Nozomi Sushi, La Jolla CA

Don’t give out 5 stars often but this place absolutely deserves it - huge rolls, amazing presentation, phenomenal fish clean and cozy place with friendly staff. You gotta check it out! Everything was genuinely incredible. (Super dragon roll featured)

This is a lovely little place with great service and a wide variety of rolls. Spicy scallop roll was great. Standard spicy tuna. The Girls Night Out and Samurai rolls both had an unusual poppy seed mustard dressing. Definitely unique.

Such a nice and warm place. Generous portions - worth the price! I have tried Chicken Katsu Curry, California Rolls and Ramen; all very tasty. My introduction to Japanese has been greet at Nozomi!

*shady restaurant review*

I visited a few weeks ago and had dinner with my sister here. The food was pretty good but I left my credit card at the restaurant (I know my bad). I called the next day to confirm that they had it and the lady on the phone was very nice and said that it was there and I could pick up anytime. I live about an hour away so I was planning on a day to go down and get it.

Over the span of a week of them confirming it was at their restaurant, my card was charged $70 at a local liquor store and then later that day another $1500 was charged. I called them to ask what was going on…the man on the phone said “dang that’s crazy” and when I suggested they do a internal check of their staff to see who was being shady he responded by saying “yeah, I don’t know what to tell you but it’s pretty busy here I gotta go”

I don’t expect them to go out of their way to get me my card back, that’s on me. But I do expect them to not charge my card….

Fair warning. If you want decent sushi go here, but do not make the human mistake of leaving your card. You never know what might happen to it at this restaurant)

They will publicly shame you if they think you don't tip enough, won't go there again. I am not responsible for the owner to pay a low salay to the waiters

Lunch service for a group is quite decent. Dynamite roll and calamari appetizer are good. They only validate the parking ticket if you park in the lot next to the restaurant, not the one across the street.

Food was really good, sushi was on point and very fresh. Plating was really nice. The waitress however didn't know some of the simpler questions when asked. They should know at least the menu and what a sauce is when asked or offer to find out if they don't know which she did not. Will still be going back in the future.

It’s really a great place for sushi! On top of that the service is very good! The staff is quite friendly as well. We ordered some rolls like Gentleman, California, and Boston and all of them were delicious. I especially like Gentleman because it’s crispy and a bit spicy. Their Miso is also very tasty. Definitely will come back soon and try other rolls with friends.

Pink Panda roll was amazing, and the samurai roll! The shrimp tempura was good! But I have had better! But still definitely good! This is a great place to eat if you donot want to travel too far off campus!

Went in with group of eight people during Happy Hour-Dinner time. Service was not bad but the food was definitely not acceptable. Worst Chicken Karaage I’ve ever eaten, hard as a rock I don’t even know what was fried in there (microwave karaage you can find in frozen isle in Asian supermarkets is better, imagine that). Geso karaage was small portion & just OK for $12 so skip the fried dishes here. We also had Hamatchi Kama for appetizers which was decent.

On to the rolls. We ordered multiple roll dishes but all of them are overpriced for what it is. They were drenched with sauces to cover up not so fresh fish in most of their rolls. These high reviews are misleading and do not reflect the quality of food served here. Low quality, overrated, overpriced restaurant it has become. There are many other better options in San Diego, save your money and go somewhere else.

On top of this, their Happy Hour beer is watered down. Sapporo does not taste like this. It is travesty to serve a water down beer just because it is for a discount during HH. 1.3/5

Delicious sushi and excellent service.

We had a seaweed salad and a few rolls. My favorite was the Pink Panda which doesn’t have rice. Great flavors.

While staying at the Marriott next door, we decided to walk over and try Nozomi and were pleasantly surprised! The food was outstanding! In fact better than anywhere we’ve been! Not over salted or covered up with “secret” sauces, but just right. The servers were attentive and very polite. We met the owner (or manager?) and he was especially gracious. Excellent!

Service was really nice, but unfortunately the food wasn’t. We had takeout of Chicken Katsu donburi, dumplings and a sushi roll. The roll was alright but the dumplings were not hot and they were hard on the edges. But the Chicken katsu was so weird: very, very soggy. It honestly seemed like it was reheated from another day. They picked up our order even before pick up time, so it couldn’t be that we waited too long.
We called them to tell them we thought the food was reheated and we got quite a rude response. Sadly we do not recommend or would eat here again.

Fresh fresh, but I hope they get more clients. It’s in a shopping center that might be preventing them from reaching their highest potential. I would go back for the protein roll

Worst Ramen and chicken Karaage I’ve ever had. Ramen was Bland and flavorless. Karaage was 80% fat and overcooked. Inedible

Love this place. Been coming here for just over 10 years and the dynamite roll is still one of my favorite rolls I’ve had from any sushi place.
It’s a bit more expensive than other sushi places so I usually come here for an occasion like friends visiting from out of town or if I’m celebrating something but it is so worth the money every time!

Had a bento box and 2 pieces of a dragon roll. To me the rice tasted off from what I am used to, like it had added butter or oil. The bento box was delicious which is odd because the lady said it was the same rice in the California roll that came with the bento. I have had dragon rolls before and they have not tasted like this one. Could be my taste buds, eel sauce tasted the same, avocado is avocado. So rice, shrimp or the eel was tasting oily or fishy. Brought this to their attention and they acknowledged it but that was it.