Jinbei

3923 Portola Pkwy #200D, Irvine
(949) 501-6161

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M K

After the remodeling, I was disappointed to see that they removed my favorite dish, the uni spaghetti. My son even said it feels like a downgrade. We kindly ask the management team to consider bringing back the previous menu items for the continued success of the business

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 1

Service: 2

Monica Degani

This is a great place for a quick lunch. The Service is excellent and the lunch menu is affordable and good.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Ara Lee

The food is great but the service is so slowly. Expect to wait even though seats are empty and available.

J A

Truly, oddly, weird experience.
Walk in with a party of 4.
2 go to the bathroom to freshen up and once the table is ready, the waitress tells us to “wait near the door until they are out.” Huh? We inform her: “no, they are in your restroom, we all already walked in together…”
“NO! Wait until they are out of the bathroom and then you can sit down.”
Cool…
Once we are seated (ya know, when everyone is out) they take our order - and 45 minutes pass before I tepidly ask, “hi, I ordered the salmon roll almost an hour ago?”
“Things take time!” Is their answer.
Cool…
Then, the salmon skin hand roll arrives with completely soggy salmon.
“It’s the way salmon is! The chef cut it wrong but it’s still salmon skin!”
Cool…
“Hey; just please cancel the salmon roll,” I say 1.05 hours later.
“No! It’s almost ready!”
“Nah, please cancel it. It’s been over an hour.”
Silence. Bad stare. Coldness. Check.
Fin.
Fun times. Maybe an off day.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 1

Lilypad518

Great izakaya. Got their lunch special and was a great deal for good quality chirashi!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Ben Djohan

Great lil Japanese restaurant...great food selection...try the Uin Spaghetti and the lunch sets are well worth it. Good service staffs too and great location w plenty of parking.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Chirashi Lunch Special, Uni Spaghetti

XIAOLE HE

The taste is very good and authentic, and the price is reasonable. Like raw fish rice

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

CRW

I’m not going to lie this does not at all feel like authentic Japanese. I highly doubt ownership is Japanese. The quality & freshness was NOT there. Way overpriced for what it is. The atmosphere was stale & quiet. Worst was the service. Rude, quiet, & standoffish. Notable mention, We went about 4 months ago but were talking about it together today.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 1

Eric

Agreed with Kevin below. What was once our favorite sushi spot is no more, likely due to ownership change. Luckily the Uni pasta is still great, but for $28 you may think twice (I think it was $22 before). We used to come once a month at least, for more than two years, and the food was SO consistent. Every single time high quality, impeccable presentation. No more. And to add insult to injury, our typical meal was $20 more. The $20 more would have been fine if the quality was still there.

The yellowtail roll, which used to be great with yellowtail chunks from high quality sushi, is now mush. Doesn't taste the same.

The seared salmon sushi was the same price or more expensive, with half the rice and 1/2 the fish. The Yellowtail sushi was of lower quality and didn't taste great, and a bit smaller than in the past. Very bummed our favorite sushi spot is now just ok.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

Kevin

Sad to see a once great place go downhill. Used to come here 1-2 times a week. Back then, people would line up before opening, that's how popular it was, and for a good reason: food was delicious then. Went back today and it's not the Jinbei I used to know. The spicy tuna cut roll, which I always used to get, was so mushy and fishy-smelling. No sense of freshness. Everything about it was disappointing. Same goes for the spicy tuna crunchy roll. Flavors are way off. Service is good though.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

K.

Sad to see a once great place go downhill. Used to come here 1-2 times a week. Back then, people would line up before opening, that's how popular it was, and for a good reason: food was delicious then. Went back today and it's not the Jinbei I used to know. The spicy tuna cut roll, which I always used to get, was so mushy and fishy-smelling. No sense of freshness. Everything about it was disappointing. Same goes for the spicy tuna crunchy roll. Flavors are way off. Service is good though.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Zijuan He

Nice dinner here.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Ambroise XFTURSY

One goes there for the food not the atmosphere. Good and healthy choices.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 4

Yosuke Izumi

I remember that I previously liked their food and pricing, but this time, I wasn’t impressed with either. Their price went up significantly and food quality and volume have gone down??? Servers were very kind and checking in to make sure we have everything needed, so I don’t have any negative comments on the service side at all.

Kid-friendliness: Fine for kids.

Wheelchair accessibility: Flat floor and I believe wheel chair can also fit in at enough number of tables there.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Uni Spaghetti

John Sai

Not professional!Changed the ownership and food quality and quantity were getting worse.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 1

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