Hachi Ju Hachi - Saratoga

Ordered an omakase sushi asked for the fresh selections by the chef... $99 for 12 pieces of fresh fish , the worst toro and tiny pieces of sushi...very disappointed. My wife loves tempura and it was not crispy. A few other appetizers simply too salty......But, they had good selection of sake, hence 3 stars.

I love great food, and among all food, my favorite food is sushi. I actually admit I can be quite snobby about sushi but I go to any restaurant with expectations adjusted for the type of food and price point. As I strongly prefer traditional type of sushi over fusion, I thought I found a decent restaurant to try with realistic expectations. This is THE WORST restaurant I ever dined at including any type of food fast food, really bad bbq place with dry briskets, tourist trap, food trucks). No self respecting sushi chef will serve sushi like they did. We were there for early dinner and there was no customer at that hour. Table was sticky and there were flies. No transparency on price price itself wasn’t shocking but food was just absolutely terrible and I asked if there was sushi chef working tonight when I saw grayish fish and toro with gristle served. This was the first kind of BAD in terms of bad restaurant experience. We moved onto a couple of spicy tuna rolls after and tried saba box sushi which was sooooo bad. Watery ginger and undercooked Hard rice. We told sushi chef he was a senior Japanese man) how bad it was and why and he stood there nodding and saying “thank you” to several points I made. When we left around 7pm, I saw the waitress coming out and putting “closed” sign as we drove off. Dined here in 9/27/2023. Paid $395 before tip $165 for nigiri) for horrible meal. This is a fraud, not just a bad experience.

Just the best Japanese restaurant in the South Bay Area! : Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $30–50 Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 4 Recommended dishes: Mackerel, Nigiri Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options: Free parking lot, Free street parking

Absolutely loved the food there! They have a lot of traditional Japanese dishes I have never found in other restaurants. The fish was so fresh for the nigiri we ordered and the salmon Sake Saka-jio Mushi in broth was out of this world delicious. The broth was very delicate and super tasty Also loved the Maguro Okura Yamakake appetizer we got. The chef also came by to see how the food was and gave us extra nigiris at the end of the meal. 100% recommend!!!!

Such a great authentic Japanese food. Service: Dine in Meal type: Dinner Price per person: $100+ Food: 5 Service: 5 Atmosphere: 5 Parking space: Plenty of parking Parking options: Free parking lot, Free street parking