Something’s Fishy Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Bar

Sat down an hour ago. No food yet… Might just leave and get a burger. Worst birthday ever.
Finally came over, offered us extra shrimp for the wait. I said no because I don’t want shrimp. They have us shrimp any way. Covered in lemon, I’m allergic…
Just want to get out of here.

I love the cooking show, the chef’s are very talented! The food is always delicious. You get your money’s worth! I recommend trying something fishy! :)

We loved the cooking show, it was my 1^st experience. The chef was very skilled and did some trick moves.
Steak, rice and vegetables were delicious.
Service kinda slow but ok

Best hibachi and sushi in town! The sushi is half price all day every day so super affordable. If you want a fun family dinner or dinner party I highly recommend the hibachi tables! The chefs put on a great show and the food is amazing!

First time eating here. Called ahead and made a reservation. I recommend doing that as they do get really busy. You can choose if you want sushi or Teppanyaki. We elected for the Teppanyaki and it was delicious! Shared a table with 4 other people. Was a fun experience and was worth the price! I ordered the Hibachi steak and scallops with fried rice. Highly recommend it! Also ordered the hot sake which I also suggest trying! Give this place a try you won’t regret it!

We came here for a late dinner, the service was a little bit slow but one the managers gave us a California roll for free to compensate. Food is very good. Definitely recommend this place!

Great service & food. I come here all the time to get my sushi fix. I usually go to the sushi bar which is full at times, but the wait time isn’t bad at all. Everyone is really nice, as well as accommodating. You also cannot beat the half off sushi prices. Really great deal!

The miso soup is salty and wrong. All the cooked meats are a catastrophe (burnt, chewy, nasty etc). The always half-​price sushi is stupid.
You’re going to get full on rice.
The fish itself isn’t what I’d call amazing, but it definitely isn’t bad. The malibu is pretty satisfying too.

The food was really good. The people working there were really nice. I will go back there when I’m in that area again!

This place place used to be great. The ginger is too warm for taste and enjoyment. I probably will still come back for the prices. Never gotten sick. Always moderately fresh and enjoyable.

It’s a good deal for sushi since they do half price. I usually call in and get it to go since it’s not the nicest sushi spot around. They are usually pretty quick on order prep and the service is good. The place is way over due for a remodel but if that happened I’m sure there wouldn’t be anymore half price sushi. So as the saying goes «you get what you pay for».

It was a fairly slow day so the service was fairly fast. Our waitress Megan was on top of everything. Didn’t even let my cup get lower than half empty with water. Ordered a beer and the Hibachi Steak and Chicken. Was cooked perfectly medium rare and was real tender and juicy. The chef was really good and were relating on several things, considering I’m a chef also.
Great service and great staff

What a turn around in just a couple of weeks. I have to say I was skeptical about going in after my last visit. But I am a local that likes sushi when all the other places are closed. I enjoy talking with hiro. The sushi chef. Funny a great guy. Service was excellent and enjoyable. I know sometimes the bosses don’t know what happens when they’re not there. So Unilocal a good way telling them there experience. Looking forward in continue business with something’s fishy.

Probably one of the WORST experiences I’ve had in a restaurant :(Let me just start off saying, the food is good! Nothing wrong with any of the food, the chefs are amazing and we all enjoyed our food. The problem was with the service…
We made a reservation for 9 at 7:15 and we ended up getting their around 6:45. We were told we needed to wait because there wasn’t enough chefs, which is TOTALLY fine and understandable. Then the woman at the front seats a party of 2 and another party of 3. So I asked why they were able to sit down before our group (and by this time it was about 7 – 7:10) and she told me because they had a smaller group… Okay well if we had a reservation wouldn’t we be first to sit down? We didn’t care if the chef wasn’t ready we just wanted to sit down order drinks and have some appetizers. We were then seated and our server Ivan came over very promptly which was nice. After he got our first round of drinks this is where things went down hill.
We ordered some sushi, simple sushi. Salmon, and shrimp. We ordered 2 rolls, a crunch roll and a shrimp tempura roll. He brought out yellowtail, tuna and 2 veggie rolls. I kindly said that the food wasn’t ours and that wasn’t what we ordered. He told me that it was and that I was wrong. So I asked to see the sushi paper because maybe I marked the wrong thing. And then he said he threw the paper away but he took the sushi away with a HUGE attitude and said he would go try and find the paper. Well our group could see him in the back area and he pulled the paper out of his apron and came over and said oh yeah I guess it was my fault I brought you guys the wrong stuff… Okay that’s what we tried explaining! The stuff finally comes out and tasted perfect! So then some of us ordered the teppan and we got our miso soup and then once that was done we got our salad. None of us had forks and I’m pretty sure maybe 1 out the 9 of us knew how to use chopsticks so I asked for forks and he said yeah no problem. Well we waited out 10 minutes until we saw him again and couldn’t find any other servers to ask for their help so we ended up just eating with our fingers. We finally see Ivan and asked for forks again and he said, «do you honestly need them right now? Your food isn’t being cooked!» EXCUSE ME! I was so furious that he would even come back with such attitude. All of the girls needed forks and so we told him, yes we need them now. I almost got up to go find them myself! Anyways, chef comes, food turned out good and no Ivan to be found for about 30 minutes. So 2 girls in our group asked for boxes, myself included, and it took him about 15 minutes to get them so I ended up eating the last bit of food I was going to take home. So when he brought my box I said, «I’m sorry, I don’t need the box anymore I finished what I was going to take home, but thank you!» (very politely) He then came back with «ok well maybe if I take your plate away you’ll stop changing your mind» WHAT IN THE HELL!!! At this point I was done trying to be nice. After2 and half hours I was so glad to be leaving! Ivan was so rude to ALL of the girls in our group! I hope if we go back, which we probably won’t, that Ivan will not be there. I always try and give people the benefit of the doubt and maybe he was having a bad day, but if your day is that bad, don’t come into work and be mean and rude to your customers. I work with the public and believe me, it’s hard to always please everyone. But it’s unacceptable to be rude to people!

Came here for a late lunch on Friday and was NOT impressed. Sushi is my favorite. I eat sushi almost once a week. This, this was bland and took forever to get. When we first arrived the host was super nice and sat us right away at the sushi bar. We ordered waters and then he went away. He brought them back along with our waiter and we told our waiter we where getting sushi and would like two green teas. It took a while to get them and I had to ask for the check and he took forever to run my card as well. As for the sushi… We ordered Fresh water Eel sushi and a salmon and shrimp roll. The eel was terribly cooked and the roll was gross. It tasted like mayonnaise.
Reason I did not give them a one star is because of how wonderful the host was and how quick he brought our water to us and made sure we were happy before turning us over to our waiter.

Food was actually really good. Sushi was creamy and the rice was cooked very well.
The two missing stars were for the lousy service. Water had to be begged out of a none attentive waiter. The chefs didn’t acknowledge any customer and looked like they would rather be bowling.
Prices made it worthwhile.

My fiancé’ and I love our sushi and dim sum and in Santa Barbara, it is quite limiting so we were excited to see this catchy restaurant name, Something’s Fishy. But when we Unilocaled, it didn’t look good. But that place seemed pretty busy so we decided to give it a chance. Well, Unilocal reviews were right. We gave it 3 tries because, like I mentioned, good sushi are so limiting in this neighborhood and sometimes restaurants just have off days especially when prices are really low. In short, our experience goes like this.
* The first time we ate there, it was substandard in quality. Meaning, it didn’t incite us to eat more. The waiter was punctual but the sushi maker takes off for 15 minutes and when he came back, he forgot our order so we ended up just asking for the check. No apologies were offered.
* The second time at the sushi bar, the sushi maker again forgot an order, the very first one we put in. The second order was being made, we saw with our own eyes the sushi maker taking out a roll of raw fish from a counter height freezer behind him, and when he gave us the plate, it smelled like chlorine. It made me nauseous and we asked for the check.
* The third time I braved myself and said ok, this is the last try and I know I’ve been generous in giving it a chance. Took a girl friend there and after we put in the order, a big huge horse fly showed itself in the refrigerating glass case fronting us. It was just flying around. So, we waved the sushi maker down and pointed it out to him. He grabbed a paper napkin and chased it down and killed it, and wiped the glass with it. I said that’s it, I’m NEVER going there again, and I must share this or my conscience won’t be clear. The manager didn’t seem to care.
Yuk and so unfortunate.

My friends and I decided to make a reservation for Something’s Fishy for my birthday. We sat down and they didn’t even take our order until 40 minutes later. We ordered a variety of things like teriyaki chicken, hibachi, and sushi. The Hibachi grill took 10 minutes, the sushi took 20 minutes, and the teriyaki chicken never came until we had to ask for it multiple times.
Not only was the service extraordinarily slow, while the waiter was taking away my empty sushi plate, he spilled the soy sauce on it all over my lap and onto my nice pants without offering any compensation.
The waiter also messed up my sushi order and had the nerve the make crappy excuses for the overall poor quality of experience like how it was a busy night and how not enough people ordered Hibachi when clearly half our party did.
My party and I were very displeased with how nonchalant the employees seemed with how we were clearly not enjoying our experience and unapologetic for their mistakes. People are always raving about their half off sushi but after this lousy experience with the slow service and attitude towards customers here, you would have to be begging me to come again. Seriously, the food is not worth it.

I’m shocked at the reviews here. I love this place. People try to compare this place to Benihana. That’s so stupid. This is state street Santa Barbara. I have so any wonderful memories of this place. This is where you go to have dinner before you paint state street with your drunken presence. Sake bombs and fresh sushi, let the teppan chef entertain you while you are slamming back beers in the middle of the best pre party spot in Santa Barbara. Whether you are a graduating ucsb student, here for Fiesta, or just looking for a fun place to eat with friends, I highly recommend this spot. Half price sushi, fried rice, and white crack sauce for the seafood. Hell yeah. Do not come here expecting some fancy fru fru stuff. Eat and enjoy the show, remember your night is just getting started, make it one to remember forever…

This place is just like any other Teppan restaurant where the chefs cook in front of you, and I thought it was just okay. I came an hour before closing and that was probably a big factor into why it was just okay.
Our chef dropped one of his utensils in the beginning and thankfully left to get a new one! He wasn’t as lively and a little messy, but it was probably the end of his shift. The food was good and there were only 4 of us at the table so I think our servings were bigger for the veggies and shared food. I would come back at an earlier time next time!