My friend and I decided to try KIWAMI as we were just looking for a new sushi restaurant to try, we were greeted as soon as we walked in the door, the place was very clean and nice, the staff were equally as nice and very helpful and attentive when it came to questions about the menu, as someone who typically doesn't do much fine dinning the prices at first seemed a little intimidating, but let me tell you this was some of the best sushi I've had in a long time, I also tried their yakisoba which was also top notch, portions were generous and I left with a smile, I highly recommend this place and I will be coming back :)
Small and quaint. They were very busy and only had 2 servers. We ordered crispy rice with tuna, mushroom salad, a roll, gyudon, aghedashi tofu. I liked everything except for the mushroom salad. We first sat at the counter but there were ants crawling all over so we asked to move to another table. It was fine there. But more fruit flies were flying around too. Even for this time of year. I have had better Japanese food. If they had hamachi kama or salmon kama I would definitely go back. I would only go back because my boyfriend liked it there.
Excellent sushi! We just tried this place and absolutely love it. We ordered a few rolls and edamame. Since it was our first time there, we asked the waitress for a few suggestions, she recommended the hang ten roll and it was delicious. The only thing I would point out is that the rolls are really big, we are used to having 5 or 6 rolls, but started with 4 and am so glad we did. It was plenty of food for two people. The dining room is small and quaint and fills up fast! Our new favorite place!
This was my first experience being asked for papers, you know like in 1930/40's Germany. That said I understand the predicament these businesses face. After taking care of that the rest of the experience was great. Service was on point, food was amazing, fish was very fresh and delicious. Really loved the atmosphere but it's unfortunate King county is hell bent on putting great little gems like this place out of business with there communistic approach to the disappearing flu replaced by a new name. Would love to come back once people stand up to the gov overreach and get back to normal.
This is our regular dinner place if we come to Kirkland. Good combo dinner w/ salmon & pork tonkatzu, udon w/ tempura, agedashi tofu and unagi sushi. Good and comfort food!
Beware… walked in with my daughter to sit down and eat. Mind you, the restaurant was completely empty. The hostess says, feel free to sit anywhere… we go to sit down… actually anywhere but there. Okay, let’s just order to go. 15% auto gratuity added to all to-go… sure, let’s just sit down again. Sit down, start to look at the menu. Within 30 seconds, as she’s giving us tap water, 20% gratuity added to all dine in customers. Well, this is a great way for me to tell everyone I know to not waste your time going to this sushi restaurant. Horrible experience, and I bet they will be out of business in the next six months.
One of the best local sushi places around !The staff is super super friendly and very courteous.This is not a big place so if you are a big group call ahead to see if they can accommodate you .Everything is so delicious but always check the chef specials on the blackboard they are always extra special .Their yakisoba is delicious as well .Highly recommend this place .Gets very very busy weekends however it’s worth the wait .
Amazing quality, excellent servers. LOVE the spicy tune roll and house sake.
Delicious food and very kind waitstaff.Some of the best sushi I have ever had!
The only thing I can taste in my roll is the cheese. I was surprised when they told me from now own you must tip 15% even on pick up orders. It is not my job to pay their employees! They told me they could take it off this time but refused to when I arrived. That's pretty bad business in my opinion