chef JUN Is Two Restaurants With One Name — and You Need to Know Which Is Which
One location does $219 sushi platters and a weekday lunch special. The other does all-you-can-eat. Picking the wrong one is an expensive mistake in either direction.
Overview
chef JUN has two San Diego locations, and they are not the same restaurant.
Bay Ho is a sushi and kappo restaurant — à la carte, with tasting courses, pressed oshi sushi, a weekday happy hour and lunch specials.
Point Loma is all-you-can-eat.
Same name, same ownership, completely different evening. The menus overlap on the à la carte side, but one has a $219 sushi platter for two and the other has a $41.99 unlimited option. Turning up at the wrong one expecting the other is the single most likely mistake here, so the practical content of this article is: pick deliberately.
Bay Ho — the à la carte one
4033 Avati Dr., San Diego, CA 92117 · (858) 886-7331
On Morena Blvd at the intersection with Avati Dr., between the Balboa trolley station and Costco.
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 12–9 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 4–9 p.m. Closed Monday.
The course menus — the easiest way in:
- JUN KUN $37 — edamame, 3pc sashimi, 3pc sushi, hand roll
- JUN SAN $53 — edamame, 4pc sashimi, 4pc sushi, 2pc salmon oshi, hand roll, and soba or udon
- JUN SAMA $69 — edamame, 5pc sashimi, 6pc sushi, 4pc salmon oshi, hand roll, and soba or udon
The showpieces:
- Sushi Kaidan for two — $219, assorted sushi, sashimi and hand roll on one plate
- Solo Kaidan — $99
- Mega Hand Roll — $34 — caviar, uni, ikura, truffle and negitoro
- Premium Chirashi — $63 (standard Chirashi Bowl $39)
À la carte, by the piece (two-piece sushi / three-piece sashimi):
- Salmon $9/$12 · Maguro $8/$10.50 · Hamachi $11/$15 · Albacore $8.50/$11
- Honmaguro (bluefin) $14/$19.50 · Chu-Toro $20/$28 · O-Toro $25/$34
- Uni $24/$34 · Amaebi $26/$37.50 · Hotate $15/$21 · Ikura $13/$18
- Oshi (pressed) sushi: salmon $21, shrimp $23, avocado $16
Hot dishes: Ramen $10 half / $18.50 full · Chashu Fried Rice $14 · Udon $15 · Chicken Teriyaki $19 · Salmon Misoyaki $27 · Chilean Seabass Misoyaki $37
Small dishes: Edamame $5 · Fried Gyoza $8 · Mixed Tempura $11.50 · Takoyaki $10 · Calamari $14.50 · Spicy Tuna Cracker $13.50 · Bluefin Tuna Crudo $34 · Tuna Tataki $26
Happy hour — weekdays 3–5 p.m.:
- 50% off any draft beer and house sake
- Edamame $3 · Fried Gyoza $4 · Takoyaki $5 · Stuffed Jalapeño $7 · Spicy Tuna Cracker $8
Weekday lunch, until 2:30 p.m.:
- Lunch Sushi Special $26 — chef's choice 7pc sushi, miso soup, salad
- Lunch Sashimi Special $31 — chef's choice 9pc sashimi, rice, miso, salad
- Ramen + Salad $18 · Chicken Lunch Special $16
The $26 lunch special is the best value in either restaurant, and it's the one most people don't know about.
Point Loma — the all-you-can-eat one
Rosecrans St, Suite B, San Diego, CA 92110 · (619) 782-9484
Inside Loma Square, at Midway Dr and Rosecrans St. See the note below about the street number.
Hours: Tuesday–Friday 5–9:30 p.m., Saturday–Sunday 12–9:30 p.m. Closed Monday.
All you can eat:
- Standard — $41.99 adult, $21.99 children 3–10, under 2 free
- Premium — $93.99 adult, $44.99 children 10 and under, under 2 free
Standard covers the small dishes, thirteen specialty rolls, maki, and the standard nigiri and sashimi list.
Premium adds calamari, chashu fried rice, albop, ramen, the Ruby Red and Protein and San Diego rolls, the toro roll (one per person), and the premium maki, nigiri and sashimi.
Some items are limited per person on the premium tier — the toro roll, negi toro, unagi, amaebi, uni and bluefin belly.
Point Loma also has two things Bay Ho doesn't: Yakisoba or Yakiudon $15 / $19 / $23 (veggie / chicken / seafood) and Albop $24, a hot stone rice bowl with fish roe.
It has no course menus, no Kaidan platters, no happy hour and no lunch specials.
Which One
- Want to taste a lot without thinking? Point Loma, $41.99.
- Want the good stuff, properly? Bay Ho. The course menus start at $37, which is less than the AYCE.
- Want the best-value meal of the week? Bay Ho on a weekday, before 2:30. $26 for chef's-choice sushi, soup and salad.
- Want a drink first? Bay Ho, weekdays 3–5. Half-price draft beer and house sake.
- Going with children? Point Loma. It's the one with a children's price.
How to Visit
- Both closed Monday
- Bay Ho opens at noon Tuesday–Friday; Point Loma doesn't open until 5 p.m. on weekdays
- Reservations: Bay Ho through Yelp; Point Loma through OpenTable
- Online ordering through Toast for both
- Email: contact@chefjun.com
The Takeaway
Go to Bay Ho on a Wednesday at noon and order the $26 lunch special.
What makes chef JUN worth understanding is that the two locations serve genuinely different purposes — one is where you go to eat carefully, the other is where you go to eat a lot — and the name gives you no clue which is which.
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Frequently Asked Questions
How many chef JUN locations are there? Two — Bay Ho (4033 Avati Dr., 92117) and Point Loma, inside Loma Square at Midway and Rosecrans.
Which chef JUN is all-you-can-eat? Point Loma. Standard is $41.99 for adults, premium $93.99, with children's pricing at $21.99 and $44.99.
What are the hours? Both are closed Monday. Bay Ho is Tuesday–Friday noon–9 p.m. and Saturday–Sunday 4–9 p.m. Point Loma is Tuesday–Friday 5–9:30 p.m. and Saturday–Sunday noon–9:30 p.m.
Is there a happy hour? Yes, at Bay Ho only — weekdays 3–5 p.m., with 50% off draft beer and house sake and small dishes from $3.
What's the cheapest good meal? Bay Ho's weekday lunch special: $26 for chef's choice 7pc sushi with miso soup and salad, served until 2:30 p.m.
What is the Kaidan? A plated assortment of sushi, sashimi and hand roll — $219 for two, or $99 solo. Bay Ho only.
Do they take reservations? Yes — Bay Ho through Yelp, Point Loma through OpenTable.
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