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Shizen Vegan Sushi Bar

Reviews 2.620

• Encina S.
  Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:32
  We came here for my best friends birthday. She is vegan and this is her absolute favorite restaurant. I’m glad I tried it but I probably wouldn’t go again on my own. I don’t eat sea food so I don’t eat sushi so this was a fun spot to for both of us. The location is cute and small, the presentation of the food was impressive, the noise got LOUD and was slightly overwhelming at times. I think it’s a great spot for people that enjoy sushi and are vegan so I would recommend it to people to very certain people.
• Sharadha Ramaswamy
  Mon, 4 Mar 2024 9:01
  The most happening place in SFO and a crowded place. I would definitely suggest to book a reservation in advance. The sushis and rolls are worth the hype. This place is a paradise for vegetarians/vegans. They have a large selection of gluten free options available. The star dish for me was the specialty roll, hidden agenda. If you love eggplant, this is it. All the items that I ordered were delicious. The staffs were very friendly and helpful when it comes to ordering and they have a good knowledge about Japanese food. It’s a must visit sushi place for everyone.
• Vidhya Bhat
  Fri, 15 Mar 2024 5:24
  One of my favorite restaurants in the city! We always take our friends here, and everyone has been blown away by how delicious vegan sushi could be. Try as many specialty rolls as you can!! You can’t go wrong with any of them!
• Dhruv Patel
  Sun, 14 Jan 2024 23:40
  Vegan sushi restaurant with many different appetizers, vegetable rolls, and speciality rolls. The ambiance here is very cozy and the reservation requirement & table seating prevents it from getting too crowded. The kaarage (fried soy chicken) was decent, and enhanced with the lemon on top. The vegetable tempura was pretty standard and what you expect. The nirigi okra was probably my favorite dish we ordered: the okra themselves were roasted nicely to have a charred flavor and reduce inherent stickiness. As for the specialty rolls, I was very unimpressed. We got the Body and Soul, which was just alright (weirdly earthy flavor), and the Secret Weapon. I will say that the shredded tofu on the Secret Weapon gave it a unique texture and extracted some different flavor from the tofu. Last note, you know how you can buy reduced sodium soy sauce? The soy sauce they had got to be extra sodium. It was genuinely way too salty and I had to add water to my tray to dilute it. Overall, I’ve been to many vegetarian sushi restaurants (and regular sushi restaurants that serve vegetarian rolls) and this place just didn’t cut it for me. A 3/5 stars considering the large price tag on each item. I expected more flavor for what they’re charging.
• Amber Sharp
  Tue, 20 Feb 2024 2:27
  So I asked a local travel group where I should eat that's vegan in san fransisco and this was the #1 suggested spot. You can only book a reservation 1 week in advance and the spots booked up right away, I was able to snag a Sunday at opening (4:30pm). We had a great seat right as you walk in the dinning room and ordered as soon as we could. We tried the garlic edammame, seaweed salad and the miso soup as the appetizers and for rolls we tried the boddy and soul and missing peice. The garlic edammame was amazing if you like garlic like I do, miso soup was boring..nothing special and the seaweed salad was great minus the cucumbers. The specialty rolls..... boddy and soul was insanely good! Perfect amount of spice and crunch...all in all probably the best roll I've ever tried in my life... as for the missing peice ...it was an experience but I probably would never order it again.... too many weird flavors in my mouth from the tomato and the pickled mango. The service was great and fast.. with tip we spent $85 for 2 rolls and 3 appetizers. I highly suggest this place if you're ever in san fransisco and book that reservation asap.