Vinegar Rfi SH by Sushi Nozawa

I was extremely disappointed when the server told me there’s no salmon sashimi when that’s the only thing I was craving for. I simply do not understand why they cannot serve sashimi but the salmon sushi is still available. We switched it to toro sashimi but we got served with a minced almost a toro paste. I won’t doubt it if you tell me that’s ground pork. Please google the definition of sashimi. No matter how “fusion” you trying to be. Do not mix “tartare” with “sashimi”. No offense but this place is for those who don’t have sushi a lot. It’s not authentic at all. Not the kind of sushi I was hoping for but I wouldn’t say it’s bad. Afterall the price is relatively low. I’d be okay to have sushi with this quality as a bento box or takeout order at midnight when there’s no other choices. It feels like the kitchen just bought supermarket sushi and served it on plates. The hand rolls are slightly better. You might as well just go to KazuNori. At least Servers are friendly and professional. But I still won’t come back again. If you must try this place. Order the “don’t ask just eat” set. Those are serving slightly more premium fishes. Or lower your expectations.

Overall, the fish is fresh, but the food can be better. I got the Trust Me set for lunch. The tuna sashimi and crab hand roll was good, and the Hirame sushi was especially good (flavorful, a little fatty, melts in your mouth). However, the rest of the sushi (salmon, yellowtail, albacore) were very disappointing. Each piece of sushi had too much rice, had too much vinegar in the rice and the rice was too warm, which really masked the flavor of the fish. The cuts of the fish also tasted cheap, the fish were lean and not particularly flavorful. The hand rolls also had too much rice. The atmosphere and interior design of the restaurant was nice, but the food could have been a lot better with more care.

Way overpriced and overrated! If you have a huge appetite then DON'T COME HERE! you will need to spend a few hundred to get full lol the food is fresh but the amount of food they serve is basically crumbs. You will leave starving like you came in if your budget is $50. They are one of those restaurants that serve 2 sushi pieces on a full size plate trying to make it look like you are getting a lot. They use too much sauce and the rice kept coming apart when I picked up my sushi when chopsticks. Another negative is that they have a mandatory 16% gratuity even if your service was horrible! On top of the mandatory gratuity that gratuity is also taxed. So not only are you forced to give a 16% tip but you are also forced to pay taxes on their tip for them! I will not be returning!

The waitstaff here thinks this place is a lot more renowned than it is, so it’s got the snob factor of a nice place, but it’s a chain in a strip mall. It is also *not* authentic Japanese and the sushi is fine not great; it is about one step above supermarket sushi. For someone who’s never left LA this is probably fine but if you’re used to better Japanese food, it’s not worth the attitudes.

Quality fish ruined by poor execution. Warm rice, like very warm and a bit too sour. Consider letting the rice sit around for a few minutes. Sauces that overpower and ruin ingredients, the sweet shrimp citrus makes it bitter and almost inedible. The only things worth getting are the otoro, chutoro, yellowtail, and the lobster - all sauceless. Skip the sweet shrimp, hokaido scallop, and albacore belly - all were sauced