Yoshi Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Elk Grove

To be fair, the food was 4+ and the service brought it down. I've been here several times and this was the only bad experience, but it was horrible. My wife and I waited 15-20 min and our appetizers hasn't arrived. The table across from us, who had arrived and ordered well after us, got an app that seemed to confuse them. They poked and prodded it trying to figure out if it was something they ordered, but decided to ask the server... Who didn't come back around for about 5 min. I saw the app and was pretty sure that it was meant for my table. At this point, my wife's entree showed up, while neither of our two apps had been delivered. The server walked to the other table and talked to them then picked up their (my) app and took it back to the kitchen. A few minutes later, they brought it to me and served it... Despite having been on another table and being more than 10 min from it's preperation (it was a hot app, so that mattered). I asked the server if this was the same food that had been served to another table and he sheepishly admitted that it was. After he stared blankly at me for an uncomfortable time, I asked him politely to have a new app made. A while later both our apps came out freshly made... Beat in mind my wife had been served her entree quite a while ago and I sat with nothing. Eventually my entree came and we finished our food, everything was very tasty. But, we realized that our sushi had never come out. We waited another 10 min before a server came and checked on us. We told her that our sushi never came and she frantically apologized and went back to the kitchen. Another 10 passed when another server asked us if we needed anything else and we told him the same thing that we told the previous server and mentioned that she hadn't come back to tell us anything. He also left to the kitchen. A few more minutes passed and he came back with some very uncharacteristically sloppy looking sushi. If this has been our first visit, it would also have been our last. Fortunately, we know how out of the ordinary this was. Still, there was no attempt to apologize or offer any sort of acknowledgment which left me feeling very...

[2021 update] Luckily this place survived the initial CV19 hit to restaurants. They continue to push out quality food. Have some patience as their demands have increased as they continue to keep the quality high [end 2021 edit]

This place is real Japanese food. You won't get hoards of teriyaki sauce over rice with sesame chicken found in Americanized faux-Japanese places. Broths are different for each noodle type unlike other places that have the same broth used on everything. Portions and flavors are the real thing from Japan. You want low quality food-court grub, go elsewhere.

We have been going to Yoshi Restaurant since they opened and have found all of the food to be the most authentic Japanese food in Sacramento.

The Japanese palette is a lot more delicate and subtle than the standard American palette. This means folks who are accustomed to lots of sauces and mayonnaise poured over their food will not like this place.

That said, I've had food from all over Japan and appreciate the level of pride and craftsmanship. Yoshi Restaurant brings it to Sacramento. This subtle complexity can be found in all of their dishes.

The decor is minimalist and thrifty, and the bathroom is quite clean. I'm personally OK with this because I know the emphasis is on the food and not on the bling-bling.

In short, if you want the best Sacramento and Japan has to offer, Yoshi is the real deal [update 2019] and remains the best in my opinion. Keep in mind, this is a real mom n pop restaurant - not a mass food mill like other asian dash n dines. The word is out about their quality, so schedule accordingly and it will be enjoyable. [end...

Pretty good restaurant where you get a wide combination of food. Kind of hard to describe but I went with a bento box with the fried white fish. The fish was great along with being very fluffy (fried-wise whatever that means). You also get sashimi which was pretty fresh and it depends on the chef.

Besides the entree, I got the 6 pc tuna which (while being expensive) was worth the experience. It went down pretty fast so no complaints! The only real issue I have is the hour wait time. If you happen to being waiting for a friend either tell them to hurry up or you're gonna be sitting there for a long time. I was expecting to be in and out within an hour due to scheduling a reservation but it is what it is. This is the only reason I would give it a 4/5.

If you have a problem waiting, my best guess is to visit washoku (which is over the overpass at Elk Grove Blvd behind Oz). They have better spacing too....