Joy Sushi

About

Sushi Bars, Japanese

Price Range : $11-30 ($$)

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    Yelp rating
    3.5 stars

Location

Adress: 30 S B St, San Mateo, CA 94401

Phone: (650) 340-8974

Work Hours

Tue11:00 am-2:30 pm
Tue4:30 pm-9:30 pm
Wed11:00 am-2:30 pm
Wed4:30 pm-9:30 pm
Thu11:00 am-2:30 pm
Thu4:30 pm-9:30 pm
Fri11:00 am-2:30 pm
Fri4:30 pm-10:00 pm
Sat11:00 am-3:00 pm
Sat4:30 pm-10:00 pm
Sun4:30 pm-9:00 pm

Business info

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    Takes Reservations
    Yes
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    Delivery
    No
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    Take-out
    Yes
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    Accepts Credit Cards
    Yes
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    Accepts Apple Pay
    No
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    Good For
    Lunch, Dinner
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    Parking
    Street
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    Bike Parking
    Yes
  • accessibility
    Good for Kids
    Yes
  • group
    Good for Groups
    Yes
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    Attire
    Casual
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    Ambience
    Casual, Classy
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    Noise Level
    Average
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    Alcohol
    Beer & Wine Only
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    Outdoor Seating
    No
  • wifi
    Wi-Fi
    No
  • tv
    Has TV
    Yes
  • fastfood
    Caters
    Yes
  • android
    Accepts Google Pay
    No

Reviews

  • Ernafe Malla

    star star star star_border star_border 30 July 2026

    Haven't eaten here in years and so today we come to eat for lunch. We love the menu... pictures give an excellent visual to what the rolls were and offered very good description of each roll. It was a nice, clean restaurant although the food was decent, would I come here again, probably not. We asked for seared salmon as I don't eat raw salmon, most Japanese sushi would do it for me if it's not already on their menu. This restaurant didn't have that option... only raw or smoked. Got the smoked and we hated it. It really didn't compliment the sushi rice. Customer service was good but food could've been better.

  • Victor B

    star star star star star 15 July 2026

    Great place if you crave sushi. Those guys so inventive with their rolls! Everything is fresh, tasty and plenty. Check their happy hours offers for great savings!

  • Asten Culloski

    star star star_border star_border star_border 9 July 2026

    Decided to check this place out last weekend with my girlfriend as I'm always down for some sushi! From the moment I walked through the front door there was a strange mood about my waiter, she kind of just eyeballed us and would speak very bluntly, briefly, and rudely. I'm a white guy and my girlfriend is black, I'm not sure if this was the reason why but BOY did it feel like we were being treated differently than the other customers. I could chock it up to our waiter just having a bad day, and usually I don't mind if the waiter is rude as long as the food is good, but the fact she was greeting other tables with a smile just really rubbed me the wrong way and made our experience very uncomfortable. Luckily it was just her though, one of the cooks wished us a good day on the way out and seemed genuinely nice. Unwelcoming atmosphere aside, the sushi itself was pretty good. Though the salad they started us off with was completely room-temp, and had clearly been sitting out for a bit before reaching our table. Not sure why they'd pre-make those salads as they quite literally are just iceberg lettuce with dressing, perhaps the heat wave had their fridges a bit warmer than usual. The rolls we got weren't cut correctly, leaving very large, over 2x as wide chunks on either end of both of our dishes, making that part very difficult to eat. Not sure if this is stylistic but I've never seen it before and I eat a lot of sushi. It certainly looked pretty and all tasted good, but with the rude waiter, resulting uncomfortable atmosphere, room-temp salad, and failing at the fundamentals of preparing a sushi roll, I really can't imagine giving Joy above 2 stars.

  • Kavena Ramsoobhag

    star star star star star 7 July 2026

    The best cooked sushi I have tried so far.. My husband and I had lunch at Joy's and we were delighted at how good the food taste. The restaurant very crowded so the food came relatively quickly.. We had their vegetable Tempura, avocado roll and crab roll... We ate everything.. It was so good!

  • Scott Bartner

    star star star star star 6 July 2026

    Service was great from a friendly staff. Large selection of Sushi, Bento Boxes and appetizers. Lots of Special Rolls to choose from. Everything we ate was delicious, well prepared and had a good size portion. Great lunch specials as well!

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