Kansai - Oakland

My boo and I pooped and to get something to eat real quick after having been at Temescal Brewery. To be fair, it was a Saturday evening and fairly busy. I feel like we will go back to check it out again. But what it's worth, the food was wonderful. I wish I had known about the specials before I ordered. I didn't notice that they had tuna carpaccio until I was halfway through my meal.

Very bad. My sushi had water on the plate. Too much sauce in the roll. The fish was bad. And today my friend and Iare sick today after eating there last night.

Service was great, very short wait time on, and a comfortable dining room.The food was great! Very generous portions, and great happy hour prices left us super satisfied.Definitely suggest the perfectly crispy vegetable Gyoza and the excellent quality fish served in the chirashi bowl.Some places seem to give you very few, extra thin slices of fish on a chirashi. Here the slices were perfectly sized and plentiful.My only critique was the rice for the bowl being a little underseasoned but I'm unsure if it was meant to be served with sushi rice or plain steamed white rice.100% will be coming back

The food is SO tastyThe drinks during happy hour (until 6) are very reasonably priced

Japanese food tends to be expensive in the US but Kansai is an exception. The prices are reasonable, the portions are large (leaving enough for leftovers unless you’re super hungry), and the quality is very good. They’re also open late which is also great (and rare). They have a parking lot but it’s small and the ambiance is meh, but those are small things relative to cheap good food open late.