Ozumo

I came here for the first time on a Sushi date with a friend. I love the décor. The Warriors were playing so there was a lot of cheering coming from the bar but the vibes were all around great. Only thing I would say was wrong is my sushi roll kept following apart. I wasn’t able to dip it in my wasabi-​soy sauce mix (amazing if you don’t do it I suggest you try it).

I love this space. It’s a favorite for both business lunches and night on the town dinners. The food is consistently great and the décor is timeless.

This is hands down the best sushi and service in Oakland. We just celebrated my moms birthday and were treated like royalty. The staff staff is extremely attentive, the food is exceptional and the ambiance is the best that Oakland has to offer.
We reserved the Kotatsu room and let me tell you, this room is amazing for private/​exclusive events. We will definitely rent this room out again in the future. It seats up to 18 people and the prices are VERY reasonable. They will work with you to customize a menu that fits your budget. Add top notch service from their management & staff, and you’ll have a night to remember.
Other takeaways, there is plenty of parking, the sashimi and nigri is a MUST, the miso cod is just melt in yo mouth silky awesomeness, incredible drink selection, and they play the warriors games!!! WHAT?!

I came here for happy hour with a couple of the girls, and it was reasonable, tasty and fun! We had a good spread of dishes from edamame, tuna tartar, fried calamari, ribs, okonomiyaki to great cocktails and sparkling wine! Our bill was quite reasonable in the end, and we liked our friendly server. Great for happy hour, and it’s close to 19^th Street BART.

Ozumo’s food is fantastic, but the level of service is unacceptable.
I had dinner with a friend on a Monday night at 6:30. Our meal lasted for 2 hours, most of which was time waiting for our server to return to take our order or bring us our food. At one point, we tried to get our server’s attention as she chatted and laughed with the folks at the next table for a good 5 minutes. The server never apologized to us about this delay.
I’m not sure whether this happened to be a particularly short-​staffed night, or if this server is especially clueless. Either way, the service needs serious improvement. Until then, I will not be returning to spend another $ 120 here on dinner for two.

It’s was mine and a good friend’s birthday celebration last night. There were total of 7 of us. Being in the restaurant business, I don’t have a high standard when we have huge parties going to a restaurant. Then again, I friends who works at the restaurant and we’ll they were above and beyond what I expect. Service was fantastic. Chef Eddie even came out to serve us some Amuse Bouche and even came back after our dinner to check up on how was the dinner and our experience. From the Manager on duty to the servers and hostess. It was an excellent experience. And I haven’t even started with the food. The food was amazing and everything I tasted that my friends and I ordered that night it was delicious.
Thank you OZUMO CREW.

I have been here a couple of years ago, had better memories.
This time, (4 types of) sushi rolls we ordered are tiny, the fish seems dry. My favorite Hanabi
(hamachi, avocado, ginger jalapeño ponzu) was overly sour and had an unpleasant «fish sauce» taste.
The service is really great despite the low quality food.
The ambient was great, we could have conversation without much effort at the dinning area (far away from the bar/​lounge area)
I think the SF location is better for sure.

Just like the SF location — absolutely impeccable service.
The food exceeded expectations and service was at its best.
The vibe is great all around. Much more of a chill vibe than SF due to the open-​ness and spacious areas.
Plenty of drinks/​cocktails to choose from and I personally think all dishes are to die for.

The last time we were here we had a fantastic food and sake pairing. So we were expecting no less.
The service was excellent very attentive. We first had the tataki a spicy tuna With seaweed and ponzu sauce. It was 4 star. Nice portion size. Then my wife had the duck breast special with salad. It was served cold which was a surprise. 5 pieces without a sauce. Quite disappointing.
I had the black cod. Server said it was a good portion size. It was 2 small pieces about 3 ounces for $ 28. How do you call this an entrée?
Then we ordered the salmon skin roll. The first had almost no skin and sent it back. They replaced it with slightly better but nothing like others we’ve had.
My wife really liked the sake our server suggested.
Worst thing was 20 minutes later I had terrible stomach cramps that lasted an hour.

This place has ok sushi. It’s good, nothing extraordinary. It’s not one of my go to spots for sushi. They do have a good up beat atmosphere and sometimes music. It’s a decent spot to go with friends for some cocktails and basic rolls etc

I came here for dinner with my co workers. They have a bar, lounge, and dining room. We opted to sit in the dining room. It is a very clean and trendy restaurant. There was sumo wrestling also on all the televisions to watch, which was very interesting.
We ordered their daily special — a ramen salad. Honestly, was very skeptical to try this, but it was surprisingly very delicious. The broth was their «salad dressing». My only complaint was it was a bit salty. Aside from that, we ordered some rolls for the table to share — ozumo, makushita, and midori. All were very unique and the raw fish tasted fresh.
This restaurant is more on the pricey end, but I would say you’re paying for the ambiance, and this is probably the best sushi in downtown Oakland.

I’m still dropping in at my local watering hole, Ozumo. The food is fresh, the drinks are decent, and the attention by the staff to all is marvelous. A special kudos to front of the house managers, Megan and Mel, who give the high touch to service and hospitality.

Just delicious, I ate at the bar and Andrew the bartender took care of me. Dude knows his stuff. Service is always on point. The sushi chef Harmachi (sp) sent over some great rolls with a salmon tartar. Everything is always perfect here and the miso soup hit the spot on a cold day.
Great for date night or afternoon snack. Do yourself a favor and eat here you won’t be disappointed.

I had forgot about this place, but when I stepped into the restaurant for a Xmas eve snack, it had clicked in my head… 4 years ago I came here for a Unilocal event, a very successful night. I recalled the amazing food and celebrating the night with making your own shirts reppin’ Oakland by a local t-​shirt vender. Now that time has past and I was around the area, I found myself in this classy venue.
Love the ambiance: great music in the back ground, white noise of people talking, but quiet enough to have a conversation without yelling. Date night approved! The venue is very spacious and I love that the bar is the center of attention.
Drinks to try:
Purple haze: delicious but deadly
Non-​alcoholic mojito: taste just like the real deal, great for non drinkers like me!
Bathroom: they have Japanese playing in the background with translation so you can learn to speak! At first I thought it was a person talking next to me (creepy), but I stopped to listen for a little to find out what it was. The sink is cute, a square bowl with a metal bamboo like faucet.
Park maguro
— I was looking at the pictures to recall what I had a few years back and when I saw this dish, I had to have it!
Dohyo
— Spicy tuna tartare, avocado, cucumber, edamame, tobiko, ponzu, and wasabi oil
— The flavors melt in your mouth, the tuna wasn’t too spicy and the cucumber gave it a great crunchy texture
— It came in a soup spoon, very elegant and well designed.
–The down fall of being a spoonful is that you can’t savor the flavors.
I cant wait to come here again

As long as you’re willing to spend the dough, Ozumo is a fantastic place to throw down for a nice Japanese style dinner. Came here for Oakland Restaurant Week originally, but the menu temptations were too great for us not to order a few off-​ORW menu rolls. This is my recap of the food and drinks…
Giddy Geisha– Yea I’m a sucker for lychee… so sue me. This drank was pretty sweet, but so tasty!
The Resolution– For you St. Georges Terrior Gin lovers, this is totally the earthy drink for you.
Bucho roll– Shrimp tempura, crab, avocado, tobiko, and a yuzu aoili… tempura wasn’t really crunchy anymore, but still very tasty. Loved it.
Ozumo roll– Eel, cucumber, crab, tuna, and avocado with a spicy aoili. Loved this one more! Bite of the cucumber and the fresh tuna… ahhhh so good!
Makushita– Gratuitious slices of jalapeño, seared scallop, macadamia nuts. This was my favorite. The macanut was small enough so that you couldn’t taste it as much as you could feel the texture with each bite… and OH GOD THE SCALLOP. Excuse my plebe self for never having had scallop so good before… How was I supposed to know it’d be so succulent and sweet…*drools* …Did I mention the jalapeño burn? Oh yea, it’s there! (But in a really tasty kind of way! lol)
Bincho tataki salad– I’ll be honest and say I was kinda sad that there were only two slices of the seared albacore tuna, but damn were those slices good, lol. Greens were just dressed enough to keep it interesting.
Kinoko soba noodles– Jeebus. I was already had at the soba noodle part, but wow… The egg was perfectly PERFECTLY poached, there were at least three different kinds of mushroom, and the broth was the lovely savory kind of salty (makes my soba + ponzu concoctions at home look sad, hahah). Also, the tenkasu was great! I had originally mistaken the tenkasu (joyous little puffy crispy fried bits of batter!) for a scoop of panko and was like «goddamn, how did our server make it out from the kitchen to table faster than the panko had time to mushify?!»…then I realized otherwise. Silly, me lol. But yes! It’s a special kind of wonderful to be able to taste crispness admist a broth. =]
Nigiri– Selection that night consisted of tuna, salmon, and yellowtail. All were wonderfully fresh and excellently cut so that I was able to split them with minimal chopstick force between my friend and I.
Grilled salmon– Augh. So. Good! I was amused at having cooked salmon after it’s nigiri form, but this was no less delicious in all its flaky goodness. Broccolini was also exceptionally tender. ^_​_​_​_​^
House made truffles– Über soft ganache packed with coconut flakes and strawberry goodness. What a way to end the night!
All in all, a lovely place for a date or a treat-​yo-​self kinda dinner. Certainly there is plenty of space for larger groups and I’m sure at least some of the many rooms I saw could be reserved for banquet style gatherings. Lighting is dim (at least during dinner), but hey… it’s all about setting that mood right? Lol. Service can be quite good as it was for us on a quiet Tuesday night, but it sounds like Ozumo can get pretty packed at times too. Shout out for our server, Alisha, for being an absolute sweetheart!

All the hype about Ozuma and I was let down. The sushi was ok. Our server and his support staff were lackluster at best and unknowledgeable about the menu or services of the restaurant. We ordered the blue mussels which were very good and meaty, but when we ordered extra pita (to pay for) were told there was only enough bread for the dishes and not any more for anything else. Once this happened we were worried that they would treeat us with even less attention once we asked again. Just the same sushi was oK nothing mind blowin. S

2.5÷3
Definitely more an American — Japanese «Fusion» — /​trendy bar than a good sushi spot. It was very loud, service was extremely slow for a Thursday night when I went, and most of the crowd were typical hipsters you’d find in downtown Oakland.
Sashimi combo:
— was good and fresh. Scallop was great too, it came in an orange peel. 3.5
Nigiri:
— sake
— unagi
— uni
— toro
Roll:
Tuna jalapeño. Very meh.
Dessert:
— Chocolate covered coconut Mousse with green tea ice cream.
2.5. Green tea ice cream was overly sweet and tasted very dull, matcha was lost in the sugar (probably store bought). I originally ordered the chocolate fondue, which they were out of. Then In ordered passion fruit mousse, which they then informed me was actually coconut and their menus weren’t updated. They had a weird Hawaiian fusion thing going on, which did not make sense to me at all… other desserts offered were Haupia (coconut pudding/​custard dessert, Hawaiian staple) Cheesecake.
Overall satisfying meal, but wasn’t impressive by any means.

A very cute and modern restaurant. I love the sophisticated interior and how open the space feels. The food, however, does not match up to the feel of the place. The food is surprisingly average. Ordered the mifune for lunch which comes with the california roll, spicy tuna, hamachi, and some sides including roasted eggplant and salmon collar. The fish was pretty disappointing and overpriced in my opinion.
The upside, however, is that I have also attended some networking events here and I think this place is the perfect venue and the service was also on point.

When you walk into Ozumo, you will definitely be impressed. It’s a pretty expansive restaurant!
Food: Ordered the Beet Salad, Pork Ribs, Tuna Tartare, and the special ma po ramen. Everything was beautiful and delicious. I love the textural contrasts of the creamy (from avocado) and soft texture of the tartare with the crunchy chips that accompanied the tuna app. The ramen dish had very good flavor.
Ambiance: Expansive and beautiful. It has such a hip vibe… you really would expect a lot more people to be hanging out there.
Service: Attentive! We ordered ginger beers and I overheard our server tell the bartender…“this doesn’t feel cold enough”…so it was exchanged for another one. I appreciated that.
This place is great. I knick it one star because it is pretty pricey. You generally associate HH with being a great deal… so you drink more! However, at Ozumo, HH isn’t really a great deal. My beet salad… while delicious, beautiful and impressive… was $ 12. You’re not going to go here to find items on the bar menu to be under $ 10. So, it was like going to dinner…4 items and two ginger beers cost about $ 80. My friend really liked the ambiance and we had a pleasant time!

Spectacular, contemporary venue for sushi that incorporates a lively circular bar right up front, a large dining area in the back, and a private area off to the side. Indeed, the best part about this place is the ambience, with the energy of the bar providing a nice background buzz, plus a view of the kitchen serving as additional conversation fodder for folks seated nearby at tables.
Having said all this, the food is mostly an afterthought. I found the quality of the sushi to be pretty average, while the prices seemed rather steep given what I felt were skimpy cuts of fish. Service was cheerful and friendly, especially at the bar. Overall, a place worth considering if you’re part of a large group sharing a large table, or if you manage to snag a place at the bustling bar.