Carmel Sushi

11130 E Ocean Air Dr, San Diego
(858) 755-3130

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J C

Good and fresh. Not too expensive. Reasonable.

Jonathan Li

Great place. The Chirashi bowl is an excellent value. We get it every time. Good quality fish and super friendly staff.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Daehoo Kwon

The salmon and tuna sashimi are super fresh and tasty. Definitely one of my favorite spots.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Junie Doan

I really enjoyed the salmon and tuna sashimi – super fresh and flavorful. The poki bowl was also a highlight, with a nice mix of textures and a tasty sauce.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Alice Ho

Carmel sushi is my favorite spot, I really like their chirashi. The sashimi was equally impressive, clean, perfectly cut and soo fresh.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Jane

The food was delicious. My favorite is Wango Mango. It was fresh and had perfect mix of sweet and savory flavors.
Our food came out quickly and staff were very friendly and attentive.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Robert Heath

Very very slow service. We ate here on a Sunday. The restaurant was around 20% full at the time we came in around 1:15. It was painfully slow. It took them maybe 20 minutes to take the order. One miso soup came out after another 20 min (though we ordered two). It took more than an hour to get the 3 rolls we ordered (and the third came 10 minutes later). During that time, there were at least five to-go orders that filled, as well as a table that came well after us served before. They apologized several times but it was beyond painful. My little glass of water was empty most of the time. The food was OK though the Ponzu sauce was missing on one of my items. The older woman working there at one point blamed the waitress for being new but if you look at the reviews this has been happening for a while. If you are under staffed, just tell people you are only doing to-go orders and don't seat them. This was an incredibly negative experience. I would have rather gone basically anywhere else. Don't be deceived by the high google reviews.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 1

Ryan

Pay attention everyone. THIS is how you operate a sushi restaurant.

We were greeted by the sushi chefs from across the room as we entered the front door. Seconds later, the wait staff guided us to a table. Water arrived lickity split, and our waitress patiently checked on us a couple of times until we were ready to order.

Miso soup and a side salad came with our entrees; they came out quickly and were delicious. The sushi didn’t take long, either. Before we knew it, our plates were empty and the owner herself came by to see how we enjoyed our meal. And we weren’t big spenders like the table next to us, but we were treated as if we were.

This is how you run a restaurant. It’s really not a high bar, but it’s astonishing how so few restaurants “get it.”

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Enrique Valdez

The drinks are pricy and they don’t give free refills

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Hatim Hanif

Delicious and very reasonably priced food. Really friendly staff.

Auntie next door

bento box, generous portion, came with soup and salad for ~$14 weekday lunch. seems like korean style jap restaurant

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Chris Beezer

Green tea is not free refills. Not paying $4 for each green tea I drink.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 4

Service: 2

Alex Xu

I've been going to this place ever since I can remember and I've loved it all my life. It's my go-to restaurant and the establishment really means a lot to me. I came here after I got into college. The food is the most consistently great sushi/poke at a reasonable price point I've ever seen.

I honestly can't believe I hadn't already left a review. This is the kind of place I dream of going back to whenever I'm away.

One day, I'm going to get that hoodie.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Amy Hutton

Not a sushi fan but I would definitely eat the sushi there!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Eli Alvarado

Lunch menu provides a variety of choices.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 4

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