Editor Pick
We Be Sushi
- May 13, 2007
- Rated 4 of 5 by
tigressa from alameda, California
I don't know why I adore this place so much but I do. It's not that they have the most inspired sushi in the world, or the best, most gracious service. But there's zany decor and a great music playlist that makes me keep coming back. Every inch of the wall space is filled with crazy Japanese fans, hello kitties, and pictures of geisha and samurai. The music is wildly eclectic: one recent night they were playing old Roches one minute and Japanese girl groups the next.
A good way to eat here is to show up between 5 and 6pm for dinner special. For $10 you will first receive tea, carrot sticks, a small seaweed or spinach appetizer, and miso soup with a bowl of rice. Then you get a 6 piece spicy tuna roll with 5 pieces of whatever sushi you wish (you pick from a good-sized list). I also often get the gobo (burdock root) appetizer as an addition. It's a crunchy delicacy that's also a tonic for your body, especially your kidneys (for those of you with an interest in Asian medicine).
I just find that the place consistently lifts my spirits. There are many sushi spots in San Francisco with higher grade fish but they often feel sterile to me. They don't have the personality or zest of this spot.
By the way, the specials are actually served from 5-7 pm but if you don't go on the early end you may have to wait quite awhile to get in, especially on the weekends. It's an extremely popular spot. Also, cash only.
There are two other WeBe locations, one farther down on Valencia near 16th street and one out on Geary. But the only one I really love is this one near 22nd street.
From journal A Hill-Walking Adventure In San Francisco
We Be Sushi
- March 13, 2002
- Rated 1 of 5 by
modernist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
I am a big sushi eater.
For a sushi place in SF they need to do better than this.
Place reeks! It smells so fishy that even though I entered the restaurant hungry, I was not in the mood to eat sushi, my friends would do a double take when I say that.
Go some where else, this town has much better sushi.
From journal Otherminds 8 Festival