YUBUYA — Restaurant in Costa Mesa

Very small but very unique new sushi spot in Costa Mesa. Run by a sushi chef with decades of experience, Yubuya presents a casual sushi restaurant specializing in inari sushi. Inari are seasoned tofu pockets filled with season rice and a filling of your choice. The fish here is very fresh and high quality. I could easily see the fat streaks in the salmon, which is usually a good sign. I tried the spicy yellowtail (8.1/ 10), creamy onion salmon (8.8/10), soy marinated salmon (9.1/10), unagi (9.4/10), seared tuna (9.0/10), and seared salmon (8.6/10). Each roll was great. Some just really stood out to me, and it could be a matter of preference with fish. At $5 a piece, you get these hefty sized pieces that are very filling. I think I really only needed 2 or 3 to be satisfied, but my wife and I were excited to try them all. Definitely...

Located in a strip mall in Costa Mesa this unassuming Japanese fast casual place specializes in soy bean curd rice bowls with toppings from spicy tuna to Avocado.

My 1st and probably my last visit sadly came down to a few factors: Cost, Quality and Service.

Each of these guys were $6! They were 90-95% rice and 5% topping of choice. I opted for Spicy Tuna and Yellowtail.

Quality wise I couldn’t taste the spicy tuna and Yellowtail. The fish were too cold and the soy bean curd and rice were the dominating flavors and were extremely dense!

Service: I didn’t feel welcomed and that’s a shame, because when you’re paying $20! For something that’s mostly rice you feel taken advantage of.

Overall: Not coming back and it’s a shane because I want to see more unique small businesses succeed, but I can’t with...

I cannot say enough good things about this place! We were greeted on entry, had questions answered, and the staff was so polite and generous. It made my first time a very memorable experience, and that's just the service!

I can't oversell the spicy scallops enough. They were so tender and the sauce was a perfect pair (medium sauce). The Snow crab has probably ruined all other Snow Crab for me, because I'm not sure I'll ever get it as good as I did while here.

Everything we had was something I would want to order again. The rice used, the tofu pockets used, the service, the atmosphere, and the location's parking availability are all reasons that we will be returning.

If you have the chance to order from here, and are reading this review, look no further. You've found...