Love

• Sawa Sushi (Sunnyvale) - You know, there's no reason to keep this a secret, so there it is - this is the incredible place I wrote about before. Just in a random strip mall. But the best sushi I've had, with prices to match (very very expensive). Hopefully you can get in if you try, but let me know if you want to go and we can go together.
• Sushi Tomi (Mountain View) - the place I go to most often. Now that Toshi's is gone, it's pretty much the best reasonably priced sushi around. Plus they serve a lot more dishes that are good, like soba and other things. There tend to be a lot of Japanese people here. Always a good sign.
• Tomisushi (San Jose) - This is a sister restaurant to Sushi Tomi, also very good. No clue why these are good but Sushimaru (the other sister restaurant, below) not as.
• In Memorium: Toshi's Sushiya (Menlo Park), Higashi West (Palo Alto)

Like

• Homma's Brown Rice Sushi (Palo Alto) - This might actually belong in love - I just haven't gone enough to reach that point yet. Yeah, Brown Rice Sushi, kind of weird, definitely different, but the fish is actually really good. The only problem is that it's super ghetto, which is why we rarely go there. It's incredibly humid in the store, so you sit outside on plastic chairs and tables. The miso soup is served in styrofoam cups. But yeah, if all you care about is the fish, it's a great place.
• TGI Sushi (Mountain View) - Young is crazy about this place, goes once a week. We checked it out. It's pretty good. The specialty rolls are good, fish is generously cut, and not too expensive. Only thing is, the toro we had there was the worst toro I've ever had. Ever. And the service was awful the night we went. That's apparently an aberration, but yeah, I guess we'll have to try again. For what it's worth, it's the best gimmicky sushi place I've been to.
• Le Poisson Japonais (Palo Alto) - Another one of those fusion places. The food here is actually quite good, but if I recall correctly, I don't remember being blown away by the sushi; it was just good. But the other food was fantastic.
• Seto Sushi (Sunnyvale) - There are actually 2 locations, 1 on Maude, and a Seto Deli (the place I go to most often) across the street. At any rate, it's pretty good, just ever so slightly below Toshi's and Sushitomi.
• Sushi O Sushi (Santa Clara) - I think my parents' friends go to this place a lot. In any case, another place with a lot of gimmicky rolls, which I tend to be wary of, but it was surprisingly good, even the gimmicky ones. The Bay Island Roll was delicious, I thought.
• Blowfish Sushi To Die For (SF, San Jose) - The sushi here was surprisingly good. I say surprisingly because it's somewhat a gimmick restaurant, kind of a hipster place with loud music, expensive drinks, weirdo anime prints on the walls and movies playing. Gimmicky restaurants tend to not have good food but it was pretty good here, both the fish and the other stuffs. It'd be rated higher except you pay a premium for the gimmickyness. I'd rather have the better quality fish with lower prices at Sushitomi. But if you're single and into that kind of atmosphere, you can definitely do much worse than Blowfish.
• Sushimaru (Sunnyvale) - Hmm. This might actually belong in the dislike category. I just had high hopes because it's a sister restaurant of Sushi Tomi, but for some strange reason the sushi is noticeably worse. Maybe because it's one of those sushi boat places. But if I recall correctly it was still decent. Rather go to Tomi, though. It is, however, the best sushi boat place I've been to. Way better than say Miyake or Sushi Lovers.

Dislike

• Fuki Sushi (Palo Alto) - Wrote why on my other page, but yeah, way too expensive for the quality. It's OK sushi, maybe even good, but it's not the best, and if you're spending this much money you're better off going to Toshi's or whatever.
• Sono Sushi (Mountain View) - Nothing particularly bad about this place, it's just not very good.
• Satsuma (Mountain View) - Even worse than Fuki Sushi, the fish is actually bad. Ugh, I hate this place. Jieun used to like going here because the owners are Korean, but after one too many bad experiences even she has agreed to stay away. Seriously, the fish here is terrible.
• Sushi Lovers (Santa Clara) - This is that place in the Mercado. Absolutely terrible. Generally, those sushi boat places tend to be less good. The only exception I can think of was that random place we went to in Richmond, BC that was open late, had sushi boats, not too expensive, but was still really good. Anyway, yeah, I don't understand how this place is even in business. What's worse, it gets these awards from local publications like best sushi. Anger. Same with Miyake. But yeah, only went here once and never again.
• Miyake (Palo Alto, Cupertino) - I used to like this place, dunno why. Actually, it's hit and miss. Some days, it's bearable. Some days, it's beyond unbearable. If you stick with the cooked stuff, like the Miami Roll or the California Rolls, it's actually pretty good, because they have good sauces. Their spicy sauce on the spicy tuna rolls are also good. But the fish... again, hit and miss, but the hits only get as high as passable. I dunno, maybe I'll have to go again sometime to confirm, but yeah, it's been pretty bad the past couple times.