Okay, so listen up! I just checked out this new sushi and ramen spot, and it's pretty freakin' cool. They must've just done a makeover 'cause the inside is all clean and white, real simple, but then they've got these awesome lights overhead that are constantly changing colors. It's actually kinda soothing and looks pretty sweet.
But the real showstopper? They've got one of those conveyor belts with all the sushi plates just rollin' by your table. Seriously, it's kinda mesmerizing. We walked right in and got a table, no wait at all. The service was quick and easy, no fuss.
And the food? Dude, the sushi tasted like it was just caught, super fresh and delicious. For the ramen, they give you a choice of miso or tonkatsu broth. I went with the spicy ramen, and it was perfect – just the right amount of heat, you know? Not gonna burn your face off, but definitely got a good kick. And the flavor was killer.
Yeah, no doubt about it, we're definitely gonna be regulars here!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Okim
My partner and I came to this place a bit over a year ago before the redesign and enjoyed it. We went to try their new revolving sushi experience today and were pretty disappointed.
We came in and were greeted by an iPad that didn’t even have the app open for us to add ourselves to the waitlist. Weird. When we were seated, we waited quite a long time for just our water to come. That’s fine, it was pretty busy but you would expect at least a water jug and cups when seated. Took 8 minutes to get a cup of water.
The very small amount of sushi we had from the belt was good, but if you’ll even see any rolls depends on where you’re sitting and who is sitting at the beginning of the belt. The belt came around 6 times without any new items being added. When you go to revolving sushi, you expect higher output. Unfortunately it feels like the customer experience wasn’t very well thought out.
You’re able to put special orders in for plates on an iPad they give you. The menu didn’t have any photos which seemed very amateur since you can literally take a photo with that iPad and probably upload it to the menu all with ease. A bit mind boggling. And you need to select the item to get a description of what’s in the roll — no description underneath each section. Just not very well thought out.
The waiter seemed completely disinterested and disassociated which is the complete opposite experience we had the first time we came. Maybe it was just so busy, but we didn’t feel very welcome at all this time around. We were happy to leave in a hurry after less than 40 mins of being there. The decor didn’t help — it definitely needs a lot warmer tones added. It feels a bit sterile inside.
There’s an abundance of 5 star reviews for this place but I think that has to do with their incentive for a free plate of sushi if you leave them a review. That felt pretty scummy.
Overall — we want to see this small business flourish, but the customer experience is severely lacking. There’s potential there and we hope it gets there, but it has a ways to go.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
James Yu
This place and it's redesign isn't really good. its white with some rgb leds on the ceiling that keeps running and it's disorienting. the only way i can describe the restaurant is that it's a gimmicky idea that was horribly executed. the rotating sushi thing is a copy of kura but there was nothing on a friday night except some store bought jellies that were over priced.
the food was not well made, the rolls were mediocre and overpriced. kura's 3.50 dishes were priced at 5 dollars (4.98) and their specials written made no sense. there is a plethora of hello kitty that was somehow a theme that just made it more head tilting than advertising.
the udon that we ordered was 15.xx dollars and it was powdered chicken bullion with 2 greasy shrimps, an egg, and 2 pieces of broccoli that was not even cut well.
the staff was not attentive and the blaring trance / techno didn't help this place. there was hardly any people. the only reason this place is 4+ stars is due to the early on reviews from years ago. the restaurant needs to be honest with itself. the tablet ordering and random LEDs along with the white strips felt like this place was a detail shop for automobiles than a restaurant.
again the only way to sum this place up is: - gimmicks that were extremely badly executed. - service was slow and not customer centric (no customers and not busy, we had to wait an extended amount of time for any food) - we got the short staff excuse, but there was only room for 1-2 guys behind the counter.... and they were there. - atmosphere was dry and sterile (white leds with white walls glaring at you, with rgb leds overhead running in a trail) - hello kitty all over the place but nothing felt cohesive... quite disorienting - food was mediocre (either overly salted, unripe avocados, badly put together rolls.... and just didnt taste at least acceptable to be over charged for food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Mariano Garcia
The service has always been excellent, but the recent renovations have taken it to the next level. The staff is attentive, knowledgeable, and truly passionate about providing a memorable dining experience. Coupled with their delicious sushi and affordable prices, it's no wonder this place is a local favorite.
Nothing special and particular. Sushi is ok. Ramen is a bit salty. 3 of us was $75 out the door.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
Peter Ding
We visited Papasan Rolls and Bowls Revolving Sushi Restaurant on Friday for lunch, and it was a great experience. I came here with my wife and daughter, and we were all impressed by both the food, service, and atmosphere. We ordered the Oyakodon, which was delicious, and took advantage of their amazing special, grabbing ten small plates of sushi, desserts, and bites for under $40—such great value!
The sushi was fresh and flavorful, and the sakura mochi was a unique Japanese treat that our daughter especially loved. The server Peggy was friendly and attentive, and the cute Hello Kitty amenities added a fun touch to the meal. Highly recommend for families and sushi lovers alike.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Excel Ang
Delicious fresh food. Big generous sashimi pieces. Fast attentive service. Beautiful modern clean interiors. Very family friendly with Hello Kitty decorations. Best Sushi Belt spot in Tricity!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Revolving Belt, California Roll, Ramen
Andrew Pagan
I can't believe a place like this exists in Fremont. Fresh sushi, cool belt of sushi going around, and a train decked out with Hello Kitty figurines delivering your requested sushi (get the unagi!). The hamachi and salmon (sake) was also solid.
We'll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Joyce Lam
Food was great and it's such a darling little place with hello kitties! Staff is super nice.
The hello kitty plates are a cute touch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Jonathan Chiou
Went here on Aug 17th 2024 for a family lunch. It was nice to have a conveyor belt sushi place in Fremont, but I felt like the style/theming of the restaurant was a bit tacky (and might make it harder to attract long-term customers).
The food was okay, about a 3.5 I would say. There was not a lot of variety on the belt, and I don’t think I saw plates getting put on the belt - there were just empty spaces. You can order on the tablet, which you have to do given the extremely limited options on the belt. They also had a daily special with five regular plates for a little under $20.
The cleanliness is questionable. A fly got into a plate on the belt. None of the servers or the sushi chef noticed. Hopefully, they threw that plate out..
The service was terrible. Over half the time we were there, we could not find a server. I don’t know what they were doing in the back, but it must be important? I think there were two servers. One was definitely in charge of seating and payments. The other seemed to just be in charge of the “train” that brought out drinks and tablet orders to the diners. Whenever we tried to flag the latter down, she would try to get the other lady. Getting our check took over ten minutes. We tried using the tablet, which said a server would be by shortly. This was a lie. We tried finding a server, but couldn’t. The sushi chef wouldn’t look over. It was extremely frustrating.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
Rita Ho
They recently renovated their restaurant. Love the new more modern feel! Also love the neon color light at the celling. They added a revolving belt now where you can see what you the rolls and sushi first before you take it. I like how the size of the rolls are only 3 pieces on the revolving belt. That way, you can try different types of rolls as opposed to having to finish one full roll. If you are in a rush to get back to work after lunch, you can also get what you want to eat on the revolving belt quickly without having to wait. The sushi were fresh and tasty. The prices are reasonable, not overpriced. The servers are all nice and friendly. The only thing is that it might not be convenient for large parties. Will definitely come again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
David Zhu
Recently Remodeled. Dons are delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oyako Donburi, Tempura
Sophie Chien
Even though the service was a little bit slow, the food was very good and high quality! The waitress was also very nice. I definitely recommend coming here, the time is worth the quality of the food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Alexander Chiou
Owner is really nice, and the service is good. It's cool to have a conveyor belt sushi place in Fremont!
Okay, so listen up! I just checked out this new sushi and ramen spot, and it's pretty freakin' cool. They must've just done a makeover 'cause the inside is all clean and white, real simple, but then they've got these awesome lights overhead that are constantly changing colors. It's actually kinda soothing and looks pretty sweet.
But the real showstopper? They've got one of those conveyor belts with all the sushi plates just rollin' by your table. Seriously, it's kinda mesmerizing. We walked right in and got a table, no wait at all. The service was quick and easy, no fuss.
And the food? Dude, the sushi tasted like it was just caught, super fresh and delicious. For the ramen, they give you a choice of miso or tonkatsu broth. I went with the spicy ramen, and it was perfect – just the right amount of heat, you know? Not gonna burn your face off, but definitely got a good kick. And the flavor was killer.
Yeah, no doubt about it, we're definitely gonna be regulars here!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
My partner and I came to this place a bit over a year ago before the redesign and enjoyed it. We went to try their new revolving sushi experience today and were pretty disappointed.
We came in and were greeted by an iPad that didn’t even have the app open for us to add ourselves to the waitlist. Weird. When we were seated, we waited quite a long time for just our water to come. That’s fine, it was pretty busy but you would expect at least a water jug and cups when seated. Took 8 minutes to get a cup of water.
The very small amount of sushi we had from the belt was good, but if you’ll even see any rolls depends on where you’re sitting and who is sitting at the beginning of the belt. The belt came around 6 times without any new items being added. When you go to revolving sushi, you expect higher output. Unfortunately it feels like the customer experience wasn’t very well thought out.
You’re able to put special orders in for plates on an iPad they give you. The menu didn’t have any photos which seemed very amateur since you can literally take a photo with that iPad and probably upload it to the menu all with ease. A bit mind boggling. And you need to select the item to get a description of what’s in the roll — no description underneath each section. Just not very well thought out.
The waiter seemed completely disinterested and disassociated which is the complete opposite experience we had the first time we came. Maybe it was just so busy, but we didn’t feel very welcome at all this time around. We were happy to leave in a hurry after less than 40 mins of being there. The decor didn’t help — it definitely needs a lot warmer tones added. It feels a bit sterile inside.
There’s an abundance of 5 star reviews for this place but I think that has to do with their incentive for a free plate of sushi if you leave them a review. That felt pretty scummy.
Overall — we want to see this small business flourish, but the customer experience is severely lacking. There’s potential there and we hope it gets there, but it has a ways to go.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 1
This place and it's redesign isn't really good. its white with some rgb leds on the ceiling that keeps running and it's disorienting. the only way i can describe the restaurant is that it's a gimmicky idea that was horribly executed. the rotating sushi thing is a copy of kura but there was nothing on a friday night except some store bought jellies that were over priced.
the food was not well made, the rolls were mediocre and overpriced. kura's 3.50 dishes were priced at 5 dollars (4.98) and their specials written made no sense. there is a plethora of hello kitty that was somehow a theme that just made it more head tilting than advertising.
the udon that we ordered was 15.xx dollars and it was powdered chicken bullion with 2 greasy shrimps, an egg, and 2 pieces of broccoli that was not even cut well.
the staff was not attentive and the blaring trance / techno didn't help this place. there was hardly any people. the only reason this place is 4+ stars is due to the early on reviews from years ago. the restaurant needs to be honest with itself. the tablet ordering and random LEDs along with the white strips felt like this place was a detail shop for automobiles than a restaurant.
again the only way to sum this place up is:
- gimmicks that were extremely badly executed.
- service was slow and not customer centric (no customers and not busy, we had to wait an extended amount of time for any food) - we got the short staff excuse, but there was only room for 1-2 guys behind the counter.... and they were there.
- atmosphere was dry and sterile (white leds with white walls glaring at you, with rgb leds overhead running in a trail) - hello kitty all over the place but nothing felt cohesive... quite disorienting
- food was mediocre (either overly salted, unripe avocados, badly put together rolls.... and just didnt taste at least acceptable to be over charged for food.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The service has always been excellent, but the recent renovations have taken it to the next level. The staff is attentive, knowledgeable, and truly passionate about providing a memorable dining experience. Coupled with their delicious sushi and affordable prices, it's no wonder this place is a local favorite.
Kid-friendliness: Fun experience for kids
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Miso Ramen, Potato Croqutte, Revolving Belt, Teriyaki Salmon Don, California Roll, Ramen
Nothing special and particular. Sushi is ok. Ramen is a bit salty. 3 of us was $75 out the door.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 3
We visited Papasan Rolls and Bowls Revolving Sushi Restaurant on Friday for lunch, and it was a great experience. I came here with my wife and daughter, and we were all impressed by both the food, service, and atmosphere. We ordered the Oyakodon, which was delicious, and took advantage of their amazing special, grabbing ten small plates of sushi, desserts, and bites for under $40—such great value!
The sushi was fresh and flavorful, and the sakura mochi was a unique Japanese treat that our daughter especially loved. The server Peggy was friendly and attentive, and the cute Hello Kitty amenities added a fun touch to the meal. Highly recommend for families and sushi lovers alike.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Delicious fresh food. Big generous sashimi pieces. Fast attentive service. Beautiful modern clean interiors. Very family friendly with Hello Kitty decorations. Best Sushi Belt spot in Tricity!!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Revolving Belt, California Roll, Ramen
I can't believe a place like this exists in Fremont. Fresh sushi, cool belt of sushi going around, and a train decked out with Hello Kitty figurines delivering your requested sushi (get the unagi!). The hamachi and salmon (sake) was also solid.
We'll be back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Food was great and it's such a darling little place with hello kitties! Staff is super nice.
The hello kitty plates are a cute touch.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Went here on Aug 17th 2024 for a family lunch. It was nice to have a conveyor belt sushi place in Fremont, but I felt like the style/theming of the restaurant was a bit tacky (and might make it harder to attract long-term customers).
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Restaurantji Recommends
The food was okay, about a 3.5 I would say. There was not a lot of variety on the belt, and I don’t think I saw plates getting put on the belt - there were just empty spaces. You can order on the tablet, which you have to do given the extremely limited options on the belt. They also had a daily special with five regular plates for a little under $20.
The cleanliness is questionable. A fly got into a plate on the belt. None of the servers or the sushi chef noticed. Hopefully, they threw that plate out..
The service was terrible. Over half the time we were there, we could not find a server. I don’t know what they were doing in the back, but it must be important? I think there were two servers. One was definitely in charge of seating and payments. The other seemed to just be in charge of the “train” that brought out drinks and tablet orders to the diners. Whenever we tried to flag the latter down, she would try to get the other lady. Getting our check took over ten minutes. We tried using the tablet, which said a server would be by shortly. This was a lie. We tried finding a server, but couldn’t. The sushi chef wouldn’t look over. It was extremely frustrating.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 1
They recently renovated their restaurant. Love the new more modern feel! Also love the neon color light at the celling. They added a revolving belt now where you can see what you the rolls and sushi first before you take it. I like how the size of the rolls are only 3 pieces on the revolving belt. That way, you can try different types of rolls as opposed to having to finish one full roll. If you are in a rush to get back to work after lunch, you can also get what you want to eat on the revolving belt quickly without having to wait. The sushi were fresh and tasty. The prices are reasonable, not overpriced. The servers are all nice and friendly. The only thing is that it might not be convenient for large parties. Will definitely come again.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recently Remodeled. Dons are delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oyako Donburi, Tempura
Even though the service was a little bit slow, the food was very good and high quality! The waitress was also very nice. I definitely recommend coming here, the time is worth the quality of the food.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Owner is really nice, and the service is good. It's cool to have a conveyor belt sushi place in Fremont!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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