Review Takara Japanese Restaurant

SKM Music (Sara Marsalis)

This is our second favorite play to go for sushi in Santa Cruz. Hi quality sushi! The atmosphere is dim-lit and very family friendly. Gets a little loud, but in my experience, most sushi places do! They have a good vegetarian selection and not too bad for a vegan selection either. I forgot to take a photo of our vegan sushi, but here are some of the fish rolls that our friends got! Also we love the liter of beer! :) Only problem is that their hot sake only comes in one size! We wanted Large!

Ana Flores

They're food is good like many Japanese restaurants and the monster roll is delicious. If you don't mind rude service then it's a good place to grab some sushi. I personally don't like being ignored for about 30 min after seating to get asked if we're ready to order. 🙄 Also staff wasn't friendly, it seemed the person helping us wanted to be elsewhere than helping us. So if it wasn't for the rude service, I'd give it a 3.5 review.

John Jones

We always enjoy Takara as a family time out we celebrated my granddaughters graduation. Food was good with generous portions, atmosphere is pleasant and not to loud, service was good. I always enjoy the tempura mix and teriyaki beef and my kids have shush.

Cherie Perdue (Perdue)

The lunch combo is inexpensive and definitely above average quality for Japanese food. It is also quick to be seated, order, and served which I look for in a lunch place. The atmosphere and decor is nice enough to invite clients without being too stuffy for a casual meal.

Maxwell Anderson

Love going to the takara with family and friends as the facilities can accommodate many guests. It has a bar, many 4 person booths and the service is always super good. The variety of sushi is amazing. Their monster roll was certainly a meal designed for "Godzilla" most people won't be able to move after this meal is consumed. Bring your eating "A" game for this one guys..

Nick Dorman

I was bummed they wanted $3 to simply deep fry my roll. I was also bummed when the lady retaliated by stuffing the end of my roll with wasabi. I wasn’t even rude, I just said I thought that was a bit much and that’s what I got. Be careful.. also food here is very average. Service in general is quick but unfriendly.

Tomas Garley

I used to take the kids here occasionally, but we've had to send rolls back that were poorly made, tasted like mayonnaise and just poor service overall. The biggest issue was a sushi cooler that was clearly not working and dripping water all over the raw fish. The chefs, nor the manager seemed to care when we brought the issue to their attention. We don't go here anymore.

lala stein

I enjoyed the food very much, the staffs were wonderful and professional, the owner was super kind. You have to order the sweet mussel, it's their signature and is so delicious. I will definitely come back.