Ono Sushi: Where 2 Snobs Go for Sushi
When my husband Daniel and I find a restaurant that passes our snobby test of quality, we stick to it with an obsessive loyalty.
Ono Sushi in Hillcrest has been #1 in our hearts for years now, and we rarely go 2 weeks without a visit to this fun Hillcrest joint where the beautiful people in San Diego come for martinis and rolls that never disappoint. With atmosphere to spare, Ono offers friendly servers and staff who have put up with many a spirited, martini-soaked rambling from yours truly - and always with a smile. As a professional lush, I truly appreciate that!
When you first walk in, you’ll see the action-filled sushi bar, with 5 chefs chopping and preparing sushi to-die-for.
In light of our fondness for finding something excellent and sticking with it, Daniel and I pretty much order the same thing every time we go to Ono. But tonight, we had two other people with us (my sister Amy and her friend Jaime), so we could branch out and order a few extra specialities that our stomach capacity won’t normally allow.
Here’s what we got:
My Personal Cocktail List for the Evening:
- Chocolate Tini - Vermeer Chocolate Liquor & Skyy Vodka
- Ono Plum Tini - Gekkeikan Plum Wine & Sake
To start and share:
- Edamame - $3.50
- Jalapeno Shrimp Popper - $9.50 - Looks like a sushi roll, tastes like a jalapeno popper with a special dipping sauce
Specialty Rolls:
- Ono Sushi Roll - $10 - Smoked Salmon, Cream Cheese, & Unagi (The whole roll is tempura fried!)
- Double Baja Roll - $9.50 + an extra $5 to make it double - Double Seared Tuna & Double Avocado with Crab & Cucumber Inside
- Snapper Roll - $9 - Red Snapper & Avocado Outside, Spicy Crab Inside
- Pizza Roll - $10.50 - Smoked Salmon, Crab, Avocado, Special Sauce - Served Hot!
- Triple Fantasy Roll - $10.50 - Spicy Tuna Outside, Tempura Shrimp, & Crab Inside
Ono is often voted the best sushi in San Diego. We’ve got a few other sushi places in regular rotation now, but we always enjoy a visit to Ono because the quality is consistently excellent. And an added bonus is that it makes us feel hip and young to hang out somewhere that’s often hectic and where you can’t always find a place at the bar. At our age, we need all of the hipness help we can get!
And while our recent trip to Japan taught us to appreciate authentic sashimi, we also learned that innovative maki rolls are not typically available in Japan and we think they’re something to be appreciated in their own right. Ono has some of the best, especially the Ono Roll. I’ve never had anything quite like anywhere else. Delish!
If you have friends who don’t like sushi (weirdos!), Ono offers many other Asian-inspired dishes that I’ve heard are quite good. The most popular one seems to be the Macadamia Nut Crusted Chicken Breast.
Ono Sushi opens at 5pm daily and at noon on Saturdays and Sundays. They also offer several different specials for Happy Hour during the week. Call for details. Weeknights can be very crowded and they don’t take reservations, so we tend to go around 6pm or 9pm to avoid the rush.
Ono Sushi
1236 University Avenue
San Diego, CA 92103
(619) 298-0616
Thanks for dinner, Amy!
Wow that sushi looks really good. I have just learned to love sushi in the past year. That baja roll sounds great.
Comment by Sara — September 13, 2005 @ 7:37 am
Sara-
Yeah, the Baja Roll is my husband’s favorite. He thinks that he’s quite clever by requesting the extra tuna and extra avocado. The waiter/waitress always seem a little confused by the request, even when we tell them that we don’t mind paying more for it.
The rest of us (myself, Amy, and Jaime) all like the Ono Roll the best because it’s tempura-fried and what could be better than tempura-fried sushi?!?!?
Comment by Beth — September 13, 2005 @ 1:08 pm
Okay, just read all your archives and loved them! You’re a natural for blogging, my friend, and you have been bookmarked.
Comment by Crystal — September 13, 2005 @ 4:00 pm
im so thrilled to have found this. open a temple! ill be there.
what in the world is a pizza roll? it sounds a bit odd. im always wary of a “special sauce”
everything sounds wonderful, though. i love sushi, though i eat veggie sushi… and miso. yum!
i love a tini made with plum sake.
Comment by violet — September 13, 2005 @ 4:09 pm
Beth,
I love review! It makes me want to go back again tonight…
Talk soon,
Jaime
Comment by Jaime — September 13, 2005 @ 4:43 pm
The Ono Sushi Roll sounds very similar to something I order at my favorite sushi place in Salt Lake, Tsunami. Believe it or not there are at least 20 excellent sushi restaurants in SLC. But like you, I have my favorite place where I order nearly the same thing every time I eat there.
Comment by Kalyn — September 13, 2005 @ 4:47 pm
I love the photo of the fish sconce at the top.
Comment by Angie — September 13, 2005 @ 5:15 pm
Hey thanks for your patronage! We appreciate it! I work over at Ono and run the website, looking through the stats I found you. Just thought I would say hello….
Comment by marcus — September 16, 2005 @ 1:06 pm
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