The Naked Fish - South Lake Tahoe (CA)

5 /5 Joan Gab: This place is awesome. We had lunch here while passing through Tahoe for my husband’s birthday. We had the Salmon, Fresh Veggies in a Coconut Curry Sauce Served w/Rice and the Ultimate Vege roll with Asparagus, Avocado, Cucumber, Mixed Greens & Side of Pesto Sauce. Dessert was also amazing. Nice friendly atmosphere as well. Asha served us… she was the best.

5 /5 Halie Larsen: Wow wow wow… this place is SO GOOD. We sat at sushi bar and had Ben as our chef. He made us a beautiful chirashi bowl with the best fish we’ve everrrr had. The BBQ tuna is TO DIE FOR, cooked to perfection. We also ordered a seaweed salad which was insanely fresh and filled with different beautiful seaweeds and cucumber. The House roll was amaaaazing as well. We were both so so so happy with everything and we will 1000000% be eating here anytime we’re in the area! 10/10 recommend if you’re craving DELICIOUS SUSHI.

1 /5 Demarius Leeks: I don’t normally leave reviews like this, but this was unacceptable. My wife, her two friends, and three kids dined at Naked Fish — I was the one paying for the entire meal. Everyone at our table received their food except me. I ordered two items: a unagi (eel) nigiri and a sushi roll. What I was served was raw eel — which, for anyone who knows sushi, is not only incorrect but potentially dangerous, since eel must be cooked to be safe for consumption. I sent it back immediately. To make matters worse, they charged me $22 for that single piece of unagi — despite it being listed on the menu as $10. No explanation, no apology, just a silent overcharge. As for the second item, the sushi roll? It never arrived. I waited patiently while the entire table finished their meals. After 20 minutes of nothing, I had to cancel it. So to recap: I paid for a meal where everyone got their food except me I was served something inedible and unsafe I got overcharged I never received my second dish I left this restaurant hungry, overbilled, and extremely disappointed. I would strongly recommend avoiding Naked Fish — especially if you value safe food, honest pricing, and basic customer service. I’ll be following up to request a refund, and I hope they take some accountability for this experience.

4 /5 Clarice C: We are Asians from Los Angeles area. Having lived in NYC, Vancouver, London, and tried the best rolls/nigiri/sashimi in Japan, we ARE fish lovers and know our fish! As the name implies, their fish is fresh! Definitely not something one can easily find in the Lake Tahoe area, and like they indicated on their website, they probably had to drive 200mi away to get their fish. Their raw fish items were highly recommended! However, everything else was just meh. Due to some transient health reasons, we had to eat cooked meat today, but oh Lord, that was a bad decision. All the chicken dishes had overcooked chicken thigh. We couldnt believe any chef could fail on chicken thigh?! It was so tasteless and dry. - Salmon roll: 5/5*. Great! They know their sushi. Not comparable to the finest options in the big cities, but it was as good as it could get in this region. - Gyoza: 4/5*. Not bad. At least the meat was juicy, but deep fried wrap was too thick. At $18, it did not deliver. Wed rather take the frozen Gyoza from Costco. - Chicken udon: 2/5*. Chicken thigh was dry and tasteless. Broth had the right undertone but too much shiitake mushroom which was so strong. - Coconut curry with chicken: 3/5*. Authentic Japanese curry, but the chicken thigh was again dry and tasteless. Service and vibe were definitely 5/5*! In conclusion, just eat their raw fish. We wished they could have just focused their menu on sashimi, rolls and nigiri dishes only and forget other cooked dishes.

5 /5 Danny Duarte: These guys are killing it - so worth the wait. Everything was so amazing. It was all quite unexpected but the vibe these guys create was on point. From the start of the greeting from the host, the friendly servers and everyone in between- just felt welcomed and really didn’t want to end my dinner. Loved this place!!!