Utzutzu in Alameda

It was a really amazing meal. Thank you Chef and everyone. All together there was about 20 or 21 items handed to us to eat. About 14 nigiri + 7 other dishes. The first an impressive Oyster Shooter had real gold leaf in it. My personal favorites were the Scallop, Wagyu, and Shrimp Nigiri. Chef uses unique flavors like yuzu, lime, garlic chip, flavored salts, to really make this a 5 star meal. The value for the cost is amazing. I don't usually eat so much fish so I was struggling to finish it all. But it was really an amazing dinner. Uni has never appealed to me, until my time a Utzutzu. To finish we were given a Mango Sorbet with maple, coconut and shisho leaf. It was unique and refreshing and a wonderful finish to the meal. The "Happy Anniversary" signs in the sorbet were nice as I had forgotten I put it on the reservation. But they remembered.The menu changes often, monthly or even daily. Don't be picky here. Just sit back and try new things. If you have allergies let them know 2 days in advance ideally. But it was very nice that chef asked us if we had any allergi...

Had the pleasure of enjoying a great dinner prepared by Chef Hiroto and really enjoyed the food. Everything was well prepared with immaculate presentation. I appreciated that alongside some staples of the omakase experience, there were complimentary dishes and nigiri which venture into the more obscure types- it truly made each bite its own adventure and everything was interesting to taste. The service was great as well! Thank you for the wonderful dining experience and look forward to coming back sooner than later.

This is our second Omakase experience in the Bay Area. It's been years since we have wanted to try Utzutzu. It went from being Yume to then Utzutzu. Getting a reservation with either was incredibly hard. Finally, I was able to secure spots for us. I was really excited because I've heard really good reviews about Utzutzu and Chef Joji. When we got there, I found out that Chef Joji is no longer the Chef. It was replaced by another Chef. He was incredibly nice and fun to chat with. Onto the food, I, along with my husband was very disappointed.  Maybe because I had such high expec...