Sakana Restaurant

The ambiance of the restaurant is quite pleasant, creating a favorable dining atmosphere. The selection of sushi is moderate, with most rolls being of the American-style sushi variety. The overall menu design and choices resemble more of an izakaya, featuring dishes that are primarily meant to complement alcoholic beverages. If you're a fan of drinks and wish to enjoy fried items along with beer or sake paired with sushi, it would be a decent choice. However, if you are seeking an authentic Japanese culinary experience, this may not be the ideal option. Reservations are necessary for the grill section, and unfortunately, I did not have the opportunity to experience it, so I cannot provide a review. The quality of the sushi is satisfactory, but the rolls are average, and the fried items tend to be quite thick, potentially causing a sense of heaviness when consumed individually.

I’ve eaten at Sakana just shy of three decades. Why? Quality and consistency. Every time I’ve been in their fine establishment, it’s packed. Wait staff is prompt and usually knows the menu well. The food is delicious and always fresh. You can sit at the sushi bar and watch the cooks prepare your plate, sit at a table, or at the teppanyaki if your party is large enough. One amazing plate is the half tuna, half salmon sashimi. This Sashimi is very fresh! My other standby is the spicy tuna roll, as it the deep fried calamari jalapeño. They have every sushi roll one could imagine. The restaurant is very busy, so don’t expect to get in and out quickly. However, your wait is compensated with wonderful culinary delights. So relax, order a drink (or two) and experience the best in Japanese cuisine.

Bluefin Toro for starters. Unbelievable how tasty and fresh is the sushi at Sakana. 2nd round was oysters on the half shell. OmG those are to die for and do pour some of the homemade spicy sauce on them. Round three were three rolls. Of the three ordered I recommend the Yum Yum the most. Great sushi chef Chris!!!! Ben's service was outstanding too. The sake bomber was a great topper!

I normally go to another location on Indian Bend & Hayden. Alway have an excellent service and good size of sushi. Here I ordered two rolls, both of them were ok, 3+. Blood orange roll size was too small and the salmon on the top of the roll was paper thin. Second Las Vegas roll was even worse. The pieces were very small and had nothing in it but rice. Plus they didn't want to seat 2 people on 4 seats table, even though they had bunch of them available when we came. I think that is ridiculous!

I ordered my sushi to go since I was on my lunch break. The “Host” or “cashier” was not very friendly and he seemed irritated by my order “to-go” . The sushi was tasty and the gyozas paired well with the sweet and sour sauce. The only thing I would change is to have a larger shrimp in the sushi. Seems as though more crab mix than shrimp. Overall will return. Loved the honey habanero sauce.

Ok I get it AZ is hard to do good sushi and in a dire search for food before a movie I saw this had decent reviews so since I was already craving sushi we decided to risk it!! Well totally worth the risk the night was a little slow but in the end totally with every last bite!! This has officially been added to our finally a good sushi place to go. Great job everyone tonight it was delicious!!