For the people saying that this is the worst sushi restaurant, you do not know of horrible food and service until you've eaten at Todai in San Diego. I just had to get that off of my chest since that experience has made me appreciate ALL other sushi buffets.
The best time to come here is when it opens or else you'll be waiting for a while. There is a wide variety of sushi rolls and hot foods here. I was surprised to see that they also served spicy ramen! But you have to ask for it. I'm always on the look out for the salmon nigiris since those are usually the first to go then the tuna ones. You gotta be aggressive and grab the tongs first cuz once the chef refills that salmon and tuna, everyone be going apeshit. I remember this man just standing in front of all the nigiris until the chef put out more salmon (he was there for about 5 mins not budging).
My favorite section is the dessert. But I was disappointed that they didn't serve the coconut pudding cups the other day. I was looking forward to that. I did get a chance to try the green tea cake ugh so good. Anything green tea is just yesss.
I barely touch the hot food unless there's shrimp or tempura or calamari. One does not simply go to a sushi buffet spending plenty of money to eat hot food! I wanna get my money's worth of raw fish :)
I will always come back here. I'm not all crazy about quality. As long as it taste good and doesn't give me food poisoning then I don't have a problem.
& remember you don't know terrible until you've tried Todai in San Diego. The Todai here is fucking bomb!