Excellent sushi!!! Out of all the sushi places I have tried from Tampa to NYC (I lived in NYC for 25 years), this earns the crown. I went here multiple times already and the food is always exceptional and always fresh.
Edamame w sea salt and sesame oil added was a nice touch. Shrimp fried rice was good but I would have loved it if the wok was scorched to create more of a burnt taste. Jasmine tea was good. Spicy tuna with avocado minus the mango was spot on. But the icing on the experience was Devan?, our server, he was spot on. Will be back again. Good job Sakana! ???
Wow. What a pleasure it was to dine here. We’ve found that Tampa restaurants often ride the hype of their parent company or the social media buzz of their launch day but what a treat it was to stumble upon a hidden gem such as Sakana with little to no media presence and have the single best sushi/Asian style small plate meal we’ve easily had in the area. We had the edamame, miso soup, fried rice, pork dumplings, Philly roll, salmon tempura roll and tempora fried cheesecake. All were incredible. Our bartender Jennifer was equally amazing. The cleanliness, responsive staff, food quality, recommendations, plethora of options and more were more than enough reasons to dine here. Try it. And tell Jennifer you saw this review first.
Small friendly staff; our waitress always remembers our orders and what we like to drink. Great sushi with quality ingredients. Clean atmosphere from the front door to the restroom, everything's always clean. Food is fairly priced, and they offer military discount. All of these reasons are why we frequent this amazing hole in the wall sushi joint.
Very bad experience tonight. Long waiting times. Once seated we were forgotten. After our order was taken, it took 40 min for our food to be ready. The waitress never apologized and just said “we are busy”. I did ask for a manager but didn’t help much. On top of everything, when the food finally came, it was not what we asked. We waited extra 10-15 min for the right one.Food was alright.
I ordered pick up and was early. I was told 5 min for my food to be done. Hostess was so focused with cleaning menus I was there 25 more min and the bar tender noticed me being there so long she grabbed my food. My food was cold (the deep fried food). The food was very expensive for such poor service. The food is very good though, just could use better service.
This was one of my favorite stops while visiting Tampa. We had the A-bomb, angry dragon, and others but these were my favorites. Great sushi here
Good sushi & priceIn one of the many strip centers along Gandy between Bayshore and Dale Mabry, it’s easy to miss them. Their fresh sushi is good quality, but the cooked items (like tempura shrimp) seemed “old”, not bad, but detracted from the dish. Service was prompt. Accessing the parking lot is a challenge on your first visit.
In one of the many strip centers along Gandy between Bayshore and Dale Mabry, it’s easy to miss them. Their fresh sushi is good quality, but the cooked items (like tempura shrimp) seemed “old”, not bad, but detracted from the dish. Service was prompt. Accessing the parking lot is a challenge on your first visit.
The tempura flakes on the spicy tuna roll made it really good and not your ordinary roll. I also got the JB roll and salmon avocado roll. Next time I would get 2 spicy tuna and 1 or 2 salmon avocado.When the rolls came out it just looked like 4 long pieces but there were 8 pieces pushed together.