Sushi 85

This place has some great quality sushi and all you can eat for the price of $49.95. The only downfall of this place is the service. The service was sub par and their was only 1 sushi chef working. Each order placed tool more than 10 minutes to be served and the place was not even busy. 5 total patrons including the group of 3 that I was sitting with. If they had more chefs, this place would easily be the best all you can eat sushi spot in the bay area but until they get that fixed, it's a good last resort for all you can eat sushi.

I am surprised at the other reviews of this place, but I think my focus was different than the other diners reporting here. I wasn't bringing out a digital scale to weigh up fish, or trying to stuff myself with Maki to make my All You Can Eat into a buffet bargain. I was looking for clean comfort food after pushing myself to exhaustion over the last couple of days. I ordered the Tantan Ramen, with an extra portion of Chashu Pork, and an Ebi Sunomono salad (cucumber and sliced shrimp). Honestly, I was very well satisfied. The ramen was spicy, hearty, and chock a block with corn and noodles, pork, fish cakes, and egg. The cucumber salad was brightly sauced, evenly and thinly sliced, properly pickled and refreshing, without any bitter notes. The food made me happy on a day when I just needed to be warmed and filled, and though I wasn't counting the cost, I walked out for $40, thirty to the restaurant and ten to the waiter, and I was happy. That's what I want from food, to be happy. What do you want?

Worst AYCE sushi -Stay away! I should have read the other review before I go. For $50 per person AYCE, the best food I had for the night from the menu was fried imitation crab. Most of the menu is about rolls, very little protein or seafood options - only chicken is available as appetizer protein, and also very poortly cooked with heavy oil and sauce. They just hide all other good stuff from the AYCE menu. And about the rolls -as you can see from the picture, fully packed with rice and very little ingredients. Fishes are definitely no where near 'fresh' or 'delicious' - you can tell from the color and moisture. Waitress will tell you order no more than 3 'items' per round - 1 bowl of miso soup or 1 piece of yakitori skewer is considered 1 item. And the serving is slow. Overall, they might have ok 'to go' or normal menu, but the AYCE for the price is disastrous. Will never come back again.

TL;DR: 15$ worth All-you-can-eat at best, but their price: 50$. I have a very wide range of tolerance in terms of food, meaning very few restaurants fall into either ends of the spectrum from terrible to phenomenal. This place is on the wrong end of the spectrum. I've been to sushi factory, Kenzo's AYCE menu, Tomi Seafood buffet, and lots of other buffet/AYCE places. Granted, my experience are mostly pre-COVID. And I get that restaurants have to raise prices because of hard times and staff demanding higher pay, and I get that. Pre-COVID, most places charge roughly 25$ per person for sushi/seafood AYCE. If I've got to pay 30$ or 35$ now, still understandable, but certainly not 50$ per. I came here thinking if they charge 50$ per, it must be really good. How mistaken I was. Their menu is pretty much the same if not worse than Kenzo's (no justification for higher price here). Getting an annual membership with Kenzo and get sashimi with them is cheaper than this place's per person prize (even less justification for higher price here). Now this may sound like I'm advertising for Kenzo, but I've got no stake in the place. It's just easier to have a bar to compare to and see how far this Sushi 85 place have fallen. As for the food quality, terrible! And I don't say that lightly nor often. They pack so much rice in the rolls, so little fish, scrap pieces of fish at that. Again, for 50$, I expect a lot better. I'm not one to comment on freshness but the fish definitely smells. By the end of it I can't taste any fish, just vinegar rice in my mouth. And to top off the horrible experience, when the wait staff ask for somebody more senior to help calculate the left over pieces we didn't finish (again, couldn't taste anything but vinegar rice at this point), Chinese was the first thing came out of his mouth. Yes, this place is run by Chinese, that assumes every other Asian-looking people are Chinese and show you no respect. Does it sound like I'm splitting hair? Yes. But at this point it's another drop in the bucket of things that make this place bad. Sushi 85 has earned its place on my black list. Never again. Don't waste your money on this place.

I don't understand all the hate in this restaurant. Yes each time we ordered a new round it took 10 to 15min..but I appreciated it because it would let my food settle for the next round. The baked rolls where very good..however they did taste similar. The fried crab was delicious, and the calamari was thin and good. The nigori and surf clam where not best but not the worst as well. It was very empty, so our service was quick. The server was on top of it and we didn't have issues. Yes, the price was $50 AYCE , which is pretty pricy considering everything they don't offer, so thats why its down to 3 stars. First time for my visit I am content. Would I go back ? I think I would stick to Kenzo sushi, or Tokyo sushi in Berryessa for sushi. Thank you guys.

Most mean and unresponsible sushi makers, Asians(I'm also Western Asian), and humans. Not preferring at all as a professional delivery guy, and food lover. If you wanna get sad, just go ahead and visit. And you never act with grown up delivery guy as a school student or trained dog, as "go and sit there right near entrance" and else. Good luck to you to be better place, maybe one day, maybe never ever. 3,8 Google score means horrible, means you don't even park nearby this restaurant.

Absolute garbage service. Just get nigiri... their spicy tuna and salmon is just Sriracha on the fish. We were the only ones there ( party of 2) and I had to bring the menu up to the sushi chef almost every time. If you want sushi, just go to nobhill instead, you'll thank me. Fish might be bad at this place as they drown their sushi with sauce. Also budget might be tight as they left some lights off and no air conditioning. Will not be returning.