Riptide Rockin Sushi & Teppan Grills in Mission Viejo

This is my favorite spot for sushi in SoCal! Rigo plates the rolls so beautifully. The sushi is always fresh and tasty! I’ve never been disappointed with any of the rolls. Rigo has the best recommendations. I would definitely recommend stopping by for a roll or two!

Appreciate that they also have a tepin kids menu. Food was cooked perfectly. Only negative our party had was no one liked the chunky salad dressing. Not a big deal.

As everyone has said, the lack of airflow in this restaurant is beyond uncomfortable. I stopped coming here years ago after a hot shrimp was flung at me and ended up causing a bad burn on my neck. That coupled with the way they make you sit & wait for way too long even if you have a reservation PLUS the heat? Its just a miserable experience. BUT my daughter really wanted Hibachi, so we braved it out.We managed to turn a nearby fan on to us for the majority of our visit, but being seated in the very back of the restaurant with zero flow, it barely did anything.Heres my biggest annoyance: the working conditions for the servers and hibachi chefs cant possibly be legal. Tonight, they were down to only 3 chefs, so I understand the wait. Our chef was so nice, and he did an AMAZING job on the cook of everything. I handed him a $40 tip on the spot. The guy was getting zero breaks, having to go from table to table to work fireside & still was able to turn out a great meal. Ridiculous for any establishment to do this to an employee.Our server (I wish I remembered her name, she deserves SO MUCH BETTER!) was on it after I made it clear I was gonna need constant water (I requested a pitcher so she wouldnt be inconvenienced, but they didnt have any extras, no surprise there)- she came to refill my water consistently with no complaint or attitude. Just kindness. She, too, got an extra tip from me that I made sure she knew was ONLY FOR HER.Riptide? DO BETTER! How are you still open with the working conditions you have your employees under? How are you not ridiculously embarrassed? And WHY TF do you not BLAST the air conditioning!? After all these years and all these complaints? Its baffling.

VERY expensive for the service provided. we had 7pm reservations. Called to confirm in the afternoon. Showed up 10 minutes early. Did not seat us till 7:32. The chef and food prep did not show up for another 40 minutes. Chef did not even talk.

The food at this place is marvellous. The restaurant are well decorated it’s a open kitchen and bar. It serve sushi and grill food. The Chef is super friendly and funny, handsome, and he speak Japanese. The price here is fine, 80$ for 5 dishes. !!! Lifetime experiment!!!

Horrible. First time visiting this restaurant and immediately when you walk in the bench you wait to be seated is extremely ripped. Then you walk in the restaurant and it has this dark decor, dingy carpet and 90s booths. This place has definitely not been updated since its been open. The server was not knowledgeable about the menu. The food.... simply horrible. Why would anyone put cheese on muscles? Another sushi roll was globbed with cheese. It overall just was not appetizing. The only thing I liked was the seaweed salad. The entire restaurant experience is a 1/10 on all levels. Would not recommend.

I enjoyed the salmon sashimi served with the spicy tuna salad. The fried rice and mixed vegetables are always my favorite. I also like the cucumber salad! The chefs are always friendly and entertaining!

I gave this place 5 stars for the wonderful waiter we had who was so nice, helpful, & apologetic.However, I wish more attentiveness was taken into account for our party in which we were seated next to a large & loud celebrating group.*Our family could not communicate well during our entire meal due to hard of hearing from the surrounding parties.I had elderly grandparents with us for my sons birthday.The other minor complaint is that our food took a very long time more so than usual to come to us and we waited so long that it got to a moment where we tried to cancel last sushi roll order.The wait time for food was unacceptable with senior citizens in our familys party.

Love this place - the service is always great and the food is stellar. Try the smoked sashimi, its a game changer.Update: still great food for reasonable prices. One of our long time favorites.

I was very impressed with the food, staff, cleanliness, and cost of the meal. I have had sushi from all over the world and highly recommend to anyone who is interested in checking it out!! Please look at the photos as they speak for themselves. It was unexpectedly amazing. I did not expect this from a restaurant of its location.