Serika Restaurant

Reviews

• Bena L.

  star star star star star 17 October 2026

  Super delicious spot! I had the nabeyaki udon. It's a very big bowl but the broth was so yummy, I drank the entire thing! I appreciated that they put the tempura on the side so it didn't get soggy. It also came with some dipping sauce. I was surprised at how much I liked the tempura. The batter to veggie ratio was perfect and not too greasy. My fave was the shrimp and sweet potato tempura. Our waiter was also very funny and nice.

• Viyada S.

  star star star star star_border 9 October 2026

  I came to meet a good friend on a rainy Monday night. Our first choice was closed and she suggested this restaurant that was also in this square. Monday was a quiet day for the restaurant but that just meant we had the servers undivided attention.
  
  I ordered the 2 item Bento box with shrimp and vegetable tempura and sashimi (got 4 pieces of tuna). I forgot to take a photo of it but it was so generous with tempura (I want to say at least 2 shrimp, 3 onions, 3 pumpkin, 3 sweet potato, 3 green beans, 2 broccoli - it was like two orders). My eyes bugged out when the server delivered it to me. I loved tempura. My girlfriend ordered the tempura udon and it was humongous and she had to take home leftovers.
  
  We each paid about $23 with tax and tip for our meals. Totally worth it.
  
  Service was great and my water was refilled constantly because I'm part camel.
  
  Will definitely come back.

• Seth E.

  star star star star_border star_border 2 October 2026

  3 stars is about right.  Actually, the sit in experience is closer to 4.  But the other day I ordered sushi rolls to go.  There was plastic on one of the rolls, and the sushi didn't look particularly fresh.  Took forever to get my order placed too even though it wasn't crowded.  Convenient location near the movie theater.

• Alan R.

  star star_border star_border star_border star_border 30 September 2026

  This is my first 1 star, so let me say without a doubt that this is not a great restaurant. We waited for nearly half an hour before we even got water, and it took the staff two hours to bring out our dinner. The food was severely under cooked, and we asked them to heat it up, and it took them another full thirty minutes. I would not recommend this to any one unless you have a bad dining fetish.

• Bob K.

  star star star star star_border 20 September 2026

  I don't know why Serika gets rated lower than a 4.  Tonight we wanted to celebrate a big personal event and I decided to pick up the lady in Orinda to shorten her commute time. We both like Serika so we stopped by.
  
  So feeling a bit spendy, we ordered a hamachi collar and a sushi platter. We were reminded how big the hamachi collar is when it came out. Easily double the size of the collar than most other places.
  
  Service was excellent and not over bearing. Their green tea is good too and piping hot.