Reviews for Riptide Rockin' Sushi & Teppan Grills in Mission Viejo, CA

Boring, Sad, and Depressing ????. Don't come here for happy hour is you're having a bad day, it'll just get worse. Drinks are... watered down for HH ????. Food takes for ever, and in a lonely, undesired atmosphere, you'll feel like your on a desertedisland. Luckily, I was with my guy, so he made it nice. However, if I came here with my gf's or coworkers, we'd have a badmemory to talk about forever. Definitely wouldn't recommend. Sad bcs I really like the Kaleidescope Mall. Wish it was morepopular. However, Riptide's ambiance and service could be contributing to the mass Kaleidexodus ???? Read more

By far the best sushi I have ever had?. Love all their specialty rolls, you won?t find them at any other sushi places. I live... closer to San Diego but the drive is so worth it. I can?t pick a favorite because they are all my favorite. The drinks are greattoo! Haven?t tried the brunch but it looks fantastic. Read more

Just avoid this place, the fun teppanyaki experience is not worth the pain of eating here. I have a lot of empathy for wait... staff and hosts. Different situations come up and sometimes there are periods of unavailability or extended waits. I'm willingto forgive most any mistakes or issues with just some light communication. But here you will be misled at best and lied to atworst. For our case we had a reservation for our party and we were told that the table would be cleared up shortly. We proceededto wait for around 15 minutes before checking in again. We were told that our table was finished and just needs to be cleared.This back and forth goes on for an hour past our reservation. Each time the staff making it seem like we were going to be seatedin the next 5 minutes. And we should have just walked out after about 30 minutes. But when we finally had enough after the hourwe started to leave when we were flagged down and given a table. Our food then did not proceed to start getting cooked foralmost 30 more minutes, by which time it's 9 and there is now almost nobody in the restaurant. Our food is cooked in front ofus, we have an ok time with the sourness and hunger of the past 2 hours but still one person in our party didn't get the foodthey ordered from the kitchen. By the time the last dish arrives everything is getting cleaned up with the restaurant closingwhen the sickness starts to kick in. 4 of our party got some sort of food sickness. So to sum it all up, avoid at all costs.This place is ridiculous. To note: the meal that didn't arrive till the end did get comped but still this gets this 1star reviewbecause it's pretty much my worst restaurant experience to date, esp for being $30 to $50 a person. Read more

After movie quick bite about 8:30 pm on a Wednesday. Not real busy walked up to the bar to order a drink. No bartender. Not... acknowledged, so walked over to sushi bar to check out menu still Noone to order a drink from. Sushi guy called someone overtwice, after getting my wine, sushi guy made my order promptly. But I had nothing to eat with so then I had to ask forutensils, wine guy brought me one fork, but no napkin. So then had to ask busboy for a napkin. I would understand the poorservice if they were busy or if it was at dinnertime or a weekend, but the lack of several steps, on a slow night with ampleemployees visible, my 1st & last time to this restaurant, service was very poor Read more

The food at this place is marvellous. The restaurant are well decorated it?s a open kitchen and bar. It serve sushi and grill... food. The Chef is super friendly and funny, handsome, and he speak Japanese. The price here is fine, 80$ for 5 dishes. !!!Lifetime experiment!!! Read more

I go to riptide probably 3 times a week and we always love it. We usually sit at the bar and Miguel is our sushi chef. He does a... great job. I have gotten great sushi and sashimi there. Specifically, the salmon is amazing. I recommend this place to everyone. The halibut and mackerel in the photo were amazing Read more

After a year of being lockdown, it felt like a whole new experience at Riptide. People were out and everyone were having fun and... enjoying their meals. My friend and I ate at the bar where Matt, the bartender, took good care of us. Matt has to be one of myfavorite bartenders. The drinks and food were so good! I can?t wait to return again. Read more

Riptide is so good. From the Teppan chefs and great food and seating to the wonderful huge menu of sushi. Everything is good... here at Riptide. It?s on the 6th floor so take the elevator. Read more