Elephant Sushi Hayes Valley

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   Joan

   VIP

   San Francisco

   25 reviews

   3.0

   25 reviews

   Dined 5 days ago

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 5

   I have loved Elephant sushi every time I’ve been there but last night it just wasn’t up to their standards. The tempura was mushy. The black card was out of this world but the salmon color just was not that good and I was really disappointed. Maybe too many people came in at the same time in the kitchen was very busy, but just was not up to to the quality that I had
   

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   Spencer

   San Francisco

   6 reviews

   4.0

   6 reviews

   Dined on 9 December 2024

   1. Overall 4
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 3

   Good food and attentive management made for an enjoyable meal
   

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   Alexandra

   Anchorage

   12 reviews

   5.0

   12 reviews

   Dined on 8 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Loved this place. Great food, interesting presentations, positive service. I just wanted to have a better sparkling than the only one in the list)))
   

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   Cyndy

   San Francisco

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on 4 December 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   The food and service was outstanding! Very creative Japanese dishes and drinks. We will definitely go again!
   

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   Cayla

   Salt Lake City

   1 review

   5.0

   1 review

   Dined on 30 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Loved the food, drinks, atmosphere. Will always come again.
   

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   Elena

   San Francisco

   9 reviews

   5.0

   9 reviews

   Dined on 24 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Another excellent dinner here before the symphony! Must try the omakase nigiri, fish fresh and buttery. Drinks creative and all fruit squeezed here for them. Interiors hugs you with warmth and excitement! Always thank you.
   

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   Franklin

   Central Coast

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 19 November 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 2
   3. Service 4
   4. Ambience 3

   Sushi rolls were wildly over seasoned. The Nigiri was really good the first time we ordered it, and mediocre the second time. That level of inconsistency is pretty unacceptable.
   

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   betty

   VIP

   San Francisco

   1 review

   3.0

   1 review

   Dined on 17 November 2024

   1. Overall 3
   2. Food 4
   3. Service 3
   4. Ambience 4

   I gave this an overall 3 mainly because of service issues. The biggest issue is that we reserved this restaurant for SF Restaurant Week and they had an interesting menu for that week. When we got there, we were told that they had to withdraw from restaurant week because of a sudden staff departure due to family issues. I can understand that, and they did withdraw from the restaurant week listings. However, we had reserved before they had withdrawn, and they had all the contact and reservation data from opentable, so it would have been nice if they sent out a message that they would not be able to serve the special menu so that we could have considered cancelling the reservation instead of being extremely annoyed when we got there. We sat down for quite a while before someone offered us menus, which was another issue. Throughout the meal, the serving staff seemed a bit rushed and distracted. The food was pretty good. All the fish dishes were great. The chicken karaage was tasty but the crust was not as crispy as I would have liked.
   

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   Jordan

   Cleveland

   4 reviews

   5.0

   4 reviews

   Dined on 16 November 2024

   1. Overall 5
   2. Food 5
   3. Service 5
   4. Ambience 5

   Delicious rolls. We ordered successively, not all at once. Our waitperson was very accommodating. The Shitake Manhattans were fantastic. Thank you for a most enjoyable meal.
   

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    Joe

    VIP

    San Francisco

    1 review

    3.0

    1 review

    Dined on 27 October 2024

    1. Overall 3
    2. Food 4
    3. Service 4
    4. Ambience 3

    Food was good although sashimi portions on the small side. The problem is that the prices on the PDF menu on the website are completely wrong. Everything, especially the omakase sashimi was considerably more than advertised. We can afford the difference and you want decent restaurants to be successful but the advertised menu was quite misleading. Perhaps they are in the process of updating their website prices, but as of this morning it is still showing the wrong pricing.
    

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