Bistro Miyoda & Sushi Ichiriki Restaurant — Restaurant in Redondo Beach

EXPERIENCE 1 (Positive) 09/17/25

Bistro Miyoda & Sushi Ichiriki Restaurant is a small unassuming eatery located in the corner of a strip mall. When you enter, you're taken back in time. It looks the way most Japanese Restaurants used to look years ago. It's clean and well maintained, however the tables are well worn, showing a lot of meals have been served and enjoyed here.

They have a nice selection of appetizers, Mom likes the Salmon Collar when available. There's lots of Sushi. Sashimi, Cut Rolls, Hand Rolls,and House Specials. But, what I really like is they have Combination Dinner Boxes that are served in Bento Boxes. They also have soup and salads.

I ordered the Combination Dinner Box that included Pork Cutlet and Salmon w/Lemon Butter. Mom ordered the Sesame Chicken. The meal began with Miso Soup, which was extremely tasty. When my Dinner Box arrived it looked fantastic. The Pork Cutlet (Tonkatsu) was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, and with the sauce, was delicious. The Salmon was moist, tender, and flavorful with the lemon butter. With rice,and all the other accompaniments, it was an awesome meal. Mom really liked her Sesame Chicken. She threw some my way, and I caught it in my mouth. Not really. But, that would have been cool. However, the Sesame Chicken really is very crunchy, and very good.

Service here is great, our server was very knowledgeable of the menu, and was very helpful when ordering. There was a young woman that seemed to always appear at the right time, clearing dishes, or taking care of the bill. She was very pleasant, but never lingered, and was off doing something useful. A woman even came over to the table to make sure everything was satisfactory.

In this economy, the prices here are extremely reasonable. You definitely get your money's worth here. They seem to want the business, so I'm going to...

I don't know about you, but I venture to restaurants not only for the food...but also for the experience. This place both delivered in their food and service.

Food:

Rock 'n' Roll California roll ($11.95) w/spicy tuna and green tobiko on top. This was my ultimate favorite sushi here! Cross between spicy Tuna and California roll with an extra punch. Just try It!

Fire Dragon Roll ($13.00): Onion, yellow tail, on top of Spicy Tuna Roll. My fiance especially enjoyed this roll. The onion gives a sutle sweet flavor and the spicy Tuna is a nice contrast.

Spicy Tuna Roll ($6.95): typical, nothing extraordinary

Tuna two pieces ($6.50): if you want to test any sushi restaurant on their fish quality, just try their tuna without the works. The tuna was good, not great.

Service: They are very quick and friendly in preparing the freshest sushi rolls. I especially enjoyed the awesome chief that took the time to converse in some Japanese with my fiance. Unlike many other sushi places, you'll place your order verbally with chef. Not on a written order form. I really like that you get the ability to see all of your food prepared in front of you and get to know each chief. They are very casual here and you can order more rolls as you please. They also display their selection of various saki and I will definitely be back to order that rock 'n' roll roll...

We expected an excellent meal based on prior reviews and on prices.

The positives were fairly fresh fish and good miso soup. Otherwise, far short of expectations. Excellent Japanese restaurants pay careful attention to cleanliness and decor. Bathroom was filthy, toilet partially clogged. We sat near the bar; next to my right elbow, tucked onto a shelf, was an open cardboard box of wasabi powder. Rather than set the places, we had a stack of plates to set it ourselves.

Server was responsive, but I expect a Japanese restaurant to value respect and politeness in serving, rather than "who had the chirashi" and dump it in front of me.

We make sushi and tempura at home. We'd be embarrassed to offer a tasteless bowl of rice (are they buying more quality short grain?), and sushi rice should be flavorful and should not be pressed into a cake. The chef could use a refresher on slicing technique; good sashimi melts in the mouth, this required some chewing. Maki should emphasize purity and simplicity, their sushi is far too large. While I didn't expect the quality of food we ate in Japan, we do expect a high level of care and competence, neither of which we...