Best sushi in Lafayette?

For fish quality, Fuji. She's pricier, but it's BYOB which offsets the cost. It shows that she's trained under a Japanese chef.

Tsunami downtown isn't shabby, and it's far better than the one in Baton Rouge, but I haven't quite warmed up to it. The last time I was there I had a foul mouthed chef with his energy drink sitting right up on his cutting board along side the fish.

Skip Osaka and Sakura, which has turned into a joke.

Shinto was always my favorite

Oishi

Kaliste Saloom.

I've yet to try it, but I haven't heard anything bad about it except that it's slow going.

Hmm, I may have to try it. Open for lunch during the week?

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WTF is oishi?

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A tiny place off Kaliste Saloom run by a man and his wife. I used to live off of Rosedale almost across the street from there. We were frequent customers.

I've been eating sushi (sashimi) since the early 1980's. Got introduced by my dad who had to entertain Japanese business executives when they bought out Kentwood Spring Water around this same time. Shogun on Vets (Metry) was our go to place.

Moved to Laffy in 1987 and they had ZERO sushi restaurants. I would drive once a week to Baton Rouge and eat at the old KOTO of Japan of College Drive where Tam was the sushi chef. Tam left BR in the mid 90's and opened Samurai in Lafayette, one of the first sushi restaurants in town.

Samurai is solid but I believe Oishi is better ... only negative is the loooooong wait and very limited seating. One chef Mr. Chen and one waitress, his wife. I've waited as long as 45 min for lunch and 1:15 hrs for dinner. I now call ahead and order to go. My office is 2 blocks from Oishi which is convenient but still a PIA because of the wait

If in a hurry, I do Samurai in Broussard and sit at the bar. Uni with a quail egg on top is probably my favorite but not always available. IMO, Samurai Broussard > Lafayette.

Never been a fan of Tsunami, reminds me of LaFonda where most of the people are there to be seen and act like they're in a higher tax bracket.