the seared salmon. We found this place on Yelp & saw that they were promoting a $26.99 lunch special for their grand opening from 11AM-2:30 PM. We were on a time crunch since we had to make it back to OC by 2:00. We arrived at Kairi at 12:27 & our sushi landed at our table by 12:48 PM & 12:55 PM. Our server was great - but lacked attentiveness to what was missing. We had to remind our server, Iris regarding our 35 pc nigiri options we chosen earlier throughout. The scallops and tamago took forever & we were ready to cash out since it was about a 35-40 min wait time for those to hit the table. Our server was very picky with determining excess fish to be charged for. All nigiri's were wiped out & we left a half eaten hamachi collar (we ordered 2 & it was a $2 up charge for the menu), 2 shumai pieces, and 1 takoyaki ball - yet Iris charged us $2 due to the half eaten hamachi collar that wasn't finished - otherwise our table was spic & span ‍! This company is very prompt with overcharging customers for every little bit - so be aware :). Kids under 40 inches eat free & if you're 40in & above it's $14.99. We arrived on a Wednesday afternoon at 12ish pm - family of 5 & was seated immediately. Good amount of room to accommodate large parties & the restaurant was clean!

I think I found my new go to sushi spot. Fresh fish, friendly staff, and clean restaurant; what more can you ask for?? They have a wide variety of appetizers such as popcorn chicken and bulgogi fries which weren't tooooo bad (a little heavy for me). But, the highlight of the night were their fresh raw oysters and cucumber rolls. They also have a $1 beer promotion which is a steal if you ask me. Will definitely be coming here more often whenever I crave sushi!! (-:

I arrived early to try their lunch AYCE special price. I ordered, Crispy Crunch Rice, Double Philly Roll, Rainbow Roll, Albacore, Salmon, Kairi Special Roll, Seared Tuna, Saba, Albacore, Dragon Fire, Canadian Blossom, and Red Sun. The food was good, worth the price paid. I especially enjoyed the no rice rolls.This place had plenty of tables, love the design. Upbeat jams playing in the background with sports playing on the TV.The service was fast and friendly and I enjoyed my time there.

From the miso soup to the sashimi, every single piece of fish was top-quality and an absolute delight per bite. It was so good, that our friend (and we counted) hit the century-mark eating, sushi, hand rolls, and sashimi. Eddy, our server was awesome. Making a deal with our friend, Eddy said if our friend could eat all 100 pieces, he'll cover our drinks will be on him. There wasn't loud excessive music or tv and all of the workers and clean restaurant and bathroom made the experience dope.

The staff was super nice and friendly the service was excellent and the sushi was amazing! Will be returning here in the near future!

Great food come here with my gf. Great service super nice employees fresh fish and food.