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Sushiya

Sushiya

751 Center Dr, 96069, San Marcos, United States

Sushi • Casual • Salads • Japanese


"Very often when going out to a new place, I will leave myself notes on Yelp, so I can better remember my experience when the time comes to write about it. This is especially useful when I let long periods go in between the eating and the reviewing. Of course, here I am now, more than three years later since coming out to Sushiya, and all I have to go by are a few pictures and a lone note proclaiming, "not that great. "Not gonna lie, I have to stick by that. Valentine 's Day of 2020, leaving the kids at home, we snuck away for a chance to be alone with good food at a new spot nearby. There was a fair sized crowd that night and COVID hadn 't yet closed everything down. Settling in, we grabbed a small table near the front and ordered.We started with the Edamame, basic and not bad, though it would always be better with some garlic to kick things up a bit. Still, a nice beginning to the evening.Next up was the Popcorn Lobster Roll. Great on paper, gorgeously plated and fun to look at, but a bit underwhelming in flavor. It reminded me of two other dishes I 've had, also with lobster chunks, both also fried. Starting to think that lobster doesn 't ever work well in sushi.Then there was the Golden Tiger, the only thing I remember about this roll was that it put in mind that the only fried roll that should have cream cheese in it was a Jalapeño popper.Our last order was their Crunch Onion, similar to (but not even coming close) to the Hotty Hotty over at Blue Ocean. While ambitious in concept, it doesn 't have that same kind of salty crunch, or overall good mix of flavors that we were hoping was there.Also on the table we 're our regular selections of a California and Philadelphia Rolls. The latter was standard, but the former had a crab stick instead of a surimi salad which is ALWAYS a warning sign anytime we go out for sushi.In the end, after coming here, I had little interest in writing about it right away. There was no drive to come back out to try it again or see if we could find better fare on their menu. There are definitely better sushi places to go and enjoy better food. I very much doubt I will ever come back here again, which is sad; but with so many other choices nearby, it 's tough to justify giving this place a second look."