Bamboo Sushi

Excellent food, nice service,

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This used to be our favorite sushi spot in San Ramon. We are a family of 5 and we have spent thousands of dollars here over the last 3 years and referred so many friends. However, we ate here yesterday and now we may not be back. The food is still great and the servers have usually been wonderful, but yesterday we had a reservation and still had to wait 30 mins. I worked in fine dining a long time ago so I’m not unreasonable, and I understand you cannot control how long a group of patrons decide to take on dinner. The things you can control are how you deal with that particular situation. If a family of 5 with 3 children under 11 have a reservation at 8:15 pm and the table isn’t available don’t just keep sending the poor hostess to apologize. After the first 15 mins offer us a drink. After 25 mins maybe even buy us a drink! At the very least offer the kids a soda or something. I’m sure a soda costs you pennies. What you shouldn’t do is seat us 30 mins after our reservation and rush us to have dinner because now the restaurant is supposed to close in 15 mins and the kitchen has to stay open longer to feed us. Between tip and our bill we paid over $470. (I don’t feel it’s fair to tip less to a server in this situation) I don’t have any issue with that price under normal circumstances, but in this particular scenario a free appetizer or beverage would’ve been a gesture that tells me you at least respect my time. Also, it’s kind of rude that we never got any comment from a manager at all. By the third time the hostess came to us to apologize that the table still hadn’t cleared out the manager should’ve been the one to tell us that. Just saying. This is the first time we’ve ever had an issue like this, and we feel it could’ve been handled better.

Food: 4

Service: 1

Not what we thought

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 5

Great options and 90% of the menu is already Gluten Free!

Dietary restrictions: Gluten Free

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Another great visit to Bamboo Sushi. I am in San Ramon once a year and always include a visit to Bamboo. The wedge salad was a great starter. You get anice individual size for only $5. The selection of Sushi and sashimi is extensive. I chose the Chirashi which gives a good selection of sashimi to experience. There is a good selection of beer and spirits. If you want to learn about Japanese whiskey, sitting at the bar is a good alternative.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This place is pretty good! I had a very good experience here. It has all your favorites

Vegetarian options: If you can eat fish when is a good place for you for vegetarian

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shrimp Tempura Roll

Food was average but ambience is really good .I didn’t eat sushi but my friends ordered and they said it was average .

I ate octopus ? first time and it was well cooked

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 3

Service: 4

SUBPAR. Not even par. The food is really good, but the cooks are slow and service be three days late and leaving everyone hungry. Food is good but not worth the waiting

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 2

Terrible service

The service was excellent and courteous, and the room was spacious with a pleasant, cozy ambiance. However, the food was mostly disappointing. The menu had few familiar items, making it difficult to find something suitable for kids. The nigiri menu featured three different types of salmon but lacked eel (unagi), and the albacore was seared. Almost all the rolls contained spicy tuna. The only seaweed salad available was not based on wakame, and none of us enjoyed it. The fish on the rolls did not seem fresh, and the chicken was mediocre. Only the nigiri was fresh and comparable to other sushi restaurants.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 2

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: King Salmon Nigiri

The food was a real let down. The sushi was almost warm and tasted quite fishy which is pretty off putting. We should have sent it back, but didn't.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 2

Service: 4

Great place and outstanding service

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Friday the 13th

Green machine, Shishito peppers are amazing, other vegetarian options are just okay.

Parking: Parking lot is huge and spaces are really generous

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Shishito Peppers

Had Davy cocktail which was average. Food was good, tried coho salmon nigiri.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: King Salmon Nigiri

Eric the manager gave us a fantastic Sake tasting experience. Everything was great

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5