Kanpai Sushi - Livermore, CA

Kanpai Sushi
1510 N. Vasco Rd.
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 454-1838
kanpaisushi.net

We've been going to Kanpai regularly for the past 4 months and they still get 5 stars! Their escolar (butterfish) will probably always be my #1 sushi and I've been a sushi aficionado for many years now. I enjoy a good sushi specialty roll every now and then to switch things up and their Snow White roll was much better than their Three Amigo roll. These past few visits, the server greets us by asking, "5 orders of escolar?" Yes, we are definitely hooked...



Snow White Roll ($11.50)
Inside: spicy crab, avocado
Outside: butterfish, tobiko, honey mustard, unagi sauce


Three Amigo Roll ($9.95)
Inside: salmon, tuna, yellowtail, avocado
Outside: deep-fried in tempura batter, spicy mayo, unagi sauce


Escolar (Butterfish) Nigiri ($4.00/two)

Kanpai Sushi - Livermore, CA

Kanpai Sushi
1510 N. Vasco Rd.
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 454-1838
kanpaisushi.net

I am VERY pleased to give Kanpai Sushi a solid 5 stars, after the last couple of visits! Service was excellent (thanks to the young male server, didn't catch your name but you remembered us as the "Escolar Couple") and their sushi is exceptional.

Kanpai undoubtedly has the BEST sushi in the 925 area code!





Sake, Hamachi & Escolar


Escolar (Butterfish) Nigiri


UPDATE 7/18/09 - We came back for more escolar nigiri and tried their Snow White Roll (inside: spicy crab, outside: escolar, tobiko, honey mustard and unagi sauce). It was DELICIOUS!!!

Kanpai Sushi - Livermore, CA

Kanpai Sushi
1510 N. Vasco Rd.
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 454-1838
kanpaisushi.net

This was our first visit to Kanpai Sushi and although it was pretty slow (understandably so on a Tuesday evening) we waited over 30 minutes to get our sushi! The only server working was on the telephone for the first 15 minutes, hopefully taking a very complicated to-go order. There was only one sushi chef working and we overheard comments from people sitting at the bar complaining about the slow service.

Our first plate consisted of four orders of nigiri sushi: escolar (butterfish), hamachi (yellowtail), sake (salmon) and shiro maguro (albacore tuna). With the exception of the shiro maguro, everything else was super fresh and deliciously onolicious (this word is a Leilani-ism: "ono" means yummy in Hawaiian) so we ordered a second plate of escolar, hamachi and sake...and skipped the shiro maguro.

I would have easily given Kanpai Sushi 4 stars if the service wasn't so slooooooooow (maybe even 5 stars if the service was super) but the large, fresh portions of nigiri sushi are what will make me want to come back for more! Just look at my pics below and see for yourself. :)

















Sake, Hamachi, Shiro Maguro, Escolar


Escolar, Hamachi and Sake