Banbu Sushi Bar & Grill

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   heather

   VIP

   San Diego

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on 22 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Incredible service and the food was fresh and delicious. Outside has a nice atmosphere.
   

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   marci

   VIP

   San Diego

   13 reviews

   5.0

   13 reviews

   Dined on 21 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   I love this place! Their sushi is the best! The best restaurant in LA Mesa if you like sushi!
   

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   Joseph

   VIP

   San Diego

   26 reviews

   4.0

   26 reviews

   Dined on 16 February 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   The sushi was very good and so were the apps. The service was awesome. The ambiance didn't feel like a sushi restaurant, more modern and loud. My only knock was portion to price ratio was a bit off but overall the quality of fish was very good.
   

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   Brent

   San Joaquin

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 15 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 4

   Our server Brooke was very attentive and had great energy. Food came out quicker than expected and was really delicious. It's a bit more expensive than other sushi restaurants in town but the quality of food and service justify the price IMO.
   

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   William

   Naples

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 2 February 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Always a good choice to hit Banbu with my wife and daughter. Good food, friendly service and very knowledgeable wait staff. It’s also always clean and warm on the patio, really a little oasis.
   

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   Tristian

   San Francisco

   1 review

   4.0

   1 review

   Dined on 30 January 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   It’s our first time eating on this place and it was worth it. The food, the servers and the place will make this one of my go-to restaurants. Unfortunately, as we celebrate our mom’s birthday here, someone took the cake we brought. I didn’t think that people had the audacity to lie that they brought the cake and thank the server for keeping it. What a piece of crap! But thanks to that, the manager and our server offered us free desserts for everyone and a huge discount to compensate for the lost cake.
   

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   cara

   VIP

   San Diego

   15 reviews

   5.0

   15 reviews

   Dined on 25 January 2025

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   We got here quite often and it's always good. Cocktails are great and the food is good. The service this last week was especially good. Highly recommend.
   

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   Melissa

   Denver

   2 reviews

   4.0

   2 reviews

   Dined on 25 January 2025

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 2
   4. Ambience 3

   The food was amazing. They initially sat us in the back room which is bright with white walls. They had to move us from a booth to a table in that room and the table is by door and staff room(s). It was uncomfortable. I asked the hostess to move us as we had a reservation and were celebrating a birthday. She refused. So I got up and asked the person at the hostess stand to move us and she said “absolutely, I understand” and had a new table (in main area) for us within minutes. The service was slow. The waitress only checked on us 1 time during the 45 minute wait for our sushi. We would have drank more but they were busy. The espresso martinis are good! Food was great! Once we got a table in the main room, the vibe was much better. That being said, we had to move tables 3 times as they originally sat us somewhere but then wanted that table for a large party (and then moved us to worst seats in the house - cold/noisy, etc). I worked in restaurants for 20-plus years so the thing that was upsetting was the one hostess that refused us a better table without even checking availability. She went on to shoot us daggers every time she passed the rest of the evening but the other staff was friendly.
   

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   Bethany

   VIP

   San Diego

   3 reviews

   3.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on 21 January 2025

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 3

   Sushi was good - my jawed dropped when I saw the prices. $20 for Gyoza appetizer?! We eat out a lot but this was crazy. I won't be back.
   

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    brent

    VIP

    San Diego

    9 reviews

    3.0

    9 reviews

    Dined on 20 January 2025

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 5
    3. Service 1
    4. Ambience 4

    Good food but terrible service. We had 6 people. One person got tempura which came out 20 minutes after everyone’s sushi. Another got chicken fried rice which came out after everyone was done and we were ready to go despite asking our server for it 5 times! They gave it to us to go for free.
    

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