Hakane Sushi

They’re caterpillar roll is to die for the best I’ve ever had! The edamame is made to perfection! The people are so kind & friendly. The atmosphere is peaceful and relaxing. Portions are just right. Hakane is by far the best sushi in town! I’m a resident of Ojai, Hakane is the only place to get my sushi.

Arrived at 7:10 and were asked by 4 different people if we had been helped. No one seemed to be talking to each other. No apparent manager. Got seated and some appetizers were delivered. Then it all went dead. After reminding our waitress that food and drink was missing and that we hadn’t ordered dinner yet, we waited. With the order finally taken we waited again. They came to tell us the restaurant was closing only to discover in horror that we had not been served. We were finally served at 8:40 after asking our waitress AGAIN to check on our order. The order had never made it to the sushi chef. All the other tables had finished and left. The staff were arguing out whose fault it was. The server arrived with duplicates of the appetizers we had already had - UNBELIEVABLE. FYI the restaurant closes at 8:30. This place needs a manager.

Absolutely amazing. This is the best sushi I've had since the first time I ever tried it. Everything was so fresh and prepared beautifully! The house salad was so fresh and crispy and the ginger dressing was perfectly sweet and tangy. I don't normally have an opinion of miso soup, but when I tasted this it was perfectly savory and before I knew it the bowl was empty. And that was just the starters. Needless to say I enjoyed the sushi and sashimi as well. Incredibly tasty and perfectly prepared. The staff was all super friendly as well. Overall a perfect experience.

What is this, sushi for ANTS? The size of each roll, including the specialty rolls was TINY. Too small to even taste the flavor. In addition, we were charged for “additional” eel sauce when neither of the rolls which traditionally have eel sauce (salmon skin, and eel avocado rolls) did not have any eel sauce on them. And don’t reply with a response about the increasing price of fish, you are a sushi restaurant, and there are plenty of other restaurants that provide adequate sized rolls.

My wife and I enjoyed this place. I ordered the Tataki and Aloha rolls. I really enjoyed the Tataki roll with the shallots. I also got some salmon and tuna nigiri which wee great. My wife is vegan and got the inari nigir and vegetable gozen dish which she really liked. Food was excellent. I took a star out for the service. They seemed slightly understaffed and the servers and bussers weren't properly communicating. Other than that it was a great visit. We went there 2 times.