Sushi Boy — Restaurant in Torrance

Good food, it's really fast, and you get a lot for your money. I get the three item combo, usually with teriyaki chicken and gyoza, and my third item varies. It comes with a good-sized bowl of miso soup, a big scoop of white or brown rice, and it says it comes with salad but that's just the lettuce that the rest of the food sits on. The salad is pretty disappointing and it's weird that they even call it salad, but that's my only complaint about the whole place. The rest of the food is so tasty! It's fast enough that I can dive there (5 min each way), place my order, receive my order to go, drive back to work, and eat during my 30-minute lunch break. The staff are all patient and kind. I once saw one of the ladies explain nearly every item on the menu to a man who had never been there before, and she did not act even slightly inconvenienced...

The lady at the register was very nice when I was ordering my food and even added some seaweed and green onions to my udon for free. However the sushi left a lot to be desired. The uni tasted and looked like it had been left out for days ; I gagged when I took a bite because the taste of sea was so strong in a rancid way. the shrimps, octopus, and squid were rubbery - how they taste when prepared earlier and improperly stored. The color of the tuna and salmon were both a little greyer than usual.

For the price, (roughly sixteen for the platter of sushi) there’s way too much competition for “bargain sushi” for me to come back. It seems that other people have had better luck with the freshness of the fish and seems like this place is...

The food is good, they have some nice deals. The people working don't seem to really want to be there, and no one smiles. The dining area is not very well maintained. Don't get me wrong, the workers clean the tables and floors, but the tables and chairs themselves are wonky. The dining area is super small. The trash can and bussing station kind of block the way into the dining area. It feels very closed in. They do not allow the public to use their restrooms, so that makes it a bit difficult when you have little ones. I guess it is a matter of one person spoiling it for the bunch, though, if they had issues in the past. I will be going back but probably as take out and not a dine...