Food was good and service was excellent. Restaurant was really clean and well staffed. The buffet was continuously being stocked.

1 star -- because apparently zero stars isn't an option. Kobe Sushi Buffet really said, "What if we took all the things people hate about going out to eat and put them under one roof?" And honestly? Nailed it. Service? Practically nonexistent. I've had more attentive service from a self-checkout machine. The food? Terrible. Everything was cold, tasted old, and had the overall vibe of sushi that had been sitting around waiting for someone brave enough to make a mistake. I genuinely think I've had better sushi from a grocery store -- and that's not exactly the compliment you want when you're running a sushi buffet. And then, because apparently the experience needed one more plot twist, they tried charging me the adult price for my child. So let me get this straight: I'm paying buffet prices, getting food that tastes like it has already lived a full life, receiving basically zero service, AND being charged an adult price for my kid? Absolutely not. The only thing fresh about this experience was my regret for walking through the door. Would not recommend. Save your money, save your appetite, and just buy the grocery store sushi. At least you'll know what you're getting. read more

Came here on a Saturday afternoon craving AYCE plus it had "sushi". We were in Modesto and thought, why tf not... there's no KBBQ or specialty AYCE sushi around. I feel like I've upgraded from typical Chinese buffets with the weird gelatin cakes from that one specific bakery that distributes said cakes to all these low-level Chinese buffets. But sometimes I gotta return to the trenches! The inside is cute with a lot of booths and Japanese decorations. The center consists of a sushi bar with a functioning boat, chefs making rolls and putting jello onto the little floaties. The back has the standard Americanized Chinese fare. Bonus: there is a "Mongolian BBQ" station where a cook will stir fry your creation. Pricing is pretty decent considering there is more than just the hot trays of Chinese. The food itself was pretty OK. Sushi is basic to below average with huge 65-35 rice proportions, so get ready to be full fast. The sushi chefs also focused on saucy rolls vs nigiri. Because there is seating around the sushi boat, it was funny witnessing socially-unaware people go up behind people sitting there to grab a plate even though there was a huge space at the end of the island without seating to avoid this. Anyways, we ate a bunch to get our money's worth and could cross this off the list to never have to go again. read more

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Kobe Sushi has all your favorites and delivers a true buffet experience. I went for lunch and tried their sushi, buffet items, and some desserts. The sushi was delicious, with favorites like dragon rolls and plenty of sashimi options. The spice levels were good, and the unagi sauce was not overly sweet. The buffet offered some great options, including fried rice, noodles, orange chicken, broccoli beef, and even some decent cuts of steak. The pork buns were a surprise and were really tasty. Dessert is mostly Jell-O, pudding, and some mini spongy cakes. The mango pudding was a great refresher. Overall, it's a great lunch spot at a decent price! read more

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This place is absolutely disgusting. The sodas were flat and tasted like tonic water, the sushi had a foul taste and grey color. The meat for the other part of the food section was like kinda grey and black. The pudding was sour. I went with my sister and our stomaches ache from just the little bit we tried before leaving. Horrible. Probably should've asked for a refund but paid and will NOT be returning. read more

Kobe Sushi Buffet $26 (Dinner pricing) for one person; tipped $4 to the sushi chefs and $6 to the waiter. Pretty average buffet. Place has been around for awhile, so expectations were about low to medium. I got seated at the bar where the floating boats of sushi floated by. You have to wave down or walk up to a waiter if you want something. There's a menu if you ask where it's included in the buffet that comes out made to order. I ate the Volcano roll and Salmon Skin Handroll from the menu, and I enjoyed it. Anything on the floating boats are average. I only like coming when it's busy so there's constant fresh nigiri and rolls on them. I only recommend the dinner time selections. The hot buffet has some solid selections, but I grabbed oysters mainly. In total I ate 14 plates from the floating boats, 2 salmon skin hand rolls, 8 oysters, and 1 Volcano roll. 3/5 stars for what it is, not bad but also not good. read more

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Shushi was delicious and variety was great. They also had another part of the buffet with different varieties of food but not too many, unlike the regular Chinese buffets. read more

1/2 I've been to Kobe Sushi Buffet many times in the past, but this was the last straw. I hadn't been here in a while and decided to give it another chance. Big mistake. The sushi boats still look cool, but that's about the only positive. Nearly everything was California roll-based, with little variety. Some of the sushi even tasted old, which is concerning. The hot buffet area was just as disappointing--no chicken skewers! Those were always my go-to here, and they're gone. What used to be a dependable spot has really gone downhill. Mediocre food, little variety, and missing the items that used to make it worth the trip. Sadly, this will be my last visit. read more

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Don't go! They have pests of mini cockroaches. We couldn't continue eating because it disgusted us. We wanted to talk to the manager and they told us that on Saturdays he wasn't there read more

Been coming here for years I love the sushi boats. I do think the sushi is not as good as before. It's great for my young grandkids because they can eat regular buffet food. Service is always good. Clean and need. The cost has gone up but that's to be expected. read more

Super mid, sushi was nasty, dessert was nasty stale. Not very clean. Servers were not really around since its a buffet

love this place. been coming here for while and the staff are amazing. food is alway enjoyable and the place itself is warming and inviting. read more

Kobe Sushi Buffet - Sushi Bars Near Me - Modesto, California

Ambience : gives a relaxing vibe. Service : really good. Food: the only thing good I can say about the food is the different types of sushi they have. The food at the buffet lacks the flavor and taste compared to what other buffet offers. A lot of the options at the buffet were stale. I didn't even finish the baked salmon, pineapple chicken, and miso soup. I will go back for the sushi! read more

I paid $24 for dinner buffet here and honestly had a very disappointing experience. The rice was cold, not Japanese rice, and it lacked the proper vinegar taste that sushi rice should have. The fish and toppings were not fresh, and anyone with a sensitive stomach or weak health should really avoid eating raw items here. The hot foods were only warm, not hot, and the soup was extremely sour and unpleasant. I waited a long time for oysters, but when they arrived, they were very fishy-smelling and cold. About 10 minutes after eating, I started feeling nauseous, had stomach pain, and experienced full-body muscle aches, similar to food poisoning symptoms. Fortunately, I vomited shortly after, which may have prevented the situation from becoming worse. I strongly recommend that people with weak digestion or health issues do not eat here, and do not bring children, as their bodies are more sensitive. If you still decide to come, it is safer to eat only fully cooked and hot foods. Overall, this was not a good experience, and I would not return. read more

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Food is a good variety and what is expected. Service is good. Large and roomy restaurant. Price on point.

Sushi is mid !!!! All crab meat , I mean I guess you get what you pay for I feel like I'm eating fake sushi ... Only go because my kids like it. What irks me the most is the waitresses stand next to you whilst paying looking over your shoulder very uncomfortable. Then they get pi$&ed when you don't tip lol, well maybe I would if you weren't watching me like a hawk read more

Sushi boats make for fun experience!! Great place to go out with friends. Love the variety of sushi!

Update two years later from a 4 star to a 5 star review. I noticed that there were only pictures of the boats (sushi) but not the buffet itself so I added them. Much better service this time. No one is now standing around and starting at you and their Mongolian BBQ is freshly part of the buffet. You just go to the counter and pick everything that'd you'd like and the chief cooks it on the spot for you! Super cool. As my last review says, I do not like sushi but I still leave full and satisfied. Good pricing too. This review was for a Saturday @5pm dinner service and it wasn't packed this time. Great ambiance in this place as well. read more

I just had the worst experience with the onsite "manager" he is very unprofessional and disrespectful. We asked him politely if we can sit separately with 2 separate checks at the sushi boat bar and he went on to say I can't split a party so we told him no we will be paying separate with 2 different checks and he started laughing at us to this I went on to tell him to be respectful and stop laughing at us and he continued I asked what the owner or the managers name was and he did not want to give it to me at the end he said the owner is Steven. My kids love going there and it was my son's graduation and for one disrespectful ghetto person we had to leave. He honestly should be fired that is not the job for him. No one was rude to him the only rude one in there was that person! read more

Upon walking in, I went straight to the woman's restroom! I walked into the bathroom and there were streaks on the stall walls/doors, no toilet paper in the dispenser, and my specific toilet was off center and you could see a little bit of the wax ring under the toilet. I didnt want to touch anything but HAD to go! I began to get ready to wash my hands and the soap was a water/soap mixture. Food here used to be good. My wife and I ate here for lunch today and the sushi seemed like it had been sitting out for a while (rice was hard) and had little to no flavor. The endamame was this puke green color, like it was a few days old. This used to be my wife's favorite place to eat. After asking for some of a sushi that they had prepared behind the sushi boat station, they happily gave it to me! They were quick and gave my a huge plate! I was just expecting two pieces like they serve on the sushi boats. My wife ate a few pieces and we figured we would just take home our left overs. Upon asking for a to-go box, they informed us it woukd be $5 extra to take it home with us. Mind you, I did not ask for this big or a portion and it would be thrown away once we left. We resfused to pay the extra money and left the plate to be thrown away. It is expensive for below quality food and below quality cleanliness. We used to eat here often but we wont be eating here again. read more

We went for the lunch buffet. It was mediocre at best. The sushi was all the same fake fish just packaged differently. No nigiri, nothing special. I saw large trays of premade nigiri sitting on the counter with cling wrap but never served and not refrigerated either. Food buffet was hot, clean, and okay, soup was nice. While they had a nice desert selection it was all very dried out, sitting out too long. Service was good. It was just nothing special. We won't be back, lots more delicious options to be had elsewhere, read more

Cheap sushi. Not the highest quality but it's alright. I wouldn't take someone there on a date.

i got recommended this place so i went for my birthday dinner. It was so horrible, everything was cold and the mongolian food section was a bad experience, i waited forever for someone to come help me. once someone helped me, i asked if they had imitation crab for my mongolian noodles and the guy said yes but he can't get it right now??? Then he told me to look behind me and get some off the buffet to bring to him, i looked at it and it was a crab cheese casserole! He wanted me to bring him a piece of casserole to put in my noodles. i said no and proceeded to eat other food. Everything was cold and we didn't even end up eating. Paid 50 bucks for bad service and bad food. Everyone was so rude and they hover over you while you pay to see if you tip. Not going back read more

Gave this place one more chance ,never again.Food was overcooked,undercooked and just plain terrible how a sushi roll can be so bad I will never know read more

I don't like how when you're paying the server is standing right next to you with their hand out to give them a tip. It's ridiculous. All they do is give you your drinks that is all. Plus it's a buffet like what are you doing for me? They're not even attentive or anything. Please take that away. I will give a tip if you are attentive asking if I need something and so forth . read more

Friendly staff, bathrooms are dirty at 11 am , food was not fresh what so ever . Had a plate , paid and left not worth the 20 dollars

23$ and I ate like I was at the food contest. Greeting and hosting should improve. There's a packed line and nobody came to attend for maybe more than 10 minutes.After I sat down I saw the sushi boats floating. I kept getting up and getting more. First time I went to a buffet and didn't take a number 2 immediately. I'll be back. 90% of the food was good .only have 23$ in your wallet why not Michael Jordan it and come eat here read more

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Food was decent. Worth the price for lunch. Clean facility. Sushi looked good, although I didnt have any.

The food was fine, nothing extravagant. The tables and buffet area were clean. But the service, terrible! Wanting a tip for doing an okay job and outright asking the customer where is the tip is incredibly rude and the kind of thing that would keep me from coming back. I was very disappointed in the lack of manners and will be asking for a different server next time. read more

Nice hole in the wall sushi place. Nice decorative sushi plates with good food and good soups..

AMAZING FOOD AND SERVICE! 10/10 experience! We've been here before and this time was even better! This time we discovered the sushi roll menu and the hibachi grill! Both came out quick and tasty! The whole experience with the sushi boats is fun and unforgettable! Highly recommend anyone to come here, even if sushi isn't your thing, there's plenty of amazing Chinese food on the buffet to choose from! read more

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service was great! other than that i wouldn't eat here. the sushi rice had way too much vinegar, the sashimi was cut super thick and uneven, and none of the food tasted fresh. not even the buffet....the hot and sour soup tasted like dirt . at least this place is ACYE read more

We go to Kobes at least once or twice a month. They are so nice, create whatever we'd like. Their food is fresh and the sushi is delicious. The buffet is good and the mongolian bbq is awesome. The price is very reasonable and you can stay and eat for quite a while without being pressured to leave. The service is very good and quick to remove dirty dishes. The ambiance is family oriented with plenty of seating around the sushi boat as well as booths and family/party tables. Worth the drive (we drive 50-55 min) from Los Banos, and it's so worth it. read more

The food isn't the worst but there is little to no selection on the buffet section. The sushi is also okay. The servers are okay not the best. The fries are always cold. read more

Went to eat here about 2 months ago with my daughter. My wife doesn't like buffets. Food was good, plenty of selection. Sushi was good and a lot to pick from. Only issue was the floor was sticky, clean? My wife would not like if for this reason, cleanliness. 3 star. read more

Sushi is amazing flavor great n price is great. Wish had a cucumber wrap like when I went 1st time. Wish had a lil more options or made more then Plain reg sushi but overall great place to go. Service good Ambiance good cuz of boats lol read more

First tried this place a few years back when first opened, but no review then - Not a Yelper yet. Do recall it was not as good as its name sounds. When see "sushi buffet", I think of all different kinds of sushi varieties (based on dining at other locations/cities with similar name "sushi buffet"). But all they have was just a few common basic sushi items, and everything else was like a regular Chinese buffet. Can't expect much for a small city I guess. Tried again recently for a Monday luncheon. Seems worst than before in that all they have (for lunch) was just different kinds of ROLLS, no nigiri, no sashimi, or any other sushi specialties or varieties. I really felt as if eating at a regular Chinese buffet, not sushi buffet. Furthermore, cannot believe they DO NOT have any hand sanitizer available for customers to use! Had to go to my car to bring my own sanitizer! This is a buffet with many people sharing the same serving spoons over/over! Don't know who's got germs or not. Then no sanitizer to clean our hands before touching/eating our food?!! Also, noticed at the floating boat area, all customers were seated very close to each other side-by-side, no spacing or social distancing at all. Felt unclean and unsafe to dine here. Do appreciate that our waitress was nice and accommodating. Other than that, the place was a disappointment and will not be returning. read more

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Love going to this place Our server where very attentive I always picked this place to celebrate occasion because of various food choices! Wish they have rewatds read more

I been coming here since 2021 and it truly a great dinning place for families. Price is extremely reasonable and the ambiance is wonderful. There are many different choices of food and I have tried everything pretty much and I can tell you that also everything I had was delicious. Highly recommended place to enjoy great delicious food for great price. read more

The whole place is dirty. They don't care about services. The food quality is bad and cold. The sushi has basically no meat; just cheap small piece if any. Will never come back. Bathroom door lock was also broken. read more