Nakama Sushi - San Francisco

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   Zach

   Denver

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined today

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

   The service and food quality were outstanding. Worth a visit!
   

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   Andrew

   San Francisco

   2 reviews

   5.0

   2 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Incredible! Uncle Ben is the best host ever! He treated us like family! Gave us a surprise gift at the end too!
   

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   Michael

   San Francisco

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined 4 days ago

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

   Everything about our dinner was wonderful, but Ben’s warmth and enthusiasm made the evening!
   

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   Stan

   San Francisco

   13 reviews

   5.0

   13 reviews

   Dined 7 days ago

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

   Everything is perfect here in every way except the table vs. tableware sizes. Their service plates are beautiful and of generous size. The tables are just barely large enough to seat either 2 or 4 persons. If you order more than 2 0r 3 items at once things get tight immediately. Item number 3 or 4 appears and if you find the food is so good that you have taken a little time to savor and appreciate each just a bit, the runner is not prepared to cope and just stands there, holding the new dish and looking non-plussed. Our runner was not prepared to move items around on existing plates to reduce density. So the diners had to do it and messy plates were produced. Clearly the space is already filled with tables, so larger ones are not an option. On our future visits, we will order only 2 items at a time and order new ones when service plates can be removed timely. BUT the great food is the thing, after all. We both judged this to be the best sushi meal we have eaten outside of Japan, so we are more than willing to drive in from Marin. FIVE STARS in every category that really matters! We shall return soon and often.
   

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   Alpana

   VIP

   San Francisco

   5 reviews

   5.0

   5 reviews

   Dined on December 19, 2024

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

   Wonderful! The staff were so sweet! Would highly recommend!
   

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   Phil

   Los Angeles

   8 reviews

   5.0

   8 reviews

   Dined on December 18, 2024

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

   Nakama delivers some of the best sushi and dining experience you can get, and I say this as someone who loves sushi and has been to Japan over 50 times. My wife and I went there for dinner before a show and got the omakase. Our server Ben was super friendly/personable and attentive while also being subtle and discreet along with the rest of the staff. The food was amazing. Our favorite was the fresh sea scallop sashimi that was so delicately sweet and complex. But we also liked or loved everything else including the tuna sushi, which was the best we had ever had, barracuda sushi, their uni from Japan with roe from Scotland, and many others. I cannot say enough good things about this place. The sushi is as good or better than anything you can get in Japan or other great sushi restaurants in the US (LA, NYC, etc.). And our server Ben helped to put them over the top. Go there and you will have an amazing meal and experience.
   

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   Amy

   San Francisco

   3 reviews

   5.0

   3 reviews

   Dined on December 18, 2024

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

   The staff was really nice to my kids and the food was great!
   

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   Richard G

   VIP

   San Francisco

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 13, 2024

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

   Staff are helpful for choosing dishes specially fresh and satisfying
   

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   Oliver

   Los Angeles

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on December 9, 2024

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

   My favorite sushi restaurant in town. Amazing staff, great food. Don’t look any further. Your search for the best sushi in town is over.
   

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    Michael

    VIP

    Washington DC

    27 reviews

    5.0

    27 reviews

    Dined on December 8, 2024

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

    This is one of our main go to places on nights that we attend the San Francisco Symphony. The food is always great. Every time we have been there Benjamin was our waiter. He typically suggests a few things we might want to consider for that night's dinner, and his recommendations are always excellent. They were again last night. We had the grilled fish cheeks (Kama-Yaki) and it was outstanding!
    

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