Jo's Honda Sushi - Pleasant Hill

Great local spot! You can tell a lot of the diners are regulars and/or friends of the owners. Everyone is very nice and attentive, and the sushi is fabulous. We got the dynamite, cooked scallop, caterpillar, and the veggie tempura. Paired with a delightful unfiltered sake. Highly recommend! Just note that the space is pretty small so not great for a huge group.

We just moved to the area and this was our first Japanese restaurant after moving over here. We really love Japanese food so we were really happy to find this place. The sashimi tempura bento box was a really large serving, plenty for leftovers. I also ordered myself a saba shio dinner plate, which came with two large fillets. Both were tasty. I was really happy they it came with seaweed salads (usually I’ll order those as an appetizer). They also gave use a couple of these small dishes that were like croquettes with shrimp. Those were very tasty, and glad they offered a little sample on the house. I’ll definitely come back here again and bring friends when they’re over.

Just had a wonderful dinner, first time here. Loved the baked scallop sushi roll, ikura, unagi, bento box with salmon and tempura, shrimp combo veggie tempura and also enjoyed the gyoza and shrimp appetizer on the house!!! Great experience, friendly server and chill restaurant!!

Good was good, but for people ran us over $450! I've been eating sushi my whole life. I used to frequent Tanuki bar on California, R.I.P.(New owners. Haven't tried. , which was owned by Ai-San who was Japanese and by far my favorite sushi chef of all time. Granted that I started eating in the 80s as a kid through the early 2010s+, I neve paid that much,even with 6 people and a lot of drinks. Inflation maybe? Idk. If give it another try though.

Whenever I try a sushi restaurant, I get the chef's choice sashimi or nigiri so I can get a general feel for it. The assorted selection of sashimi (Jo's choice) was incredible. During the space of an hour while I was there, 3 or 4 different parties of people came in to eat and say hi to Jo behind the bar. I could quickly tell that this place is special to a lot of people. The entire staff was great. I will definitely be back.