Chef JUN

A hidden gem!

Super fresh and tasty sushi. Excellent service and always plenty of seating. Love this place for a casual date night!

Visited Chef Jun on a weeknight around 7PM. There is plenty of parking in the lot. The place was spacious but packed. Fortunately, we were seated quickly @ the bar. We were able to place our order right away, but every dish took about 15-20 minutes to arrive. In total, we were here for over 1.5 hours.

I ordered the Jun San ($48) from the Kappo by Jun section, which I initially thought was fairly priced to taste a variety of food. However, considering the time it took for each dish to come, and each being a small bite/portion, this menu selection truly left a lot to be desired.

The 4 pc chef-choice sushi was brilliantly crafted and were all so unique. Really hard to choose a favorite. I love oshizushis, and was thrilled that this order came with salmon oshis. The bites were tiny, but so delicious. We received the negi-toro as our chef-choice hand roll and it was beautifully presented.

Everything was yummy, but I would only recommend coming here if you have a lot of time to spare, and order a couple extra appetizers for the in between wait.

Truly outstanding. Service was amazing, with detailed explanation of the extensive (and reasonably priced) menu and great monitoring of our needs and rush to help out. For example my wife dropped her chopsticks and from across the room a waitress not even assigned to our table rushed over to replace them!

There are four tiers of what is essentially omakase. For the third highest tier, we got really outstanding dishes including a fresh scallop in mango sauce and raspberry and a super buttery thin slice of lightly toasted fish on rice. Truffle slices and truffle salt was used in three separate presentations (not just in the omakase). The excellent waiter advised that the kitchen would gladly modify dishes, so for example when we expressed a preference for aburi (lightly toasted) belly sushi, that was done for three of our omakase pieces.

We loved this so much -- and we are extremely picky sushi eaters from San Francisco and New York City--that we made a reservation for tomorrow as well!

Totally recommend.

We saw the many raving reviews and decided to try it out. Even with the more affordable prices, I will never come here again.

We ordered the Jun Sama. The fish itself was average and didn't have any depth in flavor. There's also a seared salmon pressed sushi dish with lots of mayo so you don't really taste the seared salmon.

The WORST thing I have ever eaten at any sushi restaurant was the jumbo scallops in a mango puree dish here. It was horrible. The purée was slightly warm and completely overtook the taste of scallops. And then on top of it they added a fresh blueberry. WHAT?! I was appalled they ruined perfectly good scallops. That was the final straw for me lmao

I'm giving 3 stars because the service was nice, it was easy to make a reservation, parking was easy and fish was decent for the price, but not enough to make me want to come back.

food and service were excellent. My dad was happy. located in small
plaza but cozy and warm place for sushi.

We went to Chef Jun for lunch - Great atmosphere- a really cute place - service was good. Prices were fair - we tried the Sashimi lunch special which was fresh- generous cuts of fish and very fast.

Not pictured we have the seared gundaru which was delicious -

The food, service and ambiance are really good. Had a couple of rolls that were delicious and well made. The sashimi was thinly sliced though very fresh.

Hands down the best spot in San Diego to get sashimi and omakase. They deserve more hype!

Huge plus that it also has a pet-friendly patio where staff will bring your pup water and even treats sometimes!

I've been here twice and was thoroughly impressed both times. The price is great for the quality of sashimi and it's paired with amazing service and hospitality all around

Their specials are inexpensive for a lot of food!

Another great sushi night. I am constantly impressed with the quality of the fish here. The wait staff is always happy to see me and recognize me as a regular which makes me feel special.

My only complaint from my last visit is that the rice balls on my nigiri were too small. If I wanted sashimi, I would have ordered sashimi. We tried the soft shell crab cut roll, and the feet were tucked inside the roll, which I am sure many people appreciate, but I like to bite them off first.

I like the seating options because we get to sit next to each other. Two of the tables even have a little cubby in the wall for the bench seat.

This place has the freshest fish compared to other sushi restaurants I've been to in San Diego. We got the Kappo by Jun - specifically Jun San. It's basically a set menu of chosen items, kinda like omakase. Everything tasted great and it was all at a good price.