My wife and I absolutely love the sushi here, however we have had many issues with their service. The servers are often inattentive and we have experienced very long waits when the restaurant was not busy (hour plus from order to getting our rolls). The last poor experience we had was with a table of 5 and all rolls came out at different times. From the 1st roll to the last there was over a 20 minute gap. My grandpa had to sit there and watch everyone else eat and when we were all done his roll came out and we waited for him to eat before we left. read more

Quick service, nice booth, good atmosphere, wait staff helped with suggestions... authentic atmosphere. We enjoyed! I get nervous eating seafood so far from the sea but it was fresh and good. Hipsters will love the music. read more

We were in Redding for a conference. Had a craving for sushi, so GLAD we found this place. The sushi was AMAZING!! Next time I'm in redding I know where I'm eating! read more

Kampai Sushi - Yummy! - Japanese Near Me - Redding, California

Found a bone and scale in my food. The bone was in the ginger... Which is even grosser than finding it in my fish. The sushi was awesome tasting though. And obviously fresh. The miso tofu soup was great, best I've had. All around great food and experience other than the scale and bone. read more

Kampai Sushi - Combination sushi with a California roll - Japanese Near Me - Redding, California

Welll here's my review of Kampai Sushi after visiting them several timesI: the food is delicious. Creative and tasty. Also you get a huge sushi roll which is really satisfying. The ONLY reason this restaurant gets ANY stars for me is the food. HOWEVER the service is absolutely terrible. Be prepared to wait no less than 30 minutes to an hour. The waitresses are either inexperienced or just plain rude. They have you seat yourself ( with a careless attitude) take forever to come get any order. Never refill drinks. Or stick around to see if you need anything extra. Our waitress brought our food quickly set it on the table and ran away. Seeing how there is not many tables in the restaurant and there were only two families and a few people at the bar, I see no excuse for such piss poor service. The other waitress could've just stayed home since we say her briefly twice, and as we were leaving I noticed her eating standing up in the kitchen, the busboy appeared to be stoned or something. He hardly did anything. I will not be eating here again. Sadly. read more

It was just ok not that good ... it was not that clean and service sucked. The food was overpriced for what you got and it definitely didn't match the description in the menu very disappointing. read more

The most disgusting restaurant in Redding. The waiting staff is horrible but the cooks were actually nice. I ate here last week and had a terrible time. AND I saw a cockroach. NOT COOL. don't eat here unless you want bugs along with your meal. read more

This used to be my favorite Sushi in town. The last four times I've eaten there the sushi gets worse. Last night I ordered $60 of take out and the only thing edible was the Miso. The rolls are cut so big it is impossible to eat. Both rolls I ordered had no flavor and the Kampai Roll was literally all rice. Very disappointing. I will not return. Waste of money. read more

Kampai Sushi is by far the BEST sushi restaurant I've ever been to. The food is always fresh! The staff are very friendly. I can't wait to go back to Kampai. If you love a mouthful of flavors, try the Goku roll, death roll, and monkey roll. I also love the tuna poki! read more

Been going here for years, great food and great service. Don't know what happened food is horrible and service went downhill. The last 2 times we went ordered got messed up, food was plane, service sucked. Not happy, not going there anymore. Need a new sushi place to go to now read more

Sushi in Redding CA? I vowed to never eat Sushi in the states! However, my friend Doug treated me to Kampai Sushi. I do not know what roll I ate and the next roll I cannot describe. They were so GOOD, I had to stop at two! I walked away full and satisfied. read more

This is an updated review after my previous review. I have since gone back twice and each time the fish has been better quality and and was actually pretty enjoyable. Ill definitely continue to keep coming to Kampai! read more

My family and I are new to the area, and we often go out for family dinners. Our favorite is sushi. Unfortunately, This was THE worst sushi experience we have ever had. The service was HORRIBLE. The food was mediocre. When the waitress brought the miso soup and salad, her finger was in my soup as she placed it in front of me. When I asked her for a new one, I was completely ignored. I ordered the "combination plate" for $20! I ordered the teriyaki chicken and California rolls as my two choices. The rolls were mostly rice and tons of cucumber and the chicken was very rubbery and cold. The waitress was an older lady and she was just mean. I took my family, and after my husband and I were served, my children had to wait another 10 minutes before their California rolls were served. We will never be back. Worst $100 I've ever spent. I would have put negative starts if I could have. read more

It was really tasty, but the service was awful. My boyfriend and I ordered udon soup and two rolls. It took us 50 minutes to get our food. There were three waitresses and it was a small place. They were rude and uninviting. Will probably only order out and not dine in again. Because the food was actually really tasty. read more

Sushi detour! We were headed back to Mt. Shasta from Sacramento last night and the last thing I wanted to do was cook dinner when we got home. Sushi sounded like a good plan so we got off I-5 and headed to Kampai. I was pretty much starving so I ordered sushi like a madwoman. Two Melissa rolls, Rainbow roll, Spider roll, French Salmon, French Tuna, Maguro , Hamachi, miso soup, and two bottles of sake. Yes I shared, although I probably could have eaten all of it! The new owners are doing a great job! Everthing was fresh and tasty except for the sauce on the French Salmon and French Tuna was a little thick. The Spider roll was delicious but it fell apart easily when trying to eat it. Other than that Kampai will probably always be my favorite sushi spot in Redding. read more

Sushi is actually pretty darn good but the service and time it takes to get your food is mind boggling. I've been here four times and it's good but there are much better options in town where my wife and I prefer. read more

The best sushi that Redding has to offer. Kampai has been in business forever, and their food is awesome. Husband and wife team, making consistently good, fresh food. Also the service is top-notch... Randy and his wife are really friendly and the waitresses have a tendency to stay on for years, ensuring that pretty much everyone knows you, even if you (like me, living so far away) can only manage to get here a couple times a year This is the place that started my love for sushi, and it's still on my list of "must go to" restaurants when I visit family in Redding. Especially good (though not very authentic) are their chicken rolls, but they've got killer udon and unagi too. They also serve Ramune and UCC canned coffee, for those hot redding days where hot tea just would be cruel. read more

Simply put...no, no, no and no. Run away. This ain't your daddy's sushi (especially if your name is Sato or Suzuki). Why 2 stars? Because there is far worse to be had in the area and I gauge by the location. I wish so hard that somewhere around here there's a slice of sashimi I can honestly give at least 3 stars to but alas, 'tis a fool's errand. Like shopping far carrots at the hardware store... read more

I am a local that lives just 5 minutes from Kampai Sushi plus a regular at Kampai for parties, events, and so on, and until tonight, it use to be my favorite sushi place in Redding. Besides the horrible service tonight and waiting forever for 3 expensive rolls to finally make there way to our table(which we have had many times before), the sushi was disgusting. (Got there at 5:13pm and did not get our food till past 6pm). The sushi rolls also came one at a time. Sadly the sushi rolls were warm which made the taste awful. If I was not so hungry we would not have ate them , and sent them back (probably would have been worst if we were not so hungry). Which now I regret because we feel awful after. We told our waitress, I will save the embarrassment and not mention her name, that the rolls tasted bad with the rice being warm. The rolls tasted real fishy and gross. All we get is a so sorry from our waitress and that they probably did not wait long enough to cool the rice. We told her we are regulars but apparently that does not mean anything here. She never even refilled my water in the hour time we were there so what could I expect. This actually upset me and my party so I have created a yelp account just to explain my disappointment, and I have never done this in the past. This will be the last time Kampai will ever get our business and it is too bad because I always bring guest from out of town and have big parties there. I just had Kobe for the first time and this will now be our new spot. Sorry Sam (the owner), you should respect all your customers and also make sure the sushi is right every time. We thought we had a good thing going on here. You just lost loyal customers. I can not get this bad experience off my mind without writing this. Thanks. read more

Never eating here again. Service was inattentive to put it mildly. Ordered sashimi and the fish was poor quality. To top it all off I saw a cockroach under our table! We brought this to the attention of three waitstaff and no one addressed it. I explained that I was too disgusted to finish my meal but we were left waiting an eternity without anyone apologizing or even bringing our bill. Unacceptable. read more

Huge menu with creative rolls. Definitely my favorite sushi bar north of Sacramento. Not too crowded on a Saturday night. Nice quaint atmosphere. read more

Very good, very fresh, pretty imaginative, VERY SMALL. Had never been here and had a very nice sushi dinner, and the price was quite reasonable. Four diners, two salads, lots of sushi and tempura, two large sakes, and only $80. Well worth it and I'd definately return. read more

Honestly one of the worst experiences I've had at a restaurant. The menu has 200+ items and is just plain confusing. Seemed as though there was only one waitress(who I actually felt bad for) and she didn't seemed a bit lost. It wasn't super busy and still waited an hour plus for food. Only got one soup out in that time and a plate of sushi( 4 pieces total) that was mediocre at best. Rice was too hot which warmed up the fish on top. Will not come back again. Do NOT recommend. read more

I am only visiting Redding, so I can't say if it's the best sushi in town, but it was a great place with delicious food and most importantly fresh fish! We sat at the sushi bar and ordered straight from the chef. He even made a special roll for my husband who is very picky. I was impressed by the quality and service. read more

Honestly will never come back to this restaurant. Prices are a little cheaper than Kobe and Tokyo Garden but the quality is way lower. They only had three other tables but waitress left us waiting for a few minutes after we put our menus down to order. We ordered 3 rolls, she only brought out 2 of them, left our menus on the table thru meal. I noticed the chef was on lunch, so I asked about our 3rd roll. "Woops, I guess I didn't put it in the computer, you still want it?" You only have a few other customers why didn't you notice we didn't get out whole order? Low quality food and shitty service. Just go to Kobe or Tokyo Garden. read more

I had Sushi here a couple of weeks ago. I love all kinds of Sushi, but it must be fresh. The Sushi here is very fresh and tasty your mouth is bursting with flavor. The atmosphere is friendly and warm. I can't wit to try all the other food this place has to offer. read more

This is now my favorite sushi restaurant in town. I have only tried their Chirashi Don, but it was excellent - better than I have found in several years - even in Sacramento. The starter salad was the freshest Japanese salad I've ever had. Fresh ingredients and excellent salad dressing, with the perfect amount, not drenched like the normal starter salad. read more

This place has the absolute worst customer service that I have ever had in Redding. For starters I called and ordered my food and they said it would be 15-20 minutes, I gave them 25 because I know sometimes it takes a little longer. There were only two parties in eating one was wrapping up to leave and the other was the owners family. I got in there 25 minutes after ordering and they still had not started my food!! I then had to wait 30 more minutes while they took their sweet ass time and were extremely rude. Then when I got home I didn't have all of the food we ordered. When I called back they were rude again and refused to let me speak to a manager. It bums me out because I really used to enjoy this place but after today's experience we will not be going back again. read more

The seating was limited for the number of customers showing up to eat at this sushi bar. They have expanded the restaurant once already to accomadate the popularity of their food. Service was a bit slow at first but then each dish came as we finished the last entree. The rolls were generous and well made with good visual appeal. The sauses on the sushi plates were unique for each roll so Individual flavors were distinguishable but also blended well together making my meal very enjoyable. The miso. Was very good and the tofu used was of good quality.freshness of ingredients was excellent. I definitely would go back. read more

We just got back from eating dinner at Kampai Sushi. We have been going there for years as we are locals. Tonight the owner was not there. We had salmon, hamachi and maguro sashimi. I also had an order of saba or mackerel. When we got all the orders of sashimi, they were so thin I thought that all I was eating was the smell. This place is awesome, but tonight we may have to rethink eating there. The amount we got was about as small as you could get and still get something to eat. Normally what you get is one piece that was as thick as two of the pieces we got tonight. Love this place, but tonight the servings were pretty thin. Maybe when the owner is there the serving sizes will be a little bit more generous. Still giving Kampai Sushi 5 stars, not for the serving sizes, but for the quality of the food. read more

I don't like to give bad reviews, but the high ratings for this place is just too misleading... pulled up on yelp and decided to stop in on our way home from WA. I'm wondering if all these 5 star reviews are even real because I've had good sushi, and this didn't even come close. these ppl must've been paid to give the 5 stars or they don't know what real sushi tastes like - and terrible service! the owner/sushi chef are not even Japanese. read more

Under cooked hamachi Kama started off mediocre visit here. With basic mistakes I am a little hesitant to continue dinning. Sake was good but atmosphere was basic. Another roll mill : ( read more

Good Fresh Fish and Friendly attentive staff. The "Death Roe" is my Favorite spicy roll. The Miso is good and not over salty. I will be back. read more

If you're idea of good sushi includes a mountain of mayonnaise on every roll, this place might be up your alley.

Went to this restaurant on New Years, I have been here 1 other time and the food was excellent. The food this time was just as good until I saw 2 cockroaches, one on the wall next to me and one on the seat when I got up. I told the manager and he did not seem surprised. It really freaked me out, cockroaches can cause food poisoning, really gross. I will not be going back to this restaurant but felt responsible to inform the public if you are considering going to this restaurant. read more

Amazing food. Had bento box and some sushi for lunch. Way more food than I could eat. The sushi was excellent! Service was excellent!

Hope this place can keep up the work of the original owners. I've been a HUGE fan of Kampai for years now and ever since it's switched hands, it's been questionable. They were known for their tuna poke but now it's not as good and I've gotten pretty sick the last few times I've eaten it. Hopefully they will go back to serving the long lived recipe that the original owners had and not put the tuna on a mini salad. They give you less tuna now... Please keep the tradition of Kampai alive and strong and get back to the service and quality of food it was last year. I hate to see the best sushi place around go downhill because of cutting corners. The old owners memorized your orders and the service was impeccable...cant say the same about my recent visits there. read more

Kampai is up there for one of my favorite places in Redding for sushi! I went there last night and had the Volcano Roll. It was really fresh and tasty. The wasabi was hot like I like it (Not like that fake stuff some places push). I also liked the ginger, it was fresh and authentic (if there is such a thing). Their rolls are really resonably priced as well I noticed. The seating area is small, but that didn't prevent us from getting a table right away. read more

Walked in around 12:30PM. No one helped us after we were seated. Sat there for about 15-20 mins. Multiple customers in the restaurant were forced to get up and ask the waitress to take their orders. Very dissatisfied. Walked out and not any of the employees acknowledged us. read more

Service was terrible, sushi was terrible and the bill was $75 for 3 rolls and a hand roll. Who makes a spider roll with imitation crab?!? And, it was the size of a softball... Terrible. read more