Tokyo Sushi — Restaurant in Simi Valley

Looking for a decent sushi bar a little closer to home, I read good reviews on this place and thought I would give it a try. As I pulled up I realized I have eaten here before, maybe 8 years ago. I remember not thinking well of it but 8 years can change alot. Now I am not a big roll person, I like nigeri and don't mind paying extra for quality fish and good portions. I opened the menu and realize this is a premium priced sushi bar. Not west la priced, but high for simi valley at 9 bucks for 2 pieces. Better be good huh? I checked out the chef making some sushi and it did not look like amazing pieces to me. So I ordered a ca handball quickly just to get something made. It got to me extremely fast! It tasted fine. After quite a long time my salmon skin handroll got to me, straight out of the chefs hands. IT WAS COLD! Room temp cold. Now I am not exaggerating that I have been eating sushi since 1983 when my dad was working for a Japanese firm and I was surely the only 20 year old kid with sushi cravings. Salmon skin hand rolls have always been my favorite. I have eaten thousands of them from probably 50 sushi bars over the last 42 years and I have never eaten a cold one. I have eaten many bad ones but never was the salmon skin cold. The chef looked Japanese, his rolls were artistic, but his salmon skin hand rolls indicated a lack of care to me. And that is the central point of my review. If you are sophisticated to handerstand quality, and not just satisfied with a pretty cut roll smothered in mayonnaise like most, suggest you try another place on the west side of Simi or try to get into the place on...

I called at around 8pm to ask about their hours on Monday. The hostess said energetically they were open and haven’t run out of anything and to come on in. So we came around 8:45pm, and she greeted us nicely and grabbed two menus and was walking out to seat us, when suddenly we turned to view the sushi chef and he vehemently said, “No! Take out only!” He crossed his arms in a big X with a huff and said, “No!” again! The poor hostess/waitress and I got startled and confused and froze for a second. There were zero guests inside dining by the way. I was confused because I had just called to verify that we could eat here. What happened? So then I thought ok well I’m starving and hobbling so tired from the day I’ll order something to go. But then my husband was given a scorned look by the sushi chef and then we decided he doesn’t want us here. The waitress looked sad as I asked her about the specials. We decided to leave as we felt super uncomfortable even to order take out. As we were leaving, she hoped we’d come back...

My gf and I went there after reading dozens of amazing reviews of this place. First the good: The ambience and decor is iconic. Classic high end sushi dining experience. Chefs were culinary artists and the presentation was wonderful. Service was friendly and helpful. The sushi rolls were larger than other Simi Valley competitors, so the higher prices seemed allowable. We requested NO ADDED SALT. The bento box was large and delicious. Hand rolls and rainbow rolls were delicious. In truth, EVERYTHING TASTED AMAZING. Now the bad news: by the following day we both got very sick. We are both sensitive to salt, but salt never made me feel this sick. My gf was sick about 24 hours and I was sick almost three days. My guess is that they use MSG in their preparation and it made us very ill. If msg does not bother you, then you will enjoy Tokyo Sushi. If you react negatively to it, then ask first and request NO MSG...