Sakura Japanese Steak House

1913 Whiskey Rd, Aiken - 29803
149 reviews
Japanese Seafood
(803) 648-3238

Great food great environment clean great employees chef was a great guy very funny I give it a 10

I'm not a rice fan however theirs was just a bit sticky and very flavorful. Everything was drenched in sauce if that's your thing. The food was not salty like much Asian cuisine here is.The service was pleasant and they were constantly cleaning.

Usually at Sakura, everything is always top notch, tonight's visit wasn't that way unfortunately. We did have a big group, which was split between 2 tables. Our table ordered, drinks, soup, and tempora shrimp came out like normal, then the chef came out to start cooking, our table still waiting on salad and sushi that was ordered. As chef was preparing rice, my wife asked staff about salad and sushi that hasn't made it out yet, which table next to us had already received even though we ordered before them. Staff says sorry about this, brings out 1 order of sushi and says other order of sushi, is out of product. They should have came out and told us that when they realized that instead of us having to ask, but not a big deal at that moment because chef is starting to cook. It doesn't get much better from there though, rice ends up being crispy with a burnt taste, shrimp cooked too long and rubbery, chicken cooked too long with a burnt taste to it. The steak was cooked perfect though. I understand everyone has an off night from time to time, they did knock off a little money because we never received our salads at least. As I said earlier, we eat here often and everything is usually really good, unfortunately, tonight wasn't...

Went for lunch. Didn't see any appetizers on the menu so asked if there were any, was told there was only shrimp tempura. Ordered shrimp tempura, all of which was nothing like actual tempura (more like cheap fried shrimp from a fast food joint) and half of which came out overcooked and nearly burnt. Ordered the spicy crawfish roll and spicy yellow tail roll. Both rolls were flavorless and were basically like eating plastic. Miso soup had no tofu, fried rice was cheap and presented in a messy heap on a plate. With a 4.3 review, I expected a lot more. Won't be going back. $60 lesson.

I took my family to this restaurant for family dinner night hoping to try a different hibachi restaurant. Once inside the service was not great. I ordered a crunchy chop chop sushi roll as an appetizer and it was hard as a brick! The worst part about the entire experience was the fact that the chef cooked pieces of plastic in the rice! It was overall a horrible experience!! Definitely would not recommend this hibachi to anyone!!!!

Good meal, good show! Highly recommend having Alex be your chef on the hibachi table.

The reason we choose here is for the show experience= the reason we pay $25 a plate. The last 3 times we have come, they sat us at the first hibachi to the right corner. And the same cook every time, shows up late, will not perform even one thing, cooks our food in a rush and leaves. But we've come two other nights and sit at the other tables and that same cook comes and entertains like normal- volcano, train, egg toss, broccoli toss. But we notice over in that right corner, the cook does not entertain at all. What is up with that? Everyone is paying the same price, so if there aint no show, they should give half off the price. We tried but that's 3 strikes, so we will not be going back, found a place that gives your money's worth in service and entertainment, and place is kept much nicer too.

it was greatttt i like the way the cook did everything making the ginger&white sauce together it was sooooooo delicious....it was my bf b'd sang h'b to him with the tambourines ?

Great Chef, Great Food, Loved It

I absolutely loved the main course! They were very accommodating with my allergies. The chef was super sweet and entertaining. The only complaints I have is the soup tasted like a vinyl pool and the thousand island dressing on my salad looked a little sketchy.