SushiLand — Restaurant in Castro Valley

Oh my goodness, people, go. Go and eat this food. We have been coming to this restaurant since 2013. Always clean, courteous, and packed. Don't wait till youre starving to roll up, bc there is always a wait for dine in or take out. Don't want you to expire while your order is pending.

We've eaten a bunch of different things on the menu including teriyaki chicken, teriyaki salmon, salmon tempura rolls, hot night roll, California rolls, miso soup, veggie udon, sashimi, and have never been disappointed.

Okay that's a lie. Salmon teriyaki was meh at best. I like the mackerel better. And Salmon tempura rolls are fabulous. So yummy!!😋😋

May i also add, i am a gastronomic canary in a coal mine. If food is even slightly spoiled, moldy, ingredients old or not that fresh, you can count on upset tummy and - ahem - epic manifestations of gastrointestinal distress within hours. I mean it...EPIC.

This place never made nauseous or gave me the runs - which is high praise indeed. In these COVID times, that's a biggie.

So, go and eat mein bubbeleh. Mangia with confidence. Solid decent Japanese food w good flavors and pretty good service. Consistent performer....

Don't expect too much from this no thrills Japanese restaurant which seems to be owned by Koreans. The food is average and the prices reasonable. This review is based on my second visit. Miso soup is basically a spoon of miso powder plus hot water. Not real soup in my book. The waitress got lazy and used luke warm water. The chef left a lot of fat in my beef teriyaki. Maybe just to make it a larger portion. It was also not cut completely into slices. It left me using my teeth to tear the beef - very unsightly. And they don't give you a knife. Saba shioyaki (mackerel) well prepared and not a lot of bones. Overall taste of the meal was good, including the salad and the rice. The tea cup was chipped and upon closer examination it was glued back together. Not safe at all. You could cut your lips with that. Service was acceptable if you didn't make any additional requests but waitresses would give you attitude if you did. Very cramp place. Only ten single tables and a small sushi counter in the whole place. Long wait...

Food is good but service kinda sucks. We were ready to order. Lady asked me and mom "are you ready to order"? Mom said yes. Then the group of three guys behind, one loudly said "we are ready to order" while waving his arm in the air. She skipped us and went straight to the group of guys. Not cool. If you sit inside you get to dine in but if you eat outside, they give you food and drinks togo. Also they forgot my mom's California rolls and never gave them to us. Not happy. I gave them three stars but edited my rating to 1 stars. Also they don't itemize your receipt so you don't know exactly what was on your order. All it says on the receipt is that you used this card ending in these three numbers with this person's name on the card and then tell you your total. Not cool. :-( the California sushi rolls are $6.75 which would about equal to the price of $7 if you include tax and the price of a bag. We are definitely going back tomorrow when they open to go and ask for our California rolls. It was the most expensive...