Yuzu

The best in San Francisco. I've been craving for a clean and tasty sashimi for a while now but the Japanese stores I frequented served salmon that had an icky taste. Thankfully I found Yuzu, and it redefined Japanese food for me. GOod job! It's the best of the best for me.…

The best of the best. It's rare to find a place where every single dish you have keeps topping the next one that arrives. Fortunately for me, and my tummy, I think I've found one! Yuzu! Wonderfully simple yet elegant food that is as beautiful on the eyes as it is deliciously fabulous on your taste buds. We ordered so many dishes, where to I begin?

APPS:

Spicy Garlic Edamame (once you try this, you'll never go back to plain edameme again. Slightly sweet and spicy sauce covers this traditional snack favorite)

Goma-ae (chilled spinach with sesame dressing)

Unagi Tempura Salad (Fried unagi served over salad - OMG).

Assorted Tempura (with Black tiger shrimp)

SPECIAL ROLLS AND RAW DISHES:

Hamachi Poke (yellowtail tuna served over jasmine rice - just get this)

Rodeo roll(my favorite of the night. Seared Angus steak slices served over a mango and shiitake tempura roll. Seriously? YUM!)

Soft Shell Crab roll (need I say more?)

Fusion roll (scallops served over a shrimp tempura and unagi roll, with pistachio and a garlic aioli)

Green Dragon roll - special for the night, no idea what was in it, but it's topped with fresh avocado.

And one of the favorites of the evening (sorry, forgot the name) - fresh salmon rolled and topped with a special sauce and a slice of jalapeno, served on a delicate endive leaf. Beautiful.

COCKTAILS -

Ichigo (strawberry, guava juice and sake)

DESSERT (Yes, we actually had room for dessert this time, barely):

Sorbet Trio - Pom pomegranate, lemon-ginger, and chocolate-lavender

Creme Brulee Trio - green tea, vanilla bean, and ginger

Mochi Ice Cream Sampler - blueberry, peach, and chocolate-mint.

Sound good? I know it does. Does it make you hungry? Then get down to Yuzu!!! Really nice and comfortable atmosphere, friendly service, reasonable prices, and a menu where you just want to say, "I'll have one of everything."…

YUMMY YUMMY - Great place to hang out. I recently came to this yummy resturant with a friend. It was amazing! We ordered the green bean tempura fries that were too die for!!! You must try the spicy edamane - I have never had it like this -very tasty. The fusion & soft shell crab rolls are a must try. If you like prawns - get the tiger prawns - they melt in your mouth!!! The drinks we ordered were super yummy - the cucumber limeade & the pink bubbles. It was so good that we decided to bring our friends & make it a girls night out place to eat and drink and be merry! I almost forgot - the dessert is amazing - the trio sorbets are very tasty especially the apple flavor....thinking about it makes me want to run over right now! this place is better than the other sushi places in the marina…

Great quality sushi but at a price. I don't mean to be a sushi snob, but heck maybe i am. We don't partonize those boat type sushi joints unless my 3 year old daughter is having her fit. With that being said, we ordered off the 'today's specials' list. Aji (spanish mackarel, hirame (founder) and kampachi (amberjack) were on there so we tried some. Portion wise, the cuts were ok, enough to cover the rice. Not like the sizes we are used to at Sushi Bistro. The aji wasn't the best I've had, so as for it being on the specials list it was a little stretch. The hirame was good, and he did a little thing with some rock salt, lemon and daikon that was really nice. As far as rolls go, we had the Fusion roll. Different taste and good as well. I would recommend this roll. Scallop with shrimp tempura and avocado mixed with other goodies. YUM. The ankimo tataki was way over priced although had excellent presentation. Whatever you do, don't get the 'chef's choice sampler sushi'. Its just your typical sushi sampler, that you don't need a chef to decide what's in it. It had your staples - octopus, shrimp, salmon, tuna, amberjack and egg. Why would a chef choose those aside from them being your calmer sampler of sushi.

For drinks my wife tried the shochu sampler. 3 different types of shochu. Kinda like sake but made from barley instead of rice. I had a Japanese imported beer that I never saw in any sushi/Japanese restaurant here or in the US for that matter. The beer was good, smooth yet a little wheaty.

In the end, we ate quite a bit, but paid a hefty price for it. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give Yuzu a 7.5.…