Kizuna Sushi Bistro - Glen Ellyn

It seems this place is highly regarded online, so we made a point to stop in. We arrived on a Monday about 15 minutes after they opened. The restaurant was kind of dirty, presumably from the night before. There were crumbs and such on the seats; the menus were spotty and sticky. Worse yet, my husband and I both had long strands of human hair in our cloth napkins (I don't know about him, but mine had A LOT). The napkins were probably laundered, but for some reason there was still a ton of hair I had to remove. This all made a pretty bad impression that contributes a lot to my relatively low score.We were also seated in the dark. The recessed lighting was there, but all turned off. There was some daylight coming in since it was like 3:15pm, but our table was far enough away from the window that it was weirdly dim.That covers all of the main issues. Otherwise, the service was quick and friendly. The food was also good, to varying degrees. We ordered three different rolls: the Garlic Salmon, the Chill Mango, and the Dragon. That was the order in which they came out, and also a list of the best to the worst (though none were bad). The garlic salmon was actually amazing. So very, very good. The Chill Mango was one of their vegetarian options, and it was reasonably enjoyable, but the garlic salmon was a tough act to follow. Finally, my husband always gets these Dragon roll type things at sushi places, but this was not one of our favorite versions. It was kind of heavy and the flavor just didn't hit the mark for us.All in all, I don't think we will be back here in a hurry due to the issues I stated, although the menu was pretty interesting overall, and the garlic salmon made an impression. Kaido sushi serves similarly tasty rolls, so I would probably sooner go there when I am needing next level sushi.

Sushi was good, but it could be better. Service was fast and quick.Food: 3/5

Tried Kizuna out when having a sushi cravingAll the fish was incredibly fresh Shumai was delicious highly recommend Sushi is on the pricier side but all the ingredients are high quality so you get what you pay for

Great local sushi! We love the Karma roll and Dynamite roll!

This is a unique, delicious sushi spot with easy parking, good service and charming atmosphere.