Flyin Fin Sushi and Seafood — Restaurant in Redondo Beach

Ordered delivery through DoorDash. Estimated time was about 1 hour but it came 15 minutes early! Everything was packaged nicely & securely. One pleasant surprise was that upon opening the containers, all sushi rolls had their sauces in individual containers.

Our order- You could tell all ingredients were fresh & high quality. Munchy Crunch & King Cobra rolls were exactly as expected & tasty. California roll would have been on par but the added sesame seeds gave it an unnecessary nuttiness. Geisha Gone Wild roll was way spicier than anticipated. I'm pretty sure it was due to the sauce. It was actually ordered with the thought that the mango's sweetness would balance the jalapeno's spicy but instead the spicy overwhelmed & the mango was no where to be found. 100 Degree roll was tasty. Its description came off as super spicy but it was surprisingly less spicy than the Geisha Gone Wild; unless you smothered it in its accompanying sauce. Seaweed Salad was more vinegary than sweet. Octopus sashimi was perfectly tender & super fresh with just the right chewiness. The only issue was the attending lemon slice. The couple of octopus slices that laid on top completely soaked up the lemon flavor. This is probably due to shifting during delivery & would not be an issue...

While there's no doubt that this restaurant could perhaps improve some of their wacky "special roll" ideas (which are really sacrilegious considering the way sushi is meant to be eaten), their more traditional sushi and rolls are fresh, tasty, and overall good. Here's what I'd recommend to anyone who appreciates good quality fish and flavor: stay away from their special rolls with all the unnecessary sauces, cream cheese, or any of those things. Fish should be fresh enough to be eaten without any spicy sauces to cover it up. For this reason I am wary of the "munch cruncy, "Philadelphia," or "Oh Crab!" rolls. Not only does it taste cleaner and fresher to have simpler sushi, but also it allows you to determine if it's fresh -- there's no sauce to cover up what could be poor quality fish. I would compare this to a coffee shop brewing badly burnt or poor quality coffee and then covering it up with a bucket of sugar and milk.

I have been consistently pleased by the quality of their traditional sushi and sashimi. I particularly recommend their bluefin tuna, which is really "melt in your mouth" good.

BUT Their special rolls, I believe, are composed of ingredients of an inferior quality. This is probably why they are even able to give the "buy 1 get 1...

I walked into the spot alone, sat at the sushi bar and ordered a large beer. I was one of only three people sitting at the bar. In the 20 minutes I sat and drink my beer not a single chef said a word to me, never asked if I would like to place an order, never engaged me what so ever. When dining alone I generally sit at a bar to engage with whoever is on the other side. After I finished my beer my server approached and asked if I would like anything else and I replied no. She said let me get your food orders from the chef and I replied don't bother, no one ever talked to me or took my order. With a surprised look on my servers face she apologize and walked away. Less then a minute later she came back apologized again and said the beer is on us. When I got up to leave, what should have been my chef said he was sorry and I walked out and went to Japonica another sushi spot a few blocks away where I was greeted and engaged by Val a very personal server / manager. I have sent many years in the restaurant business and eat out frequently but have never had an experience like this and found it more surpriseing sitting at...