Late night, after a long drive, where to eat on a sunday night? MG was just down the street, so we drove by to check it out. Quite a bit of take out/delivery business, but we ordered a chirashi don to share in our room. It was perfect to split! Soup was tasty but unfortunately just warm. Fish was tasty and plentiful; chirashi often has the odd shaped pieces, which is fine with me, and I love the extra rice. We asked for Saba instead of tuna, and they accommodated us. Not Ichiro's, but fine all the same!!! read more

Ordered a takeout. We had the dragon roll, sashimi and edamame. All were tasty. So delicious. My favorite sushi place when I'm in town. Service was excellent. Place is cozy. read more

MG Sushi - Edamame - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

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I've been wanting to try this place! The prices are great. The 16 piece special maki combo...SO GOOD! Comes with option of edamame or salad, I chose salad, dressing was yummy, A little heavy, but that's great for me. Small miso soup, and a dessert, which was a flan like pudding cup . Choice of spicy or non spicy salmon, I got spicy. hardly spicy for me but still tasty. Very kind service. It's aimed more to-go with easy pick up service, but might be a few tables to seat. I live close by, and Will definitely be back read more

MG Sushi - 16 Piece Special Maki Combination with salad, miso, and flan like pudding dessert cup - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

I highly recommend the Crispy California Roll. Very friendly service and fair pricing.

I just ordered takeout of the crispy California roll. Amazing!!! The roll is generous with avocado and crab salad inside, with crispy batter and crunchy topping and sauce. I took advantage of their 2-for-1 special. read more

MG Sushi - Crispy California Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

I have loved this place for years! It's not in my neighborhood so I rarely get here anymore. Authentic and good quality. Street parking and 3 parking spots right behind the restaurant. The atmosphere is basic but clean. The service is great! Extensive menu options! Lot's of vegan and vegetarian options. One of my favorite sushi restaurants in all of California! read more

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Much better than any other sushi place in Santa Cruz. The sushi is really good qual and not too expensive.

- combo#1 - special sushi deluxe #3 - sake sushi I've ordered from here multiple times now in-person, but mainly delivery. Pricing is solid and honestly I have no issue with it for the quality and amount of sushi I get. I usually get the sushi deluxe box, because I like getting a variety of nigiri. There's usually one nigiri that I don't super like but that's because I'm usually someone that just likes salmon. The rice isn't densely packed like some other places and the fish is actually pprreetttyyyy darn good. Salmon nigiri is really good. Spicy tuna roll is so good. The maki rolls I got in the combo was basic but like...that's what a maki roll is. Whenever I'm craving quality sushi, MG sushi is both accessible and able to provide quality sushi...it's hard to beat. (When ordering in person...they were done making it really quickly too!! 10-15min max) Plus the lil pudding cups they give for each combo or deluxe box is my favorite touch read more

MG Sushi - 16 Piece Special Maki Combination - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

Very great customer service, The people were nice and sweet The food was great and really like the dessert. Recommend If group hangout with bros read more

MG Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

One of the best take out sushi places! I wish the inside was more eat in friendly but they do have a couple tables. They have soy paper for those who dont like seaweed!! Yum! read more

Couldn't decide on what to eat till I found this place. First time, Amazing for lunch and food was good. Will be back soon read more

MG Sushi - Crispy California Roll Dragon Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

We weren't overly impressed. We ordered takeout and got back to our hotel to find that we weren't given chop sticks and we were missing our added sauces. Our hotel was out of the way so it wasn't worth it to go back. The sushi wasn't bad but it wasn't great either and it was difficult to eat without utensils. read more

MG Sushi - Lion King Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

I LOVE IT HERE BEST SUSHI IN SC. sushi is amazing, the salmon love combo is the best deal for the best quality i have found read more

Love this little jewel of a place. Delicious sushi and I can easily go pick it up or they deliver. Going to try delivery today since my guest is coming at 6pm after work. Want freshness, hot soup and not to worry about going out to pickup. read more

This is our favorite delivery sushi! I find they have the best menu and variety for the price point. I love the Miami lady, orange blossom, and Santa Cruz rolls. They've never messed up the order and it always arrives in time. read more

Perfect spot for a quick roll on the go! The service is always fast and friendly. I love the location as well since it's in midtown.

MG Sushi has an amazing selection of sushi, offering plenty of delicious options to choose from at reasonable prices. The sushi is made fresh to order, and every bite was absolutely incredible. full of flavor and quality ingredients. The ambience inside the restaurant is casual yet calm, making it a great spot to enjoy a meal without any distractions. Depending on when you go, there is little to no noise, which adds to the relaxed atmosphere. The service was quick and efficient, and I was not disappointed at all. Overall, MG Sushi is a fantastic place for anyone looking for fresh, affordable, and high quality sushi. read more

The food was great, fair price for good food. The service was very good, are waitress was kind, the ambiance is not quite there yet but it's a good start. read more

The food was affordable, I guess. But even then the portions are really tiny and you get it in these really depressing boxes. The staff was polite and the store was cozy, but honestly just do yourself a favor and spend a bit extra to get sushi somewhere else. The sushi you get here does not taste fresh, which is always a big downer when you're so close to the ocean. read more

Visiting the area, we decided to order the Santa Cruz, Mi Corazon, and Super CA. We called to place the order and the lady over the phone said, "45 mins wait"; we ordered and my husband went to go pick up 30 mins after the order was placed. The rolls were beautifully created and had 'perfection' written all over it. Taste would've been a 5 star rating!! Packed with flavors, every bite had captured every flavor of the description. But...we waited an additional 2 hours on top of the 45 mins wait! Courtesy to the Itamae (sushi chef)...who was solo, according to my husband! It's whoever that's receiving the order who should have stopped taking orders, or gave a realistic wait time, if the chef is behind. 5 stars to itame...but overall experience is 3 stars. read more

MG Sushi - Santa Cruz Roll, Mi Corazon Roll, & Super California 08/01/2020 - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

8/10 Dittos! Delicious rolls and have no complaints. Affordable and decent quality sushi in Santa Cruz. Honestly really shocked about the reviews for this place because it was honestly really good! For someone that is rather picky about the quality of fish, this place was decent especially for the price being the cheapest I've seen in the area. Maybe it's cause we got it delivered but who knows. My roommate and I decided to Uber Eats sushi for dinner since we were both craving it. We both got two rolls each, my roommate getting 2 orange blossoms, and for me a 49ers and Santa Cruz roll. They packaged them individually just as we asked and came labeled as well. The 49ers roll wasnt really traditional and had spicy tuna and no lemons in sight, but was still pretty tasty. The Santa Cruz roll was absolutely delicious. The mango pairs really nicely with the salmon + crab and added a nice sweetness. My roommate let me try her orange blossom roll which I'll definitely get next time because it ended up being my favorite! If you love salmon I definitely recommend ordering that. The wasabi comes in little sachets for connivence and the ginger was good. This place is now gonna be my go to for sushi in Santa Cruz. It's definitely not omakase quality but not safeway quality either. The delivery and preparation was extremely quick too! It's decent and for how much you pay it's for sure worth giving it a try at least. read more

MG Sushi - 49ers Roll and Santa Cruz Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

I really appreciate this place. There are several sushi places in SC but I always steer towards MG for delivery because they're 1) consistent 2) super nice and have great service 3) BOMBB! I always get the dragon roll, lion king, california maki, and orange blossom. the lion king is *chefs kiss* Free delivery for orders over $25!! It's perfect to split between two people and have the convenience all in one. I'll always order from here when I'm craving sushi! read more

Came in , no one greeted or asked to sit me down. Had to grab a menu myself, waited for 10 minutes and then went to the register to order my own food. Waited 30 minutes for my food. TERRIBLE SERVICE, AND BANANA IN MY FOOD?? read more

MG Sushi - Tonkatsu Pork Lion Bento Box - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

Don't, just don't. Decent enough food, but they will lose your order and you'll wait an hour, then when you inquire, they won't do anything to expedite your order. No apologies, no putting you up next, nothing. They actually told me if I didn't want to wait,(at the back of the list) I could cancel my order. Really? After An hour, I have to reorder as if I just walked in? Just don't! This isn't the first time this has happened, but it IS the last. read more

I was on vacation from Oregon and craving good sushi! I ended up ordering from door dash. Best. Decision. Ever. I got the Philly but with fresh salmon, the orange blossom, and rainbow. Best rainbow I have had. Worth the wait and extra delivery charge. I ate to much before taking a picture. I would suggest them. Prices are perfect! read more

MG Sushi - Philly next to ginger, orange blossom, and rainbow - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

I rarely leave reviews, but I feel the need in this case. Literally the worst sushi takeout I ever had. Oil saturated tempura around two rolls. Horrific spicy tuna. No idea what they did to it, but it's dry and too heavily spiced and crumbly. Anyone who has left a 4+ star review for this has to get their examined. read more

Are you a sushi aficionado? Ever get tired of your really great places and just want to see what else is out there? If you like 'canned' sushi, this is your place! Rotting, old edamame, cheap, low quality seafood and uninspired cookie cutter rolls. You get to enjoy this with the high quality wasabi PACKETS they provide. That's right. There were many clues once I opened my takeout at home that this was a BIG MISTAKE, but I tried anyway. My son is crying from the rotting edamame. Just wow. I haven't had sushi this bad in years. I guess back to my usual spots for a while until I'm willing to take the risk again. This place has probably set me back years though. If you read the good reviews here that basically say "what a deal", that should be clue enough for what you're getting here. Nasty. read more

Foods great but the fish at the door are suffocating. Please take care of the live fish read more

MG Sushi - Suggesting the tank needs to be clean - Sushi Bars Near Me - Santa Cruz, California

Been ordering from here the past year now and never disappointed! The kids menu is cute and filling and the desert is fun, the Deep Fried Philly Roll is sooo good, especially if you are pregnant, you can eat it! Lots of veggie options too! read more

Ordered DoorDash. Food was fresh and delicious on delivery. Would recommend for delivery

one of my favorite sushi spots in santa cruz! everything is reasonably priced and just great in general. when i was dorming at ucsc, MG sushi was always our go to for doordash or eating out. i usually order a lion king roll and the ICHIBAN ROLL is my favorite for sure. i also love to order monk fish liver on the side to eat and share with my friends. love this place, the staff is really nice too. can't wait to come back to sc to eat here again read more

Do not order through EatStreet or any other online app and expect to pick up your order. They do not look at computer orders, so preparation will not start until you are there for pickup. This has happened twice. Even though we had to wait an extra 20 minutes, and we had already included a generous tip for the online order, they did not do the slightest thing to make up for their mistake. When we decided to buy some sake and the total was $7.10, they would not take $7 cash, and insisted that we had to come up with ten cents or receive 90 cents change. Not a well-run business. read more

New Year's Day, not many sushi places are open, but MG was. We ordered a roll sashimi, a salad and miso soup and an appetizer. It was like a little quail egg on top and fish eggs. When we walked in there was one other table 2 cute ladies, sitting there having their lunch we sat down on beyond could use some help paper wallpaper on the wall is peeling off and all supplies are out for us all to see our first entrée shows up and it to go containers. All the rest of food comes out to go containers. If no idea what you're getting presentations horrible and our tea was in plastic containers we had to ask for cups we asked for plates he handed us a paper plate. They have little paper cups for your soy sauce and wasabi was more or less for $100 disappointed all the way around sushi was fresh but not worth what we got. Possibly if you were ordering to go food and you had no idea what we were going to experience it would make it better. I was terribly disappointed. I will say thank you for being open on New Year's Day. read more

First time having sushi in Santa Cruz. We ordered through DoorDash. I have to start by saying that the presentation of the sushi was excellent. I highly recommend the rolls over their sashimi. We ordered the cherry blossom and the Philadelphia sun. I don't normally like deep fried rolls however the Philadelphia had the perfect balance. The Cherry Blossom roll had great but didn't appear to be as fresh. Now when it came the sashimi combo, I was very disappointed in the quality of the fish. I wouldn't recommend it at all. The tuna tasted like it had been frozen. The salmon wasn't as bad, but the cut was too thick for the for flavor, almost as if it wasn't fresh. The white fish was the exception for this appetizer. It was perfectly cut and tasted like it was higher quality. "Fresh and light". We additionally ordered, the Maguro (blue fin tuna) & Hokkigai (sea arctic clam) Sushi a la carte (Nigiri). I was very very very disappointed in their Maguro. The consistency of the fish tasted like ham or like salami. We had it "seared" however it seemed as though it might have been overcooked. It's such a shame because so many local fish markets around sell this fish fresh daily. For the clam... it felt as though I was chewing on it forever. The consistency was completely off. So, I'm conclusion. I would try their rolls first before having any sashimi or nigiri. I'm not quite sure if it's because we ordered on a day the fish wasn't as fresh. This was our first experience here and I hope to try this place one more time before making a "final" opinion. read more

I agree with other Yelpers -- we ordered through DoorDash and were mostly happy with the quality of the order. Ordered gyoza, miso soup and 7-8 rolls -- they were all tasty and came individually labeled (per our request), which was nice, but would have preferred fresh wasabi (and more of it) and a faster turn-around time (over 2 hours). read more

I get my sushi here a lot My favorite roll is the lion king roll everyone is supper kind I'm very picky on my sushi so this is for sure one of my favorite in Santa Cruz area read more

If you are lazy and want to grub hub app this place is decent. Not my first go to for sushi, but when I get a craving and I can't leave home.. sure why not. I don't recommend the veggie tempura (it is really expensive for what you get) The seaweed salad was decent The caterpillar roll was okay.... Overall... will order again in a pinch. read more

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Four stars for excellent food...the host is rude and gets pissed if you ask for more soy sauce.

BE CAREFUL EATING HERE!!! I just picked up a GrubHub order from this sushi restaurant and the man making sushi was eating a bagel while making food. At first I just glanced at him and noticed he was chewing while making food and thought it was gross but didn't make a big deal of it until I watch him pick up a bagel sitting on the same counter he is making food take a bite and set the bagel back down!! I normally wouldn't waste my time leaving a review but I would want to know if I were the one eating from this restaurant. I got the order and asked him and the other woman working there how they would feel if they ate at a place and that was done to them. The guy saw no problem in what he did and said he would still eat at a place if that was done to him. Absolutely disgusting think twice before you eat at a dirty place like this read more

Food is always delicious. Rolls are simple and always consistently good. Restaurant is very small but it's super easy to pick up to go! Staff is always super friendly! read more