Kanji Ayce Sushi - Lake Forest

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.

I don’t usually leave reviews, unless something is really good or really bad. Unfortunately, in this case it was the second one. We came friday night with my girlfriends an hour before closing time, at first we were not told that the kitchen is closing at 9 but just given menus for ayce, by the time we decided what we wanted we were told about the kitchen closing and that we can only order one more time after this one (even though it says that the place is closing at 9:30), if we knew we wouldn’t come here in the first place. But we were so hungry and it was late already, so we decided to order a la carte instead.The music was sooo loud and so obnoxious (think house techno and club pop) , I felt like i am in the club and not in a sushi place. We couldn’t hear each other and after some time we asked to lower it, to which they said “ok” but it didn’t get any better. Our male server was kind and patient but another lady (asian lady with blonde hair, a lead or manager, idk) kept coming to our table, rushing us to order while screaming (maybe she lost her hearing because of the loud music and had to scream now, who knows), we felt stressed because of the music, because she rushed us, and was talking to us in a loud tone. She was also running around the restaurant and talking to other servers very loudly. To be fair, the food was 5/5- tasty, fresh, good looking … no complaints there… but the service and the atmosphere… I didn’t have such a bad experience in years. I think the management should know about this to create more pleasant experience for their guests in the future

The food is ok and the proportion of fish to rice is really good (almost too much fish even) but what really bothered me is that they sat me and my friend at a table with foldable metal chairs!I didn’t expect to be sat at these chairs in a sit down restaurant. They were uncomfortable and seemed more suited to an outdoor event than a sushi restaurant.The wait time was incredibly long with staff taking ages to sit guests even with the large amount of seating in the restaurant.

Our family of 7 came here for the first time to eat Japanese food buffet. The attitude of the service staff was very bad, and the service staff did not tell us the amount of each dish in advance . When we knew that we ordered a lot of food in the first round, we Take the initiative to find the service staff and tell her not to continue to cook the next food, and apologize for it. But her attitude was very bad, and she said loudly after applauding: We will not charge extra this time, please read carefully next time before ordering! We find this very disrespectful. I think the service staff should have informed us when they saw our order menu that it could be a lot for us! After , we didn’t continue to order the second and third rounds! The service staff is a lady with blond hair she speaks very thickly and loudly.Actually , the experience is very bad! Affected the mood of our family gathering!

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.