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    Kuro Nami

    4.5 (111 reviews)
    Closed 5:00 pm - 8:30 PM
    Updated 1 week ago

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    Dogs allowed
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    Shrimp Tempura.
    Malu D.

    It was my first time to try Kuro Nami for lunch today. I had their "Shoyu Ramen" which was delicious! I also had 2 orders (4 pcs.) of their appetizer "Shrimp Tempura," which were equally delicious. JT, who took care of me was absolutely delightful, friendly and attentive! I will definitely lunch again at Kuro Nami! What a pleasant surprise!

    Adam D.

    The Sushi and Sashimi are fantastic here. It's a step up from normal sushi. Everything we've ever gotten, including the Rolls, has been really good. The location is really cute and has kind of an old timey, tiny, comfy vibe to it. The staff has always been nice. This is one of my picks for Marin sushi for sure.

    Kuro Nami Roll
    May D.

    Been to Kuro Nami a few times for both lunch and dinner! Definitely one of my go to spots when I want to treat myself during/after a long day. Food is a bit pricey but you get what you pay for (quality fish). Very nice spot and bougie enough to bring someone you want to impress ;) Its easy to have conversations in here since it doesn't get too loud in. Staff is very friendly and welcoming. Dessert here is a must!

    Close up of the edible pansy served on top of the cheesecake
    David F.

    First time visiting this restaurant under the current ownership after receiving a gift certificate from our adult kids. We were so pleased with everything from our greeting at the door to every dish we received. We arrived early on a Friday night (5:30pm) and the restaurant already had lots of customers. There was an option to eat outside (covered seating) or inside. We opted for inside. I did note that the tables felt a little close together, but noise levels were low enough that it was easy for us to carry on a conversation. So what did we choose when we had $100 to spend? Our server was extremely helpful, giving us guidance to make sure we ordered enough food without overdoing it. We started with an appetizer, an order of Dashimaki Tamago, which we remembered fondly when visiting Japan and watching street vendors making it. It's essentially an omelette with very thin layers, folded multiple times and cut into sections. Very tasty, with a subtle sweet sauce. Then shrimp tempura, five large very hot and crispy perfectly fried shrimp with a nice dipping sauce. We also each had a bowl of flavorful miso soup. Then we had two signature rolls... Ocean Roll (tuna, salmon, yellow tail, cucumber, scallion) and Wink Roll (red crab meat, avocado, cucumber topped with unagi, avocado, unagi sauce, sesame seed). My favorite was the Ocean Roll... my least favorite the Wink Roll due to the unagi which often consisted of just very rubbery skin with no meat. We also had a pot of fragrant jasmine tea, and a plate of delightful cheesecake (two small slices) topped with yuzu sauce (delicate lemony flavor). Throughout our server was very attentive, removing or rearranging dishes to make sure our small table could hold everything, and also pacing the delivery of the plates so we were never overwhelmed. We ended up taking home some of the Wink Roll for the following night's dinner, plus half of the cheesecake. Total bill, including tax and tip, came out to $127 for the two of us. I was happy with this, knowing that this was a bit of a splurge dinner for us. We'll definitely return!

    Sake citrus
    Stacie V.

    The place is modern and dark. Mood lighting! We ordered the bara don, crispy rice sushi bites, and the sake citrus roll. Everything was delicious. Generous portions of fish for the bara don. We had to take the rest to go! Sit by the sushi bar, it's so fun to watch the chefs.

    Tamago
    Patrick S.

    Kuro Nami provides unique Japanese dishes worth checking out in the San Anselmo area. Recently named the Best New Restaurant by the Marin Independent Journal Readers Choice for 2025, Kuro Nami was definitely on my bookmarks. According to their bio, the restaurant owners had a deep passion for Japanese food and their idea was to honor Japanese tradition while pushing the boundaries of the cuisine. There were definitely interesting offerings many of which were good. Here is what we ordered: Kani Miso (4.5/5): A build your own roll with a beautiful presentation! I especially enjoyed the grilled miso mixed with the crab over the open flame to provide an almost creamy cheese like texture. My only wish were that it had something to provide a little counter balance like a crunch or acid. Kuro Nami Roll (3.5/5): Another almost deconstructed roll? Layers of raw fish overlay wrapped sushi. Around the edges are a rich slightly sweet soy sauce. It definitely looked nice and tasted great together, but also felt a little gimmicky. Soft Shell Crab Tempura Salad (4/5): Great salad with a strong wasabi dressing to give a kick. The crab was fried well to provide a nice textural crunch. My only complaint was that there was not enough crab! Dashimaki Tamago (3.5/5): A standard tamago with a nice balance of salty and sweet. It felt a little bit watery but it was still good. The service was quite good. The servers were attentive offering suggestions and refilling water regularly. They even did something special for the birthday we were celebrating. Free street parking was available when we went after 6pm. Overall, Kuro Nami has interesting Japanese dishes worth revisiting and amazing service to boot!

    Kuro Namis new happy hour menu (and their namesake cocktail!)
    Aaron M.

    We've come here twice now. Both times the food and service were excellent. The only difference was today we came for Kuro Namis first happy hour! As if you needed a reason to go back, now between 3:30-5 select food and beverages are discounted.

    Crab brains hand roll
    Tony W.

    Service was great, food looked good, and honestly eveything was good except for the price. There are lunch specials available thru the week, but still pretty expensive in terms of money for value. Ordered tempura shrimp (2pc) - batter was not too good, slightly soggy and wasn't crispy. Also ordered the vegetable tempura (5pc) - same as the shrimp, not crispy enough - selection was 2 pcs of small eggplant, 2 pcs asparagus of some sort, and 1pc sweet potato Chashu pork rice, 5pc good roasted pork, came with a lot of rice. Tuna Don - 5pcs tuna sashimi on sushi rice. Crab butter DIY hand rolls - pretty good, nice for the gram, but an expensive dish - comes with rice and roasted nori

    Sushi Bar
    Claire K.

    Brought my yoga teacher here for lunch yesterday. She had the bento and I had the tomato ramen. My yoga teacher loved Kuro Nami so much that she wants our yoga group to come in about a month! So glad!!!

    Yuzu cheesecake
    Wendy A.

    What a great dining experience. As soon as we walked in, we felt welcomed, and that a fine dining experience was about to unfold. The staff is very attentive and sweet. We loved the patio ambiance with the white flowers on the ceiling. My partner chose the beautiful Takeshi roll and Chu-toro tuna. I chose nagiri: Hotate scallop, tobiko flying fish roe, and unagi BBQ eel. Everything was so fresh, and the texture heavenly--so much so where you put down your chopsticks between bites to savor the flavors and textures. We both chose the Imayo Tsukasa Black Junmai sake--so smooth, dry, and complex. Their menu provides tasting notes. For dessert, my companion chose the yuzu cheesecake--with a well-balanced, lemony flavor; you can drizzle a caramel sauce over it. I had the Warabi Mochi with soybean--it was served slightly warmed and almost melted in my mouth. It was even more amazing with a delicate maple syrup sauce over it. Their menu is so extensive--we look forward to visiting again soon.

    old sushi place called 69 but new location has a Marin shout out
    Angelica O.

    Our old ramen place just got bought out by a new person and it was just meh. So we googled moped and yelped "ramen places". Kuro Nami popped up and was on a Yelp list to try. As we decided to give it a try we were immediately welcomed with super friendly staff. We saw the ramen pictures but didn't realize until we sat down that they only sell/serve ramen ONLY AT LUNCH TIME. That's not very helpful. We still decided to try the restaurant. At first glance the location is very ascetically pleasing, (I always am on the fence about that. I feel that it's either going to just be ok since it's insta worthy) and I was correct. The food was just OK FOR THE PRICE WE PAID. The staff was really nice and accommodating. Location is nice as well. A lot of street parking. The location is "very Insta", so clean and presentation is nice. food: miso spice crab pasta (my friend said she was underwhelmed with it and it didn't have a hint of spice) shrimp tempura sake maguro Agedashi tofu hiros roll side sushi rice (it didn't taste like the other 'sushi rice" I have tried but it was just OK) drinks: kuro nami I am still disappointed that it's only a lunch time ramen. But there must be great things since they got a 2025 award for food. guess we came on a off day

    Main menu
    Joyce S.

    Romantic and enjoyable atmosphere, impressive food presentation, and welcoming accommodating service. We enjoyed our visit here. On a rainy Sunday afternoon, it wasn't crowded and we opted to sit in the patio, which was fully glass paned, and the flowers hanging from the top set a lovely romantic atmosphere. We were even more delighted when they offered to turn on the heat. Our server was friendly and considerate to check on with us several times, making sure we had enough time to browse and order. The photos and unique menu items we saw drew us to this place...but we loved that the food came out just like in the photos, very aesthetically pleasing. We ordered the tonkotsu ramen and the hambagu. The ramen was tasty! They did not skimp on ingredients, and the noodles soaked up the broth, which was light yet flavorful. My partner really enjoyed the hambagu, but he did notice parts of it were juicy and other parts are a bit We ended our meal with the warabi mochi coated with matcha. The mochi came warm and the powder was strong, semi-bitter too, not sweetened. If the matcha powder was less strong, I would have just eaten the mochi as is without the syrup. Hence the brown sugar added sweetness for balance. But I would add just a little bit of syrup first and then adjust for how sweet to your liking. The mochi itself was very fresh and the texture was perfect though. If I come back again, I think I would try the soybean coated mochi. We found out that the restaurant only recently started to open for lunchtime, so if you are in town, I'd recommend checking it out for a nice lunch date or a nice dinner!

    Ruby B.

    I used to go here back when it was Sushi 69, and I'm so glad I checked it out again as Kuro Nami! I got the salmon citrus roll and it was super refreshing, really clean flavors and great quality fish. Beautiful interior with outdoor seating, friendly staff, definitely worth a visit if you're in San Anselmo. I'll be back for sure!!

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    WOW! Stumbled in and was amazed. Super friendly service and the sushi was amazing. Would go back again and again !

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    La Toscana

    La Toscana

    4.0
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    2.1 mi
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    It's been a minute since we visited our neighborhood Italian favorite, La Toscana…read more It was a busy Thursday night, but luckily we made a reservation. Highly recommend a reservation. Juan S. was our server for the night. Very knowable about the menu and the dishes. We started with a classic Caesar salad that we shared. It was plenty enough for us. I ordered the Petrale Sole special and my husband had the Pollo Pomodoro with vodka tomato sauce. Both were excellent choices. The fish was fresh and perfectly cooked, as were the mixed veggies. My husband loved the pasta as well. For 2 entrees, 2 glasses of wine, 1 Caesar salad, 1 bruschetta and a cannoli for later, our bill was $152, before tip. Well worth it.

    First I'd like to start off by saying, we made dinner reservations an hour and a half in advance…read morefor 8 pm on a Friday night and showed up to the restaurant at our reservation time, where we were forced to wait an extra 15 min because our table still wasn't ready-- which we would normally understand and be fine with, but we witnessed a walk-in customer come in and get seated before us. After we were finally seated and put in our order for drinks, appetizers and main dishes, we waited quite a long time to get our food served. Quality-- not sure if we ordered the wrong things or went in on an off night, but for some reason everything we ordered was underwhelming and lackluster, from the: -drinks (cucumber mojito and strawberry balsamic mocktails) -bruschetta was average -meatballs were sort of flavorless -spinach ravioli with pesto was bland -parpadelle was also bland and portion was oddly small Overall, the food and service was unsatisfactory for the price we paid for the bill. We were excited to come here to celebrate our anniversary and left the restaurant feeling super unfulfilled with our meals. Safe to say we won't be coming back to this establishment, nor will we be suggesting this restaurant to friends and family.

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    S'more brownie sundae - with birthday candle
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    Il Davide

    Il Davide

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    Dropped in early around 5 PM before a show at the Film Center, which is conveniently just a block…read moreaway. It has an interesting entrance layout where you have to walk all the way past the bar just to get to the host podium to check in. Once we were seated, we had a great server who was incredibly patient while we decided on our meals. They easily accommodated adjustments to my wife's order when she asked to swap out a creamy sauce for a marinara. We started with the arugula salad, which was delicious and loaded with roasted beets, gorgonzola, glazed walnuts, and a sharp balsamic vinaigrette. For our mains, we went with the Capellini del Diavolo and the Fettuccine Viareggio. Both dishes were absolutely amazing and hit the spot. The restaurant filled up incredibly fast for a Thursday night. If you are catching a show nearby, I highly recommend making a reservation ahead of time.

    no other reason not to have been here for maybe 10 years than that i already have a place or two…read morefor random ho-hum italian on this side of the bridge, which i cross to the city when it's for more serious. reasonable enough reason because that's about the way of things for almost all restaurants... or anything else. marin with all its self-congratulation and "inclusion" is just another suburbia this was a someone's special birthday and deserved better but i waited too long to get reservations in the city. no problem locally but if last minute reservations for 7 pm Friday are too easy it's like the old joke about not wanting to belong to a club that lets you join it. i remembered il davide was positive, so decided to do a return engagement and was able to confirm a table. this was fortunate because there was a line waiting to get in when we arrived. oddly the guy at the entrance seemed almost apologetic when he seated us in a quiet corner, which is exactly what i had asked for. very cordial, this guy at the entrance. i'm picky about location and the perfect table is in the area at the back under the big mirror, no kitchen noise, away from the midroom waitering, nice mixture of light from the table and the large front windows. didn't have my name on it but was what i asked for and as i said, there was a line. i'm not really very critical about food, or i guess actually i am. but there are a few checkpoints that have to be passed, sauteed spinaci all'italiana being a big one. basically don't overheat the garlic, let the last cooking of the spinach be done after plating it, and don't wait around to do this as spinach dewaters fast if actively heated too long. what i'm about to say next may sound... discriminate but if so that's because it is. given how many italian restaurants in california, there aren't enough italian cooks here. in my misguided and often wrong opinion, there is more "italian" to italian restaurants on the east coast given its proximity to europe, and why certain simple italian dishes are better in, say, new york than here. il davide was quite good overall and having passed my little spinach audition, the rest of the meal went equally well. the salads here might be large enough for a meal, next time that might be what i'd have... along with a bottle of their oldest barbaresco. seafood risotto if i'm hungry would be a good repeat.

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    The bar set up was perfect at our venue and all based on David's recommendations on the flow of the party.

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    The bar set up was perfect at our venue and all based on David's recommendations on the flow of the party.

    Kuro Nami - japanese - Updated July 2026

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