Sun Sushi — Restaurant in Santa Barbara

Service is great, really attentive and friendly staff. 5/5

That being said... I'd recommend giving this place a pass. The prices are not reflective of the care put into the food. While the fish was good quality, most of the cuts were very amateur (most nigiri had one pristine and one mangled piece), and the special curing offered in the "6-ways" specials seem to be more of a gimmick than something additive to the fish and experience. 2/5

The tamago was not made in house and I suspect that the miso was not made to order (firm tofu instead of silken and very soggy seaweed being a major indicator). While previously prepared tamago and a miso soup base are common at most Japanese restaurants, the tamago should at least be made in house and the soup should be dressed and reheated to order. 2/5

The biggest offender of the night was the sushi rice. We were served what I suspected was the end of a batch, given it's dry, flavorless, and crunchy texture. If the restaurant was slow I would understand, rice can dry out easily when few orders come through but a busy dinner service with dry sushi rice implies issues in the back of house with the preparation of the rice for service. 1/5

The udon was passable, but again, not worth the price of admission. The tempura pieces were cooked fine, but the onion ring was 5-6 rings of onion friend together, creating an oil drenched, soggy ring. 3/5.

If you are stuck on upper state and must have sushi, I guess Sun Sushi is a fine place to go. However, the trek a couple miles to Edomasa, or literally anywhere else (barring some obvious exceptions) in our small town, will be worth the trouble. We spent $80 all said and done (with a $7 item stricken from the bill) and we left hungry and dissatisfied.

I write this with some trepidation simply because I don't feel that Sun Sushi is particularly terrible or offensive, it was just disappointing and amateur. I hope that they get their act together and succeed where Ahi could not, but given the apparent popularity of the place I doubt they will make any big changes until it...

Made a reservation on Valentine’s Day weekend for 7pm. Showed up about five minutes before reservation and checked in. The host really needs to be trained better as we wait 40 minutes to be seated. Totally understand a long wait and don’t mind waiting if it is communicated. However this hostess told us when we checked in it would be about 5 minutes and told her we would wait outside as the waiting area was packed. She then sat a few parties in front of us and after seeing that and waiting 15 minutes, we decide to check in again. She asked for my name again and then said she is cleaning up a table for us now and would be like 5-10 minutes. We were sat about 25 minutes after that quote. We waited the same amount of time she quoted the walk ins. The hostess had terrible communication and would benefit from more training on how to do her job efficiently and properly.

Our server was awesome and very funny. He offered great service and food was great for the price point. Thank you for turning the service...

Extremely disappointed with our experience here. When we first arrived, there were only two parties ahead of us. The staff told us the wait would be about 30 minutes, so we stepped out for a bit. After half an hour, they even called to confirm whether we wanted a bar or table seat — we clearly said “table” and told them we’d be back in just a few minutes.

When we returned, they had already crossed out our name without notifying us. Despite several parties finishing their meals and leaving, we were told we still had to wait — no explanation, no effort to fix the situation. It was clear the reservation and seating system was poorly managed, and communication was terrible throughout.

Honestly, this kind of disorganized service is unacceptable for any restaurant. Won’t be coming back, and definitely...