Kiriba is a small, tidy, welcoming house that's been transformed into a sushi bar & grill, situated at the city limit in the Greenwood neighborhood. The staff was welcoming and prompt, attentive without coming over to interrupt your meal and conversation every ten minutes. My wife had the chicken katsu don and it was by far the best she'd ever had, bar none. Her gyoza were crispy on the outside yet succulent on the inside. It being my birthday, I ordered the chef's sushi selection of nigiri, a spicy tuna roll, a couple of a la carte items, and the Snow Beauty nigori sake. The cuts of fish on the nigiri were nicely thick, the gunkanmaki were tall and generous, and the uramaki was well constructed and had a nice combination of crunchy and tender textures. The rice was very good, cohesive and subtly sweet. *All* of the fish presented was excellent, with good texture, appearance, and flavor. The saba was lightly marinated so as not to overpower the flavor, and the unagi was succulent and well-sauced. If Kiriba has a flaw, it's the limited parking space, but there's a residential street on one side where overflow patrons can find a place to park. Overall, one of the better sushi places in North Seattle.

Delicious sushi, good service, reasonable prices, cute restaurant in a little yellow & white house! We had 3 different sushi rolls, some nigiri, a seaweed salad and mochi ice cream for dessert! My wife said her roll (Tempura Seattle roll) was the best she's ever had!

We LOVE Kiriba! Sometimes a wait to get in, but always fantastic food with great service, it's worth it! An old house, transformed into intimate sushi restaurant, what's not to love??

This is a small remodeled house, as a restaurant. As you come in, you are greeted by the sushi chefs, which makes me feel welcomed. I come here for their lunch specials. I love their Japanese curry dish. Meat, vegetables in a light curry sauce. I also love the sashimi special , that comes with a variety of fresh fish. Not really a roll person, so haven't tried their rolls. Overall, Good quality fish, plus comes with really nice miso soup. Their tempura is good, freshly cooked and a variety of vegetables. I am hooked on getting their fresh sashimi sides, nice quality fish and a good portion. Another lunch favorite is the ugagi bowl. Such sweet eel with a lovely sauce. Saki is available in many different varieties. Probably dropped 50.00 for lunch, but dinner is more expensive. Great choice for fresh fish.

Very freshly made sushi's. I have tried the salmon roll, tuna roll and white tiger roll and they are all great. I like that the fish is so fresh!! White tiger roll has a sweet tinch to it. It's a cute little restaurant near greenwood. Parking is easy to find. The servers are great, very friendly.

Parking is limited and can be a little hard to find, which is why I knocked off a star. Last time I came on the weekend and barely found a parallel parking spot in the dirt down the street. We showed up on a Wednesday night at 6pm with no wait. It didn't get busy until closer to 7pm. Sushi was great! Decent amount of different rolls to choose from. My friend got a 9pc nigiri set and after tax it was only $25 which is really good price! Spicy tuna was really yummy.

We were craving for some seared salmon and we were at Shoreline Community College for an event. Kiriba was within minutes and we were excited to try a new sushi joint (for us). Great inviting atmosphere with cozy and homey decor, it felt like stepping into a Japanese friend's house. We wanted to sample a variety so we ordered karaage, nigiri, gunkanmak, and a boat of sashimi with a glass of Asahi beer. Their nigiri and gunkan were pretty tasty and gunkanmaki were delicious. I think we are probably going to return for these. Sashimi, however, were borderline terrible. Some of the sashimi pieces were still frozen and we let our server know. I am not sure if this was a fluke but I have never had frozen sashimi before and it was weird. But we did enjoy most of what we ordered and we were happy with our meal.

Since leaving downtown Seattle and moving to Greenwood, my wife and I were in a hunt to find a new sushi joint. With Kiriba Sushi literally down the street from us, we think we found our new go-to place. This place was on our bookmarks for so long, and it's a shame we didn't check out this place earlier. Two notes: parking is tight, but you can probably find some street parking. Second, probably best to make a reservation if you want to secure a seat. My wife and I ordered: The seared salmon toro roll Chirashi bowl Kiriba roll Pacific roll The seared salmon toro roll was a great appetizer. The roll was stuffed with the salmon goodness, and it was a great starter overall and I would recommend it to begin your meal. The rolls were really good. The winner probably was that Kiriba roll, as the unagi sauce paired with the seared salmon was so good. I was a tiny bit skeptical about the Pacific roll, as I don't recall having calamari ever in a sushi roll, but it actually worked! The smokiness of that salmon, wow. *chef's kiss* The chirashi bowl was also pretty generous, but I would say that this was actually the low-light of our meal. The rice wasn't very flavorful, as I do love the vinegary taste of sushi rice. But the rice served tasted more like normal rice, which was disappointing. Overall, what a surprising, well, surprise. You can easily drive by this place in Greenwood without knowing, but this is definitely a gem and place to check out if you're craving some sushi.

I was craving sushi and wanted to grab something to go to share with my boyfriend. I found Kiriba Sushi via DoorDash which looked very promising! It's located next to Pagliacci Pizza on N 145th St. My boyfriend was the one who went to pick up the take out order, so no idea how the parking situation and the interior of the place is. But it seemed like he had an easy time grabbing the order! We ordered three rolls, one nigiri order, and one gunkanmaki order which all equaled to about $60 via DoorDash (the prices are probably cheaper through the restaurant themselves). We ordered the Kiriba Roll, Phoenix Roll, Dragon Roll, Hamachi (yellowtail) Nigiri, and Spicy Scallops Gunkanmaki. Our food looked relatively sad LOL. The rolls were tiny compared to what I was used to (peep at pic). But at least they were nicely cut into 8 small pieces! The nigiri and gunkanmaki looked promising! Starting with the nigiri! I was actually very disappointed by it. The fish was not as tender as I hope and had a semi-chewy texture which tasted not so fresh. My boyfriend loves hamachi and enjoyed it but me? Not so much (but more for him!). The gunkanmaki was actually the best thing of out everything. It had a really nice coat of spicy mayo which had a nice subtle kick. The scallops tasted fresh and was delicious! I wished I got another order of this LOL. Now for the rolls! My favorite would be the Kiriba Roll. The salmon and tempura went super well together and had a full amount of flavor. The Dragon Roll did too with all the unagi sauce. I think the unagi sauce spilled over in the container, giving the Kiriba Roll added flavor that complimented everything. The unagi was sweet with the drizzle. The Phoenix roll, on the other hand, wasn't as great as the two. The spicy mayo didn't have much flavor and the entire roll was practically tasteless. But the amount of seafood in it made up for the tastelessness as I had my concoction of soy sauce and wasabi. Loved how there was snow crab on top of it! Overall, not a bad place for sushi especially a little away from the Seattle area. The rolls looked small but luckily, the $60 worth of food had both me and my boyfriend full!