Casinos & Gambling

Best gem hidden in a terrifying clown nightmare

Kokopelli's Sushi at Circus Circus Reno

500 N. Sierra St., 329-0711

Is it possible for a restaurant in one of Reno’s biggest casinos to be described as a hidden gem? Well, considering that Kokopelli’s is a little buried, just a single bar in the back of a Mexican restaurant, it’s plausible. Add to that the fact that many locals avoid the casino floors because they’re dens of drunk tourists and horrible reminders of jobs had and lost decades ago, and yeah, it’s easy to see how this place has gone under-noticed. But Renoites love stuffing face with massive amounts of fish and rice. And Kokopelli’s deserves a mention in any conversation about the best all-you-can-eat sushi places in town. What this place does well isn’t so much the rolls, as the nigiri. At Kokopelli’s, the cuts of fish are fresh, large, pretty and flavorful, not the thin slivers of stink draped over snowballs of rice found at other AYCE joints.

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