Ootoro Sushi

Tbh I was a bit socked to see the prices but the food was really good. We ordered the less expensive things and the quality of the food impressed us. My favorite thing was the soft crab hand roll, uffff, soooo goood! We ordered sashimi a la carte, one of them was really chewy, they didn’t took it out of the bill but gave us a complementary creamy green tea ice cream. Restrooms, not as clean as I would expected for the place. Make reservations (they don’t take same day reservation, has to be at least the day before).

Otoro Sushi is my favorite sushi spot in Irvine! The food is fresh and you get great value with the chirashi bowl. They give you a lot of thick cuts of a variety of fish. The atmosphere is very elegant and the service is incredible! I’m Japanese so I can be very picky about sushi and there are very few sushi places owned and operated by Japanese people in Orange County and I believe this is one of the few. It can be pricey depending on what you order but it’s definitely worth it because the fish is very fresh and their rice is delicious too! I’ve only had rice like this before in Japan! I highly recommend this place :-)

Very, very good food. Chilean sea bass and lobster fried rice are amazing. The kobe steak is the best beef I've ever tasted. Hot pot with the A5 is really good. The 3 way oysters are fun way to try different preparations. Both salmon sashimi plates were fresh and high quality.