Takka Sushi Bar & Grill, Santee CA

I love sushi and sashimi. My wife loves ramen. Takka Sushi seems to have a mix of the stuff we both love and at more than fair prices too.

The staff seemed very friendly and attentive. The food came out and was well presented. You can tell that they care about their dishes.

For appetizers, we ordered the fried calamari ($10.95) which came out nearly stacked with a side of their spicy dipping sauce. Loved it. Wish they added more sauce though. We also ordered vegetable tempura ($8.50).

My wife ordered one of their udon ramen bowls. She enjoyed it very much. I can't remember which one she ordered. She also ordered their Rainbow Roll ($17).

I ordered their Spider Roll (soft shelled crab roll) ($17), the Hot Lips Roll (scallops and crab, spicy) ($17), and the Sashimi Mix (9 pieces) ($16.95). I loved everything!

You get 50% off of all classic rolls and 30% off of special rolls (dine in and to go orders).

I will definitely be back, and will also be ordering food for lunch. I work from home and they are just down the street.

Thanks Takka Sushi!

Every time I go to another place besides here I'm so disappointed and wish I had gone to Takka. This place is literally perfection.

First time coming to this place, Tom attended me right away with awesome customer service!
Food was affordable, and looks really good!

To be fair, this place is decent. The 1/2 off classic rolls gimic makes for competitively price sushi. The portions are nice and the fish is fresh. If you don't have dietary restrictions I would recommend visiting. If you have celiac and gluten free matters, STAY AWAY! There are other, more expensive, places in town that can reliability prepared GF sushi. The staff here do not seem to know what GF even means and will tell you it's GF, which may work on people who just want to avoid gluten, but for those with celiac it will poison them. Yes poison is a harsh word, but to the staff of Takka, please research celiac disease and educate your staff. Missleading people about the ingredients you use causes real harm.

They do not seem to understand what gluten free means. If you specifically ask about ingredients like soy sauce or shrimi they will tell you they use GF shrimi or that there is no soy sauce in this etc. I'll stop short of accusing them of lying, but they certainly seem willing to shine you allong. So if you have celiac, and GF matters, don't eat here! Otherwise, decent sushi at a decent price.

Very nice place, we enjoyed our lunch very much, very frendly customer service, sushi very fresh, Yakisoba and fried rice super delicious, defenetly going back.

Heard this place had good sushi. First the service was horrible (forgot to bring us our salads and green ice cream), took a long time to get food that did come. Owners need to reevaluate their serving plan (can be much more organized). The sushi was average at best, I’ve had better at many other places. If you go with a group tip is automatically included, so if service was bad you have no choice to give a lesser tip. We’ve decided not to go back.

This place is awesome, they always have a smile on their face. Menu items are discounted when you pay cash. The bento box is huge and prices are great. The sushi is authentic and good as well. Very good vibes here.

Food was great, had 5 people In our party and would separate 3 tickets, would not let us pat separate. Then 2 of us tried to pay cash for a 10% discount and would was told all of us had to pay cash. Total BS on the cash policy. Will not eat there again the customer service was very sub par. Yet the sushi was good.

Went here with friends who highly recommend me try Sushi and Takka was the place to go on their list. It was great! Especially the Hawaiian special roll. California Beach roll, Salmon skin roll. So good. The service was great. Quiet amposhere. Friendly. I had a great time celebrating my birthday as well. Will definitely be coming back. Maybe date night!

This place is here just to fill a void.

I wanted sushi and this place was rated on Goggle as one of the highest in the area.

- Service was less than stellar that would rate less than a 10% tip. So a ‘D’ grade.
- food was ok. Rolls were not wrapped right and fell apart when trying to pick them up. The tempura had some weird batter on it and it wasn’t true tempura batter. I would give it a ‘C-‘.
- Atmosphere, an annoying loud lady and her kid sat behind me, which was bothersome. But there was nothing special or nice about the place. As least the dining area was clean. Hopefully the kitchen was clean too. A ‘C’ grade.

Not sure why this place rates so high. Maybe cuz it’s just decent average sushi for local Santee. But there are better places.

Grabbed dinner with the daughter. Employees constantly checking with guests for refills and orders as needed. Food tasted great. Rolls made with good quality and freshness. Will definitely return.

I wanted to try a different sushi place so we decided on Takka. The prices were less expensive than others places I've been but the quality was still good. There are lots and lots of roll options and they are either 50% or 30% off the menu prices. I really enjoyed the monkey balls and the ring of fire roll. Service was very good as well. Located in a plaza next to Kung Fu Tea so you can get boba for dessert.

Every visit is its own experience! Today I got the Ring of fire roll, wasn't particularly fond of it but it was a good first time try. I did get two hand rolls one spicy tuna and one Salmon skin. Those were exceptional! Miso soup and a green iced tea hit the spot!

We've always enjoyed sushi, from when we met in 1982. We fondly remember so many sushi bars that have come and gone - Kazra's downtown with the Shintu-priest proprietor whose voice was raspy from too many cigarettes, the Elvis-look-alike sushi chef at Kinokawa in Chula Vista, the family who ran Kamon in La Mesa who brought Karaoke to San Diego. They have all come and gone, but their artistry remains firmly planted in memory.

In our neighborhood, Covid seems to have done a number on our neighborhood sushi bars. Tsuki Sushi has mysteriously vanished, Narumi is content with preparing Take-Out only orders and customers are no longer welcome to dine there in person. Ahi Sushi is no longer our go-to as the nigiri becomes smaller and the hours posted online are inaccurate, as we found out the hard way. Therefore, Takka in Santee, is like the glimmering gem spotted on the bottom of a pond.

We went in last night and had an amazing experience. The sushi was super fresh, the albacore was so tasty, and they had fresh ikura! It's been two years since we had that!

Suffice it to say, this is our new go-to sushi bar, thanks to the prowess of sushi chef Jack and the rest of the staff. Excellent!

TERRIBLE customer service. We have been here many times before but after this last time we will not be back. They can’t get the orders right and the portions have gotten smaller and smaller over time. My 7rd old daughter wanted to have her birthday dinner here (she only eats the noodles) so we load up the family and head over.

They seemed to have this weird attitude and there was a different vibe in there than before. We asked if we could sit in the back so that we could have ample space. The booths are tiny and don’t fit two full size men next to each other. So as a family of four we need more space to enjoy 7x rolls, rice and the beloved noodles and drinks. We told them we could wait if they needed us to but that the booth isn’t comfortable and we need more space. Never been a problem here before. Mind you that one of the two back tables currently had a party of 4. And the other table was unoccupied. Like what?

They are rude and of course stop talking in English to each other, until one replies in English clearly explaining that they wouldn’t sit us there unless party of 5 or more. Again more talking to each other in another language (I don’t know what language) but that’s not the point. The point is the talk to each other in front of your face and then convert the decision to English. The staff all speaks very good English so this was definitely a red flag. We decide to leave and then the owner chimes in, in perfect English “Sorry guys”. What a joke.

I don’t want to spend my money at a place where they can’t have a decent conversation and good customer service. They use language as a barrier when they don’t want to understand. But when you check out and pay they speak very clearly to you.

We won’t be back.

First time trying this place out and it was really yummy sushi at a reasonable price (50% off of classic sushi rolls and 30% off of specialty sushi rolls). The restaurant looked tidy and had a nice setting too. We ordered carryout, so I can't weigh in on their customer service too much. However, the interaction we had was your typical encounter. 10% off your bill if you pay with cash.