Makoto Asian Cuisine Reviews Summary

Food Quality

Pros:

• "Food is amazing, chefs are fast."
• "Everything we ordered was very good!"
• "The sushi and food is always so fresh and the place is very clean."
• "The sushi is made fresh and has the perfect texture."
• "The sushi always tastes fresh and it is decently presented as well."
• "Their sushi, sashimi, etc is wonderful, fresh and delicious!"
• "The food is fresh and delicious."

Cons:

• "The fish quality sucks in this place… AYCE.."
• "Nah this isn’t it. Spend your money somewhere else. Chicken didn’t taste like chicken and the teriyaki chicken tasted nasty."
• "I couldn’t even eat 1 roll of the spicy crunchy tuna roll because there was like a chewy hard piece in it and it smelled not fresh and very fishy."
• "The basic sushi rolls we ordered (tuna and yellowtail scallion) did not taste fresh."
• "Spider roll tasted off, like the crab was bad."
• "No taste to the sushi, or miso soup."
• "Aweful food! Watery, all dishes ordered just water with little spices!!"

Service

Pros:

• "Clean restaurant, friendly wait staff."
• "The emoyees are pleasant and efficient."
• "The service is consistent and the employees are very kind."
• "The servers were also very attentive which was great."
• "The staff, despite the surroundings, exude warmth and efficiency, ensuring a pleasant dining experience."
• "Staff is friendly and inside is nice and clean."
• "The staff is very attentive."

Cons:

• "I have been a customer of this place for years, unfortunately they have a terrible attitude, the person in charge acts horrible, we had to leave the place after he threw our plates on the table in a way that almost broke."
• "The workers are flat out rude and incompetent."
• "They literally treated us like criminals."
• "The entire time we were there our waitress ignored us!"
• "The staff mostly just stared at the customers while they're eating so it was quite uncomfortable."
• "Waitress was impatient and gave up instantly trying to help us."
• "The service was so bad I was shocked the young lady servicing us was incredibly rude."

Value

Pros:

• "Big selection of food, and that's a steal for the price they're charging."
• "All you can eat sushi was really good for the price."
• "The sushi buffet is the best value as you can get all you can eat for about $20."
• "All you can eat sushi is about $28. Let's just say we got our money's worth lol I'm stuffed!!"
• "Great value for all you get."
• "The all you can eat has amazing value if you are able to eat a lot."
• "Always my go to place for an 'All you can eat' sushi."

Cons:

• "For the food quality, it's way overpriced! For 2 people my check was $64."
• "The only bad thing is that they automatically charge you 18% for gratuity without an option to pick your own."
• "The price for all you can eat is super over priced and the food was average at best."
• "They charged $63 for a $35 meal."
• "The only negative thing I had to say is the kids chicken Nuggets came with 6 Nuggets and it cost $6 and a small bowl of white rice was $2."
• "For an all you can eat sushi place it’s great for the price. But expect half your order to be missing half the time you put in the order."
• "Worst restaurant ever, stay away. After 2 hours waiting for my order to be ready, they cancelled on me."

Ambiance

Pros:

• "This is by far the best authentic sushi restaurant in Avenel."
• "Absolutely amazing little gem of a restaurant. All you could eat sushi was just $28 per person and the selection was amazing."
• "And atmosphere is very relaxing."
• "Nice! Small! Intimate! Perfect!"
• "Always great sushi and extremely friendly staff."
• "Great service and the place is neat!"
• "I love this place and the cozy atmosphere it has."

Cons:

• "They steadily progressed downhill."
• "Not a very intimate place since all the tables are squeezed together."
• "Environment is awful and dirty. Bathroom doors are so dirty so disgusting."
• "The seating is a bit tight."
• "Very small restaurant but packed."
• "The moment I entered she yell and ask me 'Yesssssssss' she doesn't have manner to treat new customers."
• "However I was a bit annoyed when the tip was included in the bill."