Uoko Sushi and Japanese Cuisine in Lake Forest

It is an unpretentious place with an immaculate execution. A perfect place for lunch or dinner. The rice and sushi is awesome. Better than in Japan. A warm towel starts you off with a salad and drink. Everything after that is wonderful, light, and super clean tastes. Best Ive had. They show you the whole fish to show you how fresh it is. Absolute perfection. A must.

Came for lunch on a weekday, and service was fast. They have a sushi bar area, regular seating, and booth seating near the entrance. We opted for two lunch combos to try, and both were good. Loved that their raw fish and sushi were pretty fresh, and the owner was super friendly and nice. The only suggestion would be the portions, the pork chop sashimi combo was so tiny (like a kid’s meal)Overall, love the freshness. Relatively reasonable prices compared to LA sushi places, but we do wish the portions were bigger. Worth a visit!#bb11

A wonderful little sushi dive in the area of the hotels. This is my third trip in and the food has been very fresh and extremely consistent. There is no fancy styling on my plate, just fresh sushi roles.made quick and good. always busy when I above been at this place. We went with two rolls, one rainbow, and one spicy salmon. very good and nice size. Very simple decor and very busy sushi chefs. I loved the women serving us as I ordered, She only let us order what she thought we would eat.found this place originally on Yelp

Everything was just amazing!! From the food to the kindness of all!!Masami thank you very much for everything, you made our dinner very enjoyable and we had the whole Japanese experience, in short we will come back!

Excellent food with prompt and fastidious service. The salmon lunch combination and udon were perfect on a chilly afternoon!

If you want to be ignored for 40 minutes in the waiting section, never greeted by staff once, rushed through your meal (which half of was forgotten), talked down to when ordering (called a “kid” for ordering a noodle dish from their main menu and harshly judged for “ordering too much food”), AND have them STEAL AND COMMIT FRAUD WITH YOUR CREDIT CARD, then this is the place for you!!! We have never been so poorly treated in a restaurant— and it absolutely constituted no tip at the end of our horrible experience. Couple days letter we notice they changed the total amount we paid by FALSLY ADDING A TIP (FRAUD AND THEFT). Good thing we took a picture of our receipt because we are calling our credit card company AND the police!!!!! Never will we subject ourselves to their filthy behavior or business again. We will be reporting to better business bureau.

The food here is excellent !! Very authentic. Feel like were in Japan. Our top favorite is Gyoza - the best my husband has ever had as he said, then comes the sushi rolls, tonkatsu and udon. Definitely coming back to try more dishes here. Price is also very reasonable. The serving portion is not too big, which is great as we can try many different dishes without being too full. Highly recommended !

Really yummy place. They have a great lunch special if you sit at the bar. $18 and you can pick 5 items. They have a variety from hand rolls to cut rolls and just sushi on rice🍣🍱🍙. Comes with miso soup. 🫕Delicious. And the chef makes it right in front of you! 👨‍🍳Some weird rules such as not ordering the same things more than once and no sharing. But I mean, it’s good to try a variety of things. And the 5 items definitely fill you up if you get a variety. They all came out pretty fast and they all tasted really amazing. This is a little place but it’s a great place and I did really enjoy it!!! 🤤👍😍

The chef was nice and friendly. We ordered few kinds of sushi and appetizers which were quite good. However, their service was too slow. It was Friday night but only one waitress was working. We didnt have any refill of green tea or water.

One of the best sushi I’ve ever had. This place is so authentic. Like suddenly being transported to Japan. Most of the clients were also Japanese which indicated this is really good stuff. Highly recommended! 💯