Piranha Killer Sushi

Use to love this place it has gone down hill and down hill in a hurry. Don’t waste your time or money. Service sub-​standard. Food — they are obviously loosing money as a business and trying to recoup the profits by reducing portions and reducing quality. So sad use to be the in place now it’s just a waste of time

Did this place change ownership or something? It use to be the place to go for sushi. I should say the location in north Arlington. Once they started expanding something changed. Quality changed dramatically. We went for the last time last night although we have not been in over 2 years. What put the nail in the coffin we where served a wasabi crusted salmon roll That was refrigerated cold and was half the size it use to be! The waiter said that was the norm I know better, that roll is always freshly made and served hot!

Thanks for the hair fried into vegetable tempura! I’m sure it would’ve been delicious!

First time at Piranha Killer Sushi. I was hesitant to fight for parking at The Highlands to eat at a sushi joint I’ve heard some negative things about. Well, I’m happy to write a positive review.
Service was excellent. Abdul was attentive, but didn’t hover and was very helpful for some PKS first timers. I had the Rainbow Roll with seared tuna and smoked salmon nigiri. The roll was perfect. The fish was fresh and the rice on point. The fish on the nigiri was perfect (the seared salmon was awesome) but the vinegar in the rice was a little stout. I could not finish all of the roll.
My wife had the Sexy Roll. Aside from her grabbing the ENTIRE dab of wasabi (fun to watch on date night) she loved it. Mango was a nice touch and presentation was well received.
Two reasons for only 4 stars: it was a little loud in there. Hard to penalize the restaurant for that, but there you are. Second is for the rice in the nigiri.
Overall, great place. I would recommend to anyone.

Everytime I come here the service is bad. The bartender was too busy to acknowledge us and served her only 2 couples several time before trying to take our order. Joanne must have thought it was more important to serve people who already had wine before I could get a glass of water. We just walked up and left.

I come here all the time for the martinis and food. I love the ahi tower, heartburn, Wasabi crusted salmon, salmon ceviche, and the salmon skin roll. The bartenders are great and super chill and friendly the servers are amazing.

Spicy edamame is life, so many flavors jump at you! My favorite roll is the Latino roll, I have never had sushi that had cilantro, lime juice, and many other. Now the only part that disappoints me is that they only have a one size fried rice and it’s huge. I know most people are like just take it home, but you see I don’t like leftovers.

Wow! What a change! I went here last night and it was one of the best experience I’ve ever had at one of the chains. The food was spot on amazing. The food came out pretty fast even tho there was a bridal party going on. I was very impressed with how much the taste has changed since I’ve last been here. ^-^ HOW GREAT! It is now on top of my list for best location of Piranha~

Went last night for dinner & drinks with my husband & it was great. I had a glass of champagne to couple with one of their signature drinks the Victoria’s Secret. I ate the mussels in saffron sauce with a side of rice since nothing else comes with mussels. My husband ate sashimi & drank some kind I beer, I forget. We both thought food & drinks were good.
They have patio dining which is nice. Music is loud inside. Our server was nice, attentive, & knew everything about the menu & what was in stock. I will keep going to this restaurant as I have for years. My visits are never disappointing.

Went here tonight with a couple friends and we both had our baby-​in-​tow. First impression — not so good. It was not a very accommodating place for families. I was honestly surprised when they got us high chairs. The seating in the restaurant is quite strange. Tables in between bars; pillars in the middle of the dining areas… the worst is the bathroom situation: 4 bathrooms — 1 womens, 1 mens, 2 unisex, and not ONE baby changing station in ANY of them. I had to put my 1yr old on the floor! Very disappointing.
I will say, the food was relatively delicious. Edamame — nothing special, but it wasn’t bad. We ordered 5 rolls: The Blue Bay Roll, the Heartburn Roll, the Spider Roll, The Marry Me Roll, and the Bullet Roll. I hate crawfish, but handsdown, the Heartburn was awesome. The Spider was nothing super crazy but it was good. I absolutely raved over the Marry Me Roll — who would have thought to put strawberries and kiwi with fish?!? The Bullet was pretty phenomenal as well. Truly, the only «bad» one was the Blue Bay. Neither my husband nor I, nor our friend who tried it as well (just to be sure) enjoyed it.
The ambiance was really quiet. Not very many people there for a Thursday night. But we were ok with that. We have a 1yr old and our friends have an almost 2yr old. Neither of our kids are obnoxious or crazy, but it was still nice to not feel like we were interrupting other people’s dinners. I will say that even with it being low-​key and not a lot of people, our waitress was not SUPER attentive. Yeah, she swung by a couple times, but as a person who as done her fair share of waitress-​ing in the past, our girl definitely had some room for improvement.
My biggest complaint is truly the lack of accommodation for families. It honestly boggles my mind that my girlfriend and I had to change our baby’s diapers on the floor. That’s not acceptable. My daughter is special needs and I really don’t need to introduce her to grimy stuff on the floor — and I’m not even one of those super-​protective, crunchy moms. It’s just gross! Get a changing table.
Also, this may seem kind of dumb, but I ordered a hot green tea — I would have preferred jasmine, but they only had green — and I really enjoy honey with my tea. They didn’t have any. Actually, I was told they didn’t have ANYTHING to sweeten my tea with. #firstworldproblems Yeah, I know. And I wasn’t super upset about it, I still drank it like a champ. But a little honey would have been nice.

I had dinner here tonight at 6:45, with the hostess informing my bf and I that there were 15 minutes left of happy hour. Great! We put in an order for the salmon ceviche, the dragon roll, and the dancing eel roll.
The ceviche came out in about 10 minutes into service and we finished that up quickly. And then we waited for the rolls to come out… and waited… and waited…
They literally did not come out until 30 minutes of me putting in the order, which I think is a ridiculous amount of time to make TWO ROLLS!!! Never have I ever waited that long for a sushi roll to come out before. The restaurant was ¹⁄₃ full at most.
The overall quality of the sushi was fresh as usual and our waitress was attentive to us, but I still cannot get over that the wait for the food was that long. I don’t know if piranha was just having a bad day or what because I’ve never experienced this here before.

I went here for happy hour with a few girl friends and we were the only ones there. It was dead. We were starving so we immediately placed our orders. Our foods took FOREVER to come out which was surprising since we were the only ones there! My friends and I were literally there for 2 – 3 hours. Our server wasn’t as attentive as we would like him to be even though we were the only table at the restaurant. The prices were decent for happy hour. I ordered the salmon ceviche which I loved and I also ordered the saffron mussels. If you do order the saffron mussels, as for a bowl of rice and that’ll fill you up. I don’t think I would come back again because of the service and wait.

Piranha Killer Sushi is where you go when you want to dress up a little, have a nice ambience and eat mediocre sushi. It’s «where white people go to eat sushi.» Very little is left to the actual culture of the food. So then why do I still give it 4 stars?
Here’s why: Piranha, to me, isn’t trying to be traditional and do justice to Jiro. They’re a modern sushi bar made for people to relax and have good food. Plus for sushi beginners like a few of my friends, this is a good segway to the real good stuff.
Also, the staff experience I had was pretty good. They told us about a new menu item and we ordered it. We didn’t like it. They bought us something else without any hassle and actually asked our opinion on why we dislike said dish. I don’t know too many restaurants that are willing to take this kind of critique from consumers.
So thanks nice people and good service. And Sake bombs. Yes, can’t forget those. Thank you Sake bombs.

Hubby and I haven’t gone here in over a year. It used to be our go to sushi restaurant until we discovered sushi axiom in fw. We only went this past wk bc some friends were craving sushi and this was the closest place to us.
We were reminded of why we stopped going. This review is based mostly on food, not service. We had excellent service, especially for dining with 2 babies.
They had undergone a major remodel since we were last here. They’ve added a patio by taking away some parking, but not a big deal since they weren’t too busy and parking spots in the Highlands is plentiful. They added 2 restrooms, but no baby changing tables or any area to change a baby in any of the 4 restrooms. Good thing my baby can stand. I had to change her standing.
Anyway, to get to the food. I had a sore throat and wanted some Miso soup hoping it would soothe my throat. Soup came out warm and got cold quick. The texture was too grainy and made my throat feel more irritated. We ordered our usual: vietnamese summer roll, tricolor sashimi, dancing eel roll, and salmon ceviche. Friends ordered the sashimi dinner and a specialty roll. Flavor was ok but I felt like they are not very generous with their cuts of fish. This is partly why we stopped going. (The main reason we stopped was bad service the last time we sat at the sushi bar).
We didn’t get too full, so my friend ordered another order of salmon ceviche. What a joke: it seemed like they were testing to see who can cut the thinnest fish I really wish we took a picture of how ridiculous it was. The proportion was so off: less than 1 mm thin salmon topped with double the size mango, jalapeño and smothered in salt and hot sauce. I kid you not, you the salmon was transparent bc it was sliced so thinly.
I would rather drive the extra 20 min to fw next time.

Relaxed atmosphere during the week: crack open the huge menu and order some funky sushi or sashimi items for dinner.
I like the many martini options, and for sushi rolls: Latino, Love @ First Sight, Dr Fran, Tri-​Color Shashimi (no rice), Sake Belly and the Heartburn Rolls.
Come hungry.

If you visit the Arlington location, ask for Joanne Le!
I think most people come for the environment. It’s located in the highlands and it’s a nice place with a long list of drinks. The sushi is mediocre and the cooked entrees are what you’d typically expect like fried rice and noodles. They have some items that stand out like the salmon rose and tuna tataki.
Service is always quick and never disappointing.

I’m really let down, this used to be my favorite sushi spot. The last 3 times I’ve gone in, I ended up leaving and going somewhere else. The quality of the food has just dwindled to the point where I think some of the sushi buffets have better items. It really sucks, a big group of us used to come after work all the time for happy hour. Its apparent that I am not the only one, it has also been pretty empty when I’ve gone in.
Guess I have to drive all the way to Fort Worth for my sashimi fix.

Went in during the Cowboys game and the place was empty. It was nice to be able to eat and enjoy the game without having to deal with the loud craziness. I had the Pad Thai. Theirs was very different than what I’m used to but it was really good. The sushi was good but wasn’t the best in the area as others seem to think. The waitress we had was really nice but almost seemed fake. She kept calling us «love and honey» overall I would say it was a good place but not something I would run back to

To all my sushi haters out there; LISTEN UP!
My name is MEGHAN G and I stand before you today as a sushi hater. That’s right. I think it’s a texture issue. But ladies and gentlemen, let me tell you this. This place has changed my entire view on sushi.
Everyone seems to be more fond of Chaucers but Pirahna has much more to offer and a wayyyyy bigger and better variety. I got the HeartBurn roll and the crawfish on top made me understand why they have «KILLER» in the name. The sushi was murderous. —haha. The fried rice? Meh. Wasn’t memorable but I’ll definitely head back for the sushi.

Environment: Super clean restaurant with spotless tables and chairs. Boyfriend and I visited on a Sunday night around 7 and the place was fairly empty. I didn’t mind, because I hate waiting and watching other people eat when I’m already hungry. I have to admit that the food took the longest time to come out. I don’t know if the sushi chefs were just chilling or what, but we waited about 20 – 25 minutes just to get our appetizer.
Waitress was super friendly and was eager to introduce new items on the menu to us. She was the one who recommended the Salmon Ceviche (which I will rave about later).
Food: Like I mentioned before, we came for a light dinner. We ordered the Salmon Ceviche (slices of salmon topped with mango, Sriracha, jalapenos, tomatoes, and cilantro). I had the Tri-​Color Sashimi Roll (tuna, salmon, white tuna, and crab wrapped in cucumber), and my boyfriend ordered the Ranger Roll (jalapeño, cream cheese, crab, topped with salmon?)
The rolls were good, but I have to admit that they didn’t taste special. I was most pleased with the freshness of the fish. I have to emphasize the ceviche though; I’ve never tried it before and I’m not even sure if it’s available at any other sushi restaurant around Arlington. Absolutely amazing, and I immediately wished that I had ordered 2 more plates of just the ceviche instead of my sashimi roll. Quality was amazing and the mix of flavors just blew me away.
Waitresses are friendly, but sushi chefs are slow. Must try the Salmon Ceviche.