Miyuki Restaurant — Restaurant in Watsonville

Appearance: slightly run down and in need of a new coat of paint, etc but also charming and has a comfortable, relaxed feeling to it that feels welcoming

Menu: good selection of Japanese food with traditional dishes as well

Food: We ordered Sukiyaki beef which was quality beef in an overly salty broth; still edible but definitely only with mouthfuls of the vegetables. It came with miso and a typical salad of iceberg lettuce, a slice of tomato and red cabbage with a delicious sesame dressing. The miso was quite good, but standard. Very balanced and light flavors.

We also ordered Rainbow roll, unagi-avocado roll, and ume-shiso roll. All were standard. The Rainbow roll was prepared with a clear seaweed sheet on top that made it appear plastic but it added no overt flavor to the roll, which was delicious and fresh.

Service: friendly and helpful, prompt and relaxed

Price: fair and good for what we ordered

Overall Impression: This is one of the only quality restaurants open till 9 on a weeknight in Watsonville. It feels like a family-owned place that has been there for over 25 years. It is serving good, quality Japanese food and I would recommend it to anyone who is used to standard Japanese food in the US. It is definitely a diamond...

It doesn't matter how good the food is if you can't eat it. After waiting 40 minutes to be seated (15 minutes of which were spent staring at the completely prepared table we would eventually be seated at because they didn't want us to sit before the party of seven that arrived less than a minute before us, even though it would not affect when they were seated.) Literally ten minutes later we were asked about drinks and told someone would be by to take our orders, which we were ready for less than a minute after being seated and conveyed as best we could through eye contact and putting the menus aside. Twenty minutes later, no sign of anyone to take our order, we finally left. I have literally never done that before, and wish I did sooner We drove ten minutes down the road to a different sushi restraunts and had been sat down, order taken, and given complimentary edamame within ten minutes.

The food here might be great, but absolutely do not go or order while you're...

My friends and I were craving sushi after a long day stuck in traffic and stumbled upon Miyuki. The restaurant is super cute and has a homie feel. We got there right when it opened and were told to sit wherever we wanted. We sat outside, and our waiter quickly got our drinks in. We were confused about how the menu worked, so we figured out how to order because our waiter was nowhere to be found after bringing our drinks out. We hoped the menu had pictures of the sushi rolls for reference, but no images. Also, we were hoping they had more specialty rolls. We all felt like they had a lot of rolls, but they were basic, and their spicy rolls were not spicy. Our visit was okay overall; we would suggest having pictures/visuals...