From Roger’s notebook

Japanese / Sushi

North Park sushi despite the skepticism

Latest recorded visit2009-02-06
“I'm 5 months over due in writing this review! Anyways here it goes. I've been passing by this place for quite some time, pretty much every week and never had the time to try it out. So a few months back Usually people are a bit skeptical about eating sushi around the North Park/South Park area, but we figured why not give it a shot. Ed is a the bomb! MAde some delicious New Zealand tuna for us!!”
Roger, Google Maps review (2009-02-06)

Japanese · Sushi

Zensei Sushi

North Park, San DiegoClosed

Roger rated this North Park sushi spot 5 stars, saying he'd walked past it for months before finally trying it, despite typical skepticism about sushi around the North Park/South Park area -- and that chef Ed made a delicious New Zealand tuna for the table.

Closed

Zensei Sushi is listed as closed. This page keeps Roger's dated review as a record, not as a place to visit.

Yelp — Zensei Sushi listed as closed (checked 2026-09-20) (2026-09-20) ↗

The call

This page is kept as part of the dated record. The order notes below describe the place as Roger recommended it, not as it operates today.

What to order

  • New Zealand tuna

Best for

  • North Park sushi despite the skepticism

From Roger’s Foursquare

On Roger’s lists: SD Sushi Joints!.

Source-backed notes

Visit history

Checked in 1 time on Swarm, most recently Jul 19, 2014. See the check-in log

2009-02-06day precision · source explicit
★★★★★
“I'm 5 months over due in writing this review! Anyways here it goes. I've been passing by this place for quite some time, pretty much every week and never had the time to try it out. So a few months back Usually people are a bit skeptical about eating sushi around the North Park/South Park area, but we figured why not give it a shot. Ed is a the bomb! MAde some delicious New Zealand tuna for us!!”

Roger gave this North Park sushi spot 5 stars. He wrote that he'd walked past it for months before finally trying it, and that despite typical skepticism about sushi around North Park/South Park, chef Ed made a delicious New Zealand tuna for the table. (From an unpublished Yelp draft review, never posted publicly.)

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