Hanare Sushi - Costa Mesa

If I could give this place ten stars, I would. Absolutely life changes sushi. Service is topnotch! We made the delicious ten course menu and sat at the bar. It is absolutely worth waiting for the reservation. We celebrated my birthday late so we can eat here. Restaurant only seats maybe 16-20. The quality of food is phenomenal. Even the son of a **** is ghost blood! If you like sushi and amazing service, you need to try it sometime. Can't say enough great things about it. We will definitely come back.

A very unique experience. I got to try a lot of Japanese dishes that I?ve never tried before. I really enjoyed the wagyu steak,sweet shrimp, crab, sashimi, and eel dishes. I highly recommend this excellent dining experience.

If you are in costa mesa and you love Japanese food you must try it . A Michelin ?? restaurant with omakase menu you wont go wrong .

Uh mazing. This place has a Michelin star. Download the Michelin app and read all about it. Beautiful food and incredibly delicious the highest quality ingredients. All I can say is wow, would go again in a heartbeat. A true food experience. Not sure there's better authentic Japanese food in all of L.A.

Hanare is one of two restaurants in Orange County that was awarded a Michelin star, and I got the chance to go for dinner today. The booking process took a long time. There are literally only two seats at the bar, so I had to get a spot that someone canceled on. I arrived at the Lab early, so I walked around a bit. The restaurant is fairy hidden, in the corner of a building with very little signage. The door was closed at 5pm, and I didn?t even know if they were open. But I opened the door and got seated at the very small bar. They only have two seats available now due to covid restrictions, but they said that normally they are able to fit 10 people at the bar, which is more than I would have thought could fit. The arrangement is actually very nice. There is a water glass with a coaster, a small cloth napkin, a nice paper drink menu, and a set of chopsticks and spoon. The first way to tell that this is a nice restaurant that really cares about their presentation is their chopsticks. I have never seen these types of chopsticks before. They are length wise symmetric, but not rotationally. One side is thicker than the other, and they are rectangular in cross section, with a round taper on each end. They are pretty unique, and area already separated with no splinters. I got seated as the only person in the restaurant right when they started dinner service, but not too long after food started coming out. The first half was small dishes from the kitchen with a little bit of prep from the chef. Then the second half was nigiri. All of the dishes were interesting, but I preferred to focus on enjoying the experience rather than trying to write about each food and write tasting notes.