An absolute go-to in Long Beach. Friendly staff, excellent food, and a great vibe to boot!

I'm so happy I was introduced to this place!! The staff were super awesome and made our experience so unique and fun. Aside from the amazing and fresh sashimi, very plate we got was better than the next. This is now my go to sushi spot, and I doubt another will top the experience you get here. MUST TRY! read more

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Awesome Sushi! What an experience to say the least. I came on a rainy night and it was bumping inside. Bumping to the point I saw the employees taking shots of alcohol with some of the guests. I don't know how professional that is... I raised my own concerns about food safety handling raw fish when under the influence. They were drinking quite a bit while I dined there. I ordered 4 rolls: Caterpillar roll Awesome roll Crunch roll I feel so lucky roll One order of egg rolls Milk tea Mango lemonade I did not try the caterpillars or crunch roll to comment on them. Neither the egg rolls. But the egg rolls say 4 pieces... they cut two regular egg rolls in half and called it 4 pieces. I had the I feel so lucky roll and I thought it was pretty good. It tasted like a saucier crunch roll. Of course the spicy mayo and eel sauce combo is a fave so it turned out really well. The awesome roll... is definitely for those that like sashimi. It's fish in and out so very very fishy. Nothing wrong with that. It just was not my forte. I had to def add ginger and wasabi to swallow it done. There was not really much flavor overall, just the texture and flavor of fish. I didn't finish the awesome roll and they took it off the bill. I thought that was really nice of them to do. The milk tea & mango lemonade were way too sweet for my liking. I thought there was definitely way too much sugar in it. Dial the sweetness back and I think they both would be really good. Service was quick, friendly, possibly under the influence. They have a parking lot leading to easy access to the establishment. read more

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Always great to visit this local sushi spot. This restaurant is in my local sushi rotation if I'm ever having cravings. Services is always great, staff is always friendly, sushi fresh and yummy. It is on the small side inside as it shares the same space as a repair shop next door. Music is just about right to be able to hear your own conversation. Some roll and special rolls can get heavy on the sauce but that's why I recommend a roll that doesn't have sauce so you can dip it in there Make sure to save room for DESSERT!! Favorites: volcano roll, kaleidoscope cucumber roll, salmon carpaccio, snow roll, house special dessert read more

Awesome Sushi - Friend ice cream - House special dessert - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

Omg the Earthquake Roll is the bizz spicy imitation crab but it taste amazing like real crab, fried scallops with a sauce that's amazing. Service amazing very nice and inviting. Its a small personal place counter seat Service very nice this is sushi at its best . read more

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We ordered a couple of rolls from the happy hour menu thinking it would be "smaller" portions but they were generous portion and very yummy! Everyone was so nice! Cindy was amazing! Get yourself a sake bomb and sushi! We will def be coming back! read more

As usual- AMAZING!! Food is fresh, consistent, and delicious. Always great customer service from the whole crew. Happy chill atmosphere. There may be a wait due to the compact space but lots of parking available. read more

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Just stopped by after wayyy too long and happy to report: Awesome Sushi is still fully awesome. One of the first spots I ever experienced wild, saucy rolls. They still have some of the best out there! Awesome Roll is the go-to. Beer specials, lunch specials, happy hour, amazing service and a delicious, fresh, fun menu. read more

Awesome Sushi will forever be my favorite sushi restaurant. I've come here for years and have always seen the same chefs & staff, and they always go above and beyond to make my wife and I feel welcome. I want to give a particular note of gratitude to Nina, who has allowed me to read and study at the sushi bar over the years, spend my birthdays here, and has allowed us to stay past closing on date nights. Awesome is a restraunt, yes, but also feels like a safe space. Also, did you know they recently added sushi burritos to the menu? LOVE! read more

Awesome Sushi - Green Dragon - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

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My first time there last night with a couple of my girlfriends and we didn't want to leave!! The sushi was so good and fresh and just... awesome! But you know what was more than awesome? The service!! Never have I felt so welcome and valued at a restaurant! Nena... or shall I say... Jennifer Lopez was amazing! Best part of my birthday for sure! She is so funny, kind, and just such a sweet lady that made her customers have a great time. We stayed for almost 4 hours and honestly, probably would have stayed longer if the kids weren't waiting at home! LOL! The ambiance was just perfect... best way and place to catch up with your friends over some delicious roll, sake, and tempura cheesecake! Thanks Awesome Sushi for an amazing dinner and evening! I'll be back soon... too much, maybe! read more

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Decided to drop by and check out the menu and I was instantly greeted by the staff who were friendly and helpful. The ambiance is quaint with a clean environment. They look to have a wide menu of items to select from and the owner generously gave me a Thai coffee to go for just stopping by! I will definitely be back when I'm in the area. read more

Awesome Sushi - Thai coffee - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

BEST sushi in Long Beach! We've had Awesome Sushi a handful of times (a few times dining in, a couple take-out) and we're always so happy and full at the end of our meal. Perfect spot for a date night. The restaurant has such a cool vibe and is always clean inside. The staff is very kind and professional, and the food itself is innovative AND delicious. Our favorites are the Awesome Roll, Call Me Babe Roll, Crazy Cal Roll, Love Your Smile Roll, and the Destiny of Love Roll (pretty spicy mango sauce, but the flavor is so good). We also like the cucumber salad and the salmon sashimi as appetizers. We'll keep coming here until we leave Long Beach -- and then we'll miss it! read more

Awesome Sushi - Crazy Cal and Awesome Roll - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

The service here is very attentive and friendly and fast. The Brilliant roll, salmon on a spicy crab roll, is a perfect combination of flavors. Their California roll is excellent. Their nigiri is very good. All the rolls and sushi pieces are fresh and flavorful and the rice for the rolls perfectly textured and prepared. The hamachi kama is subtly seasoned and perfectly tender and flavorful. This tiny corner restaurant, close enough to the airport and far away enough from the noise and frantic traffic is an ideal respite. The lunch specials are excellently priced. The rolls are a decent size so they can be filling. A great place to visit regularly and always find great quality food and comfortable space. Highly recommended! read more

love this place every time I come the food is delicious and service is amazing always a 10/10 read more

Headed to our FAVORITE restaurant in LBC- Awesome Sushi! Been coming here for SO many years! It's always a treat, with great people, great food, and a chance to experience Japanese-Thai collaboration. Sososo good! Just. Can't. Wait!!! read more

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I was having the single worst weeks of my entire life when I visited Awesome Sushi. I stopped by because they're the only place I know in LB that has Orion, my favorite beer, on tap. Too make a long story short, the wait staff and chef were so friendly and welcoming, I am sitting in the parking lot misty eyed. It was as if I walked in wearing a shirt that said "I need to be cared for." I am touched by the genuine comradely and good natured people who work here. I will be back, and root for them forever. read more

As I approached this quaint restaurant I was greeted by a young lady...very welcoming! Placed an order to go but didn't imagine... Quite disappointed with their lunch special. Ordered one of their specials which included...teriyaki chicken, rice, salad, gyoza, spicy tuna roll and miso soup. Tuna was fishy (could not finish), gyoza was ok and chicken was a bit tough (could not finish). Miso soup was delicious! $1.00 for spicy Mayo (flavor a bit bland). Was it a glitch? Not sure if I'll ever return. Thank you for the service! read more

Awesome Sushi This place hands down has the best sushi but just located in the worst spot, it's right by the airport and the planes flying over head are so loud. Once inside, you can't hear the planes which it a relief. The staff is friendly and attentive as well. I have only tired the sushi rolls. The sushi is fresh and flavorful. Their menu has different varies to choose from as well. There is a steady stream of people coming in but never packed to where you have to wait for a table. read more

Awesome Sushi - Immortal - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

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A long time sushi staple in Long Beach (since 2009), Awesome Sushi has a large menu, centered around their fresh fish, but also having selections for the non-sushi eaters in your party. There are quite a few lunch specials listed on their current and well designed website (check out the 'about us' tab), which is why we stopped in for lunch on a Monday afternoon, soon after their opening at 11 am. It is located in a free standalone building, with a dedicated lot of plentiful parking. Interestingly, they have remnants of a walk-up/pick-up window in the front (was this building a hamburger restaurant in a prior life?), and with the tinted glass not allowing you to see inside, we thought maybe they were either closed or only doing carry-out. But we found the nearby door, and once we entered, were greeted very warmly by the hostess/waitress and guided to a table for 4. There isn't too much seating inside (maybe 8 tables), so could see a wait during dinner time. The menu is large, with a lot of options on a 2 sided laminated 8x14 sheet. We got some ice water, which gave us time to peruse the menu. We placed our order, with the appetizer coming first along with the soup and salad, and then main entrees soon after. By using the Yelp check-in, we got 2 pieces of complementary Mochi ice cream. Spicy Edamame ($6.95) - A generous amount, well-seasoned. 2 Item Combo ($15.95 for lunch): beef teriyaki, white fish tempura. Comes with white rice topped with furikake , pre-dressed romaine lettuce salad, fresh cucumber pieces, miso soup. Everything except the soup came in a bento tray, with each compartment filled. The beef was sliced strip steak, generous in quantity and decent quality. The white fish tempura was OK...bit greasy and needing to be eaten right away. It had been topped with various maki sauces, which made it a bit soggy. Probably not the best representation of what they can do with tempura. Seared Tuna Lunch Bowl ($15.95 only available from 11 - 3:30 M-F): Came with 5 thick slices of ahi tuna, nicely seared and seasoned on the outside, very raw on the inside. It sat on a bed of white rice, along with various greens, and a lot of homemade onion strings/straws. The dish was expertly put together, with the preparation of the fish top-notch. The fish quality was good...it's been a while since I've had seared tuna, and this version reminded me that I needed to go back to it whenever I can. Salmon Collar ($10.95) - first time having salmon collar. Have had tuna collar and yellowtail collar before, so wanted to see what the salmon version would be like. It was good, tasted like a salmon steak, except it was a bit more crumbly. There really wasn't any nooks/cranies where you could grab the best tasting fish pieces. Mango, strawberry ice cream mochi. - it was cutely decorated and was a good bite or two to finish off our meal. Service was excellent and full throughout, and the check was given and paid at the table. The value was top-notch. As my wife and I were leaving to walk back to our car, we remarked to each other: "THAT was really good"...made the rest of our day that much better. read more

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This place is indeed awesome. Came on a late Monday evening and it was busy! Almost all tables were full. We were seated right away and started browsing the menu. There's a large variety of options, but I went straight for the specialty rolls. I ended up getting 2 rolls, one XOXO and one love your smile. Both were fantastic. They came out quickly, and tasted fresh. Overall I had a great experience here and would come back. It's not really cheap, but good sushi places typically aren't. For a reference point, our total was almost exactly $100 after tax and tip. Together we had 2 bottled beers and 4 specialty roles. The restaurant is a bit tight and a little cramped, but the food more than makes up for any discomfort. I'd definitely consider coming back here if in town again. read more

Awesome Sushi - Drink menu - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

Though I'd drop in for for some Togo sushi... This place... Came at 8:20 and was told "we close 830".

For years I passed this place. I didn't want to eat sushi that was next to a smog shop. But my sister told me this place was really good . So when my hubbs and I were driving around trying to decide what to have for dinner we decided to stop in and try Awesome Sushi. They did not disappoint. Hubbs had the salmon poki and the soft shell crab I ordered the Velvet Voice roll and the mixed veggie tempura. Wow! So delicious. Can't believe I've passed this place so many times. Tiny hole in the wall atmosphere with Enormously friendly staff! Definitely going back! read more

Awesome Sushi - Salmon poki, veggie tempura, velvet voice roll. - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

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BEST SUSHI EVER! The food was the best and the service was great! Little corner place with good ambiance! read more

Awesome Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

Ordered for the first time through door dash and was pleasantly surprised! The to go packaging was great and handled with care. Everything stayed warm and crispy. We got two rolls, egg rolls, spicy edamame, mixed tempura, and a chicken bowl. I could eat that spicy edamame every day - good flavor but not too spicy. The mixed tempura was also great and would order that again. I'm pregnant so we got the crunch roll and the NY roll. The steak on the NY roll was lightly seared on one side and raw on the other so we took it off and cooked it to be safe. The miso soup was also very good and not too salty. I don't think I would order the chicken bowl again though. While the chicken was good quality, the sauce congealed and was unappealing and had a bit of an add flavor to it. Maybe I would order again without sauce if I was eating at home, but we do want to eat in the restaurant soon. Overall happy with our order! read more

Good service and fresh food. My friend and I went there for lunch and we got seated right away. Their lunch menu prices are really good and satisfying. Private parking lot. read more

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I needed to get my Honda crv smogged so I went next door to Awesome Sushi! Small but inviting atmosphere. Greeted right away I could sit anywhere. Menu is simple not complicated, felt like back home in Hawaii! I ordered a beef bowl, it came with my favorite soup Miso! Yes sa! Take a look at this meal very enticing isn't it! read more

Awesome Sushi - Miso Soup very good like back home! - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

The tempura and the gyoza were very good. I wasn't crazy about my avocado roll. The rice tasted old. My girlfriend loved her rolls so that was key. I didn't have a lot of options but I've had better sushi at other joints. The happy hour wasn't great either. read more

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Awesome Sushi was awesome. Fresh ingredients, fast & friendly service. Yellow collar: one of the best for the price. Light sear outside, moist, and tender me on the inside. Lots of meat. Roll and sashimi all perfection. Cute location. Visit on weekends before 3:30, there's discounts menu. read more

Awesome Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

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Amazing place for great sushi and sake. Great staffs, great food and very great atmosphere. Love love their sake bomb.

Amazing food with big portions! Love the staff, they are so friendly and helpful. The sushi was really fresh, can't beat it for the price! The miso soup is really flavorful too, make sure to grab a bowl! read more

Awesome Sushi - XOXO Roll (left) and the Awesome Roll (right). These two are our favorites so really recommend! - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

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When a place calls itself 'Awesome Sushi,' it better live up to the name--and this one certainly does. It delivers on that promise with delicious food, friendly staff, great atmosphere, and reasonable prices. Don't sleep on this spot--you're in for a real treat. read more

Awesome Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

OUTSTANDING. Fantastic service, Fantastic food, OUTSTANDING all around. Plus get your car smogged while u eat.

Awesome sushi??? More like best sushi !!!! My experience here was amazing !!!! Not only was the sushi good, but the quality of customer service was excellent, I felt like I was walking into a family member's house!!!!! They treated me so kind and nice. Little things matter and when they provided me with a phone stand so I could watch my show without of me asking was the cherry on top !!!' I recommend this place !!! The place is nice, clean and the people the work here are exceptionally nice and kind !!! I don't write reviews but I felt like this place deserved one!!! Thank you Awesome sushi !!!!! read more

awesome!! Awesome vibe, servers, and food. Absolutely hit the spot and was just a great environment, will definitely come back!! (Photos don't do it justice) read more

Awesome Sushi - Spicy Edamame, Rainbow Roll, Philly Roll, Unagi Roll - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

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The food is awesome and amazing. Great customer service . Good parking . And awesome views of the airplanes flying by

Amazing Sushi was truly amazing All the staff are so nice & welcoming. The food is really good too! My gf said they had the best tai tea shes tasted. Even my kids liked it & they are so picky. I put the chopsticks helper for kids on wrong & one of the workers saw & fixed it for my kids. They make you feel like family. Like one of those places you want to go back to because they are just so nice & make you feel welcomed. read more

Awesome Sushi - XOXO Roll - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

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What can I say? Pretty awesome sushi. They have a really filling lunch combo which you can choose a variety of which type of rolls you want and miso soup and salad for only $15. It was a great deal and we also opted to try the bluefin toro which I've never had. The bluefin toro was amazing, melt in your mouth fresh and one of the best sushi I've ever had. Everything was super yummy and we left super satisfied. The service was top notch, our server was great and took care of us really well with a great and positive attitude. Definitely will be back if I'm in the area. read more

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The combo comes with miso soup and a salad. Both of which were delicious. The salmon teriyaki was very moist and the sauce was very flavorful. The rice unfortunately was dry and not flavorful. The gyoza was underwhelming, and sadly the same goes for the California cut roll. Dry rice and the slices were too large. I hope they take the time to re-do these items because then this combo would such a delicious meal that I would come back for in the future. read more

Awesome Sushi - Lunch 3 Item Combo with salmon teriyaki, gyoza, and California cut roll - Japanese Near Me - Long Beach, California

One of our favorite place! You really can't go wrong with any of the rolls. The lunch plates are a great deal and a pretty good size. The combination plate is also amazing for picky eaters. Overall, one of our go to places near the Long Beach airport. read more

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We came on a Sunday afternoon for some yummy lunch. We received exceptional service from the woman running the show. I, unfortunately did not get her name, but she did say to call her whatever we want so she Jennifer Lopez for an hour or so. She was great and very friendly. I have passed by this place numerous times and would have never known how awesome the food and service really is. I do not eat seafood on a regular, so ended up getting the Bento box lunch special. It came with chicken teriyaki, a salad, rice, and sashimi. Now, that is what I am a fan of. Everything tasted great but I ended up trying the salmon teriyaki and that was even better. It was tender and great flavor. The dressing on the salad was a hit too. Whatever dressing they use, I am a huge fan! We ended up getting dessert because we were just enjoying the experience and the service we were receiving. The fried cheesecake was a hit. It had a great taste and had a chocolate drizzle that put it over the top. This place is pretty awesome so I will definitely be back for some AWESOMENESS!!!!See you next time J.Lo!!!! read more