“ First time here and it was fantastic! Fish was very good and fresh tasting. The pork gyoza were fantastic and not oily at all. The ramen was also well done with a savory broth that had all the right elements to it and the noodles were cooked perfectly! ”

“ A friend and I went for my birthday celebration. The sushi sashimi platter was amazing! The service was perfect, friendly and unobtrusive so we could thoroughly enjoy our conversation, laughter and connection. We also had the seaweed salad and green tea mochi. We will be back and bring other friends,! Its the best sushi Ive had in Connecticut during the nine years Ive been here! ... Ill have to add photos later because I cant seem to access them from this post right now. ”

“ This place consistently has some of the best sushi Ive ever had. Decided to try the chicken teriyaki lunch special. They did not disappoint. Comes with a soup or salad too. ”

“ So chic and great food. Looked clean and server was very nice. ”

“ The best sushi around! The quality of the fish is excellent so fresh, the salmon melts in your mouth. We have been here twice and each time have enjoyed the creative menu as well as the lovely presentation and attentive service. Love this place ... ”

“ Literally my FAVORITE sushi place in the New Haven area and overall, just one of my all time favorite places to eat. This is the best and most affordable sushi. I love the sushi lunch. The price is great for soup and 2 rolls. The sushi is the best and my favorite! Id eat here every day if I could. ”

“ So let me just start out by saying I HATE EATING TAKE OUT FOOD. I hate every aspect of the experience. I hate that the food sat. I hate that the food had to travel. I hate eating out of plastic. I own my own restaurant. I cook for people A LOT of hours every week. That last thing I want to do is eat food that was cooked half an hour ago out of a plastic container when I get to eat another restaurants food. But! I have been completely unsuccessful, in the past three years, at convincing my parents to eat lunch out. They LOVE to order lunch and then bring it home and eat it. And we discovered Takumi during Covid when you actually could not eat in the dining room anyway. So I think that makes it even harder for me to convince them to go out and eat inside a restaurant for lunch when Im visiting them from Vermont. All that to say that one of the five stars of giving Takumi is for their sheer grit and hustle and professionalism during Covid they took orders online and over the phone and there was completely contactless pick up in their vestibule and how that has carried over in these Post Covid Times. You can EASILY place your order online and then Takumi calls you to get your credit card info for payment. Im assuming that saves them the RIDICULOUS fees so many of these ordering platforms charges restaurants. That star is also for the fact that I have been physically unable to eat inside. But Id definitely like to... Every time weve gone to pick up our lunch it has always been ready. Weve never had to wait. Not even when they were just BUSTING OUT the take out during Covid. Not once has our order ever been wrong. SushiJapanese Cuisine has come a long way in Branford in the past 20 years. And Takumi is really excellent for a town on the Shoreline in Connecticut. They have a pretty extensive sushi menu cut rolls, handrolls, meals, combos, etc. . But they also have Soups, Salads, Hot Appetizers, Cold Appetizers, Tempura dishes, Rice Bowls and Noodles, Donburi Lunch Specials, Kitchen Entrees and Ramen! Meals all come with a choice of soup or salad and there is actually a variety of options for each. I had some cut rolls over Covid. They were perfectly good for take out sushi not my favorite thing. The Miso Soup and Clear Soup which is Vegan the menu notes which items are vegetarian and vegan if it is not obvious are both very good. Since were only ever eating take out I do steer away from rolls. Because I have standards regarding my nori... However! The thing I get over and over again is the Salmon Skin Salad. Sooooooo good. It is a salad of cucumbers and tomatoes and greens today it was baby spinach topped with a generous portion of strips of crispy salmon skin. I also ordered the seaweed salad generous portion on bed of Iceberg and basically mixed the two salads. DELICIOUS! We had the Pineapple Fried Rice chicken, shrimp, raisins, pineapple, egg, veggies which is very good, similar to Singapore Noodle flavoring with some curry in there, but not spicy at all. Generous portions of shrimp and the other ingredients. Edamame is always very good. Perfectly steamed. I ordered a Sushi Entree Sake Don. Which is Salmon Sashimi over a bed of sushi rice with Japanese Pickles. Im going to be honest. There was SO MUCH SALMON I almost couldnt finish it. Which is basically straight up Crazy Talk for me!! Good Food. Good Service. Huge Menu with something for everything. I am happy to support Takumi in Branford! ”

“ Great food and service! If youre in the area, I highly recommend visiting for some great Specialty Rolls. My friend also really liked his Seafood Ramen. ”