Yokoso Japanese Restaurant — Restaurant in Pleasant Hill

Showed up around 6:40 on Saturday. I understand it’s a busy time, I asked how long it would take for sushi sashimi dinner. They told me 20 mins. I had to make a show at 7:30 so I thought I had time. There were only 3 tables occupied at the restaurant. 1 host who was the server and the manager.

Went to gong cha to get a drink and went back at 7:05. They told me it wasn’t ready yet and would take another 20 minutes. That’s unacceptable as I had to go.

I asked for a refund which they promptly gave me.

This is bad review for the business for not staffing correctly. How do you only staff one waitress or not Train to estimate correctly or send out the orders that are quicker to get out.

I’ve worked in restaurants so I know it was a mistake in management.

Just for clarification the hostess/waitress was sweet and...

So we seldom go anywhere without our dog and obviously dogs are not allowed in restaurants. We noted they had one table out front. It's actually in front of See's Candy. We asked if they could serve us out there and they had no problem doing it. They did ask us to pay up front, which I can certainly understand because if you're outside and they're not keeping an eye on you, you could dine and dash. But we paid up front including the tip we had outstanding service. We were outside with our puppy and they even brought her a bowl of water. So I love this place. I love the fact that they're adaptable to whatever your needs are and the food is really...

I came here during weekday lunch hour. It wasn't busy at all. We sat down right away and were greeted with our waiter. The menu has a good selection of sushi, appetizer, bento box, hot entree, etc. We ordered the Katsu Bento Box, which comes with salad, soup, and bento box. It was a good value considering the things they provided. The sushi was fresh and tender.

This is not a fancy sushi spot where you expect to find the best cut of sashimi but I was pretty happy with the freshness and the sushi rice quality. I would come back for...