Amazing lunch combos! The quality is great and at an excellent price. To get the limited combos you have to get hear early. We lined up about 15 minutes before opening which was perfect to get in on the first wave for a weekend lunch. The servers were very quick and the presentation is great. I enjoyed my meal and would love to return soon.
Went last Thursday on a whim with a friend and can't believe we have such a nice restaurant in Irvine. Service, quality, and presentation were nothing short of amazing. Seems like they're packed all the time.We ordered the orange clam and seaweed w miso vinegar (so flavorful), split the 5 kinds of sashimi, and ordered two pastas--mentai cream and uni. The fish quality here is extremely good; hamachi (amberjack, nice fattiness) and the hotate (scallops, tasted very clean) were my favorite. I was craving mentaiko cream for the longest time; my go-to place for this is Pasta e Pasta in LA, but now that I know Jinbei's is equally as good I'm happy I don't need to travel as far for it. Portion size for pasta is really good! Pastas were al dente and the cream was nice and light--not heavy; mentaiko and uni flavor was all there.Total was around $40ish/person splitting the check. Definitely will come back, probably to have sushi for dinner this time.
At 12 noon, they said they sold out lunch special menu however they could still sell individual sushi at dinner price! They just made lunch special to attract people but not selling it for most of time, not a good long term marketing! Chicken teriyaki was the worst. Tempura Upon was nothing special. Price was highest in Irvine (2 pcs sushi $15) Will not come back again!
Great sushi place! We came here for lunch a week ago and then back for dinner.Both meals were delicious. The staff was also very attentive and friendly.We are so happy to have a local sushi place to come to. We recommend this spot if you are in the area and craving some Japanese food!
Super yummy place. Small on the inside so there is usually a wait. But the wait was not long at all. We came around 1 pm and they closed at 2pm. You just order and write down what you want and give them the paper so it’s easy. Food is good. Seaweed salad doesn’t have as much seaweed as I imagined it would???. It has a lot of other ingredients and some of the stuff was a little bitter. But they gave free refills on the miso soup? at the end. The sushi was amazing. ???Super good. No complaints. Overall nice place. Would come again. ?☺️
There was already a line before 5pm Saturday, but everyone in the line was seated when they opened. We ordered sushi from their daily special menu which included premium sea urchin from Santa Barbara and fresh fishes from Japan. Everything tasted great.
The mentaiko spaghetti was ??? and sushi good. Fish is solid except they could work on sizing down a bit some pieces were just too big to enjoy. Uni was bonkers and their wasabi is pretty unique.
Drinks are cold and fresh. Servers are polite and efficient.Their white Tuna is actual White Tuna.Also, their wasabi? yes, is actual wasabi.Your guest don't like raw fish, order them an Uni pasta.My review is complete
Love this place because is close to my house, and no long wait ~ but after COVID they run out alot stuff in Menu ～ feel sad come to sushi restaurant can’t order my sashimi lunch ~ something i don’t understand is if you want to order dinner menu they have ??! But i am great uni pasta come out really good !
One of best authentic Japanese restaurants in OC. You know it’s authentic when you see a bunch of Japanese grandmothers there.