Saica

The dol sot was not great– the vegetables are quite blend and the portion is rather small. Ordered a salmon avocado salad, which took more than 30 minutes to arrive at the table. they also charge for a cup of tea, with no refill. the only saving grace is the wait staffs are friendly. probably will not go back there to eat.

Went in on a Monday lunch time with my young daughter. Service was very friendly although a little on the slow side. Ordered a bento box and the portion was very generous, with an assortment of food from california roll, shrimp & veggie tempura, fried tofu, salad, miso soup, plus the main dish: chicken cutlet! Everything was fresh and delicious! Will definitely go again.

It’s sushi, the raw fish is decently fresh for Michigan, the rice to fish ratio is good, and it’s priced fairly for sushi.
If you live in central campus and usually go to Sadako or Totoro, this is a good place to mix it up. The inside is spacious and clean. My two rolls came out in 10 – 15 minutes, pretty standard stuff, no complaints.

Its more like 3.5 stars, but not 4. I like their korean dishes more, and dislike their sushi.
The Dolsot (bibimbap in hot stone bowl) in Saica is really good.
I also like their bibimbap and spicy pork.
if you are feeling like trying something different, try Hwae-​dup-​bap. its like sashimi meets bibimbap.

Just 3stars. I love Korean cousins but wasn’t impressed with this
friend wasn’t happy with her
were pasta with mayo served as side with breaded chicken

Gosh darn it! The food at Saica is so good. I love their spicy shrimp tempora roll! BUT service is SO slow and spotty that I have quit going to the restaurant. Today a colleague and I decided to go to Saica for lunch around 12:45pm on a Wednesday. We were seated and waited, waited and waited. Finally we just got up and left because we knew it would be a long time before our lunch was over. Bummer. Come on Saica, clean up the restaurant (scrub the menus please) and hire staff to help with service!

4 stars for some of their food for take out. 3 stars for dine-​in and overall.
I dined here several years back, was very underwhelmed with portions, taste and service and wrote them off for a while. I tried it by chance about a year ago and this has become my Ann Arbor sushi craving fill (I don’t like most of the sushi in A2, sadly).
Decent prices and delicious rolls. The lunch bentos are a hit or miss. I don’t love most of their nigiri/“fresh” fish– although the salmon fits the standard alright. Their california rolls hit the spot! I know, basic… but it is actually really difficult to find a delicious california roll, and their japanese mayo crab salad and creamy avocado always do it for me. I also always get their jumbo spider roll as it’s always a massive amount of soft shell crab and fried perfectly.
The service and their order accuracy fluctuates, hence star rating. I haven’t tried much of the Korean food there yet but would like to!

Good food for the price. Large portion bento boxes. Great place to go if you are hungry. Yum!

I haven’t been to this place in years but one of my friends were hungry and decided to check out this place out again. This supposed to be authentic Japanese restaurant and they are now serving other cuisine.
Again, I tried to enjoy my food but their food is level of mall sushi or super market sushi. When food was presented to us, there are no decorations, or don’t seem to put any effort on making sushi look more appetizing.
When I had my first bite of Salmon, it really didn’t smell well and also yellow tail was more red then pinkish color it normally has. Also tuna was bright red which means they were frozen previously.
I know i am very picky about my food and i think most of the people should be if you are eating them raw. I left the restaurant thinking I might even get sick…
Go back there with your own risk…

The food is generally good. In addition, the manager gave many complimentary service dish for groups.
Shabushabu (?) is most recommended for groups.

I’m torn, had one amazing meal and one bad one. They one have some menu items after 5, because that’s when the «real» chef gets in. I will be coming back but only after 5, because otherwise it is pretty bad.

Very average but $ 5 for a roll of shrimp tempura keeps me happy.

Oh, hey. It’s us, your prized customers. My friend and I sat down when we were basically starving. We ordered a spicy scallop and a glass of Chardonnay apiece, along with a Coke in a can. We even accepted the fact that you don’t have any red wine (perhaps this was the first red flag, no pun intended). The smiley waitress ordered our food, sweetly, though she seemed concerned when after asking us if that was «all,» we answered simply, «Yes.» As someone who has waited tables, I understand that this is a pretty standard interaction. Logically, though, this doesn’t inherently mean, «No, nothing more at all, bring us our check.» Apparently, this is how the owner interpreted this after being creepy and watching us leave Cardamom across the street (There was a half hour wait, and we were starving, and I was taking my friend’s Cardamom virginity. Oh, sorry, is that private information?)
We ordered around $ 27 worth of food. My friend and I, both being servers, planned to compensate by tipping over 20% on the ticket. After ordering and waiting ten minutes for our drink and food, the waitress did the owner’s dirty work and told us that unless we ordered an entrée in addition to the hand roll, we would have to leave. There was some mention of people ordering less food than is acceptable and then running over to Cardamom. Um… What the hell indicated that we weren’t going to order more, or that this was even the case? There’s something to be said for a very average sushi restaurant with little to no wine selection compared to the rich assortment of other options in town, who then proceed to run their business into the globally warmed earth by pissing off two foodies with good intentions. I’ve even eaten your food, and it’s radically sub-​optimal/​flagrantly cliché. I’m a North Sider. My parents live on the North Side. They’ve brought you pity business for years. You’re lucky that you’re hanging on to business as is, and that a five-​star restaurant is bringing you more business. According to the patrons across the street (where we then wound up spending our good money, thank god, because apparently you don’t want our business), you did the same to them. To a group of FIVE. Have you lost your mind?
I wish I could review your mediocre food to test for improvements, but instead felt profiled because we’re two young women wearing faux-​fur who got kicked out, when there was some dude sitting next to us who ordered one f***ing hand roll.
Disgusting. I will never be back. Good luck with your «business.» Good luck with your «endeavors.»

I’ve been eating occasionally at Saica for 3 or 4 years, and it’s always been a mediocre experience. Service is always slow, always forgetting things here and there, but the food is pretty good and the prices are good too.
Last night, I’ve decided not to go back to Saica after finding a rather nasty looking bug in my udon – to be precise, a «Brown Marmorated Stink Bug» about an inch long. (Look it up, you’ll lose your appetite too)
Yep, definitely not a good experience. What was worse than the bug though was the complete lack of effort shown to remedy the issue. Waitress casually said «Oh, I’m sorry. Did you want a replacement?». For such a small restaurant that I’ve been frequenting for several years, the owner didn’t even show his face for an apology either. Lastly, the cheque arrives with a 18% Gratuity slapped on. I had eaten with my family, and there was no mention anywhere on menus or signs that a Gratuity would automatically be charged for a party of 5. We had waited for food for over 30mins, had to ask for utensils which they forgot to set, tables were sticky and we had to asked for them to wipe it down, and the Bug’s Life Udon special. Definitely did not agree with the mandatory 18%, but oh well.
Not coming here again.

Quite pleased with Saica after having experienced several of the sushi options in Ann Arbor. Offers Korean dishes too with bibimbap and katsu. We had a nigiri plate and the bibimbap, both were tasty and fresh. Warm sake also available.
Prices are slightly higher than some other places, but you get what you pay for. We experienced prompt and polite service. Décor is a little unusual with large plastic drapes hanging over the walls and metal pipes sticking up from the floor, maybe to «camouflage» the real pipes in the middle of the room? But, once you whet your palette with some delicious sashimi, you will hardly notice.

I met some friends for lunch at Saica. (They’ve been there before & recommended it.) I arrived late & they’d already ordered some appetizers: dumplings & 2 other things I didn’t recognize. All were ok. Not outstanding, but not bad.
One of my friends ordered the spring rolls & the chuka salad, and the other had the lunch bento box. I ordered chicken teriyaki.
After a few minutes, the server came back & told the 1^st friend that they were out of spring rolls! That seemed odd to me; it was just a bit after noon, and I would’ve thought that was a staple item. She just had her salad & shared a bit of our entrees.
I don’t know how the bento box was (my friend didn’t really say anything one way or another), but I found my chicken to be rubbery, on the cold side, and rather tasteless. The edamame beans were also on the cold side and tough. The tempura (I think it was a carrot & maybe an onion) was non-​descript and lacked any real flavor.
I have had much better Japanese food before. I do wonder if the sushi would’ve been a better choice.

I have been to Saica many times and I am never disappointed!
The waitresses are so cute and they always bring the dishes and water out with a smile, even if they are MAD busy.
I love their sushi combos and their sashimi salad; Perfect salad sauce with many fresh fish cut in bite size pieces!
Their lunch bento boxes are excellent and I have heard great reviews of their new menu items too!
Well definitely try it out the next time I am in need of a korean and sushi fix!
mmm… keep up the great work Saica!

Best sushi in Ann Arbor. The monster crunch is to die for and it’s better price point then yotsuba.

Their soondobu jigae (soft tofu soup) is very filling and comforting on a cold winter’s day, though a tad on the oily side. The restaurant room is very clean and plays relaxing classical music. I wonder whether the owners/​chefs are Korean or Japanese, since they offer a balanced number of items from both cuisines. If everything on the menu were $ 1 – 2 cheaper Saica would be very attractive as a more regular dining spot.

The dinner combos here are the best. You can get a Saica Udon plus chirashi don or unagi don and various other combinations of entrees for about $ 15. It’s a good amount of food — enough for 2 meals if you have the self-​discipline to save one of the entrees in a take-​out box instead of pigging out like I always do.
The quality of the fish in the chirashi/​sashimi is not amazing, just okay.
The wait staff is pretty friendly.
10% off if you pay in cash.