Pretty good ramen shop. I usually don't like ramen because of how heavy and creamy it can be, but…read morethe Amber ramen here was perfect for me. Toasty noodles, flavorful soup, and portioned just right. The poke bowl was just OK, and they forgot to put eggs in two out of three of our bowls. However, they were quick to remedy when asked so appreciated that. Service is just alright too. It took a minute for the staff to acknowledge and seat our group, and they didn't check on our table very much. Overall, I recommend this spot!

More of a 2 star from Bay Area standards, but most of the food we tried around this area was rather…read moremid, including Rakkan Ramen. The only thing that was decent was the broth from the spicy garnet (miso) ramen. The quartz ramen looked nice, but the flavor was really mild, similar to diluted instant ramen packets. The stuff in the ramen weren't that great tastewise. The spicy miso wasn't really spicy at all, and the flavor wasn't too bad. The stuff in there was ok at best, but really not great. We also tried one of the pork buns and it was disappointing for what it was. A single one, didn't taste so great, and spicy for what it was. The salmon poke bowl looked nice, but over warm rice? Ugh ruined it lol. The nigiri Aburi assorted thing looked so good in the photos, but was rather bland. Popular place, nice interior. First come, first served. Service was good after we were seated. Food came out pretty fast, and waters were refilled. Nice spot, but wasn't into the food.

Had a yummy meal. Owner friendly…read more The employees also friendly. Some were in training... Good luck girls!! Your doing a great job!! Suggestion.... A little siign on the bar that prohibited phone TALKING in the restaurant would be great. Some people just don't get the memo.... Thank you for my great meal and we will be back . B

The food is so good. Definitely my favorite sushi joint in Truckee. Vibe is awesome too.read more

The Smoke Door be smokin'!…read more Seriously, the best meal we've had since we can remember. It was my fiance's birthday, so we splurged for the ten course dinner, as I knew he'd enjoy it even though I knew I'd be bursting at the seams. The ten course will set you back $218/pp. They also offer a six course tasting menu and an à la carte menu. Every course was thoughtfully prepared, thoroughly explained and totally delicious! One of our favorites was the A4 Wagyu with fresh horseradish grated tableside. The amberjack from the Toyosu market in Tokyo was also top notch. 22% automatic service charge, but you can change it or ask them to take it off the bill. Christina was our main server and she was a joy, along with the rest of the staff. Would definitely recommend Smoke Door if you're in or visiting the Tahoe area. We loved it!

It's been awhile since we've been back and all I have to say is WOWW!…read more From the moment we walked in everyone was so friendly and they remembered our dietaries from our previous visit! We dined at the bar for the 10 course and was such a fun experience. Greg was taking care of us and he was so personable and funny. Food - There were some new items like the tsukune, which is a familiar chicken meatball at yakitori restaurants. This was in our top favorites of the night. The meat is so succulent and flavorful! The shiso and ginger flavor was amazing. But, the lotus root really gave it texture which was a nice contrast. Seriously 100/10 Summer Squash - this was so lovely. The sauce was made out of sake lees!!! They said they are getting it from a local sake brewery in Oakland. The flavors were amazing and had an incredible sesame togarashi oil on top texturally so fun to enjoy with the squash blossom and pumpkin seed furikake 11/10! NOW the desserts! Kakigori which was yellow watermelon and pineapple with little black sesame mocha on top! Looks unassuming but when you take a bite it was so delicious and such a great palate cleanser. I wanted more.. 12/10 Our favorite of the night was the Rice cream sundae. They said it was rice with coconut milk, but had little wild Rice Krispie treats with SMOKED BUTTER like WHATTTTT?!? So so so f-ing delicious. And what can be better than that? A miso caramel drizzled on top!!! 1000/10 Everything from the cocktails, food, and service was amazing as always. We can't wait to return and try the à la carte menu.

When in Tahoe; this is a great Japanese-food craving…read morerestaurant to eat at. Menu covers a lot; sushi, rolls, pairs, sashimis. And even a cucumber salad that contained sushi, which I ordered. Mmmmm. Teriyaki's, short-ribs, & traditional tempura was delicious and generous. Been here 3 times now; bought a t-shirt on the second visit. Didnt see any shirts on display this last visit. Service IS great, from host, server, to the other folks who presented our food. This place is definitely a Lake Tahoe staple. Thank you folks for another great memory.

Happy Hour is Monday, Thursday , Friday 4:30-6! It's a great way to check out the menu and some…read morerolls are close to half off! Off the Hook has been here for many years and seems to always have a steady crowd. We waited around 25 minutes for a table so I recommend you show up a tad early for happy hour. We tried the Rock & Roll, Slammin Salmon and Three Wise Men. All were pretty solid but I'd say a 3/5 for me on the sushi scale.

Didn't have a sushi, but the Bubba was great and nice family atmosphere. Got the passion fruit…read moreBubba and sister got the milk tea both liked it.

Right in Kings Beach, Asian Vibes is an easy stop near the water if you're already in the area…read more Inside is simple and casual. Clean and comfortable, with a lot of eclectic and funny signs throughout. Feels more like a quick meal spot than somewhere you'd stay a while. Service was good. Everyone was friendly and things ran smoothly. We had the tuna summer roll, fried gyoza, shoyu ramen, and tonkatsu ramen. The summer roll was fresh but pretty standard. The gyoza had a nice crisp, but the filling was just okay. The shoyu ramen was light but a little flat, and the tonkatsu ramen was richer but didn't really stand out. Prices felt a bit high for the quality, but that's pretty typical for Tahoe and tourist areas. Overall, it's a convenient option with good service.

We decided to check this place out since it was close to our timeshare. If you are staying at the…read moreWorldmark South Shore and show your room key, you get 5% off your order. The restaurant looks like your classic sushi restaurant. There is plenty of space and they can accommodate larger parties. Our servers were nice and very polite. They were a little busy when we got there, but didn't have to wait too long to order and get our food. The food was good overall. It beats my expectations since I wasn't expediting really good sushi in a place where it might take some time to get fresh food. Overall, I would recommend going here since I would actually come back the next time I got up to Tahoe for the weekend.

Harumi Sushi is located in the Safeway center just down the road from Kingsbury Grade. The host and…read moreservers were very friendly and welcoming. We were seated immediately on a Sunday at 6 pm. The restaurant was clean and has both indoor and outdoor seating. We ordered a house salad, sashimi and two rolls. Our meal also came with miso soup. The miso soup had a fair taste and was very light on the tofu, green onions and greens. The salad dressing also had a fair taste - nothing extraordinary. We ordered the nine piece sashimi. The salmon was fresh and tasty. The tuna was also fresh and tasty, but it had a green sauce on top that we both did not care for. The Hamachi was ice cold and tasteless. The best roll was a baked roll with crab and avocado and lobster on top. It was absolutely delicious. The Carnation roll was crab and avocado wrapped in tuna and salmon with tobiko and a tempura scallop on top of each cut roll. The roll itself was average, but the warm tempura scallop on top was delicious! The sauce was a spicy mayo and Unagi sauce. We did like the fact the rice was rolled thinner on the rolls. The menu had a great variety of appetizers, sashimi, sushi rolls, and specialty rolls. There were also Korean dishes that looked yummy. We may come back to try other items on the menu, but the sushi was hit and miss. If we could, we would give this restaurant a 3.5 star rating.

This place and the Drunken Monkey are the Best Sushi restaurants in the Tahoe/Reno area without a…read moredoubt. This restaurant's dishes are Amazing with Great Service. If you like Sushi you HAVE to try this place out. It's not an AYCE and your paying for the quality fish but it's well worth the price.

3/5 -- Great food, but an extremely strange experience with management…read more We were visiting South Lake Tahoe with friends and decided to try The Naked Fish. There were seven of us, three children, and the restaurant was busy, so we expected a wait. My friend and I, both in our late 40s, decided to grab cocktails at the bar while our dates stayed with the kids. We asked the hostess where we could go, and she specifically directed us to another bar toward the back because it was less busy. We followed her directions. As we walked toward the other bar, a female employee with dark hair, an arm sleeve tattoo and a sushi roll in her hand stopped my friend and asked, "Where are you going?" He explained we were going to the other bar. She then asked, "Did someone tell you to go to that bar?" He replied, "Yes." That was absolutely true. The front staff had just directed us there. The interaction was odd enough that we wondered why she seemed concerned about two customers simply going to a bar we had been told to use. We eventually found the second bar in a small, dimly lit room behind a sliding door. We were talking about the strange interaction when that same woman walked in and turned out to be one of the bartenders. My friend said, "Hey, glad to see you again." She clearly didn't seem amused. We ordered two Old Fashioneds for ourselves and cocktails for our dates. She asked, "So you guys just want lemon drops or Old Fashioneds?" We explained the Old Fashioneds were for us and the lemon drops were for our dates. She then told us she couldn't make the drinks for our dates because California law required her to see IDs for everyone. Fine. We ordered only the Old Fashioneds and planned to have our dates order their own drinks. The strange part? After telling us she needed IDs, she never carded either one of us. She made the Old Fashioneds without asking what bourbon we preferred. After what seemed like a very long preparation, she handed them to us. She asked my friend, "What do you think?" He replied, "It's OK." She responded, "It's just OK?" He again said, "It's OK." She appeared frustrated and said, "Well, people compliment this drink all the time, but if you want me to make another, I will." I tried mine and agreed. It wasn't terrible, but it wasn't particularly impressive either. The hot, charred orange wheel and sugar were not what I would consider ideal for an Old Fashioned. We got our bill and returned to our dates. Later, our dates went to the bar themselves. Their experience was completely different. They said the same bartender was friendly and welcoming and made them excellent drinks. She even made two new Old Fashioneds for us on the house. To her credit, the second drinks were considerably better -- properly prepared with an orange peel twist and a much better balance of sweetness and bourbon. We were told they were made with "top shelf" bourbon. We also learned that the bartender was apparently the assistant manager. Our table server later mentioned that this wasn't the first time she'd heard complaints about that particular manager's service and attitude. I want to be fair: our table server was excellent, and the food was delicious. Everyone enjoyed their meals. Prices are on the higher side and the dishes came out somewhat randomly, but the food itself was very good. I don't have a problem with the restaurant's style, tattoos, piercings, or atmosphere. That's simply their vibe. What bothered me was being treated as though we shouldn't be going to an area we had specifically been directed to by the hostess, followed by an extremely uncomfortable interaction with the bartender. I've had drinks in bars all over the world, and I've rarely experienced a bartender who made me feel so unwelcome when we had done absolutely nothing wrong. We were simply two middle-aged guys, dressed nicely, trying to grab drinks for ourselves and our dates while waiting for our table. Maybe it was a misunderstanding. Maybe she was having a bad night. I honestly don't know. But being questioned with "Did someone tell you to go to that bar?", then told IDs were required for everyone, only to have neither of us actually carded, left us scratching our heads. When the person creating that experience is an assistant manager, that's particularly concerning. Good food. Great table service. But an incredibly strange and uncomfortable experience with the assistant manager that overshadowed what otherwise could have been a very enjoyable evening. P.S. The assistant manager/bartender made us feel as if she thought we might be officers undercover or that we had some reason to be there other than simply having drinks. I am a 24-year Air Force retiree, and my buddy is a highly decorated Marine retiree with a Purple Heart. We just wanted a couple of drinks for ourselves and our partners, something we do everywhere in California without unnecessary conflict.

Came back with some friends from Vegas and we ordered the following:…read more Ordered: - Tokyo Fried Chicken Thigh and Spicy Mayo: This is so good! It's perfectly crisp 5/5 - Hamachi and Asian Pear and Aji Amarillo: fish is fresh, pear is good, and the cubed soy sauce all work surprisingly well together 5/5 - Ten layer Pork Tonkatsu and Black garlic: I love the hint of wasabi flavor, but you don't actually feel the spiciness of it. 5/5 - Chicken Skin Skewers: very crispy and thin on the outside and soft on the inside. 5/5 - Chicken Thigh Skewers: the chicken is not dry at all and the green onions helps bring out the flavor more 5/5 - Bone Broth ramen: pork is great, but the noodles, and broth tastes like a wonton soup . The egg yolk tasted different 3/5 - Battleship: the fries are thin and crispy which I love. The cheese balls and meat are good. The curry is good and it should come with a bowl of rice 5/5 - Gyoza: it's more a dumpling, a little too acidic but the meat is very flavorful 4/5 There was no wait this time on a Friday evening. I feel like the music is still too loud, but I enjoy the environment. The staff are always attentive and quick. This was a much better experience, than the first time I came here. However, the prices are still high for the amount of food served.

Took me long enough, but I finnaly stopped by Kauboi Izakaya…read more Walking in, I do like how this place looks. Great way to repurpose an older building in Midtown. Parking is fairly easy, with plenty of street spaces nearby, and an easy walk if you're already hanging around the neighborhood. The service was friendly and fairly prompt, and even for a weekday night the place was bustling, leading to a bit of a backup. Cool vibes all around, and it's neat to sit at the bar and watch the chefs do their thing. Though it does mean this is a little bit on the noisy side. Look at the menu, and there are tons of tempting options. As the name suggests, their specialty here is small plate off the grill or out fo the fryer. But they do serve really good-looking ramen, too, which I will make not to try next time I swing by. I at first went with a quick bite of grilled chicken thighs, which were just amazing! They were juicy, eprfectly seared, with some grilled green onions and an amazing sweet soy sauce. I also went with the yakionigiri, which are balls of rice that are grilled, brushed with sauce, and topped with a sort of mango slaw. A bit uncommon, but wow, these were also just so delicious! Also had a glass of sake, though they have a full bar should you want some other sort of beverage. Prices here are, I feel, a little on the higher end for small plates. However, I think it is definitely worth coming and trying this place out at least once or twice, just to expereince some of the good food. I'm sorry it took me so long to finally step through the doors, but I am certain I will be back again to try more of what's on the menu.

Very easy to work with, on time and the food was great. We hired Conrad for a bachelor party in…read moreTahoe and we highly recommend for a large group. Good rice, good fish, and kept the kitchen super clean. Would definitely use again!

Conrad asked our group what we were looking for in our sushi feast and he delivered 10x. We went…read moreinto this thinking it would be a decent way to feed ten guys, not expecting it would be one of the best sushi dinners any of us have ever had. No joke, everything was top notch. The service was amazing. The fish was super fresh. The preparation was on point with the best sushi restaurants in the world, and it just kept coming and coming. Was it cheap? nope. Was it worth it? 100% yes. Would recommend to anybody looking for top notch sushi in Tahoe.

Awesome good! Awesome people! Definitely one of my best experiences at Tahoe! Really appreciate it!read more

This service is so great and the food is amazing! You can't miss it in Truckee!! Will definitely…read morecome back.