Handroll by Zeppin — Restaurant in Eastvale

Handroll By Zeppin is the sister popup of Zepping Sushi located in the same plaza but unlike the other location, this one inside the Cravings Food Hall is specifically serving up some of the best hand rolls in the San Bernardino County; no more driving all the way out to LA or OC for the same quality hand rolls. It's only been open for about 3 weeks and I hope they open more locations, especially in the 626 area. When you walk into the food hall, you'll be greeted with the red neon Handroll By Zeppin sign as one of the islands in the middle of the food hall. There are plenty of seats surrounding their kitchen so you'll have a fantastic view of the workers and the surrounding food hall businesses.

The servers behind the bar are friendly and will explain everything to you if you're not familiar with the concept or an item on the menu. They make sure you're eating at a comfortable pace and will guarantee you are not waiting too long for your next roll or menu item.

Both my buddy and I ordered the Zeppin Set Menu, which included 6 Hand Rolls (Toro, Yellowtail, Salmon, Bay Scallop, Crab, and Lobster) but I opted to substitute Bay Scallop for Eel; one of my favorites that I tried tonight. In addition, the Set Menu will include a Seaweed Salad and Miso Soup, which isn't something you will find at a typical hand roll restaurant and everything at a reasonable price. The biggest plus that I loved about this place was the fact they had eel on their menu. I usually only see eel at a sushi restaurant but I have not once seen it at a hand roll restaurant, so I was quite happy to see it and try it. We also ordered their Yellowtail Carpaccio, Toro Carpaccio, and their Salmon Belly Carpaccio; all three were delightful and flavorful.

If you're in the area heading to or back from Vegas, visiting some Indian casinos out in the area, or just curious to try out a new hand roll spot, I guarantee this place will not disappoint your tastebuds. Give it a try and you'll be impressed!

*Bonus, if you attend on Tuesday nights around 6:30pm, there's a free trivia game that's hosted and you'll be competing for prizes with other patrons of the food hall. Pretty fun but you might not hear him depending on where you're eating if not here but you'll just be playing on...

Handroll by Zeppin is located inside the TAWA Market Hall (Cravings by 99 Ranch) in Eastvale, just south of the 60 at the Cantù-Galleano exit.

I ordered the 6 Handroll Set with Miso Soup and Seaweed Salad ($34), which came with Toro, Bay Scallop, Crab, Salmon, Yellowtail and Lobster. I also added 3 Eel Handrolls ($5.75 each). The miso soup was delicious and I loved the fresh mushrooms in it. The seaweed salad was fresh and they have plenty. The handrolls were delicious, especially the eel (unagi).

The place is clean and they have several chairs around this “bar” style restaurant. The food hall itself has many seating throughout, if you don’t want to dine in front of the staff.

Overall, I loved the quality of the fish and especially loved the miso soup. The service was great and I recommend this to anyone looking for...

Handrolls, especially by Zeppin, are officially my favorite way to consume sushi. Let me tell you why…

This is the first ever handroll bar in the Eastvale area and the secret…is in their nori (seaweed). Handroll master Eddie told me they use only super premium seaweed that gives their handrolls that extra CRONCH, so when you bite into it, with the fresh fish and perfectly prepared sushi rice…mmmph, TEXTURE FOR DAYS.

And 6 handrolls at a super wallet-friendly price of $30?? Like c’mon, snow crab and lobster that you don’t have to de-shell yourself, and presented to you in these cute handrolls? SOLD ;)

And I love how they alternate between using warm sushi rice with cold fish and cold rice with warm seafood like the lobster...it’s the little details, ya know?

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