O Fine Japanese Cuisine Irvine

We have visited this restaurant for dinner many times so coming here for dinner seemed fine. When we arrived at the restaurant it smelled really bad, like a stinky bathroom. A bad foul smell. We then sat down at our table and it still smelled bad. Was it the smelly recycled fountain water? Not sure. After 10 minutes I went to the ladies restroom and it also had a bad foul smell. We also noticed the prices on the menu were extremely higher than our last visit on 2/15/2020. Wow, I'm sure prices went up due to COVID-19 and inflation!  For the amount of money we spent on the food you would hope the smell and atmosphere of this restaurant would be descent. The smell seemed to dissipate. There were 2 other tables with guests near us. I wonder if they could smell this awful air. We ordered our food and it cam quick. Ordered scallop cut roll, veggie tempura for me, mix tempura with shrimp for my son, edamame, rice and wagye beef entre for my husband. For dessert we had the pineapple cheesecake as a birthday dessert The food tasted fine but 5 hours later my stomach doesn't feel the best. I'm lactose intolerant so not sure because of that or something I ate. My husband son shared the same dessert and they felt fine. Overall, I thought the food was overpriced, atmosphere had bad smell and not worth the money. Won't be coming here again.

We are regulars and keep coming back as the quality of the food and presentation are great! Highly recommend this local gem

Our O experience was beyond phenomenal, and reminiscent of my previous experience Tokyo's Sukiyabasgi Jiro several years (sadly, now closed to walk-ins) .... but without a doubt, Master Jiro Ono would himself be honored by the O experience, I'm sure. The Omacase presentation, while a bit pricey for the average diner, was some of the best sushi to be had anywhere in the world .... can't wait to return again and again

Very good Japanese restaurant and attentive service

Sushi was good quality but tiny compared to most Sushi-ya. My wife enjoyed her miso Chilean sea bass but she has had much better. Service was fairly good. Cannot recommend to friends as our experience was just ok. As this was my wife’s birthday she had a great dessert on the house. But overall, I was disappointed.