While the restaurant brands itself with Japanese cuisine. In fact it is a hidden treasure of northwestern style Chinese cuisine. I rarely find this cuisine style in the US. If you are unsure which part of the menu is northwestern cuisine, try their lamb dishes and noodle dishes. It's quite authentic.
Where do I start? We went here on a Wednesday at about 6pm in the winter time. Party of 4. No wait time. Perfect. The menu is amazing variety but not too much, so we get a little bit of vastly different things. While waiting for our entrees, the chef comes out, and asks us to try something. She has a plate with 4 sushi she's trying out for the menu and asks our thoughts. They were fantastic. Then the meals come. Their mala hot pots are done perfectly. The sushi was amazing. I forget the name of the dish I tried, but it was the perfect balance of flavor with impressive portions.The wait staff, the chef, the wholesomeness, the family feel. This is what small businesses are all about. I thank them for such a delightful dining experience, and will be coming back with different friends on a regular recurrence to share the basic.
Real good experience here. The staff was very friendly. The wait for the food to come out was a bit longer than desired, but other than that pretty solid. I got the shrimp lomein and got them to make it spicy. It was a surprise that it was actually spicy. Most places fail in that regard. Then I also got a spicy yellow fin roll. The sushi was excellent. I would definitely return. Next time I would get the hotpot. Oh also they offer hotpots which is awesome and rare.
The lamb is absolutely disgusting, not fresh at all, tasted like paper. Not to even mention the quantity is extremely small given the price. I wish I could give zero stars.
The pork sandwich is a must try! And very nice and friendly staff.
The service here is great! The waiter is very enthusiastic! On call! On call! The dishes are very authentic! Meat hamburger is highly recommended! The hamburger is the most authentic hamburger I have ever had! Be sure to have a try or you will regret it!
I'll give you the good and the not so good.The good: great hand made noodles, hand made pork dumplings, and BBQ pork bun. Loved the authentic preparation on the noodles with amazing crispy chili oil & bock choy. The BBQ pork bun had great textire and 5 spice prominent flavors. The dumplings were fantastic with great texture and flavor.The not so good: The sushi was lacking & expensive. I would expect real crab when the price of a roll is $19 or $20. Sushi rolls were over-sauced. The shrimp tempura was a frozen product, not made in house. When walking down the street, every restaurant was packed. When we entered Sakura, we were the only table there in a massive dining room. No music, dead silence. It was kind of eerie considering how busy all the other restaurants on the block were. Overall, it feels like this place is trying to offer too many things instead of honing in on what they are clearly very good at. Why not focus on the authentic preparations and flavors instead of trying to please every palette? I would go back for the hand made noodles & dumplings. Sushi is being done at a very high level at so many places in the city, therefore I'd pass on it at this location.
Delicious food! Excellent service!
Definitely above average Asian fare. We had egg rolls (ok), fried rice (pretty good) and chicken & broccoli (very good). The place was totally empty on a Thursday evening but did a brisk take out business.
Wow, terrible customer service experience.. Well...we've never eaten here because our food never came. After 40 minutes of waiting we said we were leaving. I told them againthat I would be leaving if we didn't get our food soon. Yet we waited there for another 7 minutes as they basically stalled me from leaving by telling me it was ready. Eventually we left and went right next door to How Lee, some of the city's best Chinese food