Kai Japanese Restaurant

The food was pretty good. The service wasn't too bad. We got our food in about 10-15 minutes. The ambience was a bit off, as it being next to a Main Street. But overall, would rate it 5/5.

I've been to this place twice now and loved both times. The sushi was fresh and portions were big.

Only reviewing for to go. The place was empty at 7:30pm on a Friday so that was already the first red flag. I ordered a beef Teriyaki bento and baked salmon roll. To-go bentos don't come with miso soup (even though it's the same price as dining in?) but they don't tell you that. The beef teriyaki was very dry and overcooked, just well done meat through and through. They also don't separate the teriyaki sauce from the protein, and it must be a runnier sauce, because at first I thought they simply forgot to put the sauce. Then I looked at the bottom of the container and saw it had all soaked into the bottom of the rice. I had picked the food up at the time they estimated it be ready, so it was not sitting there long. This place could work on better packaging techniques. Also invest in some to go miso containers like every other sushi restaurant.Spicy tuna roll was good! Flavors were nice and fish was fresh. Baked salmon roll was ok. Not too much flavor in the mayo they used. Server was nice. However for $45~ + tip I would take my money elsewhere for better quality food.

I went here after seeing the good reviews about the place and was extremely disappointed. I came here for lunch with my family, and the entire place was empty.We ordered 3 rolls, all which the fish were extremely dry, stringy, and old. It was almost soggy, it wasnt fresh at all. The rice was also extremely dry. The rolls itself were flavorless as well.Not to mention, the sushi was also really expensive too. It was not worth the visit at all. Customer service was also not the friendliest even though we were the only ones there. Extremely disappointed.

I'm surprised to see that this place has so many good reviews. For one, the store from the outside looks like it's under construction/not open so we couldn't tell where the entrance was.All of the sushi rolls we tried were poorly constructed, dry, and lacked flavor. The salmon also tasted old. They also use crab sticks instead of crab+mayo, which reminded me of gas station sushi.. every piece fell apart when picked up and they were very stingy with the avocado. The sauce was also just sriracha so it's unfortunate because a better variety of sauces would've definitely saved the rolls. Nice rice to fish ratio but that doesn't mean much when the fish isn't fresh. I also had a stomach ache from eating here. I wouldn't recommend anyone to come here honestly. At $18 a roll it should be much better. At least the server was nice.

We pass this sushi place all the time, on the way to Kaiser. Finally tried this place a few weeks ago. We put in an online order and picked up later. We got about 6 rolls for $100, plus tax and tip. They came in 3 clear plastic containers, with the names written on sharpies on the container. We got the spider roll, kai roll, crispy roll, vegetable caterpillar roll, crazy roll and the crunchy scallop roll. My personal picks were the spider and the crazy roll. We split the 6 rolls between the three of us. The restaurant also seemed to throw in a couple of extra pieces or small rolls of things. So we were totally stuffed from the six rolls. My personal fav was the crazy roll, which includes tuna, salmon, Hamachi, and albacore with some avocado and tempura crunch. That roll and another one of our rolls had that tempura crunch as a topping and it was super yummy. The tempura was flavored or something so it was extra delicious. I am also a fan of their take on the spider roll. I think we got the rainbow spider. But I do prefer the soft shell crab inside. The namesake roll, Kai was interesting - as it had a small slice of lemon on top. I could do without but that's just personal preference. Never had a true veggie roll so the vegetable caterpillar roll with veggie tempura and caterpillar was also different for me. I don't think I necessarily missed the fish, as it had the texture and was filling but I do really like fish/seafood. It was nice to try. Fish overall was fresh and the roll combinations all worked for me, for the most part. Overall, I would definitely come back to try other options.

I think this place is 3.75 stars with what we ordered. It's a pretty run-of-the-mill neighborhood sushi joint. We came by because we were in the area. The sashimi and rolls were fine. The tempura came hot and crunchy, without doughy batter. I think the teriyaki salmon was the downside of the meal; it was dry. So were the jalapeño poppers with the same dry salmon. Ambiance is as you'd expect for a Bay Area neighborhood sushi and japanese restaurant, black table tops and lots of brown chairs. One TV with sports on. Service was straightforward.I could see this local place being four stars if you only ordered the tempura, rolls, and sashimi for a quick neighborhood weekday meal. Actually had to update this because I've had a lot of tempura recently and I'm reminded of how surprisingly light and crispy the tempura here was.

Quality/Quantity - Kai - This was good and fresh. The two thin layers of salmon on top was a pleasant surprise.Crazy Roll - Sushi was good! Fresh and generous amount of fish. Good color on the fish, hopefully not dyed. The deep fried flakes were good also. But the edamame seemed either old or way over cooked/boiled. I could not eat it.Combo - Salmon & Chicken Teriyaki; this also came with miso soup. The dish was just okay. The miso soup was standard. The chicken seemed boiled too...? It was very tender, but lacked flavor, even with the sauce. The salmon was also standard.Ginger & Wasabi - Plenty of wasabi, but not enough ginger. $1 for each additional side if you wanted more.In summary, come here for the sushi but I would pass on the combos, entrees, etc.Atmosphere -Small mom and pop location.The place has changed and is smaller now since we used to come here in the past, way back in the past. Probably quite a few owners ago. I believe the name of the restaurant started with an "A;" I'm just getting too old to remember.Open 6 days a week from 11:30am to 9pm, closed Tuesdays...? See my picture or Yelp.FYI - Your website says you are open 7 days a week.One unisex bathroom.Small parking lot, but all the other businesses are now closed, so plenty of parking.Plus you can also park in the huge mall parking lot and walk over.Just read on your website that you have private rooms?Service - Good. She was accommodating and gave us everything we requested.Price - $60 + tip; expensive for what we got.I was hungry so I definitely ordered one too many rolls. So for a normal meal as light eaters, we could have gotten out of there for only $45 + tip.Owner Comment - Congrats on your success since 2018.

It's located in the plaza, north west corner, somehow hard to find from the inside plaza.Based on our experience, all sushi were not fresh and kinda dry. No taste. I just take it as our luck that day!Service and ambience was just OK.

Delicious sushi very large portions. Benton was also large and tasty. Tempura fried very well and great service even complimentary crab roll: