Eiji, San Francisco CA

My favorite sushi spot in town. It’s authentic, cozy and unpretentious yet high quality. Feels exactly like a stall you’d walk by in Tokyo.

Simple and relaxed sushi place, the menu is compact but the quality of the items served does not disappoint, the place is small but has an adequate flow of customers and it is hardly necessary to wait for a table.

I didn’t bother taking pictures because I was savoring each bite. Miles ahead of other Japanese places I’ve been. Come and order whatever you want - it will be delicious.

Cozy Japanese restaurant. We ordered the sushi delux, rainbow roll, unagi, and purple sweet potato yokan.

The sushi was great, fresh fish, unagi was super tasty. The wasabi here seemed stronger than other places I have been to.

Service was also good.

Fresh and high quality ingredients.

However, I felt uncomfortable with the services. This place is pretty restricted and inflexible. The servers did not allow us to watch the video while we were waiting for the food. The charge you 3% if you pay by credit card. They did not serve or offer us any water.

For the food, I felt that the hamachi cappacio was too overpriced compare with the quality.

Avoid this place like a plague.
Extremely rude staff and frustrating wait experience. There is no line and no system. I called ahead to ask what’s the wait and the lady said no wait.
When I showed up, the lady couldn’t take my name down and simply asked to wait outside.
The party ahead of me was so frustrated they left. She proceeded to seat the party ahead of me. I left because I do not have the patience to play her musical chair waiting system.

Located next to the Kitchen story. It is a small place holding maybe 20 people inside and the outside seating maybe 10 people.
We ordered the Salmon skin salad for appetizer. I didn't know it was a thin Daikon wrapped a skin salmon 4 tiny rolls and a few slices of cucumber not enough for 2 people. I forgot to take a picture of it. $14,00. I thought it mixed salad with the salmon skin instead of wrapping it with a thin daikon.
Warm tofu was yummy. The rainbow roll and Poke roll OK.

Great sushi at a reasonable price! I tried the regular chef’s sampler which comes with one roll and 7 pieces of nigiri. It was the perfect amount of food and great pieces of fish. Highly recommend!

I love this place. The husband/wife combo (I think) are very sweet. Modest yet delicious place. Feels very authentic and true to themselves- none of those lavish modernized rolls, just clean quality fish and veggies. Such an amazing date place, probably not meant for anything greater than 4 people

Authentic Japanese place! The sake (salmon) sashimi just melts in your mouth. Definitely order the tofu. The ikura was so fresh

Would love if they had cha soba or udon on the lunch menu.

Unfortunately subpar quality. I came here mostly for the hot tofu on a rainy day. And that warmed me up but unfortunately not outstanding enough to me. I would still order it, but will not come back specifically for it.

Also tried negitoro roll and regular sushi combo. Too much rice and rice was too dry and slightly undercooked, not sticky and seasoned enough imo. And there was too much wasabi in the roll and nigiris that it overpowered everything else. Fish were also not that fresh and high quality. The combo was at a great price of $24 for 7 nigiris + 1 roll. But the negitoro roll was definitely overpriced at $18 with icy toro. I had so many negitoro rolls before (as in if a restaurant offers it, I order it), but they were usually $10-$12 and tasted much better. Overall absolutely advise against ordering nigiris here. Sashimi might be better but idk.

The one reason I would come back is for their ichigo daifuku (strawberry mochi) and I appreciate the free genmaicha.

Very pretentious place, sushi is good but not worth the prestige they hold it to. Hard pass from me and SF natives I’ve spoken to

I’ve been coming here for years and have always loved it! Consistently delicious and they have unique menu items you really can’t get anywhere else (eggplant walnut miso, ceviche sushi roll, strawberry daifuku, homemade tofu - to name a few)! I live across the Bay now but still make the trip into SF mainly for Eiji’s food! Totally worth it. Highly recommend it.

Excellent sushi, well prepared, really lovely service and a cozy traditional atmosphere. The tofu is made in house and is phenomenal. Highly recommend the Ankake tofu (dine in only), and the yummy mochi desserts. We just keep coming back here.

My favorite Japanese restaurant in the city and I pretty much love everything there! Remember to order the strawberry mochi right when you get there as they usually sell out by 8 pm!