Picnic Sushi Reviews Summary

Category: Sushi restaurant

Address: 239 Main St, Fort Lee, NJ 07024, USA

Phone: +12013631889

Rating: 4.3
based on 114 reviews.

Service

Pros:

  • "Personnel is very attentive and professional, always polite and will go extra mile for you."
  • "The staff is friendly and helpful."
  • "Service was fast and friendly."
  • "The server was very friendly and suggested a lot of recommendations."
  • "Customer service is amazing. Everyone is really nice."
  • "Service was fast, friendly and attentive even though they were very busy."
  • "The service is even better ! They are so attentive, warm and welcoming."

Cons:

  • "The lady in the front is extremely rude."
  • "If you want to be ignored and not even greeted when walking in please go to this place."
  • "The sushi here was delicious, however the service was slow."
  • "The service was terrible and I wouldn’t recommend ordering out from them."
  • "The main server doesn't come around to refill water or tea."
  • "The service is awful, the fish wasn't fresh."
  • "The service was horrible we waited so long to get our order and we were basically ignored when we wanted to order again."

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Everything was beautifully prepared and delicious."
  • "Great prices, great portions, great flavors."
  • "The salmon is so delicious that my 3 year old daughter steals them from off my sushi!"
  • "Food was very delicious."
  • "The quality of the sushi was great, every roll I had tasted great."
  • "The freshness of their Sushi is unbelievable!"
  • "Fish is always fresh and selection of rolls are just amazing."

Cons:

  • "I ordered a la carte and thought it was expensive for average quality sushi."
  • "The quality changed significantly and everything just tastes cheap."
  • "The rolls were okay. But they use bad rice for sushi, stale & no flavor."
  • "Literally the sushi was not fresh at all."
  • "The salmon smelled strongly which is never the case with fresh salmon."
  • "The sushi was not rolled properly either and some of the rice tasted stale."
  • "Their food is far from 'Sushi' in terms of rice, fish and flavor quality."

All You Can Eat (AYCE) Option

Pros:

  • "Wonderful sushi spot with a great all you can eat option."
  • "It is a great price at $30 a person (cash) or $35 a person (card) for all you can eat Sushi."
  • "The all you can eat sushi was soooo worth it! It was all so delicious!"
  • "One of the best all you can eat sushi in town."
  • "They have some delicious special rolls and discounts for paying cash as well as an all you can eat for $25 when you dine in."
  • "For $25, it's AYCE sushi and they have a pretty long list of special rolls."
  • "All you can eat for 23$ cash? It doesn't get any better than that."

Cons:

  • "Also beware of sashimi on the AYCE menu which is priced additionally at a dollar a piece."
  • "The owner kept coming to the table and informing us that we have to finish everything we order or they will charge us $10 for left over rice."
  • "The sushi here was delicious, however the way they run the all you can eat is weird."
  • "But all you can eat without Sashimi is not all you can eat."
  • "Price would have been ok for multiple rounds, but for a small dinner it's not a good deal."
  • "So for those of you who wanted to dine alone and have AYCE - know that you are not eligible to eat there because of your one person status."
  • "It’s $35 per person, and I had to pay $15 more and pack because of leftovers."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "Very good experience. Small place, but comfortable."
  • "All staff was so friendly and there’s a very nice vibe in the room."
  • "It’s always nice to be there having dinner and a good walk in Fort Lee Main Street afterwards."
  • "This is such a cozy place."
  • "Small, cozy and friendly atmosphere."
  • "It’s not crazy big but the interior is sort of nicely done."
  • "Adorable, cozy sushi place on Main Street!"

Cons:

  • "Nothing about the atmosphere felt inviting."
  • "The worst AYCE ever. The worst quality."
  • "Rather quiet so I wouldn't recommend bringing children here."
  • "Nothing about the atmosphere felt inviting, no one asked how the food is.. nothing."
  • "From outside, the dining area is very small and limited."
  • "We'll just call it the segregation room, as none of the clientele in here were Asian."
  • "I walked into the restaurant and immediately did not feel welcome as no one said ANYTHING to us."

Management and Policies

Pros:

  • "We even got free rolls on the house."
  • "No negative comments regarding special offers were provided."
  • "Owner and his wife are super nice, welcoming and it is always a pleasure to visit."

Cons:

  • "The owner kept coming to the table and informing us that we have to finish everything we order or they will charge us $10 for left over rice."
  • "Please note that they haven't updated their menu on their website. So, the price of food may be slightly higher than what you would see on the website. Also, they charge additional fee if you use credit card, so bear in mind."
  • "Every time we ordered the owner and wait staff made us feel guilty for ordering more food."
  • "The owner is cheap if you have 1 roll left she will charge you for it."
  • "The staff implies on kicking us out after staying for just about an hour when it wasn't even busy."
  • "Discrimination such as if you want to order these then you must have certain number of people in my opinion is wrong."
  • "I am not allowed to have AYCE because I am alone."

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