Aj's Kitchen - San Jose

Was the best sushi place around! The employees were always super kind and helpful, very welcoming restaurant. I miss going there and eating their salmon avocado roll, rainbow roll, dragon roll, their house salad and sauce was amazing as well as their miso soup!! Everytime I've eaten there or ordered delivery from them I was never disappointed. Leaving this review because I tried getting sushi from somewhere else and it's just... not the same Praying AJ's makes its comeback, truly a hidden gem of San Jose and I absolutely miss it!

This place was great but is out of business. A new Japanese restaurant is there now.

Now that AJ's kitchen is closed I can finally leave my review. We got takeout from AJ's in 2020. Wanted to support small businesses during the lockdown and I love sushi. It was my first and only time having food from here. It was hands down the worst sushi I've ever had. Who knew simple rolls could be made so terribly...but they were. Rice wasn't right, didn't taste fresh overall. Everything about it was so off the mark, just bad and honestly disgusting. I really hate wasting food and I cringed at the thought of finishing my meal. I also got the miso black cod bento box. I've had so many miso black cods from many different places...this was the worst miso black cod....it was so insanely salty I couldn't even finish it. Black cod is my favorite fish and this place did not do that delicious fish justice at all. I think that everyone has a special talent for something. Not every person can excel at certain jobs. Just as how whoever made our meal that night should probably never cook in a restaurant or make sushi to sell ever again. Make it at home for friends and family? Sure. But to paying customers? No. Never again did we go back to AJ's. Never again.

I would give them 5 stars but unfortunately they are slightly over priced and their portions are extremely small. Their rolls could be at least 25% bigger and their bento boxes need to have more food inside them. Other places for cheaper have better value.

Back again! The sushi hit the spot after work! The unagi was a little too sweet and the miso soup was okay. The combo was a good portion