Taka-O Restaurant

This was our first time here. We came for our friends 40th Surprise Party. We enjoyed everything we tried... Oh no roll, crunchy roll, Sesame Chicken, and garlic edamame. Loved the Hana Martini! Great saki bombs and beer. We were there for Karaoke. It was a lot of fun but just too small of a space for the crowd it brings in. The sound system could use an updating as well. But overall we had a great time and the sushi and drinks were great.

Had the Sesame Chicken dinner and it was uniquely amazing. Tender, crispy, and glazed chicken matched up with steamed rice, veggie tempura, salad, miso, and gyoza...simply put, it was worth the wait of an entire day without eating while traveling the SoCal coast!

Loved this place for forty years... Sunday, March 28, 2021 was their last day, as Roger and Kelly sold the building and retired.

In general, this place is very good. The sushi is almost always perfect, though I have had it be cut a bit too thick on a few occasions. On weekdays, service is very quick and they have good drink specials. If you come on a weekend, especially later in the evening, the place will be packed due to the karaoke in the bar. On those days, service can be less than stellar. Over all, I would say this is a place worth checking out.

I've been coming to this place like forever, so to my amazement, never left a review. Love the Kareoke at night, and the lunch special is super deal. A couple of $ per order is a SUPER value and that was the last time I ate here. I traveled close to this location so was wanting something good to great for my sushi for a reasonable price and that is hard to find these days. Love it, great job Roger, looking forward to coming back again. :

We had a great dinner here tonight. The sushi bar was a bit overwhelmed and our waitress was clearly upset that it was affecting the timing on getting out our meals. She warned us ahead of time of the wait and brought out the other food quickly. She also gave us all complimentary miso soup to tide us over and comped us our alcohol at the end. All in all it was an imperfect but very reasonable and overall enjoyable experience. A table near ours was stirring up trouble and trying to see issues where there were none, so we thought it was important to make it clear that it was them, not our server, that were being unreasonable.

Every time my SO and I come here we are always greeted with smiles. The food here is amazing. We went last night in the pouring rain with our 17 month old. The waitress was very pleasant, quick to serve our items and she also interacted with our son. LOVE when that happens. I will always recommend this place to my friends and family

I normally don't review places,but tonight was very special. The service I received at this place was beyond compare. I loved the fact an awesome girl and her daughter were so on point with the service and made me feel like family. I came in alone and was greeted with smiles although its hard to see smiles under face masks, I could see it their eyes The food was delicious, the service, and warm friendly atmosphere was superb!!! I highly recommend this place for anyone looking for a nice dinner and drinks

Super awesome local spot feel at night. Karaoke is always fun and brings a great atmosphere, the bartenders here are absolutely amazing. Not for the quiet non social person when it converts over to the bar, definitely bring some personality if you decide to come in.

Ten years ago I knew the owner and would come 4-6 times a week. I was in town and brought my family and our order was messed up, no problem, they fixed it. Later all our food had come out except my husbands entree. The rest of us were almost done eating so we asked about it and they said it was on it’s way. They clearly forgot because they never brought him his soup or salad. That’s also fine, accidents happen but I don’t appreciate being lied to, just admit you forgot to put it in. Over 15 min after the rest of us had finished his dinner finally came. We tried to speak to a manager and the girl they had talk to us wouldn’t admit the error either and told my mom that this was normal. I loved this place for 7 years but sadly tonight will be my last time especially after seeing other recent reviews that make it seem like this is their new normal. What a shame.