Rantei Japanese Cuisine in Santa Clara

Long wait if you arrive after 5:30pm. Ours was about an hour. Food was ok, but nothing was remarkable. The wait staff were good, but flag them down whenever you need something or theyll just rush by. Service is slow, and needed to be reminded that some of our orders were not served. Next time for us, there are better choices for a sushi joint.

The food was fine, our sashimi pieces were very thick and too cold, however. The rolls were also ok but not impressive. Miso soup was subpar, tasted like an instant miso.Got seated in the corner next to the kitchen so I heard a lot of yelling coming from there. Service was rushed since it was near closing time. Couldn’t enjoy the food because the floor cleaner smell overpowered the area where we sat. No one came check on us. Heard the servers talked trash about the tips someone (or maybe us) left on my way out.

Service was good and food was delicious. Ordered one kaison don and came out very good so ordered another one. Definitely will come back again to have sashimi

The shrimp tempura roll was so good! I would like to try their shrimp tempura dish next time.The presentation of sake chazuke was so cute. I really like the flavor of the tea soup, but it’s too salty. Hope they can put less salt in it next time.

You know we had to try out this hype restaurant. We waited 45 minutes until we got in and man, lots of people come here for dinner. So be warned if you plan on coming here, expect to wait for a while or make early reservations.We were meh on the food. For starters, we got the grilled whole squid which was delicious. Grilled to perfection, simple, and tasty with the lemon/mayo sauce.We waited quite a bit for the Omakase Sashimi. Some parts were tasty like the sake (salmon) and mini-ikura don. Unfortunetly the cooked items were cold and not tasty.Lastly, we finally received our White Dragon Roll. It tasted fine, a little too much spicy mayo and couldnt really taste the overall roll. However, we thought it was a fun and creative dish.Be prepared to still be hungry after the meal after spending more than $100. Beautifully presented sushi and overall was a good experience. We enjoyed our experience and will come back for special occasions, but nothing special about the sushi.

The chirashi bowls, sashimi deluxe, golden hand roll, kaisen don and karaage are superb. This place is a hidden gem for japanese food. So good we came twice in a row!

This place is excellent, definitely stop by if you are in the area. The Kaisen Don was amazing, my favorite part was the Ikura, it’s marinated perfectly. The entire thing was incredibly delicious and fresh, they had lemon zest on the Hotate that also puts it over the top. The Baked Mussels were delicious and the Jalapeño Boom is delicious and a large portion. We ended with the Volcano Roll and it did not disappoint either. We stopped by here before a concert at SAP Center around 5pm on Thursday and had no wait, we sat at the bar and had plenty of time to make our show. I cannot wait to go back and try more things on the menu. I love sushi and this is now one of my favorite spots.

Ordered Rantei roll, Omakase with 16 pieces in bowls, chicken thigh and beef yakitori.Roll was good, fresh fish. Spicy mayo did not go well with the roll though.Chicken thigh and beef yakitori were good, on the sweet side for tare.Omakase, very disappointed. Fish slice were super tiny, and some has skin on. The cut was so bad. Ikura marinate is like eating syrup, way too sweet. They put siracha on salmon sashimi and monk fish liver. Only 1 oyster to share lol so we had only 15 pieces.This place probably is not owned by a Japanese.

Ive been wanting to try this place for a while...The Kaisan Don and the Omakase keep popping up on my IG feedI was curious what they would be all about...Cant say I was disappointed.~ Kaisan Don - 5/5Im presuming this is their most popular dish based on the social media posts. I thoroughly enjoyed the Kaisan Don. Its not cheap, but definitely worth trying at least once. I was amazed by the amount of crab they put in there... Not the imitation either, yup the real stuff...~ Chicken Katsu Curry - 4.5/5The Chicken Katsu Curry was one of the best I had! Even better than half the places in Japan... I was stunned!! To be fair, this is not a dish I normally look for. We just ended up ordering it because numerous pics popped up on Yelp...seems like a popular dish, rightfully so! Glad we took the chance and ordered it.~ Ika Maruni - 4.5/5Just short of perfection...I love meself some grilled squid. This did not disappoint. Grilled close to perfection...good size squid and a tasty sauce that compliments it very well. I think its Japanese Mayo based.Looking forward to trying the other items on the menu.

We just want to come here for togo foods, but at the end we decided to stay eat . Tried Kaison Don $62 just ok because no vegies & Lobster 🦞 Don was so good 45$ .Lobster don better 🥰Good foods & Nice service