Hashi Gawa - Alameda

TL;DR Excellent selection of quality fish.Hashi Gawa is a very good middle tier sushi restaurant. They don 't serve mediocre sashimi and huge sushi rolls like lower tier restaurants that cater to the masses. And they don 't provide a fine dining omakase experience. What you will get is excellent fish in a casual setting with reasonable prices.We came on a Saturday as soon as they opened to ensure us a table. My wife and I ordered their Omakase 10 piece special. Please note that it 's not a true omakase experience. It is 10 nigri pieces (sashimi option also available) served all at once.The kind waitress provided all the types of fish, but it was hard to remember the order so I wasn 't sure which piece was which towards the end. You will have a selection such as snapper, butterfish, salmon, salmon belly, otoro, chu toro, ocean trout, scallop, amaebi, etc. We also ordered some extra single pieces to make sure we both had our favorites. One negative was each piece was glazed with a light soy sauce that I would have preferred not to have. The sauce masked the taste of the fish. Next time I 'll ask if they can hold the sauce.Overall, I was very happy with our meal. I will go back for sure.

This place is unnecessarily expensive, and the food quality and the service does not show for it. It's not genuine Japanese owned nor Korean. It's run by Chinese. The waitress is young and doesn't really know how to service people and is off putting. She never smiles and is very quick on words and runs away. It's too bad bc it's very close to my house..

Delicious food high quality sushi with large servings of traditional dishes and reasonable

A very solid place for sushi! We visited on a Tuesday night and found the restaurant was quite busy for a weekday. I would definitely recommend coming earlier to avoid a wait since the restaurant itself is not very large.While the sushi was amazing, some of their appetizers were a miss like the soft shelled crab (was not fried well and slightly soggy) but the hamachi collar was amazing. As for the fish quality, we had no complaints of the cuts of fish in the omakase and Kaisen don. Both selections were plentiful for the price but the Kaisen don has an incredible amount of fish for the price. Everything was super fresh and the flavors in the omakase were on point.Another interesting thing is that they use a different kind of rice for their sushi rice. It seems similar to a brown or even purple rice, which was peculiar but still delicious nonetheless! The staff were also incredibly kind and helpful as we visited to celebrate a friend's birthday. Highly recommend to visit if you're in the area.

Whenever I 'm in the area I think of this place. Mainly for easy parking. It 's been a year since my first time.Service has always been friendly. At night it gets pretty crowded at night and the restaurant is kind of small. Our food came out rather quickly. Fish was good and fresh but not very exciting. For the value it is very good. $52 for the omakase and $39 for the Hashi Kaisen don. Can 't go wrong with either. Overall, solid place for a casual meal.