Sumika Santa Clara

Bummer. Yelp needs to remove all the yakitori-related photos of the food and menu. Despite looking forward to yakitori and being let down, we stayed and tried their ramen anyway. It was underwhelming. Nothing shined flavor-wise. The unfinished interior made the experience worse. Depressing like a ghost town.

Fantastic! Love this place! Been here one time and will definitely come back. I highly recommend

The only star goes to takoyaki. The rest food is pretty mediocre. The service experience is the most terrible that I had in Bay Area, specific with a male waiter. I really want to tell the rest people in-line that the service and food don't worth the wait at all This is the location in Santa Clara.

I visited the Sumika in Los Altos about two years back and had such an amazing experience there so I was really excited to visit the one in Santa Clara! I was SO bummed that they don't serve Yakitori at this location, since I felt like those were the best items at the Los Altos location. Their menu is limited without the skewers--pretty much just Donburis, Bento Boxes and Ramen. They have a few appetizers and specials that are noteworthy though. A group of us shared the Karaage and another Bonito Fish appetizer. For the entrees, the Okaya-don and the Gyu-don were both tasty but not particularly memorable. I would say it may not be worth the visit unless you are specifically here to get Ramen from Orenchi. If you can, definitely visit the Los Altos one because the skewers are what make the experience in my opinion!

Sumika resides in the spot where my favorite restaurant of all time was located. Iroriya. Let me tell you, I was so Flippin pissed when they shut down Iroriya. But like a Phenix, a new place rose through the ashes.... Sumika. Low and behold, Sumika is born of the same owners. And to my delight, the menu is very similar. So similar in fact, it still deserves my 5 star review for Iroriya. There are so many great dishes. This place is japanese. I should have put that up higher. They have sashimi, small but a really quality variety. They do yakitori over coals, and specially dishes. Go see my pix. They should be attached to this review. Everything made his is made with pride. Its hard to explain until you see it for yourself. I highly recommend Sumika Until next time...