Kuni's Japanese - Evanston

Something tells me that the road and sidewalk work on Main St isn't good for our shops and restaurants. This occurred to me while I was enjoying Kuni's gorgeous sashimi with all the veggies and seasonings. Since my home is close by I wandered in around 5 to get an order to go. The sashimi D dinner, as I recalled had 8 slices of chef's fish choice, rice bowl, wasabi and ginger. Less than ten minutes later the Chef delivered his choices, the wait staff packed my bag with everything else and I came home. Edamame wrapped up, a bucket of fresh sliced seafood, shredded cabbage, seaweed, and matchstick carrot salad, pile of ginger and a knot of wasabi. I believe my new favorite chef gave me 16 pieces of his choice. The ambience at my place? Meh. But I know a great spot to get beautiful food!

Kuni's is an Evanston treasure for anyone that likes authentic Japanese food. The quality of the fish was fantastic. Service was excellent. There are chicken beef and noodle dishes for those that don't want sushi or sashimi. If you're unfortunate enough to find yourself in Evanston this is your best option for a quality dining experience. It's enough to make you love the city.

Great food and service. Their sunomono is the best. Fish and veggies are super fresh.

What a homey place to have sushi and traditional japanese dishes. It's a cozy setting where I'd be comfortable bringing friends or family to enjoy a delicious meal without a hipster crowd. Sashimi freshness is solid. We tried the sashimi omakase, sashimi combo, all types of hand rolls, maki rolls, deep fried soft shell crab and even beef sukiyaki. Really enjoyed all sushi and sashimi plus the soft shell crab. Can't wait to bring my family here to try and share more rolls. Street parking can be challenging on a saturday night so come early to look for parking.

I live in the area and saw positive reviews for Kuni's but I didn't set foot until this month. I love having sushi on occasion. Kuni's menu was appetizing so I bookmarked it for a future visit. My family visited a couple weeks ago and we were able to secure patio seating without a reservation. Although I appreciate that they offer patio seating, the chairs we sat on were stiff and wobbly. My parents shared a salmon bento box and my husband and I ordered sushi and rolls a la carte. We started off with a fried oyster appetizer and it was pretty middle of the road like much of what we ordered. I had a French maki and a spicy lobster handroll. They were edible but both kinda fell flat in flavor. The hand roll was spicy but there wasn't much depth to it and I wasn't wowed by the French maki either. My parents being elderly have small appetites but looking at their bento box, the salmon piece was a tiny portion. I would have expected something slightly bigger especially since the bento box was nearly $25.00. They didn't seem, to raise any issues with their meal and appeared stuffed since they weren't able to finish the other side dishes in the box. My husband said his meal was okay but nothing remarkable stood out. The service was good but if the food quality doesn't match the service, I doubt I'll return.