Kozo Sushi — Restaurant in Torrance

Came here for lunch because my dad saw an ad on Facebook for the $9.99 September special, lol. We were a bit confused at first, because we drove to the old Sushi Boy location and didn’t see it anymore. (It’s been years since we went to this area.). Then we looked up Kozo Sushi online and found this place.

Plenty of parking in the shared lot was nice. Unfortunately, the air conditioning was very weak and the heat from today was unbearable for my toddler to be in the restaurant for too long, so we took our food to go eat in Del Amo Mall instead.

The Bento Box is a great deal, and the food is delicious and very filling for a meal. My mom said that there was too much rice, but you kind of need the rice to make it filling.

Everything was fresh and the rice was nice and soft and perfectly seasoned. I was surprised that the white fish nigiri was fully cooked, but I preferred it that way because usually it tends to be kind of tough and rubbery with a smell when it is raw.

The chicken was nice and tender and not overly seasoned. The shrimp in the tempura was tender, but the shrimp in the nigiri was kind of tough—as it usually is in...

Excessive use of plastic to plate food, even when dining in. Not to go. They still put everything packed in plastic with plastic utensils and plastic packaging on top of the bows and plastic plates as well as for all the sushi. They even used a big styrofoam tray for a tiny bit of ginger and plastic packaging for wasabi. This was all a waste. Shocking for dining in. Even the the miso soup comes in a styroform cup.

As for the food the chicken was bland and used gamy dark meat. The sushi used artificial crab meat. Overall the food was subpar, expected more than this. Especially at this...

We usually do take out so no real experience dining there - but place appears clean, light and bright. Our takeout orders are always correct and the staff very nice. The food is good for the price and consistently well prepared and presented. My daughter likes the tempura shrimp and the battered crispy spicy tuna rolls but my complaint in that is the container steams the food if you don’t take the lid off immediately to prevent it from getting soggy - would be great if they poked some holes in the plastic or switch to paper based to...