Otoro Sushi

Love this place so much so nothing left on my plate

My favorite Japanese restaurant in the Santa Cruz area. They work hard to get you in—it’s a somewhat small place for the numbers coming for dinner. Food comes up quicker than I would expect, and presentation is always beautiful and enticing. The fish is so fresh and very nicely prepared. Chirashi is wonderful and bento box dinners are ample. Hope you find Otoro is a new favorite.

Clearly told the waitress that I had an avocado and real crab allergy MULTIPLE times but was still served food with avocado.

Over 30 minutes to get a single plate.

Still the best sushi anywhere in the area and better than Morimoto's Napa restaurant for a quarter of the price. You really can't beat it. Highly recommend the salmon belly sashimi.

Only 1 server for the entire place. It took a bit long to wait for the order to go.

Dragon Roll (unagi) is amazing. everything was exceptional despite the fact that the place was completely packed. the wait to be seated was less than 5 minutes and wait for food was less than 15 minutes for 3 people. place is a must visit!

This place was packed to the brim but service was still very timely and prompt Food was fantastic, well articulated and very fresh Definitely worth going out of the way for!

The quality of the fish is consistently good, and the service is excellent. This is a popular restaurant so it's not fair to complain, but when I see that there are a lot of families with kids present, I don't go in, and unfortunately, this happens more often than not. It's hard to enjoy a nice meal with kids running around screaming and being unruly while parents do very little to contain the situation. What's more, tables where kids eat generally have a lot of food scraps and trash under them, and because this is a busy restaurant, the staff can't always clean the floors in between. Overall a great sushi restaurant!

I know you had fresh sushi! But, once you eat here, you will know the true difference between what you thought was fresh was not! The sushi I had here was the best I had in MY LIFE! As I walked in and took a seat at the bar ordered a hot sake I did not know the Chef behind the counter was going to change my world! I am not a person who is known her whole life to exaggerate! And my love for sushi among all other foods is at the top! I would not complain for the rest of my life, if I would be fed sushi for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks! I mean that much I love sushi! And because I have eaten at every place where I was suggested to try the sushi. This little place hidden here in Scotts Valley is my favorite place to eat sushi. And I hope they will remain just like that as they are for the rest of my life! Because I want to enjoy many years here their fabulous food. And no! I have no pictures this time! I had no time to take pictures. All I can say about the presentation was there were like an art work and was accompanied with orchid flowers, specially for the single lady who was eating at the bar alone. :) And I have to add also the amazing selection of their sake! I love hot sake with my sushi! As I was there, a sake vendor delivered the most delicious sake to the restaurant. As I type there words I swear I feel my mouth watering! I already am looking forward going back very soon.

I grew up in Felton and moved to the Bay Area for 13 + years. I now live back in the SLV area and this sushi place is good. We tend to get the same things and the portions are decent. Spicy tuna roll is nice and spicy.