Sakana Sushi & Japanese Cuisine Reviews Summary

Category: Japanese restaurant

Address: 200 NJ-10, East Hanover, NJ 07936, USA

Phone: +18627016000

Rating: 3.9
based on 156 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The Kitchen items were good as well, food came out pretty quickly."
  • "Good quality and variety of sushi."
  • "All the food that came out was amazing."
  • "The food/fish was very very fresh."
  • "Each dish we ordered was nice and fresh."
  • "The sashimi and sushi rolls were super fresh."
  • "Food is delicious."

Cons:

  • "Disappointing. Used to really enjoy this place but the sushi didn’t seem to be the same quality in prior trips."
  • "The sushi tasted ok but they barely put any fish in the rolls."
  • "They were very heavy-handed with the rice and the salmon was very tacky and dry."
  • "The salmon skin maki rolls were not chewable."
  • "No flavor, sushi looks like nasty things thrown together."
  • "The sushi was so gross I almost thrown up."
  • "Some fish and sushi looked dry (not fresh)."

Service

Pros:

  • "The waitress came to our table A few times to ask if everything was okay and to take the plates we were done."
  • "The service was also very fast considering the place was almost full at the time and the waiters were very helpful."
  • "Service is friendly and prompt."
  • "The staff is friendly, with extremely fast service."
  • "Excellent service and quality sushi."
  • "The hostess and servers were very nice and patient."
  • "Great service, and amazing atmosphere."

Cons:

  • "Waitresses are still rude."
  • "Service was also extremely poor."
  • "we were very disappointed with the service, food and treatment…20 minutes and no one showed up to get the order."
  • "Service was completely horrible and uncomfortable, could barely enjoy or down my food with my family."
  • "Wait staff seemed very nice but very disorganized."
  • "Late w. service. Disorganized."
  • "The service was so slow, they forgot my salad."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "The place is really really nice, very fancy from the inside and we loved the ambience."
  • "Sakana feels more authentic in ambiance."
  • "Nice place to eat. Great ambiance."
  • "I absolutely loved the ambiance of the place."
  • "The actual architecture of the place itself is absolutely beautiful."
  • "The environment is beautiful and seems organized."
  • "The environment is very nice and different with low light."

Cons:

  • "but the lighting is a bit dim (for photographing the food)."
  • "We were there last night and they seated us in the back where the air conditioning was barely functioning."
  • "It was so loud in the place, this was a Monday night."
  • "The place is so small and crammed with tables that you can barely squeeze between them."
  • "We were sat with our 2 kids and a high chair at the very back next to the bathroom and it has a cleaner smell."

Value

Pros:

  • "The lunch deal is just unbeatable."
  • "All you can eat for $29.99 per person during the weekend."
  • "Prices are reasonable and definitely worth a try."
  • "Way above average sushi at incredible prices."
  • "At the end, we ended up paying $40 per person including tip which is great considering the amount of food we consumed."
  • "Good quality dinner buffet for $24/person."
  • "Monday to Saturday the price is 18.99 per adult!"

Cons:

  • "On top of all this, they increased their prices."
  • "ZERO STARS, TRASH, NEVER GOING AGAIN. The owner is extremely rude."
  • "Very bad experience tonight. Just imagine trying to unwind and have a good time and you get scolded by the staff for adding in an order?"
  • "The all you can eat pricing doesn’t include all you can eat sashimi."
  • "The price is higher than the same quality japanese restaurant."
  • "Spent $90 for all in sushi for two."
  • "It is $17.00 for weekdays lunch, and $24.00 for other time."

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