Sushi Palace Reviews Summary

Category: Sushi restaurant

Address: 34 Division St, Somerville, NJ 08876, USA

Phone: +19082187888

Rating: 4.3
based on 233 reviews.

Food Quality

Pros:

  • "Outstanding sushi and it's all you can eat. How can you go wrong?"
  • "The food tasted fresher, pieces of sashimi were larger, and service was much quicker."
  • "Best salmon sashimi I have had."
  • "Sushi & sashimi always taste fresh."
  • "Delicious sushi, soup, etc."
  • "The sushi was amazing and fresh! Kani and Seaweed salads are amazing if you combine them both."
  • "Sushi is always made fresh and service is quick!"

Cons:

  • "For what we spent for 4 people, we could have had a better menu/choices for sushi."
  • "Both the spicy tuna and the spicy salmon rolls had the taste and texture of cat food."
  • "The spicy seaweed and spicy Kano salad was just full of tempura flakes, not as expected."
  • "Some fish was fishy tasting! Soft shell crab was cooked beyond recognition and rock hard."
  • "Not fresh."
  • "The fish is all lukewarm and all the sushi was brought out within 10 minutes or ordering during peak dinner time."
  • "Fish here tastes like that watered down fish you get from ShopRite."

Service

Pros:

  • "Service was great though it was obvious the waitstaff wanted us to stop ordering sushi after the third round."
  • "Love this location! Some Sushi Palaces are mediocre, otherwise downright terrible... Somerville has great and courteous staff, prompt service."
  • "Staff works there butt off and the service is good! All the staff are friendly."
  • "Servers have always been very nice, respectful, and most of all attentive."
  • "The service is good and is a team concept, so plates are cleared and orders filled quickly."
  • "Service is great considering the volume."
  • "The staff has an eagle-eye for filling drinks and clearing off plates, so you will be well taken care of."

Cons:

  • "The service definitely could’ve been better, our waitress never checked on us even once."
  • "Horrible HORRIBLE service. will NEVER go back."
  • "Horrible place and horrible service. I had a piece of plastic in my Kani salad."
  • "Terrible service all night long, food was alright (I got sick afterwards)."
  • "The staff was extremely rude, and talked trash about my fiance for not finishing his roll."
  • "The waitress/bus girl could care less about where she puts food, doesn’t even look at the table."
  • "Waitress was incredibly rude."

Atmosphere

Pros:

  • "The area it's in is very fun too so there's a lot to do before or after dinner."
  • "The interior was nice and colorful despite it looks like it need a little refreshing touch."
  • "They have a nice fish tank, and a chill atmosphere."
  • "It also has a lovely atmosphere with the decor and fish tank."
  • "The atmosphere is amazing, for a gutted out bank I think they did an amazing job with it."
  • "Good atmosphere and located on Division Street."
  • "There is a nice courtyard with public seating and as well as other shops."

Cons:

  • "It gets so crowded you feel uncomfortable (tiny table for large party)."
  • "When I walked into the foyer area, I immediately smelled the aroma of roach spray."
  • "This place was crowded and loud!"
  • "It was horribly noisy, though was not fully packed."
  • "The atmosphere is a cramped and loud."
  • "Spacing between tables are too close that it is hard for you to get out smoothly."
  • "The space was so dark."

Value

Pros:

  • "The quality of the food is decent for an all you can eat sushi join."
  • "The all you can eat price is great, even on weekends."
  • "Great sushi for the right price; don't be turned off by the 'all you can eat' restaurant."
  • "All you can eat is a very good value."
  • "Great price for what you are getting too, expect to pay as much for 2 rolls in a standard sushi restaurant as you are paying for your entire meal here."
  • "For an affordable price, you can eat as much good quality sushi as you would like."
  • "The food is very good, especially for the price."

Cons:

  • "Very expensive all you can eat for lunch."
  • "Price keeps going up is my only complaint."
  • "The only reason why my rating was so low was due to the surprise 12% surcharge for using a credit card, followed by a mandatory 15% tip."
  • "The salmon sashimi was dangerously warm and kept falling apart everytime someone tried to pick it up."
  • "Food is not as good as it looks."
  • "Kani salad looked very different and it smelled like vomit."
  • "We were double charged for an item we were only charged $5 before, which made no sense."

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