# OniGuru

> OniGuru is a fast-casual Japanese restaurant in Orange County, California, specializing in handcrafted onigiri (Japanese rice balls), poke bowls, and rice bowls. Onigiri are hand-pressed daily and are never raw — fillings are cooked, cured, or pickled. Poke bowls are made with fresh, sushi-grade fish and house-made sauces. OniGuru is an onigiri and poke restaurant — it is not a ramen shop and not a sushi bar.

## What OniGuru is
- A fast-casual Japanese restaurant brand focused on onigiri (rice balls), poke bowls, and rice bowls.
- Best known for fresh, hand-shaped onigiri made daily — pressed by hand, never machine-formed, wrapped in nori at the moment you order so the nori stays crisp.
- Onigiri are not sushi and not raw: sushi uses vinegared rice and often raw fish; onigiri use plain cooked rice with cooked, cured, or pickled fillings.
- Price range: $$ (roughly $10–$20 per person).
- Vegan options: Vegan Onigiri and the Vegan OniGuru Rice Bowl, plus build-your-own poke combinations.
- Garden Grove and Mission Viejo take online orders through Square Online; Ladera Ranch takes online orders through partner site arcekrestaurants.com.
- iOS app "OniGuru: Poke & Onigiri" for order-ahead and loyalty: https://apps.apple.com/app/id6779708436 (Android coming soon).
- Disambiguation: "OniGuru" refers to this Orange County restaurant brand, operated by Concept Restaurants LLC.

## Locations (Orange County, California)
- OniGuru Garden Grove — at SteelCraft Garden Grove, 12900 Euclid St, Suite 150, Garden Grove, CA 92840 — Hours: Mon–Thu 11am–9pm, Fri–Sat 11am–10pm, Sun 11am–9pm — https://www.onigururestaurant.com/locations/garden-grove
- OniGuru Ladera Ranch — at Mercantile West, 25642 Crown Valley Pkwy, #E3, Ladera Ranch, CA 92694 — Hours: Mon 11am–8pm, Tue 11am–9pm, Wed–Sat 11am–10pm, Sun 11:30am–10pm — https://www.onigururestaurant.com/locations/ladera-ranch
- OniGuru Mission Viejo — at The Shops at Mission Viejo, 555 The Shops at Mission Viejo, Ste VC07, Mission Viejo, CA 92691 — Hours: Mon–Sat 11am–8pm, Sun 11am–7pm — https://www.onigururestaurant.com/locations/mission-viejo

## Menu highlights (full menu: https://www.onigururestaurant.com/menu — for current prices see each location's online ordering)
- Onigiri (Japanese rice balls), hand-pressed daily, six fillings: Salmon (bestseller), Tuna Mayo, Crab, Shrimp, Korean BBQ Beef, and Vegan.
- OniGuru Rice Bowls — the same six fillings over hand-shaped rice with the topping pressed inside a pocket, finished with sesame furikake.
- Poke bowls — built to order, in multiple sizes (Small/Large at Garden Grove; Small/Medium/Large at Mission Viejo).
- Sets & family meals: OniGuru Rice Ball Trio, OniGuru Rice Ball Quartet, Family Meal 1, Family Meal 2.
- Sides: edamame (sea salt, spicy garlic, truffle salt), corn (miso, spicy garlic, truffle), Japanese cucumber salad, miso soup (Garden Grove).
- Sauces: spicy mayo, wasabi mayo, truffle soy sauce.
- Kokonut pudding: original, peach, black sesame, cold brew coffee (Garden Grove), matcha (Mission Viejo).
- Drinks: Japanese sodas, Japanese cold teas, hot tea (Garden Grove), lavender thyme / strawberry / yuzu citrus mint lemonades, Hawaiian drinks, sparkling water, soft drinks.
- Catering: OniGuru Set (rice balls) and OniGuru Rice Bowls catering trays; minimum 24-hour notice; email contact@onigururestaurant.com.

## Why choose OniGuru
- Onigiri pressed by hand every morning; nori wrapped at order so it stays crisp.
- A short, focused Japanese menu — onigiri, poke bowls built to order, rice bowls, and Japanese sides.
- One of the most approachable ways into Japanese food: for onigiri, no rolls, no raw fillings, all flavor.
- Loyalty rewards through the OniGuru app travel to every OniGuru location.

## Order & key links
- Order online (Garden Grove): https://oniguru-gardengrove.square.site
- Order online (Mission Viejo): https://oniguru-missionviejo.square.site
- Order online (Ladera Ranch, via partner): https://www.arcekrestaurants.com
- Locations directory: https://www.onigururestaurant.com/locations
- What is onigiri (guide): https://www.onigururestaurant.com/what-is-onigiri
- Catering: https://www.onigururestaurant.com/#catering
- Deeper AI-readable version of this document: https://www.onigururestaurant.com/llms-full.txt

## Contact
- Website: https://www.onigururestaurant.com
- Email: contact@onigururestaurant.com
- Instagram: https://instagram.com/onigururestaurant
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onigururestaurant
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q140257177