Delicious food, great service, and a very cute and romantic back garden. Excellent date spot, or for a birthday dinner party or such.

Came to Judoku Sushi on a Thursday night for a mini High School Reunion slash catch up session with three other friends. Note that Judoku Sushi has another location off College/Berkeley and to make super sure when making plans to come here. As other folks have mentioned, the area can be super sketchy and parking can be hard to find. I ended up suggesting to have the others park at the parking lot across the street in the plaza where Sprouts/Starbucks/Chipotle resides due to the difficulty of finding street parking. Luckily nothing bad happened around there. Once you enter the inside of the restaurant, Judoku is a pretty hip place. They have an indoor dining section and an outdoor patio area. Since it was around the Christmas holiday, the patio was adorned with a lit up tree adding to the ambiance. Service was good and prompt. Our waters were always refilled and the staff made a note to come get us when we waved them down. Among the four of us, we ordered 3 ramens, a Toro Bowl, and 4 rolls that we split. We did notice that the cost was pretty steep, although understood that it was Oakland pricing, as each of the rolls were just a dollar or two short of $20. Thing to note was that the rolls came out to be a decent size with 8 pieces for each of those rolls. In the end, it averaged to about $46 per person, which isn't horrible for Japanese. Would definitely be checking out the other location next time.

They have an extensive menu of delicious offerings. Poke, chirashi, nigiri, so many specialty rolls.

Hands down one of my favorite spots in Oakland, this sushi restaurant (and more) is such a vibe! Very close to Piedmont Ave. and Kaiser Oakland, Judoku is the perfect spot to dine outdoors with friends, a date, or just playing catch-up with a girlfriend. The staff is so accommodating and friendly, the interior inviting, but the outdoor area..unlike any other sushi spot in the East Bay with fun art, instagrammable backdrops, and just a cool essence. Well done! The menu is massive ~ we ordered the Kakiage Tempura and Bento Boxes for an afternoon lunch and omg what a deal! You can choose 2 or 3 items, so naturally we chose 3 ~ the avocado roll, teriyaki chicken, and pork gyoza accompanied by miso soup, edamame, and rice. Add a salad for a couple bucks if you're dining in! The Kakiage Tempura is so unique, crispy, and one of the most delicious appetizers in the East Bay..I said it! Delicate fried squares of shrimp, sweet potato, yellow onion, shitake and other root veggies combined into one bite. Glorious! And the value of what you can get in the bento box has me coming back for more. I only did the avocado roll this time, but can't wait to try more of their specialty rolls soon. Delicious and clean pieces of teriyaki meat, and super yummy gyoza, not too greasy at all. If you're in the area, coming from an appointment, or looking for a unique yet vibrant change to your typical sushi experience, Judoku hits the mark every time.

Their nigiri sushi are fresh and reasonably priced. The sweetdream roll tastes kinda weird with Thai sweet chillies sauce and little cheese in it.

Diamond in the rough is the best description for this awesome sushi joint. Outside block around the restaurant does look sketchy (Oakland), but once you come inside it's like you've been whisked away to fun vibrant scene. Food was very good and came with a belly filling portions. As an appetizer, the Ika Maruyaji was delicious and soft, but nothing about it was spicy. Aloha ahi poke tasted fresh and honestly was fantastic. Once again, for something that was supposed to be spicy, my toddler had no problem with it. But this bothered me less than the aforementioned squid. Sushi was above average. And do sit in the courtyard. Just fun lovely area that is family friendly. Staff is attentive and never rushed us. Steph Curry mural.... Would have preferred Jordan or Kobe, but hey guess this is the Bay Area.

Although we arrived late for our reservation we were seated promptly as it was pretty empty. Our server was nice. The food was very good, loved the garlic edamame and the rolls. It's a cute spot and would recommend!

Sushi spot located in Oakland off of Broadway close to Kaiser. Parking can be a little hard but there's street parking but it's Oakland so always we aware and don't leave anything valuable in your car. This was my second time here for a large post work gathering, the first time we sat inside and the inside front is a little tiny but it opens up to a large outside covered patio with warmers, def huge outside. We had a part of about 12 people and took a huge order. Here is what we ordered: Appetizers sake- Kurosawa 1 and 2 hot sakes Beer Garlic edamame Hamachi carpaccio Chicken karaage Squid tentacles (geso karaage) Mango salmon salad Combo tempura hot teas Rolls blue fin Judoku lion king GSW Scallop inferno Sexy Casanova Ninja hot 2 Dragon roll Meals Chicken katsu unagi don -- for someone that doesn't eat raw fish Chicken teriyaki Korean chirashi We ordered about 3 more rolls and I think another one of the meal dishes but we did really well and pretty much finished everything. We all had waters and miso soup too. Service was great, the staff was very accommodating especially with our large group and our food came out in a timely manner. We made a reservation less than a week in advance for a Monday evening around 6pm in November.