Koi sushi — Restaurant in San Pablo

Koi Sushi used to be good. It was not good tonight!!!

Food wasn’t great and service needed more improvement (from the guy and young girl).

Below are the issues. Hopefully they will use it to improve their business for others because I’m never going back or recommending it to anyone I know.

Fish/Sashimi was NOT that FRESH and thinly sliced. (It used to be good).

Hot Sake: Too HOT!!! We had to wait a few minutes for it to cool down.

Ribeye teriyaki was VERY TOUGH. We took half of it home and used food scissors to cut it, it was a struggle because the meat was so tough.

Lemonade was close to room temperature (no ice!). At least they were generous with the free refill.

Water: I had to ask for water after we started eating. The guy only brought 2 glasses of water even though there were 3 of us!

Rice for sushi roll was wayyyy overcooked!

The only good/decent thing was the gyoza. The sauce that came with them was useless, it didn’t taste like anything. No spicy, no citrus, just blah.

I also had to ask for small plates for the gyoza. As a server myself, I always bring plates for shared food. This place is so tiny and it was just my table and another table (of 2 people) that came in after us. There’s no excuse to forgot small things like this and water.

I feel gross, hopefully I won’t get sick.

Despite the mediocre food and service I left more than 20% in cash tip. But I’m never...

Great food for price - not the best service. The female server was pretty rude and had a lot of attitude - I'm not sure if it was because it was slow and wanted to go home but we went in to order a few rounds of sushi and get dessert but each time we ordered something she would aggressively put down the check in front of us.

We ordered the first round and she mistakenly didn't put an order in and dropped off the check, then once I received my food I was still eating and wanted to get a dessert she dropped off the check again right between us and didn't say anything.

No refills, no pleasantries - just a hurry up and pay and get out attitude. Really unfortunate, considering we were looking forward to going out with all the good reviews. The food itself was alright - decent prices for value - the salmon nigiri was high quality and fatty.

It's definitely a place that will fill you up on two rolls. It just may not have the best service on a slow day and when they only have...

Fairly good and fast sushi. Good pick of specialties and offers rice and noodle dishes for those who don't like sushi. The ramen was actually really good.

Feb.2024 update: ordered here several times but keep forgetting to review it and post pictures. We odes quite a bit of sushi and they were all really good in taste and quality. The rolls are pretty big and you get your money's worth. The fish was fresh and melted in my mouth. My son got the tempura udon and the tempura was really good but they didn't give enough of the accompanying sauce. Because we odes over$40 in good they added free chicken Karaage. The chicken was okay, the pieces were just a bit too small though like they were crumbs from the bottom of the frying basket. The taste was a bit too salty for my liking.

Overall, I would definitely order from...