Truya Sushi — Restaurant in Santa Clara

I’m really surprised that this spot is rated so highly. Maybe a midweek late lunch visit didn’t catch Truya at its best, but wow. Very unimpressed. Went with two friends and we all ordered bento box lunch specials. Between us we sampled nigiri, tempura, gyoza, chicken teriyaki and sashimi, plus the salad and miso soup that came with. Miso was lukewarm, weird flavor, like just salt and a strange chemical taste, no wakame visible. Tempura batter was a strange cornmeal texture and the vegetables were a mix of overcooked and undercooked. The gyoza were lukewarm and soggy. The chicken teriyaki was truly awful— super sweet, thin sauce, and the chicken was flavorless and rubbery.

The nigiri and sashimi were okay. Ebi nigiri was dry but ahi and salmon were fine.

The waiter was slow and seemed totally indifferent to us. He told my friend that they had unsweetened iced tea, then produced a can of lemon flavored sweetened Brisk. She ended up just having water…

It wasn’t that hot a day but it was hot and stuffy inside the restaurant and there were flies landing on the table.

The bento combo was $17, so I guess you get what you pay for. Just an unsatisfying experience from...

The sushi was just okay. The worker was told by a customer that we entered so they can seat us. We didn't get water until after we received 3 rolls. They stated that they didn't have enough cups. FYI, This place was not packed. Less than 15 people were in the place. I'm pretty sure they forgot about giving us water... Since when we reminded them, they gave it to us right away with cups behind the counter.

The baked roll we ordered a bit longer than most places...

I wouldn't recommend this place. It was pretty rowdy. I definitely don't find this place family friendly. They had an extention cord that was in the middle of the pathway that could be tripped on. They used a table for one of their machines (I'm not really sure what it did but the chef used it at some point) since the place was small, it took up about 25% of the usable seating.

The only good thing about this place were the decent pricing. But I would rather pay a bit more for better quality.

They were also limited on salmon type rolls....which was very odd to me. Overall I would not recommend this place if you...

We came here on a Sunday night to get sushi and whie dup bap (how it's spelled on their menu). I was looking specifically for this type of sushi donburi that has salad and spicy Korean sauce (gochujang). Not all sushi restaurant will offer this and I thought this one definitely one of the better tasting ones. It was a deal for getting a large plate with rice, salad and sashimi. I like adding a lot of gochujang before mixing it all together. The garlic and fresh jalapeños gave it a nice kick. Overall, both me and my husband really enjoyed this. We'll definitely come back for hwe dup bap.

It was our first time here and it's a good spot if you want to watch a sports game since there are TVs you can watch them on.

Parking is very limited so it may be hard to find a parking spot.

I didn't get to try any sushi rolls but I'm definitely coming back...