First time here and the sushi was really good I got the red dragon roll and the eel was perfect! The employees were welcoming and the ambiance was mellow. Wrote this review because I haven't had a roll this good in a long time ! read more

Got here on an early Saturday evening and got seated right away First come first serve We ordered 4 rolls: DJ Roll Garlic Chip Roll Pismo Beach (upgraded to real crab) Hungry Roll Very tasty indeed. Quick friendly service This is a winner! read more

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Great spot for a birthday celebration. Chef was entertaining and food is excellent. Highly recommend making a reservation for Saturdays and Sundays read more

Yanagi Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Pismo Beach, California

This is our favorite spot for sushi. The prices are reasonable! They are always friendly and the place is always clean. Over the years we have had most of their sushi and are never disappointed! My favorite is simply the California tempura roll. This is a place we know we can go to and leave satisfied! read more

We always have dynamite appetiser, California roll, large shrimp tempura, saki, Sapporo beer, and miso soup. Service is exceptional, and food is excellent read more

Food was bad, chefs had no enthusiasm as they prepared your meal and there was little interaction with the table. However yesterday we tried their other restaurant in Santa MariA and was a wonderful experience. Show was fun and entertaining and the food was wonderful. Will not go back to the AG location ever again. But, we will go to the Santa Maria location when we have the chance. read more

Best sushi anywhere locally!! We ordered our favorites, pictured below. I always look forward to coming here and can't wait to come back. Our server was so friendly and attentive and the food came out so quick. Such a cute restaurant and can be causal or fancy based on your occasion. read more

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Ridiculously expensive and not even tasty. Do not buy the Love Boat. It is about forty five dollars per person, but the food you get is worth maybe twenty dollars based on their menu. It feels like highway robbery. read more

Where I go to get good sushi that's medium pricing and quality I can trust. Super nice staff and really quick when you call ahead

We were ONE minute late and Gwen stated she wouldn't sit us and would not allow us to speak with the manager , she had an extremely ugly attitude and kept rolling her eyes. From the start Gwen was extremely rude. worst experiences we've ever had with customer service. read more

The best in the 5 cities area with out a doubt! Fresh ingredients, friendly staff and reasonable prices for excellent food including the teppanyaki experience which is always a fun time with a group. read more

Nothing looked fresh. We ordered a couple rolls, the Negiri combination and chicken teriyaki bowl. The chicken was so gross. Looked like it had been microwaved and hAD ZERO TASTE. Even the broccoli was bad. The fish on negiri was questionable and considering how we felt later it was bad. The rolls had zero taste. I can not recommend this place. Nice location, but food was awful read more

Ordered oyster roll. It was basically tempura no oysters. For $13 total rip off where's the oyster? Ordered ramen, it's basically .60 cent packaged ramen with no meat, sold for $9.95. Also had sushi the pieces were small, wasabi was old and dry, soy sauce was watered down with no flavor. It had to be really old (yes I've had lite before). I feel ripped off coming here. Will not comeback here. You can rip off a customer only once. read more

I personally really like this place. Great teppanyaki, big sushi rolls (i dont know why another review said otherwise bc they're big!), and fresh fish. The staff is kind. The teppanyaki shows are always entertaining:) read more

The rolls are too small and very pricy. I've had better sushi. The waiters were very nice though.

If there's an option with less than 1 star, we would rate that. My family member got a terrible stomachache afterter eating lunch rice bowl from here. I thought we would have to go to ER. Our day has been ruined after had lunch food from this place. We picked up the food and the food were cold. My teriyaki chicken combo was a joke. The portion was small, chicken pieces were tiny and dried. Other pork lunch rice bowl was even worse. It looked like a kid rice bowl and we paid 16$ for that little box. This is the worst experience in our life with Japanese food. Skip this place if you would want a safe trip for yourself read more

I was underwhelmed. This was a pick up order that I had placed. The good thing was It was ready in 10 minutes. I ordered The Pismo roll because I love yellowtail and the Super Salmon Roll. The Pismo roll costs 18.50 and sadly it was not what I was expecting which I had hoped for was good fat pieces of yellowtail on this roll, instead I received very small thin pieces. Some looked like they were split in half. Totally not worth the cost. The Super Salmon roll cost 15.95 and was definitely not super and rather sloppy. Both rolls had dente rice, not what I prefer in a roll. I was also surprised by the size of the rolls which were on the small size. There was nothing special about either roll. Quite honestly the sushi rolls at California Market are much better and you get decent quality slices of fish~ I will not be coming back to Wow Sushi there is no exciting wow in their sushi- read more

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Very disappointed with the service and food. Ordered two of the same plates. Combo plates. The size and quantity looked like a child's plate. My food was cold. The server never came back and asked if we wanted refills on drinks. Will never go back again!! Don't order the combination plates. You will be VERY disappointed!!! The EMPLOYEES were RUDE!! read more

This sushi place was just ok for me. The service wasn't spectacular, and the place was empty (red flag), but we had friends visiting and they wanted sushi, and this was the only place that was 1) open and 2) didn't have a long wait (another red flag). We walked in and just kind of stood there. No one came out to seat us, heck, we weren't even sure the place was open expect for the glowing neon "open" sign that was still lit. After a little wait, someone came out and seated us. The menu was a little confusing to me, it was half pictures, and half just menu items with no description, so didn't know what was in half the rolls. (I'm a new sushi eater so this may be my fault but how am I supposed to know what to order if it doesn't have descriptions.) We placed our order, and the items came out as they were made. The food was good. There is better sushi and rolls at other places, but this was fine. We kept having to flag someone down every time we needed something. Otherwise, I would've given 4 stars. Maybe we just went at an odd time, it was 7:45 on a Thursday. I did notice they had a lot of to-go orders so maybe it was just a stay-at-home kind of night? :) Their sister restaurant is way better and we love going there. read more

We got take out from here tonight. Udon sounded good for a cold rainy day. We're very disappointed at the portion of protein fir the price. One piece of shrimp is all that came with the tempura udon for $18.95. My husband's Nabeyaki Udon was not much better. Just a tiny amount of chicken, one piece of shrimp and one mussel. His cost $17.95. Why did mine cost more and I got less? Also the mussel was rubbery and tough. read more

Yanagi Sushi - Tempura Udon. One piece of shrimp, no other tempura. Not worth $18.95! - Japanese Near Me - Pismo Beach, California

I ordered cut rolls to-go and it came out to $18 something with tax. These rolls were the tiniest rolls that I have ever seen! Complete RIP-OFF! When I ordered over the phone I asked for extra oyster sauce, and did not receive any! Another disappointment! Come here for TINY PORTIONS and to have your requests ignored! Waste of money! Oh, and I was shocked that no one was eating in the restaurant, completely empty! Bad sign! Should have read the one star reviews first. read more

My poor review is because of the discrepancy in prices referenced on their website vs when I arrived to pick up my order and paid. When I commented to the server ringing me up, "Oh, I thought the Oak ParK Roll was a current special based on your website & the prices are different," he said, "The website is 5-6 years old." The very bottom of the website says "2023" so this seems like false advertising and not a very good business practice. read more

Cute little place, plenty of parking. Service was polite and fast even during dinner service. It was amazeballs to see so many kids eating!!! I forgot the name of the roll I got, it was spicy tuna and salmon wrapped in soy paper and fried. It was amazeballs!!! I will be back for sure. read more

We go there frequently. One small hot saki one large bottle of Saporo. Shrimp and veg tempura. And each have a Dynamite dish that's very very satisfying. Try it you'll love it. read more

We had a great dinner experience here. The food and drinks were perfect. and toe sunset was beautiful too!

BEST sushi in the county, hands down. Always consistent, absolutely phenomenal. Perfectly cut rolls, perfect ratios, just excellent. The spicy tuna is actually spicy and full of flavor. The sashimi is sliced to perfection. Love this place. So much flavor read more

Yanagi Sushi - Hot night roll - Japanese Near Me - Pismo Beach, California

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Mediocre overall including service and food. Ramen was good but not very filling for $9.95 without protein. The shrimp tempura was good but super expensive at $12.50 for four pieces. Not likely to go back.... read more

Been going to this place for years but I will never go back after today. I ordered the Oak Park Roll and substituted the salmon for tuna as I am allergic to salmon and white fish. When I got home my roll had no cucumber or avocado on it and had some white fish on top. I called them and instead of an apology or any accommodation the server started to argue with me. I asked for a refund and she wouldn't give it to me. Horrible customer service. read more

Yanagi Sushi - Supposedly this is an oak park roll with tuna on top - Japanese Near Me - Pismo Beach, California

Waitress was super sweet but the tempura shrimp had a texture of mush and a horrible taste. Had to spit it out. Couldn't eat anything but the rice. The teriyaki chicken was white and clearly microwaved. No offer to remove it from our check, just to remake it. Already lost my appetite. read more

As many times as I've been here, never a disappointment. Always good ambiance, never missed greeting by the chefs behind the sushi bar and always a goodbye from them all. read more

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It's been a while since I've been here for lunch and was disappointed with the quantity of food provided with their build your own 3 choice lunch for $19.99. I had teriyaki beef, sesame chicken and spicy tuna roll lunch and the beef was paper thin, there were 6 very small pieces of sesame chicken and a normal size spicy tuna roll with about 8 pieces. She had a 3 entree choice lunch as well and we even had potstickers and walked out of there hungry still. Don't get me wrong, it tasted good but there just wasn't enough. With drinks, I ended up paying about $75 for the 2 meals. Service was good but nothing spectacular. At most restaurants, when you pay $75, usually you walk out with food you couldn't eat. Not sure if I'll be coming back to this place. read more

The sushi was ok quality. Had some vege options which was a nice touch. We got take our new year's eve and for the price, is a bit underwhelming. Good service though and glad we got something in the late evening. Would dine here again read more

Yanagi Sushi - Sushi takeout, rarely a good idea - Japanese Near Me - Pismo Beach, California

We read a recent yelp review that had us on alert. It didn't deter us from dining here but we were more observant and on edge. We could definitely feel some tension in the air. The owner is a bit controlling. As far as the sushi goes I have no complaints. For me the rolls must be tight and the fish fresh. Both of these met the mark. We will return! read more

Best food, best service, so clean and we loved everything about this place! My grand kids are already bugging me to go back and my husband wanted to make a trip this way again just to have these food. Best food on our way to Big Sur and we will be back! read more

Yanagi Sushi - Japanese Near Me - Pismo Beach, California

Horrible customer service, extremely rude when asking for manager or someone in charge. Noodles and veggies burnt The Sushi rolls were good and I have no complaints with that but when asking the representative for a refund, for the Yakisoba she wanted us to bring the same food in the next day to get our money back. As if we're going to hold on to day old food and disregard work to go show her the food. Obviously eating the noodles trying to ignore the veggies i lost my appetite shortly after that. I personally Will never eat here again. read more

Yanagi Sushi - Burnt veggies and over cooked onions - Japanese Near Me - Pismo Beach, California

My wife and I enjoy vacationing in Pismo Beach and when we do, we try to stop by WOW YANAGI SUSHI. We were there in February and stopped by on a Monday around noon. It was not crowded inside. We were greeted as soon as we entered. Our waitress was a Japanese woman, INJA S. She was a very competent server. We ordered the 2-item: salmon teriyaki with chicken teriyaki and the 2-item: salmon teriyaki with tempura. The food came out in a reasonable amount of time and was hot. The portions were fine. Both dishes were very good. The salmon was perfectly cooked and the tempura was fluffy and lightly battered. I asked to swap my soup for extra rice and was accommodated. We decided to eat at WOW YANAGI SUSHI a second time on this trip and went back the following Thursday at about noon. Once again, it was not very crowded and we were greeted as soon as we walked in. The same waitress served us and this time we ordered the 3-item: salmon teriyaki, chicken teriyaki and 8-piece California Roll along with the same 2-item: salmon teriyaki with tempura. Once again, the food arrived in a decent amount of time and was hot. Everything was good, as we had expected. The California Roll was fresh and tasty. This time, INJA S stopped to make small talk with us about where we were visiting from and other pleasantries. Later, a Japanese employee from the sushi bar or kitchen, must have noticed we arrived in an Acura. He was obviously a car-guy as he stopped to chat with us about our car. We didn't mind either person stopping to talk with us, as we were pretty much done eating. It was nice to have the employees show some interest in a couple that returned to eat there twice in just four days. There are restrooms at the location. My wife said the women's restroom has a table with chairs which makes it a convenient place for women to place their purse or other things. On our first visit there, I noticed the soap dispenser was empty in the men's room and mentioned it to the waitress. She said she would have it taken care of. Sure enough, the soap was refilled on our second visit. Kudos! There is plenty of free parking. We will surely return in the future. read more

Had a gift card and my wife and I ordered the $38 a piece ($80 total for two) Love Boat. OMG it was so bad!!!!! The teriyaki chick was paper think like lunch meat. The California roll was horrible and Costco's sushi is way better than this. They gave us enough food for one person and we both left hungry. We complained to the waitress when she asked how we liked it and she just said, "I know, I know" and gave us the check without another word. Stay away from here as it's the worst sushi experience I've ever had! read more

Was solo sitting at the bar...sushi maker acted like I was a bother even though I'm the only one sitting @ the counter. It was 5:30 so tables weren't busy either. No personality, no smile. Sashimi bowl was good but skimpy compared to previous visits. read more

Best sushi in town, I get the hot night roll and crawfish roll once a month! Fast service, clean restaurant and great food! The owners are kind, friendly and caring people too! read more

I've been here many times and I'm never disappointed. My favorite is always the baked crawfish (#61). Service is good and this little gem is always clean. Don't be scared of it's location! O read more

Yanagi Sushi - Last bite of the baked crawfish roll! - Japanese Near Me - Pismo Beach, California