Lunch combos is the best way to try different dishes in the same visit.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chirashi Bowl
Robert Canfield
Excellent freshness and quality. Staff greeted us with objections that we lacked a reservation. All in all a great evening of very good food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Miso Soup, Yellowtail Sushi
Joon Jang
The quality of sushi easily competes with more upscale restaurants, definitely on the top of our list in OC/SoCal. The composition of each dish is packed with fresh quality fish with variety of textures. One of our favorite is Premium Chirashi, just be prepared to stretch your tummy a bit. ? We come to Otoro Sushi often and always walked out satisfied with a thought of returning soon!
Make sure you call them up and make a reservation first before you go there for dinner. The wait is super long, I meant like 1h & 30 mins plus. The price is $22 and above for a dish, if I recall it correctly. But the food is super good. Especially the salmon, it just melts in your mouth. It's totally worth the money. Oh, and the parking spaces are very compact, lots of cars in that plaza, so go early for a spot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Lorin Yannarella
Very, very good food. Chilean sea bass and lobster fried rice are amazing. The kobe steak is the best beef I've ever tasted. Hot pot with the A5 is really good. The 3 way oysters are fun way to try different preparations. Both salmon sashimi plates were fresh and high quality.
Very popular restaurant that may require waiting for a table, but it’s worth it. The food is excellent quality. The servers are friendly and get the orders out quickly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hirame with Uni, Toro, Chirashi Bowl, Premium Chirashi
Raymond Wang
Really good sushi. I’ve only been for the lunch special which is a great deal. I think one of the best spots in OC.
Last week, we decided to try this sushi restaurant when we got to OC. We asked to sit at the sushi bar and the host said that at the sushi bar they only serve nigiri and sashimi. No problem, we sat down and started to order. The good and bad thing about sitting at the sushi bar is that you get to see what the sushi chef/cook does. Sometimes it brings enjoyment but this time it brought disappointment.We ordered a giant scallop which actually was tiny but the sushi cook (he’s not qualified to be called a chef) cut it in half to serve two nigiris. We couldn’t believe this.What’s worse was that when we ordered an order of uni nigiri that cost almost $35, it turned out to be Santa Barbara uni and the cook also didn’t give us the entire uni.What’s next? We ordered otoro sashimi that cost $24 but there were only TWO pieces. Well, if it’s delicious, we absolutely didn’t mind. But the sashimi was full of veins that we could barely chew it. That tells you the cook didn’t even know how to cut the fish.We felt like we got tricked. When you charge people a certain amount of $, give them the food quality that they deserve!Nigiris like Aji and red snapper were like paper thin and tiny. The rice wasn’t even in shape and could hardly hold.We felt cheated and disrespected.We have been eating sushi all over the world and NEVER seen a sushi cook with these unprofessional practices. It is unbelievable!We ended with a $154.00 bill without any alcohol. It was absolutely not worth it.We are willing to pay $300 for Omakase and even $800 in Jiro’s sushi restaurant in Tokyo. But this restaurant’s practices made us leave with disappointment and even anger because we felt like it’s an insult to customers. Towards the end of our meal, we didn’t even bother taking any pictures of the food!Stay away from this dishonest restaurant!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
tinnie bui
Great experience today for Lunch at Otoro Sushi in Irvine California. Fresh high quality sashimi plate and fish head soup was quite comforting and delicious. I had two service team members checking in on me. Good view of chefs performance. Overall a very satisfying Lunch around 12h30 pm for Wednesday. Parking is very limited here. Just Uber it here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oyster Tasting 3 Kinds, Hirame with Uni, Miso Soup, Ootoro and Chutoro, Sashimi Lunch
Kay G
Real fresh fish, certified Kobe, what else is your desire ??? I certainly certify this spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Rob
Best sushi in Orange County hands down.Could eat there 5 times a week. Wagyu fried rice is a must try even if you take it Togo.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oyster Tasting 3 Kinds, Miyazaki Wagyu Fried Rice, Hirame with Uni, Toro, Ootoro and Chutoro
Medicare Informatics
Best Japanese restaurant in Irvine. Food was good for price.
Had bad smell when I walked in.
Atmosphere: 1
Lunch combos is the best way to try different dishes in the same visit.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chirashi Bowl
Excellent freshness and quality. Staff greeted us with objections that we lacked a reservation. All in all a great evening of very good food.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Miso Soup, Yellowtail Sushi
The quality of sushi easily competes with more upscale restaurants, definitely on the top of our list in OC/SoCal. The composition of each dish is packed with fresh quality fish with variety of textures. One of our favorite is Premium Chirashi, just be prepared to stretch your tummy a bit. ? We come to Otoro Sushi often and always walked out satisfied with a thought of returning soon!
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Fresh Wasabi, Toro, Mackerel, Yellowtail Sushi, Premium Chirashi, Grilled Chilean Sea Bass
Great sushi!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Everything was great.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Make sure you call them up and make a reservation first before you go there for dinner. The wait is super long, I meant like 1h & 30 mins plus. The price is $22 and above for a dish, if I recall it correctly. But the food is super good. Especially the salmon, it just melts in your mouth. It's totally worth the money. Oh, and the parking spaces are very compact, lots of cars in that plaza, so go early for a spot.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Very, very good food. Chilean sea bass and lobster fried rice are amazing. The kobe steak is the best beef I've ever tasted. Hot pot with the A5 is really good. The 3 way oysters are fun way to try different preparations. Both salmon sashimi plates were fresh and high quality.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Oyster Tasting 3 Kinds, Grilled Chilean Sea Bass
Very popular restaurant that may require waiting for a table, but it’s worth it. The food is excellent quality. The servers are friendly and get the orders out quickly.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Hirame with Uni, Toro, Chirashi Bowl, Premium Chirashi
Really good sushi. I’ve only been for the lunch special which is a great deal. I think one of the best spots in OC.
Restaurantji Recommends
Last week, we decided to try this sushi restaurant when we got to OC. We asked to sit at the sushi bar and the host said that at the sushi bar they only serve nigiri and sashimi. No problem, we sat down and started to order. The good and bad thing about sitting at the sushi bar is that you get to see what the sushi chef/cook does. Sometimes it brings enjoyment but this time it brought disappointment.We ordered a giant scallop which actually was tiny but the sushi cook (he’s not qualified to be called a chef) cut it in half to serve two nigiris. We couldn’t believe this.What’s worse was that when we ordered an order of uni nigiri that cost almost $35, it turned out to be Santa Barbara uni and the cook also didn’t give us the entire uni.What’s next? We ordered otoro sashimi that cost $24 but there were only TWO pieces. Well, if it’s delicious, we absolutely didn’t mind. But the sashimi was full of veins that we could barely chew it. That tells you the cook didn’t even know how to cut the fish.We felt like we got tricked. When you charge people a certain amount of $, give them the food quality that they deserve!Nigiris like Aji and red snapper were like paper thin and tiny. The rice wasn’t even in shape and could hardly hold.We felt cheated and disrespected.We have been eating sushi all over the world and NEVER seen a sushi cook with these unprofessional practices. It is unbelievable!We ended with a $154.00 bill without any alcohol. It was absolutely not worth it.We are willing to pay $300 for Omakase and even $800 in Jiro’s sushi restaurant in Tokyo. But this restaurant’s practices made us leave with disappointment and even anger because we felt like it’s an insult to customers. Towards the end of our meal, we didn’t even bother taking any pictures of the food!Stay away from this dishonest restaurant!
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Great experience today for Lunch at Otoro Sushi in Irvine California. Fresh high quality sashimi plate and fish head soup was quite comforting and delicious. I had two service team members checking in on me. Good view of chefs performance. Overall a very satisfying Lunch around 12h30 pm for Wednesday. Parking is very limited here. Just Uber it here.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oyster Tasting 3 Kinds, Hirame with Uni, Miso Soup, Ootoro and Chutoro, Sashimi Lunch
Real fresh fish, certified Kobe, what else is your desire ??? I certainly certify this spot.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Best sushi in Orange County hands down.Could eat there 5 times a week. Wagyu fried rice is a must try even if you take it Togo.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oyster Tasting 3 Kinds, Miyazaki Wagyu Fried Rice, Hirame with Uni, Toro, Ootoro and Chutoro
Best Japanese restaurant in Irvine. Food was good for price.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Chirashi Bowl, Sashimi Lunch