Cuisine type: Japanese, Sushi
Atmosphere: quiet, fast-food, running sushi bar
Meal: dinner
Price range: $3-$4.50 / plate
Overall grade: 6
Ben
We ate at the running sushi bar in the middle of the restaurant, offering plates of four colors and prices running on a chain of boats across the bar. A lot of the plates appeared to have been sitting out a while and the selection was somewhat limited, particularly in non-nigiri dishes. To be fair, we went for an early dinner so there weren’t many other patrons at the bar. The chef did supply a few of our special requests and put them on the bar. After sampling many of the dishes, we tallied up the plates, we found we had spent already over $50 but could still eat much more. These prices seemed a little overpriced for the location (northern San Jose, next to a Safeway) and ambience. The prices off the menu may have been much better, as we saw a majority of the patrons were sitting in booths away from the bar. Overall I found the sushi average and the prices high, and would not recommend eating at the running sushi bar as I expect there are better ones in the area.
Drinks 6
Atmosphere 6
Service 8
Value 6
Nina
On the night before our first day of work, we stopped by Safeway to do some grocery shopping for the dinners we wanted to make on work nights (thank you, Rachel Ray 7 day planner). Enticing us right next to where we parked was this fun sounding Japanese restaurant - YoYo Sushi. We hadn't eaten sushi in a while, so why not?
To my delight, beyond the usual simple table-and-chairs arrangement in the style typical to many Asian restaurants, they also had sushi bar seating in front of a lazy river of sushi boats. Choices! We immediately sat there and started picking plate after plate of sushi yummy-ness from the boats gliding in front of us. The nigiri sushi was delicious, albeit not the widest selection I've encountered; the chef was very generous with his fish cuts, which were up to two times larger than the nugget of rice hiding under them. The rolls were also of very few different types, but the great part about this was that the chef would make new rolls upon request - so I could try almost anything off the sushi menu without having to eat a whole roll. That being said, there was nothing about these rolls that wow-ed, pretty typical run-of-the-mill sushi selection.
This place is very conveniently placed - should I really go grocery shopping, or just enjoy some quick sushi? I see myself choosing the latter every so often in the future. While the overall restaurant atmosphere is not very festive and the sushi is nothing outstanding, sitting at the sushi bar is much more interesting because you can see the chef at work and make special requests with very short response time.
Food 6
Drinks 5
Atmosphere 5
Service 7
Value 7
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