Sushi Tomi

 Mountain View, CA

We're always looking for new sushi places and there's no shortage of them in the South Bay. I was really excited about a place we've been meaning to try, Sushi Tomi in Mountain View. The yelpers love this place and claim that the sushi quality is great. So for Envelop's bday we took her, her bf Von Doom and BroCo to Tomi. We chose this place because of the rep for nigiri, but also they have a pretty large variety of non sushi items to keep BroCo happy. 

The menu is massive, providing a great variety of omakase options, specialty seasonal nigiri, cooked items, and home style Japanese dinner items I've never seen before. The whole restaurant was predominately filled with Japanese families and regulars who know the servers. It definitely had a neighborhood feel. Throughout the meal, the servers were attentive and kind, even giving us complementary miso soup to start and ice cream to end. Even when we received our seasonal nigiri, a chef came out to explain to us each fish with a picture book in hand describing the nuisances of its textures. Looking back at it, I really liked the way they treated us and would return just for that.

Omakase nigiri

Seasonal Nigiri Special

Individual nigiri order

As for the sushi, in all honesty, it was good, not great. The fish was fresh and they offered a wide variety of fish you don't generally see at a small local joint which is awesome. However, there wasn't one standout piece of nigiri that I can recall, and to me that's what sets apart good and great sushi places. Don't get me wrong, if I lived around Mountain View, I would probably be here once every two weeks.  But its not a destination dinner, not worth any special trip. But if you're in the mood for solid sushi and very reasonable prices, then Tomi is a good choice.

Complementary green tea dessert

Nov 26, 2010

Rating 6.5/10