Tips About This Business
Lunch specials are offered from 11:45am to 2:30pm Tuesday through Saturday, and include salad and miso soup, with options like assorted tempura, chicken breast with ginger sauce, or chef's choice sushi and sashimi combos.
There's a half dozen wines especially suited for sushi available by the glass or bottle. The restaurant also stocks a larger selection of premium and rare sakes, and a daily house-made infused sake with yuzu and passionfruit. Corkage fee is $20.
Editorial Reviews from the web
In Short This two-story Craftsman-era storefront is graceful and stylish with a mahogany-toned sushi bar, white walls and arching orchids. An elegant staircase highlights a stunning Japanese driftwood sculpture and leads to an intimate balcony flickering with candles. Chef/owner Hirotaka Fujita, fourth-generation sushi chef from Japan, prefers diners to order omakase-style. Sashimi...
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Posted by Martha Burr
on April 21, 2009, (Edited June 21, 2007)
Sushi chef Hirotaka “Taka†Fujita is accustomed to creating delicate morsels from expensive fish at high-end sushi bars like Nishimura and Takao. Now he has a place of his own, named after his grandfather, who operated a sushi bar back in Japan. The space is spare and intimate, with no more than a dozen seats at a cherry wood bar, while a second level accommodates overflow or private...
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Posted by gayot
on July 02, 2007
Other Reviews from the web
I love this place. The omakase approaches ineffable. The uni-crusted oysters, chu-toro, o-toro, tai with jalapeno and garlic chips, and conch are some of my favorite delights. The dessert omakase is really fabulous too, if you still have an appetite after eating all of that delightful fish. In two visits and 30 dishes at Jinpachi, the only criticism I can muster was the savory egg custard...
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Posted by dillah
on April 21, 2009, (Edited December 17, 2007)
I have adored Jinpachi since it opened - we discovered it walking by one evening and fell in love. Even though we moved to the eastside, we still make the trip over as it is completely worth it. The fish is delightfully fresh, the entrees delicious, and the desserts marvelous - which is rare in a sushi place. The owner's wife is the pastry chef and she is a talent. I recommend the omakase...
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Posted by missangela2u
on April 21, 2009, (Edited September 26, 2007)
This is the best freshest great service sushi place I've come along in a long time. It may be pricey but I would pay more for the way it taste
Posted by spedula
on April 21, 2009, (Edited July 11, 2007)