Kanji AYCE Sushi - Japanese restaurant in Lake Forest - 21212 Bake Pkwy, USA

We went there for my daughter's 25th birthday 🎂 and wanted to try a new place..she always wants 🍣 we usually go to a local place, but this one was about 20 minutes away but we'll worth the drive. Staff was very friendly and served us very quickly. We did all you can eat lunch, very reasonable but next time we will order less the 1st time, you get 3 times to order. Everything was fantastic. Coming back for sure. Thank you 😊

poor service. Very low quality fish especially tuna. Ordered Sushi combo and Sashimi special but very disappointed with quality of the food. Sashimi special was covered with ponzu kind sauce to cover up the quality of fish. If you are long for good quality Japanese style Sushi Sashiimi, this is not the place. Restaurant is very messy here and there and server acts like Japanese but only making up Japanese greeting. Don’t see any service what so ever.

I tried the AYCE menu, priced at $38 per person. In my opinion, it's somewhat overpriced, especially since the variety of fish and seafood lacked freshness. The sushi quality was disappointing, mainly due to the use of frozen fish. The miso soup and ramen didn't impress either. However, I would recommend the cut rolls and hand rolls – just steer clear of the sushi.

It’s sushi o’clock again!! And this time, follow me to this AYCE sushi place. They have super small rice portion in their sushi pieces WOW amazing! I ordered Sushi (everything x 4 pieces): 1. Salmon 2. Tuna 3. Yellow tail 4. Shrimp 5. Sweet egg 6. Squid 7. Eel (unagi) 8. Red clam 9. Scallop Appetizer dishes: 10. Takoyaki 11. Cheese baked mussels 12. Fried calamari 13. Miso soup 14. Seaweed salad 15. Adamame Super quick and nice service. Casual ambiance.

Great AYCE place!! Best value AYCE I’ve seen in OC!! It’s about $34pp + tax etc for lunch AYCE sushi. They do have a rule that you have to eat rice that comes with sushi. BUT rice was very small!! Sashimi piece is very large on the sushi. I’m very surprised because most AYCE place did the opposite!! Totally impressed by their generosity of the sashimi. Fresh oyster and sushi (any sashimi) are my most recommended ordering. They also have a la carte too. I think rice bowl is worth it if you just want something to make you full but if you want sushi, definitely go for AYCE because only 3-4 orders will exceed what you pay for AYCE price.

We arrived and they had a full house. There was a stand outside for us to write our name and party size down to wait. There are a few spots to sit down outside until you're called. The place is small inside, so be aware of being close to the next party over. They have the option of a la carte or ordering all you can eat. If you've got a big appetite then all you can eat is worth it. The all you can eat options do come out at half the size of a normal order so order 2 if you want a full roll. We ended up ordering nearly 7 rolls and a handful of appetizers and waddled out of there stuffed to the gills with our party of 3. The service was on point, they make sure to keep your water cup full. The sushi and appetizers came out surprisingly quickly with how full the restaurant was. In the photo you can see 2 orders of the salmon, 2 orders of the yellowtail, 2 orders of the rainbow, and 1 order of two other rolls (I will update if I remember which rolls they are). The miso soup was very flavorful so I ordered it twice. You can never go wrong with an order of edamame 🫛. I'd say my favorites were the Volcano and Kanji rolls. The Kanji is spicy, so be aware if you don't do spicy. The music is very loud, so makes it harder for conversation, but overall a great place and we will return.

Right when you enter, there's a little bathroom smell. The interior is messy with storage boxes everywhere. The food is not authentic or good. My oyakadon had its egg completely cooked and not watery like it's supposed to be. The sushi didn't seem fresh. Service is rough.

Chicken teriyaki with rice, absolutely delicious! Highly recommend this place! All you can eat!