Akiko's Sushi Bar

07/17/10

Small Spot, Amazing Sushi

by Casi C , Citysearch Contributor at Citysearch

This place only has 3 tables and a few seats at the bar. It is so worth the wait!!! The sushi is fresh and made with love. The absolute best roll is the Sumo Roll. Shrimp in the middle and tuna on top, along with an amazing garlic and lemon sauce. Too bad I had share this role with my friends. I definitely could have gobbled this one down all by myself. The Cucumber, asparagus, and crab salad is great too! A little hot sake to top it all off and you have yourself a great meal. Oh yea, and it's CHEAP!

• Pros: Sumo roll
• Cons: very little seating

07/16/10

Best Sushi in SF

by Lauren Hannah at Citysearch

I have been to a variety of sushi restaurants in San Francisco (and in LA, too) and this one is the best.

It's tiny -- there are only four tables in the whole restaurant, and there's the same lady making all the sushi every time I go. But, it's delicious.

The sushi is incredibly fresh and everything is made to order. My absolute favorite roll is the Sumo Roll, tuna, shrimp, lemon, garlic, heaven.

Favorite sushi bar in the city and totally reasonably priced.

• Pros: fresh, clean, small, homemade
• Cons: crowded, very little seating

08/21/09

Good food

by krisstopher at Citysearch

Just moved to the city and was searching for a good sushi place, it was very small (seats about 12) I ordered the terryaki chicken 4 pc. california roll special which I liked because I usually like my sushi with eel/unagi sauce but they put some kind or seasoning on the rice where it tastes great without. I also ordered the smoked salmon (Sake Maki) which was alright but, a bit dry (my boyfriend liked it).My boyfriend ordered the spicy salmon roll (only 2 pc.) both of us weren't too fond of it, it was a strange roll and the salmon was very mushy(shredded?). Also there were 2 things flying around that looked like mosquitoes or something that scared us but, overall i think I like the place my food was good and they didn't charge me for the glass I broke. I really wish there was more of a selection of rolls though.

• Pros: warm, woman sushi chef
• Cons: small, humid, mosquitoes?

05/23/09

oustanding sushi and a cheap price

by Mikazz at Citysearch

Visiting from Houston, found this hole in the wall sushi place that had the most outstanding sushi at a great price. 2 people ate for $50 ( 2 spider rools "12 pieces each", 6 pieces of sashimi, 2 miso soup). A place to try out for sure.

That Htown comin through yaoo ming

• Pros: high quality sushi, cheap, great service
• Cons: none

05/25/08

Great sushi

by ktino at Citysearch

I was looking for a place to try sushi while in the SF area, and came across Akiko's. My fiance and I decided to give it a try & were pleasantly surprised. The sushi was so fresh and was delicious! IWe loved the ambiance of the place, being a small "hole in the wall" type of place it made us feel at home. The staff was friendly and prices are also pretty good considering it was in the city. I will definitely be coming back here on my next trip to SF!!