Chief are good servicer are friendly food are fresh better then those around boat sushi
Jean-Francois Leduc
Very nice little restaurant, really good sushi and not too expensive. Close to the airport.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Chu Yao
Very nice little place. Ok food, nice
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Sushi
-星野 和美Kazumi
Probably the most underrated sushi place in the bay! Incredibly fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Emily C.
Located in downtown Millbrae and unassuming from the outside, but fish freshness inside! Came here for a weekday dinner so it wasn't crowded and the servers were very polite. Miso soup was good but no tofu, and salad could've used more dressing. The Negitoro (fatty tuna, green onion) roll and there was wasabi inside, I enjoyed this. The Deluxe Sushi which included 8 pieces total - 2 pc tuna, yellowtail, halibut, salmon, shrimp, salmon roe, egg/tamago. The egg had a hint of sweetness. The yellowtail sashimi entree came with 10 pieces and soup & salad. Each piece of fish was fresh and delicious! I left feeling satisfied with, would come again to try their other dishes and specials.
Christy Hartman
This dining experience is so lovely. The atmosphere is quieter and relaxed. The sashimi tastes fresh and very high quality. I'm pleased to have found such a good chef by accident.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Salmon Sashimi
Jamay L.
Quiet, authentic sushi joint in downtown Millbrae. Everything we got was so good, including the small plates / apps (get the Gindara Misozuki). Our kids ate so much sushi and asked for more.
Davis W.
Very overpriced for the portions. Expect 50$ average at least per person which was just barely enough for us and we don't have big appetites.Food quality is shameful, we ordered a couple of rolls and it was falling apart, I've never seen that at any other Japanese restaurant.Almost false advertising based on what the menu says and what you get, for example, a roll would say it had uni or ikura and then you'd get it on a SINGLE piece in a roll, technically true, but despicable. We should've looked at pictures before ordering.Will not return, do not recommend.
Robin L.
Food here is amazing. To me its the best sushi in the Bay. Has a traditional restaurant feel. Sushi rice is perfect, compared to others that have strong vinegar taste. Master chef is from Hokkaido too. If you're in the area worth a try. Currently open for dinner hours only. Closed Sunday and Monday.
Jelly2 Tasty
I really wanted to like this place because it's next to my favorite souffle pancake place Uni Souffle (now that Sweethoney doesn't seem to serve it anymore), and my favorite area Yelper gave it 5 stars in 2013, though for price (which obviously has changed a lot in 10 years), not quality.I also had high hopes because the complaints on here were not about the food. Mainly cost. The worst review was for takeout so I figured maybe the car ride was the culprit.But much of the food including the shari (sushi rice) was just too sweet for my taste. Plus the fish quality was so uneven.Ambiance: Maybe it was because it was early or because it was a weeknight, but it was empty the entire time. Not even a to-go order. I felt a little awkward with staff outnumbering us 3:2. Some of my favorite places have been very unbusy so this isn't a dealbreaker, but it does make me question how fresh the fish can possibly be. I also am concerned, for their sake, about the health of the business.Decor: There's a cute custom doormat with a picture that maybe one of their kids drew when they were little. That same drawing is on their front door. Inside is wall-to-wall mirrors, I guess to make the place feel larger but made me feel self-conscious being reflected all over from different angles like we were at a love hotel.Nigiri: The chuu toro (mid fatty tuna belly), hamachi (yellowtail), and hamachi toro (yellowtail belly) tasted fine. But the rest did not seem fresh: The hon maguro (akami) was pale for bluefin tuna, with bad texture; the salmon was mushy and fishy. Again the sushi rice was more sugary than vinegary. The pickled ginger was also more sweet than sour.The reviewer complaining about nigiri size obviously has never had real edomae sushi and has only had Americanized nigiri where a long piece of fish is draped over a tiny ball of rice and hangs off both ends like a wedding dress train, because the size was normal to me.Maki: Sabagari roll: way too sweet. Inevitable, as it started out using that too-sweet pickled ginger, plus the too-sweet shari. The sweetness was so overpowering I can't evaluate the mackerel's quality.The Too Much Choleste-roll has an amusing name but the ankimo was wasted being an inside ingredient. The avocado was providing enough fat on its own already. If ankimo is just there for fat it's kind of a waste of monkfish liver. And it's bland without the usual ponzu and other traditional ankimo accoutrements.Now, I adore uni. I will eat an entire tray myself in one sitting with nothing else. This uni looked gross and slimy and tasted like rubber.Tai kabutoni was overcooked to the point of being both mushy and dry at the same time, and the broth was also way too sweet. A shame because we love fish heads (we'll even take them to a movie, if you get the reference). Steamed or simmered fish is better at Leichi or even Hachi Juu Hachi (another Japanese restaurant that unfortunately suffers from lack of traffic).The unsweetened iced green tea was just regular hot green tea with ice dumped into it, resulting in basically cloudy lukewarm water. I'm not mad since they didn't charge us for it but my go-to sushi restaurant Sushi Gen's unsweetened iced green tea is made with real matcha powder and comes with free unlimited refills for $3.50. Just sayin'.I was so disappointed with the roller coaster of fish quality that I ended up not even ordering what I came for, kama toro/super fatty tuna.I'm used to "kama" as in "fish collar" being grilled, and the syntax being "x kama" with "kama" last, as in "hamachi kama" (yellowtail collar), etc. Why isn't it "toro kama"? (Or I guess "maguro kama," since "toro" is belly - but then "collar belly" doesn't make any more sense than "belly collar"...) And is collar really fattier than belly? I've had tuna collar sushi at a Japanese restaurant in the East bay but they didn't call it collar belly.Also too scared t
First time at Sushi Kei. Highly recommend this local, neighborhood sushi restaurant! They have a few Omakase choices, all reasonable priced. We sat at the bar and enjoyed conversing with Ryo, our sushi chef!
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The sushi is pretty good, but it’s very small. It’s as though they cut a piece of nigiri sushi in half - two small pieces for $8. Sorry, that’s a deal breaker.
Judy C.
Love this local hole in the wall. Fair prices for fresh sushi. I've only ordered to go so I can't say how service is inside. I ordered a bunch of nigiris which are ordered in pairs. My bf did get the pork katsu curry which wasn't the best, so I say stick to getting the sushi and rolls.
P. C.
It's a small family own restaurant, quality of foods was average, I have a sashimi lunch & it's very small portion of fish compared to 5 near by other Japanese restaurants also it's feel like the fish is from packaging service type of fish !
Clarice T.
Best sushi in town. I love love the sushi here. Traditional sushi and dishes. No pretentious just real stuff.
Chief are good servicer are friendly food are fresh better then those around boat sushi
Very nice little restaurant, really good sushi and not too expensive. Close to the airport.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 5
Service: 5
Very nice little place. Ok food, nice
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 3
Service: 4
Recommended dishes: Sushi
Probably the most underrated sushi place in the bay! Incredibly fresh.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Located in downtown Millbrae and unassuming from the outside, but fish freshness inside! Came here for a weekday dinner so it wasn't crowded and the servers were very polite. Miso soup was good but no tofu, and salad could've used more dressing. The Negitoro (fatty tuna, green onion) roll and there was wasabi inside, I enjoyed this. The Deluxe Sushi which included 8 pieces total - 2 pc tuna, yellowtail, halibut, salmon, shrimp, salmon roe, egg/tamago. The egg had a hint of sweetness. The yellowtail sashimi entree came with 10 pieces and soup & salad. Each piece of fish was fresh and delicious! I left feeling satisfied with, would come again to try their other dishes and specials.
This dining experience is so lovely. The atmosphere is quieter and relaxed. The sashimi tastes fresh and very high quality. I'm pleased to have found such a good chef by accident.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Sushi, Salmon Sashimi
Quiet, authentic sushi joint in downtown Millbrae. Everything we got was so good, including the small plates / apps (get the Gindara Misozuki). Our kids ate so much sushi and asked for more.
Very overpriced for the portions. Expect 50$ average at least per person which was just barely enough for us and we don't have big appetites.Food quality is shameful, we ordered a couple of rolls and it was falling apart, I've never seen that at any other Japanese restaurant.Almost false advertising based on what the menu says and what you get, for example, a roll would say it had uni or ikura and then you'd get it on a SINGLE piece in a roll, technically true, but despicable. We should've looked at pictures before ordering.Will not return, do not recommend.
Food here is amazing. To me its the best sushi in the Bay. Has a traditional restaurant feel. Sushi rice is perfect, compared to others that have strong vinegar taste. Master chef is from Hokkaido too. If you're in the area worth a try. Currently open for dinner hours only. Closed Sunday and Monday.
I really wanted to like this place because it's next to my favorite souffle pancake place Uni Souffle (now that Sweethoney doesn't seem to serve it anymore), and my favorite area Yelper gave it 5 stars in 2013, though for price (which obviously has changed a lot in 10 years), not quality.I also had high hopes because the complaints on here were not about the food. Mainly cost. The worst review was for takeout so I figured maybe the car ride was the culprit.But much of the food including the shari (sushi rice) was just too sweet for my taste. Plus the fish quality was so uneven.Ambiance: Maybe it was because it was early or because it was a weeknight, but it was empty the entire time. Not even a to-go order. I felt a little awkward with staff outnumbering us 3:2. Some of my favorite places have been very unbusy so this isn't a dealbreaker, but it does make me question how fresh the fish can possibly be. I also am concerned, for their sake, about the health of the business.Decor: There's a cute custom doormat with a picture that maybe one of their kids drew when they were little. That same drawing is on their front door. Inside is wall-to-wall mirrors, I guess to make the place feel larger but made me feel self-conscious being reflected all over from different angles like we were at a love hotel.Nigiri: The chuu toro (mid fatty tuna belly), hamachi (yellowtail), and hamachi toro (yellowtail belly) tasted fine. But the rest did not seem fresh: The hon maguro (akami) was pale for bluefin tuna, with bad texture; the salmon was mushy and fishy. Again the sushi rice was more sugary than vinegary. The pickled ginger was also more sweet than sour.The reviewer complaining about nigiri size obviously has never had real edomae sushi and has only had Americanized nigiri where a long piece of fish is draped over a tiny ball of rice and hangs off both ends like a wedding dress train, because the size was normal to me.Maki: Sabagari roll: way too sweet. Inevitable, as it started out using that too-sweet pickled ginger, plus the too-sweet shari. The sweetness was so overpowering I can't evaluate the mackerel's quality.The Too Much Choleste-roll has an amusing name but the ankimo was wasted being an inside ingredient. The avocado was providing enough fat on its own already. If ankimo is just there for fat it's kind of a waste of monkfish liver. And it's bland without the usual ponzu and other traditional ankimo accoutrements.Now, I adore uni. I will eat an entire tray myself in one sitting with nothing else. This uni looked gross and slimy and tasted like rubber.Tai kabutoni was overcooked to the point of being both mushy and dry at the same time, and the broth was also way too sweet. A shame because we love fish heads (we'll even take them to a movie, if you get the reference). Steamed or simmered fish is better at Leichi or even Hachi Juu Hachi (another Japanese restaurant that unfortunately suffers from lack of traffic).The unsweetened iced green tea was just regular hot green tea with ice dumped into it, resulting in basically cloudy lukewarm water. I'm not mad since they didn't charge us for it but my go-to sushi restaurant Sushi Gen's unsweetened iced green tea is made with real matcha powder and comes with free unlimited refills for $3.50. Just sayin'.I was so disappointed with the roller coaster of fish quality that I ended up not even ordering what I came for, kama toro/super fatty tuna.I'm used to "kama" as in "fish collar" being grilled, and the syntax being "x kama" with "kama" last, as in "hamachi kama" (yellowtail collar), etc. Why isn't it "toro kama"? (Or I guess "maguro kama," since "toro" is belly - but then "collar belly" doesn't make any more sense than "belly collar"...) And is collar really fattier than belly? I've had tuna collar sushi at a Japanese restaurant in the East bay but they didn't call it collar belly.Also too scared t
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 3
Service: 5
Restaurantji Recommends
First time at Sushi Kei. Highly recommend this local, neighborhood sushi restaurant! They have a few Omakase choices, all reasonable priced. We sat at the bar and enjoyed conversing with Ryo, our sushi chef!
The sushi is pretty good, but it’s very small. It’s as though they cut a piece of nigiri sushi in half - two small pieces for $8. Sorry, that’s a deal breaker.
Love this local hole in the wall. Fair prices for fresh sushi. I've only ordered to go so I can't say how service is inside. I ordered a bunch of nigiris which are ordered in pairs. My bf did get the pork katsu curry which wasn't the best, so I say stick to getting the sushi and rolls.
It's a small family own restaurant, quality of foods was average, I have a sashimi lunch & it's very small portion of fish compared to 5 near by other Japanese restaurants also it's feel like the fish is from packaging service type of fish !
Best sushi in town. I love love the sushi here. Traditional sushi and dishes. No pretentious just real stuff.