Great fresh food, friendly service, full of regular happy patrons.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Christa Carrera
one word AMAZING. Great deal on the all you can eat and also their sushi is FANTASTIC. I’m Japanese so I know! I was VERY impressed with their sushi! Get the unagi nigiri and the bluefin tuna! Fresh ingredients every time and the staff is so nice and welcoming. They’ve had regular customers for 15 years for a reason. Great local joint. If you know, you know
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Pasha Gleyzer
Wow, what a great restaurant. Half of the guests there were old-timers who would buy drinks for the chef and the waitress and drink together. That created this wonderful neighborhood restaurant atmosphere. The food was also very good: fresh fish, flavorful rice, masterfully made and presented. It was also reasonably priced. I will definitely be back for Shabu-Shabu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Andy Hu
GOOD PLACE FOR FAMILY, I LOVE THE SUSHI,VERY FRESH
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Tin Boo
Workers there are the star of the show. Amazing sauce, meat, and broth.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Gina
Overpriced. Bland food. Even blander atmosphere.
This place was a spontaneous pick while trying to find an open kitchen after 9pm on a Friday. The food was very bland and unbelievably overpriced, even for SF. Overall, I felt ripped off and wish I had just gone home rather than stopping at this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Laura Guerrero
Delicious yellow tail and kind service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Maria Birch
We visited Kufi-Ya and unfortunately, we had a very disappointing experience. Our friends had reserved a table for six, but my husband and I arrived earlier because we were hungry. The restaurant staff was aware that our friends would be arriving at 7 PM, as they know them well. Since we were early, we ordered a glass of wine, a bottle of sake, a cucumber salad, and one sushi roll while waiting.
Before our friends arrived, my husband specifically asked the server to provide a separate check for the items we ordered earlier. She agreed. However, when he went to pay, we were shocked to see that they had added a 20% service charge, which, according to their policy, is applied to groups of five or more. When he pointed out that there were only two of us at the time, the server responded, “But you were sitting at a table for six.” This is completely unfair and misleading.
Aside from this frustrating experience, the overall dining conditions were disappointing. The tables were sticky, which was unpleasant. There was a cold draft coming from the window, and in the restroom, the ventilation system was running instead of the heater, making it uncomfortably cold. In winter weather, the heater should be on, not a fan blowing more cold air.
As for the food, it was overpriced for the quality. There are plenty of places in San Francisco where you can find better sushi, fresher ingredients, and a cleaner atmosphere at more reasonable prices.
Overall, we left extremely disappointed and will not be returning. We cannot recommend this place based on our experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
Derrick Lin
We had the all you can eat shabu shabu, and it's very basic. No buffet, no options, just a single hot pot with the same veggie bowl & meat plates over and over again.
It's not bad, just super basic. Solid 3-star.
It also has a very weird parking lot.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Sandra Quezada
Food was delicious, hot and fresh. I got the Mongolian beef. It was excellent. The meat was tender the spices just right and the vegetables were cooked to perfection.
Sashimi, didn’t look or taste fresh, got sick the next day, comes in paper-thin fish pieces; they still charge full retail. Dining room not very clean, smelled musty like an unwashed 20 y.o. carpet
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Jonathon J
Sashimi, didn’t look or taste fresh, got sick the next day, comes in paper-thin fish pieces; they still charge full retail. Dining room not very clean, smelled musty like an unwashed 20 y.o. carpet
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Zach Ahrenholtz
Amazing hot pot. Definitely making a special trip back just for this
Great fresh food, friendly service, full of regular happy patrons.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
one word AMAZING. Great deal on the all you can eat and also their sushi is FANTASTIC. I’m Japanese so I know! I was VERY impressed with their sushi! Get the unagi nigiri and the bluefin tuna! Fresh ingredients every time and the staff is so nice and welcoming. They’ve had regular customers for 15 years for a reason. Great local joint. If you know, you know
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Wow, what a great restaurant. Half of the guests there were old-timers who would buy drinks for the chef and the waitress and drink together. That created this wonderful neighborhood restaurant atmosphere. The food was also very good: fresh fish, flavorful rice, masterfully made and presented. It was also reasonably priced. I will definitely be back for Shabu-Shabu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
GOOD PLACE FOR FAMILY, I LOVE THE SUSHI,VERY FRESH
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Workers there are the star of the show. Amazing sauce, meat, and broth.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Overpriced. Bland food. Even blander atmosphere.
This place was a spontaneous pick while trying to find an open kitchen after 9pm on a Friday. The food was very bland and unbelievably overpriced, even for SF. Overall, I felt ripped off and wish I had just gone home rather than stopping at this restaurant.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 2
Service: 2
Delicious yellow tail and kind service
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We visited Kufi-Ya and unfortunately, we had a very disappointing experience.
Our friends had reserved a table for six, but my husband and I arrived earlier because we were hungry. The restaurant staff was aware that our friends would be arriving at 7 PM, as they know them well. Since we were early, we ordered a glass of wine, a bottle of sake, a cucumber salad, and one sushi roll while waiting.
Before our friends arrived, my husband specifically asked the server to provide a separate check for the items we ordered earlier. She agreed. However, when he went to pay, we were shocked to see that they had added a 20% service charge, which, according to their policy, is applied to groups of five or more. When he pointed out that there were only two of us at the time, the server responded, “But you were sitting at a table for six.” This is completely unfair and misleading.
Aside from this frustrating experience, the overall dining conditions were disappointing. The tables were sticky, which was unpleasant. There was a cold draft coming from the window, and in the restroom, the ventilation system was running instead of the heater, making it uncomfortably cold. In winter weather, the heater should be on, not a fan blowing more cold air.
As for the food, it was overpriced for the quality. There are plenty of places in San Francisco where you can find better sushi, fresher ingredients, and a cleaner atmosphere at more reasonable prices.
Overall, we left extremely disappointed and will not be returning. We cannot recommend this place based on our experience.
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 1
We had the all you can eat shabu shabu, and it's very basic. No buffet, no options, just a single hot pot with the same veggie bowl & meat plates over and over again.
It's not bad, just super basic. Solid 3-star.
It also has a very weird parking lot.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 4
Food was delicious, hot and fresh. I got the Mongolian beef. It was excellent. The meat was tender the spices just right and the vegetables were cooked to perfection.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Sashimi, didn’t look or taste fresh, got sick the next day, comes in paper-thin fish pieces; they still charge full retail. Dining room not very clean, smelled musty like an unwashed 20 y.o. carpet
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Sashimi, didn’t look or taste fresh, got sick the next day, comes in paper-thin fish pieces; they still charge full retail. Dining room not very clean, smelled musty like an unwashed 20 y.o. carpet
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 2
Service: 2
Amazing hot pot. Definitely making a special trip back just for this
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Fantastic hot
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Spicy Shabu Shabu
Very nice!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 4
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