Kigawa Bistro
Kigawa Bistro
(Sliced thin raw hamachi served with jalapeno and flying fish roe in yuzu soy sauce!)
(Pre-shucked oysters served with mignonette sauce, sriracha sauce, and fresh lemon!)
(Japanese steamed monkfish liver steamed served with ponzu sauce and hot sauce!)
(Popular grilled whole squid cut thinly sliced with house special sauce!)
(Number one selling grilled yellowtail collar, briny, rich and slightly fatty)
(Enormous grilled salmon collar, juicy and tender!)
(Japanese Deep-Fried Shrimp & Mixed Vegetable!)
(Japanese fried oyster. Enjoy the tasty briny morsel, juicy oysters are panko-coated, deep-fried until golden brown!)
(Japanese Style Deep-Fried Chicken!)
(Deep-fried soft shell crab!)
(Fresh mix green Salad with avocado and cucumber in Kigawa salad sauce)
(A dark green, leafy seaweed salad with sesame seed!)
(Crunchy bacon-wrapped shrimp, simply heavenly!)
(Sea salt boiled soy bean!)
Our signature pan-fried soy bean, so much fiber, and protein!
(Japanese Style Pan-Fried Potstickets)
(Ultimate Japanese fried tofu! airy crunch, lightly fried cubes of tofu)
(Deep-fried squid legs!)
(Tasty grilled lamb chop, golden-brown on both sides!)
(Delicious cheese-mayo baked mussels are a well-loved appetizer seafood dish!)
(Delicate crabmeat patties served with fresh cucumber salad!)
(Traditional Japanese soup consisting of housemade broth, soften miso paste, silken tofu, wakame seaweed!)
(Japanese seasoned fully cooked baby octopus!)
Japanese cucumber salad marinated in rice vinegar sweet dressing.
Freshly diced tuna marinated with a sliced onion in housemade poke sauce.
Fresh diced assorted fish marinated with a sliced onion in housemade poke sauce.
Sweet housemade syrup glazed cooked Japanese mountain yam, a nutrient-rich tuberous root.
(Pre-Shucked Oysters Served With Mignonette Sauce, Sriracha Sauce And Fresh Lemon)
Please tell us how would you like your steak cooked:BLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Please tell us how would you like your steak cookedBLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
A cut of meat including the rib.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Please tell us how would you like your steak cookedBLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Battered and fried.
Fried silken tofu.
Rich, sweet, and oily fish.
Soybeans.
Please tell us how would you like your steak cookedBLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Covered in panko breadcrumbs and fried.
Dumpling with a minced filling.
Battered and fried.
Soybeans.
Piece of fish.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
(Delicate Crabmeat Patties Served With Fresh cucumber Salad)
6 pieces. Cucumber roll.
6 pieces. Pickled roll.
8 pieces.
6 pieces. Mango and avocado with cucumber.
4 pieces. Japanese veggie roll with egg.
2 pieces. Sushi rice stuffed inside seasoned deep-fried tofu pocket.
6 pieces. Shiitake mushroom roll.
6 pieces. Plum paste and cucumber and Japanese mint.
Japanese deep-fried vegetable.
(1 Roll with 8 pcs Nigiri, California Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll, Spicy Salmon Roll)
(Offer the luxury of having plenty of fresh uni sea urchin and ikura salmon roe over rice!)
Salmon.
Tuna.
Octopus.
Cooked shrimp.
Super white tuna.
White tuna.
Sweet Japanese omelet.
Flying fish roe.
Japanese scallop.
Real crab.
Yellow tail.
Sea urchin.
Striped Bass.
Sweet shrimp, served with deep-fried shrimp head.
Mackerel.
BBQ eel.
Salmon roe.
Fatty tuna.
Squid.
Raw quail egg yolk with flying fish roe.
Sea Urchin
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and imitation crab with avocado.
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and spicy scallop with tobiko scallion.
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and spicy tuna with cucumber.
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and BBQ eel with avocado.
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and spicy salmon with cucumber.
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and white tuna with deep fried onion garlic chip.
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and deep fried Salmon skin with cucumber.
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and cooked lobster with cucumber avocado tobiko sprout.
Rolled cone of seaweed, wrapped around rice and minced fatty tuna.
Basic vegetable salad.
Seaweed wrapped around rice and filling.
20 pieces.
4 pieces chef's choice nigiri.
8 pieces nigiri and 8 pieces sashimi and California roll and tuna roll.
Spicy salmon roll, spicy tuna roll and spicy scallop.
California roll shrimp cucumber avocado and unagi avocado roll.
10 pieces chef's choice nigiri.
8 pieces chef's choice nigiri.
(Number 1 seller! Enjoy the whole lobster tail tossed in a rich and decadent ramen. Always yummy and excellent!)
(Delicious bowl of ramen with authentic seafood broth served with a variety of vegetables and garnishes!)
(Authentic and flavorful Japanese scallop chicken soup with ramen noodles!)
(This stunning ramen dish gets its increadible depth from black garlic, near-black and imbued with a complex, savory, almost sweet flavor!)
(Wonderful world of ramen in thick, creamy and milky white pork bone broth with all the toppings. Thanks to pork marrow bones and fat cooked for hours!)
(Famous Japanese soybean paste miso has creamy texture. It is one of most well-loved versions of ramen in our restaurant!)
(Classic shoyu ramen is built with soy sauce base broth. Despite its salty touch, the abundance of soy sauce gives it a tang lacking in its shio-based cousin!)
The housemade spicy chili sauce paired perfectly in this rich, creamy soupless ramen.
Lobster ramen is always a crowd favorite. Our amazingly good lobster ramen includes an entire lobster tail. It is prefect for the lobster lovers.
Stunning black garlic oil ramen gets its incredible depth from black garlic, adding floral, smoky undertones and dramatically enhance the broth's favor.
2 pieces. Delicate crabmeat patties served with fresh cucumber salad.
Japanese sushi rice topped with chef's choice sashimi.
Japanese sushi rice topped with salmon sashimi.
Japanese sushi rice topped with tuna sashimi.
Japanese sushi rice topped with yellowtail sashimi.
Japanese sushi rice topped with BBQ eel.
A-5 Grade Wagyu, Japanese Kobe beef topped over rice
Tuna sushi roll.
Spicy tuna with a cucumber sushi roll.
Salmon sushi roll.
Spicy salmon sushi roll.
Imitation crab with an avocado sushi roll.
Snow crab with avocado flying fish roe sushi roll.
Deep-fried California sushi roll: choice of spicy or non-spicy sauce sushi roll.
Shrimp and avocado with a cucumber sushi roll.
Salmon and avocado with a cream cheese sushi roll.
Tuna with an avocado sushi roll.
White tuna and avocado with a spicy sauce sushi roll.
Fresh salmon and avocado sushi roll.
Tender diced yellowtail sashimi with a scallion sushi roll.
BBQ eel with an avocado sushi roll.
Deep-fried soft shell crab, avocado, cucumber with flying fish roe sushi roll.
Japanese deep-fried shrimp, imitation crab meat, cucumber, avocado with a flying fish roe sushi roll.
Cucumber roll topped with bbq eel, avocado and flying fish roe.
Japanese deep-fried shrimp roll topped with BBQ eel, avocado and flying fish roe.
Deep-fried soft shell crab, BBQ eel, avocado, imitation crab meat and flying fish roe sushi roll.
Deep-fried fish roll, scallion with spicy sauce and BBQ eel sauce.
Crispy tempura fish roll with house special sauce and spicy sauce sushi roll.
Deep-fried mixed fish roll with spicy mayo, mustard and bbq eel sauce sushi roll.
California roll baked with salmon, garlic, mayo and flying fish roe sushi roll, cooking time 15-20 min.
California roll baked with scallop, garlic, mayo and flying fish roe sushi roll, cooking time 15-20 min.
Real crab meat California roll, shrimp, flying fish roe with a spicy sauce sushi roll.
Spicy tuna roll, cucumber with spicy mayo sauce sushi roll.
Spicy tuna roll topped with assorted sashimi sushi roll.
Assorted seasonal sashimi sushi roll.
Spicy tuna, avocado topped with a salmon sushi roll.
BBQ eel, mango roll, salmon with flying fish roe.
Shrimp, cucumber, avocado, salmon topped with sliced lemon.
Shrimp tempura roll, avocado, honey walnut with sweet cream sauce.
Shrimp tempura roll topped with tuna, mango and flying fish roe in mango sauce sushi roll.
Shrimp tempura roll topped with snow crab meat, avocado and flying fish roe sushi roll.
Deep-fried soft shell crab roll, cream choose topped with salmon, avocado, and flying fish roe sushi roll.
Shrimp tempura, imitation crab meat, avocado cucumber roll with tempura crunch chili sauce and house special sauce sushi roll.
Spicy salmon roll topped with tuna.
Salmon, hamachi, tuna roll with soy paper, sprout sushi roll.
Shrimp tempura roll topped with salmon, tuna, crab meat and flying fish roe sushi roll.
Crunchy shrimp tempura roll topped with super white tuna and flying fish roe in a spicy mayo sushi roll.
BBQ eel mango roll topped with tuna, real crab tempura flakes in Kigawa sauce.
Tender spicy salmon, avocado topped with salmon and salmon roe.
Crab, salmon, tuna and hamachi with thinly sliced cucumber.
Lobster meat, cucumber topped with spicy tuna, avocado in spicy mayo and BBQ eel sauce.
Shrimp tempura, avocado, real crab meat topped with assorted fish, flying fish roe in bbq eel sauce and spicy sauce sushi roll.
Deep-fried super white tuna topped with avocado in house special sauce.
Clay pot.
BBQ eel fried rice.
(A-5 GRADE WAGYU, JAPAN)
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Please tell us how would you like your steak cookedBLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Please tell us how would you like your steak cookedBLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Please tell us how would you like your steak cookedBLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Battered and fried.
Battered and fried.
Please tell us how would you like your steak cookedBLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Marinated or glazed in a soy based sauce.
Please tell us how would you like your steak cookedBLUE. RARE. MEDIUM TO RARE.MEDIUM. MEDIUM TO WELL DONE. WELL DONE.
Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
Piece of fish.
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Ribs that have been broiled, roasted, or grilled.
4 pieces.
Strawberry.
Soybean.
4 pieces.
Japanese fried tofu.
Soy bean.
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Grilled mackerel.
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2 pieces. Delicate crabmeat patties served with fresh cucumber salad.
Spicy salmon, cream cheese, deep fried with creamy sauce
Creamy spicy real crab, avocado, cucumber topped with eel & cooked shrimp
Spicy real crabmeat, avocado topped w/tuna, salmon, Hamachi, eel & ebi
Shrimp tempura, avocado, cucumber top w/spicy tuna & crunchy flakes
Spicy tuna topped w/eel, macadamia nuts, creamy island mango sauce-BAKED
Salmon, avocado, macadamia nuts topped w/spicy tuna, mango, crunchy & unagi sauce
Salmon, crabmeat & avocado topped w/ mango slices-soy paper
Hamachi, avocado, jalapeno topped w/scallop, torched w/honey wasabi sauce & unagi sauce
Garlic Creamy guacamole w/chopped soft shell crab wrapped w/soy paper
Soft shell crab, cucumber, avocado, jalapeno, macadamia nuts, creamy spicy sauce
Cream crabmeat & avocado topped w/salmon, deep fried, served on special sauce and tobiko
Spicy tuna topped w/tuna
Spicy scallop, jalapeno & macadamia nuts
Spicy tuna, real crabmeat topped w/ avocado, tuna, Hamachi & special creamy sauce
Spicy tuna, macadamia nuts, avocado topped w/albacore, jalapeno, torch, creamy garlic & unagi sauce
Shrimp tempura, avocado topped w/cooked shrimp & special creamy sauce
Spicy salmon, cucumber inside topped w/soft shell crab tempura
tempura crispy rice and nori topped w/ a mixture of spicy tuna, salmon, Hamachi, crabmeat & house spicy sauce
Tempura asparagus and avocado inside topped w/ salmon and sliced lemon. Garnished w/ deep fried baby octopus and creamy special sauce.
Spicy real crabmeat, avocado topped w/jalapeno, white tuna & creamy spicy sauce
Spicy tuna, cucumber topped w/jalapeno, Hamachi, radish, garlic and spicy ponsu sauce
Shrimp tempura, honey glazed walnuts topped w/ avocado & walnuts & special sauce
Sliced tuna, real crabmeat topped w/tobiko spicy creamy sauce.
(Lightly torched slice beef on a bed of onion w/ to garage and sea salt, olive oil & ponzu sauce!)
(Hand torch wagyu beef with sea salt and fresh wasabi!)
(Tempura a asparagus topped w/ Kobe beef, jalapeo, lightly torched with sea salt, unagi sauce. Garnished with mixed green creamy dressing!)
Hand torched with sea salt and fresh wasabi
(Sea urchin roe topped on wagyu beef sashimi and sushi rice!)
Kobe beef Uni Wagyu Beef Nigiri (2pcs)
Lion queen
Lobster Y1. Lobster Tail Ramen
N14. Amaebi Nigiri
Uni Nigiri (San Barbara Uni)
Y3. Miso Soup Ramen
a bowl of sushi and a bowl of rice
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Philly Roll - 3 stars
8/24/24 Parking
King California Roll - 3 stars
Uni Nigiri (Japanese Uni)
Chefs Sashimi (30 Pcs)
Miso soup
A2. Fresh Raw Oyster (3 Pcs)
Two Locations!!
A1. Hamachi Carpaccio
Chefs Sashimi (30 Pcs)
2 item bento - chicken teriyaki was good, sashimi was ok. Tuna was a little fishy
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Kiet L.
Jan 5, 2025
Kigawa bistro is a hidden gem in San Leonardo. The restaurant was quiet and the staff was very friendly. The food - My friend and I came here for lunch and decided to try the all you can eat option. We tried many different type of dishes and they were all very tasty. There was a lot of variety on the menu and all the seafood tasted very fresh! Our favorite items were the oyster, shrimp, scallops, and unagi fried rice. The unagi fried rice is a MUST TRY!! Sadly, our stomach wasn't big enough to try everything on the menu so we would definitely come back again!
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Dana T.
Jan 5, 2025
There's plenty of fish in the sea and plenty of other good Sushi places, just not this one.I was told this place had great Sushi; apparently, that person has never had great Sushi let alone good Sushi.The tuna and spicy tuna smelt like a french who*re house and a pungent taste with cartilage. The salmon wasn't much better; mushy with the grey skin and both un-edible. My husband had a Bento Box and meh...average.All and all, paid $90 for two bites of the Sushi and 1/2 a Bento box. Edamame was good though lol. My thoughts, Safeway has fresher Sushi so run don't walk from this place and save your money for Sushi restaurant that doesn't serve RANK fish.
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Kumar K.
Oct 30, 2024
We ordered the Lobster Ramen, 8-piece Sashimi, Katsu Chicken, Vegetable Tempura, Lion King Roll, Kamikaze Roll, and Sake Nigiri. We arrived an hour and a half before the kitchen closed, and they were happy to seat us and take our order.The service was as expected, and overall, the food was enjoyable. The sashimi was fresh and generously portioned, while the Lobster Ramen had a rich, flavorful broth with tender noodles. The Katsu and Tempura were fried to a light golden perfection, and the rolls were well-prepared.However, I'm giving 2 stars because the Sake Nigiri was never brought to our table, though we were charged for it. When we asked, the server mentioned it was included with the sashimi, but it clearly wasn't, as Sake Nigiri is served over a mound of vinegared sushi rice, which was not in the bowl. Unfortunately, they didn't adjust the bill or bring out the missing item.
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Joe P.
Feb 14, 2025
My first time here and I enjoyed my Black Garlic Ramen. The service was bad, miso soup spilled on our table and he saw it. He didn't do anything. We had to ask for napkins so we can clean it up. And he gave us one. So we ate a with a miso soup on our table still. Bad business.
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Melissa S.
Aug 3, 2024
Another good family dinner. My mother in law had a hard time ordering wine. After talking to the other waitress, it seems our waitress didn't know what wine was or didn't know the English word for wine. The other waitress had to explain to her what we wanted and called it something else. In the end my mother in law got her glass of white wine. A must for dinner. All but, one time they didn't serve wine. It was almost a deal breaker. She's used to having wine at dinner. We saw someone brought their own bottle of sake. Maybe we should just carry our own bottle of wine just in case. They redecorated since last time we were there. They removed the room divider near the bathroom and put up a fabric room divider on the door so the entrance to the bathroom is disguised. With out the room divider and their bookshelf it really opens up the room. It looks so much bigger with more tables. They got rid of the long table too. Now they just have 4 seater tables. I assume if you have a larger party you can put two tables together. They also add fabric runners on the ceiling with a Japanese motif. They also hung lanterns. It's really nice. They still kept the plastic pumpkin basket on the sushi bar along with the waving cat.Dinner was good. I ordered the bento box. I had the California roll and fried tofu appetizer . It comes with miso soup a salad with superb dressing. I believe it's miso dressing and rice.Service was good other than the miscommunication about the wine. They took our empty dishes when they brought the different courses. There was only 2 other parties there while we were there. It was a very relaxed environment. We weren't rushed out. We never have a problem getting a table. We were a Friday around 6:30 p.m. They also have their own private lot. There was plenty of parking space this time. Some times it fills up, but we've always gotten a spot, sometimes the last spot, but that still counts.
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Scott L.
Jun 8, 2024
Honestly, we had decent service and food was tasty; however, I looked at other tables and the tables were occupied for a protracted amount of time due to only one server during dinner time and orders were slow to get to their tables. Two sushi chefs who I'm not sure speak any English were not very helpful when I approached them for assistance while the server was in the kitchen prepping bento boxes. Honestly can't blame the server as she assisted us whenever we waved her down, but she definitely needed HELP.The four of us shared a dinner bento of Kalbi, Chicken Katsu, and Tempura. It was very good with two nicely done strips of Kalbi, tempura that was crisp and hot, and one of the better Chicken Katsus that we've had in a long time. We also ordered a Sushi/Sashimi/Roll platter that consisted of 9 pieces of chefs' choice nigiri, 15 slices of five kinds of fish (salmon, maguro, albacore, toro, Haimachi) and three rolls. We thought it was a good deal and the fish was fresh. Maybe our timing was right as we got there before most of the crowd and ordered quickly.Oh well, get some help as the food is good.
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Doris G.
Aug 16, 2024
Craving Japanese food to go. We ordered a Tonkatsu Soup Ramen with an extra egg and spinach and Shoyu Soup Ramen. Both were delicious and the broth was flavorful.
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Cindy D.
Jun 17, 2024
Small little spot off a main street, can't miss it, with adequate parking available. Service was great and accommodating.Karaage - (3/5): Great crunch and flavor, though pieces were very smallShoyu ramen - (3/5): Decent portion size, the pork belly was a bit fattier than I typically like but I enjoyed the ample amount of it. Omakase nigiri - (1/5): Never again, I not only had repeat pieces but some of them made me gag and I couldn't chew some of the pieces. I did not end up finishing the box. The fish was not fresh and some fell apart as soon as I picked it up. Hard pass.
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Lee D.
Sep 1, 2024
Yelp check-in = Free soda. They honored each Yelp check-in, thanks.What an interesting experience...I am being generous with this review, more of 1.5 stars if even that.Quality/Quantity - D1 Chirashi Don - This was okay. The fish was fresh. I was starving when I got here, so the rice even tasted good, but only because I was starving. Not sure if I would have called this "sushi rice." It did not have the correct vinegar, sugar, and salt flavors that good "sushi rice" has.Kigawa Special Roll - As you know, we have to try the specials. This was okay. I think we would have enjoyed it more if the service was better. I think the poor service left a bad taste in our mouth, see below.Scallop Chicken Ramen - This was the best dish of them all. Decent portions. Good flavors. Good presentation. We did notice that "scallop" is singular and we actually only got half a scallop...Atmosphere - Small local restaurant. They used to own the location in San Ramon which is currently closed.Indoor and outdoor dining. Sushi bar seating.Private parking lot, thank you. Nice and convenient.Open 7 days a week from 11:30am to 9pm. But no one was here at 1:30pm...Service - What a failure...At 1:30pm, we were the ONLY customers. Actually we were the only people in the building??? As you can see from my pictures.We almost left.When the first guy arrived, we asked if he was open... As we would have left if he said no. He seemed confused, so we asked again.We then asked if we could sit at the corner table which confused him again... I think eventually he said yes. Then he hurriedly left.Another woman came, she was in a bad mood, maybe we disturbed their lunch...?As first time customers, we had many questions, especially about the sushi specials.She talked so fast that NO one understood her. I even think she mumbled her answers. My daughter wanted to know which rolls were which because the menu didn't even label it. When my daughter was asking, the waitress walked away mid sentence. So when she came back, we re-asked what one of the rolls were, and she said the picture is old and they don't sell that roll anymore. That's why we were so confused... At this point we thought about leaving, but I was starving. We even asked her if we interrupted her lunch...? And that we know they close at 2:30pm and we are fast eaters. We tried to make positive jokes to lighten her up and it might have worked (for a whole second).Lastly, we discovered that there were at least 4 employees, as they slowly came out from the back to hang out in the sushi bar area...Price - $65 + more generous tip then deserved. Hope it makes their day better.Owner Comments - Congrats on your success since 2018. We usually give businesses a second try, but we probably will not this time. Knowing that you had 4 employees, none with any service skills, left a bad taste in our mouth. Plus there are SO many good sushi restaurants in the area.
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Czam B.
Feb 6, 2025
Love going to this place for a date or with family, they offer great sushi and fish for a nice fair price. The chefs plate in front of you and also they offer more than sushi and seafood, they have ramen which I always enjoy. The service is always kind and they are always so helpful.
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