8 Best Japanese Restaurants near Napa

“Excellent kaiseki dinner. Celebrated my 50th birthday here. Every dish was delicious and the service was top notch! Well executed by the chef and staff!“

“amazing service and presentation. The food was outstanding 😁“

“Husband and I had an early reservation for a Saturday dinner. This was our first time, and certainly not our last. We were a little overwhelmed by the extensive menu and asked our waiter, Darren, for his recommendations. He did not steer us wrong. We started with the Wagyu Roll wrapped with rice paper, with sliced jalapenos added - so tender and tasty! We also ordered the Omakase Dinner for 2 with the optional soup and salad. The miso soup was very flavorful, and the salad had a light sesame vinaigrette dressing and was topped by a mound of umami filled chunks of shiitake mushrooms. So far, so (very) good! The shared entree came with an ample variety of various sashimi, nigiri sushi, California rolls and 2 hand rolls. $124 in total. We were satiated and very happy! Darren tended to us enthusiastically, and the food was also impeccable.“

“My friend and I went here for lunch around 3:15 PM for their happy hour, which was great: a $7 glass of Chardonnay, which was delicious. We shared two very delicious dishes. More than we could finish and reasonably priced. We sat outside and could see the river and the gondolas going by, and our server was friendly and attentive. I can't wait to go back!“

“Husband and I had an early reservation for a Saturday dinner. This was our first time, and certainly not our last. We were a little overwhelmed by the extensive menu and asked our waiter, Darren, for his recommendations. He did not steer us wrong. We started with the Wagyu Roll wrapped with rice paper, with sliced jalapenos added - so tender and tasty! We also ordered the Omakase Dinner for 2 with the optional soup and salad. The miso soup was very flavorful, and the salad had a light sesame vinaigrette dressing and was topped by a mound of umami filled chunks of shiitake mushrooms. So far, so (very) good! The shared entree came with an ample variety of various sashimi, nigiri sushi, California rolls and 2 hand rolls. $124 in total. We were satiated and very happy! Darren tended to us enthusiastically, and the food was also impeccable.“

“We’ve been dining here for the past 5 years. Food has always been excellent. Service has always been prompt and friendly. Kat is usually the person that serves us and she has always been great. Super relatable and always giving us her grounded experiences. Food has been excellent but we’ve noticed the care and presentation go up within the past year. We’re super basic and as long as the food and service is good, we’re fine with it. The extra care to their dishes has been noticeable and really adds to the experience. We’re really loving the direction the place has been taking this past year and we’re happy to see the improvements.“

“Amazing!“

“Definitely a solid sushi place if you like the American style rolls, which obviously most people in America do :) I didn't get any of the Nigiri or Sashimi so I don't know how fresh their fish was, and it could have been absolutely amazing just I'm sorry I can't report back on that because I wasn't in the mood for raw and got a bunch of low brow American imitation crab cream cheese deep-fried tempura, and they were absolutely delicious, so I don't know how good their actual sushi is, but I can tell you that they're like comfort food deep fried imitation crab stuffed with tons of cream cheese with tempura batter rolls are epic, both rolls I got were absolutely delicious ;) 👍🏻🤤. So yeah I'm sorry I can't give a better critique, like if you ever just looking for some comfort sushi, and you want some deep fried Philadelphia cream cheese imitation crab stuffed Goodness then this is your place because it was Excellent, and I'm sorry I don't mean to say that's all they have, because I very literally didn't have a single piece of nigiri or sashimi, so they're more traditional stuff might also have been Super fresh and awesome, I just didn't order it so I couldn't tell you. Their large 22-oz Kirin ichiban beers are Cold and fresh and delicious though ;) and their tempura batter is legitimately very good and very light and flaky and crispy and not heavy and greasy, it actually was quite delicious. So don't knock the deep fried Japanese-American fusion Goodness that was delivered quickly and hot directly from the kitchen by a very friendly and prompt attentive and respectful front house staff that was speaking Mandarin to each other 👍🏻❤️.
So anyways that's my semi disjointed but very appreciative review of this place, it definitely was very relaxing and clean and had a comfy kind of family style to it, and me and my buddy did see a few families eating there with children that were enjoying themselves, and they did have a really cool Koi pond and a nice welcoming bar with an Izakaya style theme, so basically this place has it all. I just wish I had tried some of their raw fish to let you know how it is, but unfortunately I only got a bunch of delicious shrimp tempura mn2 different Americanized rolls with a bunch of imitation crab and cream cheese in them that were absolutely delicious, so if that's what you're in the mood for definitely this place was 100% solid. And who knows their fresh fish might actually be extremely good as well, I just unfortunately didn't order any so I couldn't tell you.
But anyways it was a very enjoyable experience, and they gave me exactly what I asked for, and it was very good, and their beer was cold and fresh and the serving staff was very quick to come when called and very friendly and attentive, and my only complaint, is that I was too stupid to not try out their fresh fish ;)“