I have been eating at Sushi Diner for 15 years. This is hands down the best sushi in San Diego. Surf videos, Reggae music to add to the chill, relaxing atmosphere. Can't get any better than Sushi Diner. Try the Smokin' Jamaican (smoked salmon&cream cheese) and Hang Loose Roll (has bacon!) youll be hooked!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Stephanie Samson
Good food and customer service! We ordered four rolls, and they are listed in the order of our most favorite to our least favorite. 1 - Don't worry, be happy 2 - Funky Kingston 3 - The Jawaiian 4 - Bob Marley
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jawaiian Roll, Sushi Rolls
Dost Muhsin
Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right. Singin': "Don't worry about a thing, 'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crunch
Angelique Hart
They need to update the online menu. Most things I try to order they said they don't have it. It makes it hard to do a mobile order
Food: 4
Service: 2
Jules Recabar
Food was delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rice and Beef Short Rib, BBQ Short Rib Kalbi
teadrinker
3 parties waiting to dine: 2 party of 2 and 1 party of 4. Opening at the bar, 2 tables for 2, and 1 table for 4.
One party of 2 sat at a small table. One party of 2 were sat at a booth which can accommodate 4 people. The party of 4 left standing outside waiting while a table for 2 is empty, the bar has 2 empty seats.
That made no business sense.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Pedro Melo Rodriguez
The rolls were excellent size! I was full with two. The ahi tuna wasn't as fresh as I thought. The waitress wasn't good to tell us which ones were our plates so we kept having to ask her. But overall I would go again and try something else.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Sarah Thornton
Quality and affordable sushi plus poke bowls, plates, and more. Recommend spicy garlic edamame, avocado tempura app, create your own sushi roll (request with your server and they bring you a paper to fill in), spicy jawaiian roll. Sometimes at lunch you can walk right in, but normally you add your name and party size to the sheet outside and wait outside until called in. Tip- The rolls are large pieces, ask for 10 piece cut and it will be cut smaller.
EDIT: After reading the other negative reviews from at least 6+ months ago. It seems this is not "a bad day" for this waitress, she is always like this. And based on the managements lack of addressing this issue. I am forced to change my 3 Star, to 1 Star. Her attitude is unacceptable and given no changes made. She must be owner so I will not recommend or return.
We came to have a birthday lunch at what was supposed to be a good vibes ragea sushi place, but instead, we got a very bad vibes waitress who completely soiled our dining experience.
She was very visibly under duress and would come by asking us if the food was good every couple minutes, then go duck around the kitchen and loudly complain about the guests.
I guess she thought she was being discreet, I don't know if she just needed to hit a joint or what, but she was the worst wait staff dining experience I've had in YEARS.
The islander woman was great. She was friendly, but the blonde woman with glasses was a total karen and honestly a bad fit for the kind of lax atmosphere they were trying to go for.
Otherwise, the rolls were good. I wish there was a little more diversity in the rolls instead of 2/3rds being the same base cream cheese, crab and eel sauce and crunch. Poke Roll was probably the best roll we ordered.
I was extremely disappointed with the 4:20 Crunch Roll as it's completely inedible as a single bite, it's the size of a hockey puck. They just fell apart, tasty on their own but I had to dump most of the crab just to enjoy the individual parts and overall was a bad experience and a huge waste of ingredients.
Gordon Ramsy would probably do a whole new episode of Kitchen nightmare if he saw these rolls and the waste of crab (imitation or not) The tempura avocado roll was unfortunately the same.
It might have been an off day for the waitress but she honestly seems like she hated all the customers based on how she was loudly badmouthing our table and the two take out orders and the young couple who walked in after us.
Hope she lightens up and, maybe she was out of 4:20? Either way, hard pass on going back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Carlos Ramirez
Good food in a great atmosphere. The team here works hard to make great food. We enjoyed about 20 rolls!
It's a cute atmosphere, but the last time I went there, their sushi made me sick. Sometimes the rolls are cut too large and hard to eat. Another time they were quiet and the waitress plopped down next to me on the bench and started talking about her day. I didn't know her.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
Joe Johnson
By far the best kept secret in town. Outstanding, simply fantastic.
I really have to give it to the girls that were working Monday evening 6/28. There was a full house and they were hustling! Our server was so sweet and made sure we were taken care of. The food was fresh, delicious, and I was surprised at how affordable it was. I really love the surfer decor and the vibe. Definitely coming back here again, I loved everything we ordered and 10/10 service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Various Rolls, Sushi Rolls
Suya Kwan
1st time with the sushi diner2 (my husband knows the owner since he operated the original sushi diner1), the food was good but the service was really bad??. We saw an empty tables but the server didn’t call the customers on the waitlist even though it was not busy at all (Tuesday night) . We waited around 20 mins and after we sat down , we were ready to order right away. We ordered about 7 items with simple rolls / miso soup and hot tea. Hot tea came late (they said they had to boil the water , ok it is fine) and kept waiting almost 30 mins. But the tables came after us and they got all their rolls, and the server just noticed that we got nothing on the table. She came to the kitchen at the time with our first plate out without our miso soup (boiling water again? ?) We complained to another server about forgetting our food. She said the chef tried to do it all at the same time and serve.... for real? Because we got one each and waited and one each and waited. If you forgot, just tell the truth. We very disappointed with the service , servers should take more action + attention + attitude with their job and we WON'T COME BACK AGAIN. I have been a server and did for service industry more than 10 years. The owner should pay more attention to this point to avoid your restaurant from falling to the ground.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
Debra Lervig
It's really nice when it all comes together for dining out. Great staff food is great and prices are reasonable. Love sushi bar...tasty fresh and they don't skimp on the portions.
I have been eating at Sushi Diner for 15 years. This is hands down the best sushi in San Diego. Surf videos, Reggae music to add to the chill, relaxing atmosphere. Can't get any better than Sushi Diner. Try the Smokin' Jamaican (smoked salmon&cream cheese) and Hang Loose Roll (has bacon!) youll be hooked!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Good food and customer service!
We ordered four rolls, and they are listed in the order of our most favorite to our least favorite.
1 - Don't worry, be happy
2 - Funky Kingston
3 - The Jawaiian
4 - Bob Marley
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Jawaiian Roll, Sushi Rolls
Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right.
Singin': "Don't worry about a thing,
'Cause every little thing gonna be all right!"
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crunch
They need to update the online menu. Most things I try to order they said they don't have it. It makes it hard to do a mobile order
Food: 4
Service: 2
Food was delicious.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Rice and Beef Short Rib, BBQ Short Rib Kalbi
3 parties waiting to dine: 2 party of 2 and 1 party of 4. Opening at the bar, 2 tables for 2, and 1 table for 4.
One party of 2 sat at a small table. One party of 2 were sat at a booth which can accommodate 4 people. The party of 4 left standing outside waiting while a table for 2 is empty, the bar has 2 empty seats.
That made no business sense.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
The rolls were excellent size! I was full with two. The ahi tuna wasn't as fresh as I thought. The waitress wasn't good to tell us which ones were our plates so we kept having to ask her. But overall I would go again and try something else.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Quality and affordable sushi plus poke bowls, plates, and more. Recommend spicy garlic edamame, avocado tempura app, create your own sushi roll (request with your server and they bring you a paper to fill in), spicy jawaiian roll. Sometimes at lunch you can walk right in, but normally you add your name and party size to the sheet outside and wait outside until called in. Tip- The rolls are large pieces, ask for 10 piece cut and it will be cut smaller.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Yellowtail Cut Roll, Jawaiian Roll, Crunchy Roll, Hawaiian, Avocado, Sushi Rolls, Sushi Diner's Fries, Spicy Tuna
EDIT: After reading the other negative reviews from at least 6+ months ago. It seems this is not "a bad day" for this waitress, she is always like this. And based on the managements lack of addressing this issue. I am forced to change my 3 Star, to 1 Star. Her attitude is unacceptable and given no changes made. She must be owner so I will not recommend or return.
We came to have a birthday lunch at what was supposed to be a good vibes ragea sushi place, but instead, we got a very bad vibes waitress who completely soiled our dining experience.
She was very visibly under duress and would come by asking us if the food was good every couple minutes, then go duck around the kitchen and loudly complain about the guests.
I guess she thought she was being discreet, I don't know if she just needed to hit a joint or what, but she was the worst wait staff dining experience I've had in YEARS.
The islander woman was great. She was friendly, but the blonde woman with glasses was a total karen and honestly a bad fit for the kind of lax atmosphere they were trying to go for.
Otherwise, the rolls were good. I wish there was a little more diversity in the rolls instead of 2/3rds being the same base cream cheese, crab and eel sauce and crunch. Poke Roll was probably the best roll we ordered.
I was extremely disappointed with the 4:20 Crunch Roll as it's completely inedible as a single bite, it's the size of a hockey puck. They just fell apart, tasty on their own but I had to dump most of the crab just to enjoy the individual parts and overall was a bad experience and a huge waste of ingredients.
Gordon Ramsy would probably do a whole new episode of Kitchen nightmare if he saw these rolls and the waste of crab (imitation or not)
The tempura avocado roll was unfortunately the same.
It might have been an off day for the waitress but she honestly seems like she hated all the customers based on how she was loudly badmouthing our table and the two take out orders and the young couple who walked in after us.
Hope she lightens up and, maybe she was out of 4:20? Either way, hard pass on going back.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 4
Service: 1
Good food in a great atmosphere. The team here works hard to make great food. We enjoyed about 20 rolls!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Sushi Rolls, Spicy Tuna
Restaurantji Recommends
It's a cute atmosphere, but the last time I went there, their sushi made me sick. Sometimes the rolls are cut too large and hard to eat. Another time they were quiet and the waitress plopped down next to me on the bench and started talking about her day. I didn't know her.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 2
Service: 2
By far the best kept secret in town. Outstanding, simply fantastic.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Crunchy Roll, Crunch, Miso Soup, Sushi Rolls
I really have to give it to the girls that were working Monday evening 6/28. There was a full house and they were hustling! Our server was so sweet and made sure we were taken care of. The food was fresh, delicious, and I was surprised at how affordable it was. I really love the surfer decor and the vibe. Definitely coming back here again, I loved everything we ordered and 10/10 service.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Various Rolls, Sushi Rolls
1st time with the sushi diner2 (my husband knows the owner since he operated the original sushi diner1), the food was good but the service was really bad??. We saw an empty tables but the server didn’t call the customers on the waitlist even though it was not busy at all (Tuesday night) . We waited around 20 mins and after we sat down , we were ready to order right away. We ordered about 7 items with simple rolls / miso soup and hot tea. Hot tea came late (they said they had to boil the water , ok it is fine) and kept waiting almost 30 mins. But the tables came after us and they got all their rolls, and the server just noticed that we got nothing on the table. She came to the kitchen at the time with our first plate out without our miso soup (boiling water again? ?)
We complained to another server about forgetting our food. She said the chef tried to do it all at the same time and serve.... for real? Because we got one each and waited and one each and waited. If you forgot, just tell the truth. We very disappointed with the service , servers should take more action + attention + attitude with their job and we WON'T COME BACK AGAIN. I have been a server and did for service industry more than 10 years. The owner should pay more attention to this point to avoid your restaurant from falling to the ground.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 4
Service: 1
It's really nice when it all comes together for dining out. Great staff food is great and prices are reasonable. Love sushi bar...tasty fresh and they don't skimp on the portions.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Tuna, Miso Soup, Sushi Rolls
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