Arigato Reviews Summary

Category: Sushi restaurant

Address: 1034 River Rd, Edgewater, NJ 07020, USA

Phone: +12018861233

Rating: 4.3
based on 202 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "The food was far superior to other all you can eat sushi establishments."
  • "The food was really good and the service was awesome and the price was fantastic."
  • "They have good rolls. Especially their special ones are worth to try."
  • "The appetizers and sushi that came after were extremely fresh and delicious."
  • "Their fish is always fresh and of top notch quality."
  • "The food is sooo fresh.. they have the best sushi and sashimi selection in the neighborhood."
  • "The sushi here was amazing. The fish literally melts in your mouth and it all tastes so fresh!"

Cons:

  • "Definitely not good sushi, hardly any fish."
  • "Paid $80 for a bunch of rice with dry fish that tasted old."
  • "The sushi was warm and tasteless and the silverware dirty."
  • "Tasteless fish and every piece was 98% rice."
  • "However, this time I felt like the quality of the ingredients weren't that good and it tasted bland for the most part."
  • "The sushi was NOT FRESH."
  • "Unfortunately, it turned into Sushi full of tasteless rice and a little bit of fish."

Service

Pros:

  • "Also the staff and waitresses are very nice warm and helpful."
  • "Waiters are great. They help you with everything you need."
  • "The service by her and the rest of the front staff was impeccable, as well as the food being just as delightful!"
  • "Our server was amazing in the sense that he actually explained the menu and the special all you can eat process."
  • "The service was not just friendly, but our servers were helpful, thoughtful and pleasant."
  • "The staff is very friendly and they are very quick upon your order."
  • "Their service and staff were great and very friendly and courteous!"

Cons:

  • "Upon noticing the sushi chef coughing all over the sushi, I was a bit taken back."
  • "Manager was arguing with a different girl in the group smart mouthing and it just wasn’t professional in her part telling us 'if you don’t like it you can leave'."
  • "We were sitting a while and none of the waiters were attentive as to what we were doing."
  • "The service was horrible, two of the three servers were two girls too busy dancing and filming themselves in their phones towards the front of the tent to take our order."
  • "The waiter chased us out the the restaurant and asked us why we didn't finish."
  • "Our waiter was unattentive, and forgot to include 3 different menu items."
  • "The service was less than par."

Price

Pros:

  • "Only for 25$ a person too! I mean does it get any better then that."
  • "For $30 per person worth giving it a try!"
  • "The $30 all you can eat option is definitely worth it."
  • "You want all you can eat sushi, teriyaki chicken, tempura, ect for 20 something dollars each. You've searched the right place."
  • "For only $29.00 all you can eat is unbeatable."
  • "Price for what you get is ridiculously good."
  • "Great deal too: $25 all you can eat and BYOB."

Cons:

  • "The prices are criminal for the quality."
  • "They charge you if you take out the rice! Scam."
  • "For $28 the things mentioned beforehand is not good. It fell short of expectations."
  • "Borderline stealing especially with that high price tag."
  • "They increased the price to 30 per person. In my opinion not worth coming here."
  • "For the very high price of their all-you-can-eat they were very stingy with the portions of raw fish giving way too much rice."
  • "Couple this with their considerably higher pricing, makes me weary to come back."

Ambiance

Pros:

  • "Where should I begin? First of all the location of this restaurant is magnificent."
  • "The seating accommodations are very safe and each table is thoroughly cleaned and wiped down."
  • "The atmosphere is quite nice and the servers are top notch."
  • "The place is immaculate and tables are perfectly spaced out."
  • "Very nice setting and very close to the Hudson."
  • "The general atmosphere is great for any night but especially for date nights, family get-togethers, and warm anniversary/birthday celebrations."
  • "The atmosphere is relaxed with dim lighting."

Cons:

  • "I just didn’t like the layout of the restaurant it's small and cramped."
  • "Outdoors dining, is too cold already."
  • "The tent is for non reservations, and it is not really warm for windy cold days."
  • "Restaurant was clean but showing its age."
  • "They were packed inside so we had to sit outside in a tent."
  • "Because of covid they’re not serving ice cream."
  • "Parking is horrendous, I wouldn't drive there at all."

Menu Options

Pros:

  • "They have a good amount of appetizers and special rolls."
  • "The all you can eat menu offers a lot of variety to choose from."
  • "I got the all you can eat both times and have not tasted a roll that we didn’t like!"
  • "Sushi 🍣 Buffet with great service. A lot of choices from the menu."
  • "This one has more variety of rolls, salads, fish and sides but No sashimi!!"
  • "So many regular and specialty rolls to choose from."
  • "Everything from the salads to the unique roll creations are delicious."

Cons:

  • "Went from a 5 star to a 3 after pandemic. They removed soft shell crab, mussels and probably a couple other items on the ayce menu."
  • "After 4 years. Price went up and food quality went down including removing icecream from menu."
  • "It’s pretty bad all you can eat but maybe I just had a little too high expectations."
  • "This was a strange AYCE sushi experience. I've never been to an all you can eat sushi buffet that was so limited."
  • "Very limited menu, they don't offer any dessert option, nothing different, tea is charged outside the all you can eat, terrible experience!"
  • "Their appetizer selection was pretty limited."
  • "No sashimi options so you’ll always be eating rice."

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