Jinbei - Irvine

Went last Thursday on a laune with a friend and can not believe that we have such a nice restaurant in irvine. service, quality and presentation were nothing less amazing. looks like they're full of time. we ordered the orange mussel and seaweed w miso vinegar (so aromaful,) split the 5 species of sashimi, and ordered two pastas-mentai cream and uni. the fish quality here is extremely good; hamachi (amberjack, beautiful chic) and the hot (scallops, tasted very clean) were my favorite. I have hunted Mentaiko cream for the longest time; I am pasta and pasta in la, but now that I know jinbei’s is just as good I am happy that I don’t have to travel so far. portion size for pasta is really good! pastas were al dente and the cream was nice and light-not heavy; mentaiko and uni taste was all there. total was about $40ish/person on the check. definitiw will come back, probably sushi to dinner this time.

There was already a line before 5pm Saturday, but everyone in the line was seated when they opened. We ordered sushi from their daily special menu which included premium sea urchin from Santa Barbara and fresh fishes from Japan. Everything tasted great.

This was one of my dad’s favorite Japanese restaurants their sushi and sashimi are fresh and haven’t ever had a fishy bite. Their uni special was decadent and worth every penny if you’re into that sort of thing : but the real stars of the show for me are the uni pasta rich, creamy and unexpected and the hamachi Kama (yellowtail collar which sells out almost immediately so get there early and order it immediately.

The mentaiko spaghetti was and sushi good. Fish is solid except they could work on sizing down a bit some pieces were just too big to enjoy. Uni was bonkers and their wasabi is pretty unique.

Love this place because is close to my house, and no long wait but after COVID they run out alot stuff in Menu ～ feel sad come to sushi restaurant can’t order my sashimi lunch something i don’t understand is if you want to order dinner menu they have ! But i am great uni pasta come out really good !