I was a little disappointed because the restaurant looks so good from the outside and seems like a good place to go with a group of people. They have a reputation for high pricing, but since I was only getting two cut rolls to go, figured it would be okay. The spicy tuna roll was not very spicy and the salmon roll was so so. The rice was kind of sweet. Prices were a couple of bucks higher than Sushi Monster down the street and the rolls were not nearly as tasty. Presentation was nice. Probably wouldn't come back unless had a specific reason to. read more

Blue Fish - Two cut rolls to go $16+tip August 2019 - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

Wow !!! we had been here in the past but this place has gone downhill and we will most likely not be back. How stupid do you have to be to be TOO CHEAP FOR YOUR OWN GOOD ??? this place will not pass any health department test I guarantee it! We had to tell them to turn on the Air Conditioning, the place doesn't feel clean, the floors need to be power washed along with the bathrooms. What worse is they brought out a more expensive bottle of Sake and Charged us $15 more for it on purpose and refused to fix it. Crooks !!! Check your receipt before paying if you go to this dump! read more

I grew up and lived in La Canada for over 30 years. Moved away 25 years ago but return to La Canada/Montrose on occasion to visit family & friends. I guess what I'm saying is I know the area. Became a sushi fan 6 years ago and now I'm a Blue Fish Fan. Blue Fish is hands down the best sushi and sushi restaurant I have ever been to. I have been there 3 times in the past 30 days, which tells you how good it is. Sushi-Let me start with the sushi (see my picture). I ordered the Lady Bug (with soy) and the Spicy Yellowtail Roll. The Lady Bug melted in my mouth. The Spicy Yellowtail was perfectly/moderately spicy. Not hot. 3 words about their sushi: FRESH, FRESH, FRESH! Service-Phenomenal! The servers are sweet, want you to be happy and frequently check back with you to make sure you have everything you need. Lots of servers walking around to help you. You will never have to ask or wait for anything. They are totally on top of it. Also, love the free fresh orange dessert that helps you clean the palate. Ambiance-The restaurant is clean with an upscale decor and professional staff. The ambiance of Montrose, before or after your meal is so small town. Everyone walking around is smiling and happy. What a concept. You will feel like your on vacation. If you don't love this place, I will be shocked... read more

Blue Fish - Lady Bug up front. Spicy Yellowtail in the back. Amazing! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

Came in for a nice lunch on my day off, the place is really cute and has great afternoon light. The staff were all amazing, very attentive. The prices are a little higher than most sushi places around this area but the quality and freshness matches the cost increase. They have a nice selection of craft beers and a pretty extensive menu. The presentation of the sushi is just beautiful. read more

Blue Fish - Halibut and salmon - Sushi & Sushi Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

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Horrible services. Walked in around 3:30 for a late lunch. Their lunch menu was super limited. We ordered spicy edamame (based on the servers recommendation), baked mussels, spicy tuna, dragon roll, green salad and protein roll. We got the protein roll first, salad next, then spicy tuna, then edamame then the dragon roll. Edamame should come first but it came almost last. There was a piece of grey fish skin in the salad mussels were so hard and super chewy but the dressing on top was good. Edamame was horrible, spicy tuna was very basic, protein roll was ok but you couldn't eat it in one piece. Dragon roll was ok. The servers were terrible, she came and asked us "how's everything" and walked away while we were trying to ask her for more green tea. The table next to us also looked so mad cause their food took forever and they left without even getting their food and asked for their check. They brought our check and came to our table 3 times to get the money. Won't be returning ever!!! read more

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Had the "Shat Love" here and it was a delicious shrimp tempura roll with fried onions. Delicious! Good standard Sushi place. Would revisit again. read more

Blue Fish - "Shat Love" - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

Blue Fish is like home to me. It's the first place I ever tried sushi and I absolutely fell in love. This was many many moons ago but I've been consistently coming to Blue Fish for over 15 years. Yes the owners have changed and the restaurant has made some changes over the years but the food has stayed consistently solid. I was reading some of the reviews about rude wait staff but I have always been greeted warmly when coming here. The restaurant is a bit small and can get very cramped during the busy peek hours. You can call ahead of time and they will be more than happy to tell you how long the wait is. Put your name down and walk along Montrose it's nice little street. read more

Great service, good rolls but not great. I tried the thai shrimp roll. Great in theory, but they used chunky peanut butter which was way too sticky and dry. I'd suggest using creamy peanut butter and mixing it with peanut oil to make more of a sauce. The coconut shrimp was also burnt and the tails were still in it, meaning I had to take them out of the roll which made it fall apart. Not user friendly! The other rolls we got were good, not that memorable though. read more

Blue Fish - Thai shrimp roll. Not good - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

Wednesday at 1:00pm... a very slow afternoon... they didn't see me standing by their sign for seating, order for 2 rolls took 45 minutes. I just can't get past it. crazy . I should have left when I saw their sign be patient they are short staffed due to Covid. Dear manager.... get with it. read more

I hate writing bad reviews especially for local businesses but we had such a horrible experience here. We live in the area and usually go to Sakana on foothill but wanted to try somewhere new. The food here was inedible and service was non existent. 2 stars because the restaurant itself is nice and is one of the few sushi spots with outdoor seating. read more

This place used to be my favorite sushi spot, went bacon yesterday and man was I disappointed, first of all, the quality of the fish has completely changed, the service is absolutely horrible, I placed my order and the lady asked me can you please pay now, fine what ever, secondly they bring all the food out in plastic containers now, paid over a 100 dollars to eat in plastic containers and paper plates, no thank you. I will take my business else where read more

My son chose where he wanted to go and I think it will be my last time going to Blue Fish. Most of the time the service isn't good. My water was not refilled and our waiter never checked on my son and I once. The prices are too high and they have no lunch specials on the weekend. We got one roll, one small order of vegetable tempura, a small green salad and a miso soup for $32.00. I won't be back. read more

Blue Fish - Dinky order of vegetable tempura for $9 - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

I've been here twice now because there's really not much of a variety for decent sushi in Glendale. It's also located in a quaint area where it's lovely to walk around at night. Here's what I had: POPCORN LOBSTER (Half Order) - $9.95 Deep fried lobster with house special sauce. I came here to try this. It was amazing. I'm not a fan of lobster but if you deep fry it in batter and serve it with a generous amount of creamy sweet and savory sauce, I will eat the heck out of it! This was really good and great to share...unless you don't plan on ordering anything else. I love sauce and I love it over crispy foods! I was tempted to pay $3 more for the full order, haha. SUPER-MAN BURRITO - $13.95 Crabmeat, salmon, tuna, avocado wrapped with a soy bean paper. This fresh roll was looked like one spring roll cut in half. It came with 2 dipping sauces (yay!) which were spicy mayo and some other sweet and spicy sauce. It was really good but kind of pricey for the amount. CATERPILLAR ROLL - $12.95 Fresh water eel and cucumber roll topped with avocado. It's one of those foods where you really can't go wrong with! It was full of avo and I was a happy camper! CREAMY YELLOWTAIL ROLL - $13.95 Deep fried jalapeño, avocado and crabmeat inside, chopped yellowtail mixed with masago and creamy sauce, finished with white sauce. More sauce goodness! This creamy roll was rich and creamy! I enjoyed it! SHAT LOVE - $14.95 Shrimp tempura, crab meat, avocado inside, seaweed albacore and crispy onion on top with house special sauce. We only ordered this because of the name, haha! But you know what, this shat love was pretty friggin good! Again, I love crispy food swimming in sauce! Ok so pretty much everything I ordered was creamy and delicious haha! As for price, it was on the pricier side. Service...well...for some reason our guy didn't check up on us at all...nor did he even look at us. It really felt like he was avoiding us actually, haha. Darn. read more

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Very expensive, but I keep coming back because their food is pretty decent and they have variety. From the many items on the menu that I have tried, my favorite was probably the kushi-yaki. They bring a grill over so that you can warm up the kushi-yaki over the grill. (see picture) Pricey but worth it and you can't find something like this around the area. I have also tried the eel bowl, which is more like eel over rice. I have to say that it is pretty good, but I think $17 for it is a bit too overpriced. Yellow tail collar is also pretty good here and the quality of the sashimi and sushi is probably the best in the area. The reason why I can't quite give this place over 3 stars is because of their price. Some dishes, I understand, but there are just some dishes that are questionable. The service here is always a hit or a miss as well. But if you are looking for a nice Japanese restaurant/ Izakaya around the area, Blue Fish isn't so bad~! read more

Blue Fish - Good quality Sashimi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

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This place is terrible. Not sure if it's because there isn't any other competition but terrible food. The tempura was not even cooked properly. The service was very rude and they seemed liked they didn't even want us there. There aren't even servers and you have to order at the front. To top it off the bathrooms in Tijuana are clean compared to these ones and ironically they act like they are very concerned with covid by the temp tests and plastic barriers. read more

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Good food fair prices and a great staff. Very attentive and polite. I'll comeback again since I work around the area. read more

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My only disappointment is not going to this place sooner, and it right under my nose. My friend and I were craving sushi last Saturday, and decided to give this place a try since it's so close to my house. As we walked in, they sat us right away. We went to the Izakaya section, and not to the regular restaurant. They're next door, separated by a wall anyway. We ordered edamame and miso soup as starters. The waiter also recommended the crispy rice tuna so we ordered that. Since I love spicy tuna we ordered the Anush Roll which had fresh spicy tuna over small California rolls along with fresh tomatoes cut on top. Then we ordered the Special Library Roll which has fresh albacore on top with small amount of caviar. And last but not least, we ordered the Fire Roll - I think that's what it was called. But it literally was on fire! They had a small amount of small on the side of the plate which was on fire. The presentation of their dishes were very neat, organized, and very appealing. The waiters could not have been more sweet. They checked on us often to make sure we were taken care of. One of them even spent some time with us saying some jokes and making us laugh. We left this place beyond satisfies and happy. I can not wait to take my family and friends. read more

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Really good lobster baked rolls called fire roll .!! Good customer service. Very trendy and nice ambiance read more

Blue Fish - Menu - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

The rudest staff. Made us so uncomfortable because they wanted us out right when they closed. We got the loud and rude hints. My husband and I live and work in Montrose and we will be sure to never come again. Shame. read more

Honestly, we used to love this place. Years ago. Every year we try to give it another chance and every time it disappoints worse than the time before. Just disgusting. The quality of the food is terrible! The rice has so much sugar in it that when you bite into a piece, it's like syrup seeping into your mouth! The fish felt watery and not fresh one bit. The shrimp was so gooey and soft and just mush. The avocado was probably the best part of the entire meal. With the prices the way they are, I absolutely will not be returning. read more

We ordered 4 dishes and the fish on all was not fresh. After having one bite of each it was all left untouched. Their rolls tasted awful. What was worse than that was when we gave the manager feedback she didn't seem to care about it. Nothing was offered. Not even an apology. Very disappointed and will never go there again read more

This place has completely lost their way with customers!!!! They were so disrespectful!!! We showed up with 2 people and requested a 4 person table. They had a bunch of tables open and could've easily let us two sit before all 4 arrived but NO! We had to walk away from them and wait somewhere else until the other two arrived! I told her, it's fine no one else is coming it's just us two, she said no!! Wtf? Racists?????? We can't get a table for two?!! We went to Sake on the other side of the street and they sat us down with NO PROBLEMS!! even upgraded my table to a 6 person table!!!! Wow!!! Never going back to blue fish ever again! read more

Food was Great Staff were Great EXCEPT the Manager I think Hanna or Anna She was very very Rude nobody on our table experienced anybody like her Out of nowhere She tells us that we should ask for stuff all at once which we couldn't since she was staying less then a millisecond to hear our request So I told her that then she turned to a whole different person piercing my eyes with her eyes the whole time and shaking her head and shaking her head to the staff And I told her not to be rude since we have done nothing wrong she started getting worse and flipping out other staff were apologizing and she kept confronting us I told her I'll talk to you on the side and she did not move wanted to stay in the middle of the door She was terrible never experienced a person like her nowhere read more

The food is delicious and the interior of the restaurant is very luxurious it was a wonderful dinner I wish visit next time again

We took the kids to grab some sushi tonight. We ordered a baked salmon roll, golden spicy tuna roll and the dynamite, and a few pieces of sushi. The other items were good, but the dynamite was not what I'm used to...it was kind of a salty mix of soy-saucy mushrooms, squid, and scallops. I would not order that again. read more

This place has no customer service, the waiter was acting like he was forced to have that job.I felt I was in an Italian restaurant ordering sushi. I had to ask multiple times for him to bring soy sauce and wasabi after our sushi was served. read more

It my favorite place for sushi. The fish is always fresh and yummy. I've always taken friends and it never disappointed. Service by Hanna is awesome. I also love that you can eat outside, so happy that they were able to keep the outside area post covid. read more

Finally stopped by to try this place out. They were full inside and it was almost 100 degrees outside. I said I would wait for inside since I'd pass out if I went outside. I have had skin cancer and am handicapped. It was just me. The woman said I could not wait inside and would have to wait outside. I explained the situation to her again. She insisted. I informed this discriminatory establishment they have lost a customer. read more

We are loyal customers since 20years and counting. It's like eating at your family house, as the staff really takes care of you. The food has always been fresh creative beautifully presented and of course delicious. Even when it's crazy busy the staff and management know how to handle a crowd and really make your eating experience amazing. We order take out a lot and also come in to eat a lot so we have lots of opportunities to see how this amazing business is managed. Thank you for being part of our family! read more

Have been here before, unfortunately this last time was quite unpleasant. Came in on a random Thursday, 7:30pm, wasn't busy, maybe a few tables. Finally got seated, had no problem waiting, but then barely got any service. Took a while to give our order, after waiting 45 minutes and not getting our order, while others around had been served and left, we asked them to cancel it. She said they were making it, then came back 5 minutes later and said they hadn't started it. They weren't nice, they weren't apologetic. Will get my sushi elsewhere. read more

So disappointed in this place today. Typically this place puts out pretty good sushi, with the service pretty good as well but tonight I was really shocked after they made a mistake and instead of making it right they cut corners making our sushi. We ordered, over the phone, 3 lobster cut rolls and 2 crispy rice spicy tuna items. The lady on the phone was difficult to understand so we said it 3 times "cut rolls cut rolls cut rolls please" for the lobster rolls. When we finally felt comfortable she understood we said thank you and she told us how long and hung up. Then I arrive to pick up and she immediately takes my card and charges it and doesn't bring back an itemized receipt. I the. Asked for it and she brought the food out and I got to my car and before I left I checked to make sure it was right, unfortunately the was not. They gave us 3 hand rolls. So I walked back and she took the 3 hand rolls back and I watched her bring to the sushi chefs. Then they passed off to someone in the back. And I could tell they were having the person in the back make them which isn't a problem since they were probably more prepared to expedite. The problem was my concern was they would take apart the 3 hand rolls to make the cut rolls. And I was right. The 3 cut rolls I ended up getting back were an absolute mess. Every one of them fell apart. Couldn't pick up a single one without the paper falling apart. And I'd say about 25% of the rolls didn't have any lobster in them, and some had half of little pieces. Hopefully the manager can reach out and try to make this right. I hope this is t the last time going here because it's close and usually good. read more

Best sushi on the block. They are a bit pricier but you get what you pay for. Always fresh. They are closed for a siesta like most of the sushi restaurants on Honolulu so make sure you plan around that. read more

The atmosphere is amazing, the people are friendly, and the food is so delicious. Highly recommended if you love sushi.

Yikes, I was here a couple of years ago and was not impressed. Decided to give a try again. We ordered a Bulgogi/Chicken combo, on the plate was a giant whole RAW mushroom and two large thick cut RAW carrot pieces (are these for the horses? Are they even washed?). What am I supposed to eat these with? They are not part of the cooked meats, they are completely raw, with no dressing/sauce. I couldn't even cut them with the only chopsticks they gave me. There was no respond from the kitchen after mentioning this to my server. Please, don't just "fill" the plate with scrap pieces from your kitchen. So careless. read more

Blue Fish - Raw mushroom, raw carrot thrown on the plate next to cooked meats. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

What a horrible experience and disappointment. Will never come back and don't recommend you do either. First of all, food was blah at most, to say it was nothing impressive is a compliment, it was actually not good and to think that for that they charge actually pretty medium high prices, it's not worth it at all. Secondly, the waiters are attitudy and rude. When we came in, there was no one waiting, they still made us check in on an iPad and then wait for 5 minutes outside even when the iPad said we are the only party there. All this is happening while there are 5 empty tables outside and 4 inside. Finally when we are seated, they bring the food wrong. We had ordered regular edamame and they brought Chili. Refused to take it back giving an excuse of Covid. I'm not sure how their mistake is our fault and how Covid impacts them taking their food back and not charging for something we didn't eat. And final straw that made me write this review is them coming and basically kicking us out. The food was still unfinished and they came asking us if we are ok, we said yes, less than one minute later they bring the check without us asking with an attitude. Again, this is when there is no one waiting and 9+ tables empty. Horrible place food and service. read more

Too bad, I used to like this place, but after a few years, it's become nothing special. Customer service could also use a facelift! At our last visit, despite dining outside of rush hour and the restaurant being mostly empty, our waitress was very pushy and almost rude. Once we were seated, she refused to leave us until we'd ordered our drinks. When we had questions about the menu, she gave one word answers and rushed us to pick something. She didn't make any recommendations nor try to engage with us in any way. Food. The baked/broiled yellow tail collar looked over done and smelled really old. Lucky my mom didn't get sick! The baked mussels didn't taste fresh. They loaded it with mayo and garnish to hide the strong sea flavor. The dynamite role might as well be called one soft shell crab leg California roll! The roll was mostly rice and barely had any imitation crab and vegetables. I couldn't even tell if the chef put any soft shell crab inside! The chicken bento box with veggie tempura was nothing special. The chicken was dry and very thin. Sushi rolls, can't remember which ones we've tried, but just like the baked mussels, they're loaded with sauce and other garnish to hide the lack of freshness. Only thing nice about this place is the atmosphere. I guess if you drank enough sake and beer, you can drown your tastebuds and actually enjoy this place. read more

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Didn't like what I ordered, and they refused to take it bk. Told them it tasted terrible.. Still charged me. Never going back!

I wish I could give this restaurant a higher rating. I've given this place several opportunities to redeem itself but it still needs improvements In many areas. First, the quality of the fish is not consistent. It really depends on the day you eat at the restaurant. Sometimes, the fish tastes like it was just thawed. Above all, the service is bad. read more

Blue Fish - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

Very good interior and exterior. A modest restaurant in its facilities but outstanding in everything else: very well prepared dishes, prepared at the moment, excellent service and very reasonable prices. Varied offer where Japanese cuisine stands out. Recommendable without reservation. read more

Blue Fish - Sushi Bars Near Me - Montrose, California

Dined here last week for lunch after visiting Descanso Gardens and man was this a huge mistake. The fish was not fresh and the rice tasted old. It didn't even taste like sushi rice. The tuna I got from my 5 piece sushi and sushi rolls combo was brownish. For $22.95, this has to be at a good level but it looked like there was no quality control at all and they were just selling leftover old fish. SMH. I hope the owner steps it up and not let this happen again. I am so not paying for leftover low quality fish especially if I am paying over $20 for a meal like this in this type of neighborhood. read more