Nozomi Japanese Cuisine- Carlsbad

Located at 3050 Pio Pico Dr. Ste A, Carlsbad CA. 92008 is a wonderful upscale yet casually elegant restaurant you may want to try located in North County. They have incredible food for regular people, but not to worry, they also have Shushi and Sashimi for those of us that are gluten free.

I ordered up my own Shushi roll (pick what you want) and it was delicious. There is salad and tea.  Ask for the gluten free Tamari sauce and your good to go. They have an upstairs section and two lower ones to dine in so take your pick. It is a bit pricey but when your out it's hard to get picky if your gluten free. Besides, the food is excellent.

Mikko restaurant review

My sister Eva and I were running around town one day and we were starving. We found a Japanese Cuisine restaurant called Mikko www.mikkosushi.net off highway 5 in Carlsbad on Carlsbad Village Dr.  Just off the freeway, it's convenient for a quick bite to eat.  You can also take highway 101 turn left on Carlsbad Village Drive, and go east until just before the 5 freeway, it's on the right. They were busy enough with only one waitress that day. It took a while to get our order taken.

I ordered sushi only....seemed to be the only safe food. The tempura looked wonderful...but no can do. We got our food and it looked delicious. You must ask for gluten free for each thing you order. Make sure the sushi chef understands the "gluten free" (talk to him yourself) as there was sauce on the eel which was delicious. My sister calls it desert sushi. I saved it for last and I agree...desert sushi. The sauce on it finished off the eel. They use soy sauce normally, but have them use tamari instead.

We had a great time. It wasn't fancy but if you are hungry and buzzing down to San Diego and need to stop, here would be a good place. Eva gave it a 3.5. For me it was safe food and good too as I don't eat out much.