BEST Japanese Food
in San Clemente

Taka-O owners Roger and Kelly Sugano have been satisfying customers' taste for great Japanese food for the past 21 years.

This unique restaurant has 3 distinct areas, a dining room, a Sushi Bar and a Karaoke Bar.

The dining room is set up in such a way that you can choose your dining atmosphere from a cozy booth for 2, to a party size table for party size fun. They have an extensive menu that is bound to delight every taste bud. The dining room is open for lunch every day from 11:30AM to 1:30PM. The dining room is open for dinner Sunday thru Thursday from 5:PM to 10:PM. On Friday and Saturday, the dining room is open until 11:PM

The Sushi Bar, in the center of the restaurant, is as much social as it is culinary. In the evenings, 4 Sushi Chefs delight their regular customers and newcomers alike with the full spectrum of the freshest sushi and sashimi. Watching how much they enjoy preparing your orders is half the fun. The Sushi Bar is open the same hours as the dining room

Even more fun is to be had in the Karaoke Bar. People from all over come for the party like atmosphere to participate and hear amateur, and yet to be discovered great talents, in the Karaoke Bar. The bar is open every day from 5:PM to 2:AM. Karaoke starts at 8:PM, Sunday thru Thursday nights and at 9:PM on Friday and Saturday nights.

Taka-O owners Roger and Kelly Sugano have been satisfying customers for 23 years and have created an atmosphere at their sushi bar that is as much social as it is culinary. Started in 1980, Taka-O Japanese Restaurant has grown to be one of Orange County’s most popular sushi-bars.

On top of being involved with the Chamber of Commerce for many years, Roger and Kelly have been sponsors of the AYSO Soccer Teams, Triton Basketball Programs, Little League, Boy’s and Girls Club, Sports Park, Church activities, and have helped with the Elk’s Lodge donating back to the youth of the community.

Roger states “ I love Kids, I love my community, and I feel a responsibility to give something back to the community. Many of the families that are affected by our gifts have supported and made out restaurant extremely successful.”

Have you ever caught yourself sitting around the house knowing that you were craving something but had no idea what? Your problems are over! Taka-O Japanese Restaurant & Sushi Bar will satisfy the whole family. For a quiet dinner for two, a boisterous dinning atmosphere, or even an action packed night of Karaoke, Taka-O is the place to be in Orange County. With the friendliest crew you will find coast to coast, They promise an experience you will want to relive over and over.

Check it out, you will be glad that you did!!