Kamado Sushi (Omakase Sushi) — Restaurant in Berkeley

Don't follow the picture on the review. Order small plates and consider next orders.

Kamado Sushi is located at the end of Berkeley main shopping road. And that area has many fancy restaurants. I decided to try this place based on their food images from Google Review.

the atmosphere was ok for the look. But they didn't turn on the AC, and it was very hot inside. Tables are apart about 3 feet, and you can see and hear other's faces and talks.

They have very nice servers. They are very friendly and thoughtful. The lady who helped my table refilled my tea continuously. And they brought small plates for sharing food between me and my partner.

The food is actually, the bummer. We ordered spicy scallion, agedashi tofu, assorted pickle, and don-katsu. The spicy scallion was made out of some pieces of mushy fish stuff and mushy rice. 6 pieces of roles were out of shape and they were covered with small fish eggs. The taste was exactly some spicy mushy rice, it was not even sushi rice. Asian restaurant without rice cooking skill... it quite sad. Agedashi tofu was good enough, but they used too much starch on the coating, the texture felt like a jello. It was not crispy nor light on the coating. It is red alert that they don't have frying skills. Assorted pickle was worst. It was 4 different pickles but they were all same flavor. Salty and tasteless. Clearly, that shouldn't be on the menu. It was bunch of pickles that follows for main dishes. There is no special flavor nor treatment. They are just store bought fill ups. Don-katsu was eatable. But the bread coating was dark brown, it means they are burnt and overcooked. The polk was cooked well, but it doesn't have that fluffy bread coating with juicy polk texture. The sauce that comes with were extremely salty and has no flavor. And surely it comes with Japanese yellow radish pickle, and just salty.

They seems very busy, but the food is quite sad. I'm glad that I didn't order sushi. It's easy to hide their problems. Simply cut fishes into small pieces and serve with rice. right? Sushi is more than that, definitely. The business owner should rethink about their food. Most of their dinner dishes are from $24 to $28(tips not included). They simply have too many dishes on the menu, and barely...

I've been coming here since it opened years ago and it's one of my all time favorite spots. It's not my every-day sushi pick, it's my "I want the good stuff" spot. The fish is incredible quality. I typically get the chirashi because it's a great way to get a sample of some of their great fish, including some you may not typically get at other restaurants, plus they often include some of their incredibly tasty pickled veg and some shiso. This place is so good they make my least favorite things (Ikura) taste incredible. My partner got me their omakase for my birthday one year and it's still one of my absolute favorite birthday dinners. And while the price is by no means cheap, it's also not overpriced. Many lesser quality restaurants charge the same price for substantially inferior fish. I just love this place so much, the charming ambiance, the delectable fish, and the sweet and speedy staff. Everything about it is top tier. Truly a gem of north Berkeley.

Editing to add I was there the same night as "Dan potash" and yeah, it was a loud group, but it's a small place. The vibe is mostly pretty chill and the ambiance is usually pleasant. I would not begrudge the restaurant forever for an unexpectedly boisterous group of...

Average food, terrible service. A waitress went outside and ABUSED us since we didn't give a tip over 10%. We don’t usually do the math. Rather, we'll just round up the last digital to 0 as it's easier to visualize, like giving 50 instead of 45, or 120 instead of 106, so sometimes it might be somewhat higher/lower than 10%. We later figured out that we gave 9%, so that's literally 1 dollar difference. If you really want the money, then you should note this on your menu & make it as a rule so that everyone can follow. If you make it voluntary, then you shouldn't complain about it, even INSULTED customers who don't do that because that's your choice, and you're supposed to accept it! We've visited a lot of restaurants with the requirement, and they just put a statement on their menu, like "we charge an 18% of service fee." And we always follow the rules!

Plus, the waitress even said, "We now recognize you." SO WHAT? Are you trying to terrify us? Do you come from a gangdom? Are you going to spy us or even crime? That's so rude & ridiculous! Don't come unless you want to be horrified by...