Sakura

SO DELICIOUS!!! I am a Japanese food SNOB! Honestly this place is AWESOME!!! Wasn’t expecting much but to my surprise this food is GREAT!

I have been a regular customer of this restaurant for several years. The food was always just ok and the service was adequate. I mostly frequented the restaurant due to its location across the street from Marine Park and the fact that my friend lives within walking distance. It’s a convenient place for us to meet. We met there last night with a group of several people. My friend avoids gluten and asked if they had rice noodles. The waitresses told her they only had udon and soba and I confirmed to my friend that these noodles contained wheat. The waitress then told her that soba has wheat and udon are rice noodles (untrue!). The restaurant would be liable if she ordered the udon and had a bad reaction. The waitress also shared (unbidden) that she eats soba twice a day and is just fine. We asked about substitutions in the bento box and were told that no substitutions were allowed. My friend and I decided to eat light and had sushi salads and a roll each and the men ordered bento boxes. The food was ok, although I have never been impressed with the quality of the sushi at this restaurant. When were dividing up the bill, my friend noted that our costs were exactly the same. While I was happy to split the bill, my salad was actually $ 6.95. No matter the minor difference, I insist on being charged the prices on the menu. I asked to see the menu and was given a paper menu which showed the price of my salad as $ 7.95. However, I didn’t order from the takeout menu. I asked to see the regular menu and I correctly recalled that the price was $ 6.95. I was told that the price had changed but they couldn’t change the regular menu. However, they would take off the $ 1 to accommodate me. That’s no accommodation, that’s the law. They knew very well that they are charging more for some items than is listed on the menu. We were also charged $ 1 apiece for green tea. I have never paid for green tea at this restaurant or any other Japanese restaurant in the United States. While we were shown that the menu indicates a $ 1 charge for green tea, I would never have thought to check the beverage prices as green tea is always included and I didn’t want any other beverage. As we weren’t told about the charge, I thought it should have been deducted. As they refused to do so, the charge came off the tip. While we are always generous tippers, the rude attitude and deceptive practices left us no choice. I note that another poster recently had a similar experience. There are many excellent Japanese restaurants in Brooklyn and we will go elsewhere from now on. I’m pretty easy to please, so if I wasn’t happy that says a lot about how we were treated.

Just had lunch there. Heard good things about them, also a neighbour and also a Chef that loves Japanese…
Got very disepointed, was de first client of de weekend dat every rest suposed to be well prepared wis de freshest ingridiense for de busiest servece… Ordered my favorite octopus with ponzu and cucumber… the dish is disaster, de main guy Octopus was frozen after being cooked, and das after arriving frozen, dat means frozen at least second time after difrosing… ponzy felt like dashi only wis no yuzu at all, cucumber clearly was de large American wich taste like water, got de misu soup as a part of de sushi/​sashimi combu, it tasted only bonito which means fish soup not misu, asked to change to seafood soup and pay extra de server refused and gave me attitude all meal, meantioned wis rudness dat she works der 8 years and I am de first one to complain about de cucumbers, which I rrecomended to switch to Israeli one, although she insisted dats de kind… happenes to be dat I am Israeli, I did not meansion dat… but I do understand about cucumbers, she was rude so I didn’t insist, she did say dat de octopus is frozen cause they don’t sell a lot of them… not smart mam! Original ponzu contains dashi which is Japanese broth dat made from seaweed and bonito which are fish flakes, she insisted that der no seaweed watsoever inde ponzu… really not smart mam again!! The wasabi was dark which means was made days ago, her answer was they cant afford to make it fresh… The red snapper wasn’t cleaned from the blody fat which is very important at Sashimi!! Btw the cucumber was cut ugly and not fresh far away of Japanese standards, after telling the server my opiniuon ass a chef she yeld at me If I wana pay or not!
Which is oviuse spesially dat I am working as hard as their cooks. Bottom line besides de fresh tuna every thing is disgrace for Japanese cuisine… maybe dat explains why the empty…

Honestly, the only reason they are still in business is because there aren’t any competitors around. their sushi is okay, nothing unbelievable, the kani salad was meh, the miso soup was disappointing. The reason I gave a two star review is the waitresses attitude, from the very start I felt awkward in there. She seemed like she wasn’t very pleased that I had come, considering I was the only customer there she could have been a bit more accommodating. What really irked me was the fact that when it came time for me to pay the bill (which I payed in cash) she stood over me and counted the money, very weird. Also, they charge a dollar for hot green tea, which comes free everywhere else. Not a good impression, I would rather go to the places on sheepshead bay road.

Well, I’ll just say never order hibachi from here. It came soggy and more like vegetable fried rice with chicken. Very dry, very disappointing. Hibachi is really not what this was at all. Zero effort was put into this. The lady actually told me it wasn’t a lunch option it’s an entrée believe it or not of chicken and steak hibachi! check pictures to see…

It was New Years Eve. Food was ok. Ambiance is mediocre. However, it was the service that ruined it for me. It was not crowded, but we had to request water and it was not brought. Then 2 were brought and a 2^nd request (there were 5 of us). By the 4^th time I asked for water, the tip went way down and they lost a customer.

Great food and very reasonable in pricing. I’m a huge fan of sushi and would highly recommend this place.

This is probably the best sushi in the area. Delivery is quick. They are a little overpriced but you get what you pay for :)
To walk in and sit down is a little different, I’m always very rushed. The waitress stands on top of you, I’ve been coming here for many years and each time I’m rushed one time I finally said something and flipped out since then they left me alone LOL

I ordered takeout from Sakura for dinner tonight. I had the chicken teriyaki with white rice dinner, that came with a salad. My meal was okay. The ginger dressing that comes with the salad had a weird taste to it, and the chicken for the chicken teriyaki tasted really chewy. The food wasn’t terrible, but I definitely wouldn’t order that from there again. I’ve had other things from Sakura that were really good.

Best sushi place around on Ave U (we have been to quite a few over the years).
Our whole family loves sushi and this is our go to place. We hold many family gatherings here.
Service is very fast. They take your requests to heart weather you want extra ginger, wasabi, or the kids want extra baby corn on the side they do it all! The staff is always kind and welcoming, never had any rude behavior or issues. Presentation of food is top notch as well.
Their front door is locked for whatever reason, so you have to go around the back and enter from the parking side

Great
reasonable prices. The Godzilla
amazing. The wait staff is attentive, make sure you speak clearly and have them repeat your order, sometimes there is a language barrier

This is probably the best sushi in the area. It’s a relatively small space, but it is clean and quiet. Service is fast, and the food is pretty good too. Their lunch special provides enough food for me to eat to my heart’s content and take some home.

My husband and I come here often. Simply saying WE LOVE IT!

I took my daughter who is intrigued by Japan, but is a very picky eater, to Sakura and we had a very good and tasty time. She ordered the chicken noodle soup, which she thought was an appetizer, but it could be a meal, it was so large. She took some home. She had fried rice for her meal which she said she likes as well or better than Chinese fried rice. I had the Seafood Tempura special (shrimp, scallop) which starts with miso soup. It was very good and filling. I always have cold sake (rice wine) when I order the tempura. The atmosphere is soothing and takes you away from the bustle of city life. The service is good. This is a good place to go on a date, take family and/​or friends.

This is one of my go-​to places for dinner. The food is consistantly great and dining in is a treat. Their sushi is great, their specialty rolls are awesome and I like that the brown rice is no extra charge.
Finding a good sushi place is like finding a friend. There’s a certain level of trust that you’re not going to get debilitating food poisoning, so when I find a good sushi place, I hit it and I hit it hard.
This place is awesome and I feel bad for continually putting off writing this review.
This is one of my top two sushi places in Brooklyn. Don’t be put off by the fact that it looks like it’s in a Key Food parking lot.

4.5÷5 stars
⁸⁄₁₀ stars
Best sushi/​japanese food in this neighborhood by far. There are many options that sushi lovers and sushi newbies will enjoy. The portions are very, very fair and filling. Everything I have ordered there has tasted great. I have never had a problem once with my food.
The restaurant is great but I feel like it is in a bad location for their business so it is usually empty or they only have 1 – 3 tables filled. The décor is cute and spacey for a smaller restaurant.
Their spicy tuna roll, california roll, salmon avocado roll, beef negamaki, chicken teriyaki, and fried ice cream are all delicious.
The only downside is that the rolls are a bit expensive but its worth it.
I highly suggest eating at this restaurant.

After a late movie with the guys we deiced we where in the mood for sushi, they had already known about this place and took me here. It’s a little far out for me, I wouldn’t drive out there just for sushi. But if I’m in the area or coming from Sheepshead Bay movie theater I would definitely check this place out. The prices are good and service is fast. There is also an extensive menu to choose from.

Place is small but cozy. Service is good. Food is good. Presentation of the food is excellent. I would return. The prices are decent. Although the service is fast I felt a tad bit rushed and no one was at the restaurant at the time. Maybe it was the approach or wording. I was asked if I was done when there was clearly food still on my plate. I think maybe if the waitress would have asked if everything was going ok it would have been different. However, I will return again.

My mom orders take out from here from time to time and wanted me to try it. On a Saturday afternoon the place wasn’t that busy. Only two other groups were eating when we arrived. Sakura has a nice family business atmosphere. The tables were clean and the space pretty roomy. The waitress showed us to a table and left us with some menus.
The menu is incredibly expansive with sushi, appetizers, rice and noodle dishes. We started off with the chicken avocado rolls, aged tofu, a cra bmeat dish and a shrimp sushi roll. In acouple minutes the apps started rolling in. The crab dish was lightly sauces and pretty good but I love crab so that wasn’t a surprise. My mom thought the chicken avocado roll was good but could have done with less sauce. The tofu was lightly fried and the rock shrimp sushi was fresh and delicious.
A few minutes our hibachi fried rice dishes came out. The Sakura Fried Rice was great chock full of chicken, shrimp, beef and topped with crab meat. My mom enjoyed her chicken fried rice we ate all of it and there wasn’t any leftovers. That was plenty of food for just the two of us. When we got the bill surprisingly it was just over $ 40 bucks. 3 apps, 1 roll, 2 entrees damn I was expecting it to be a little more. Everyone loves a good deal and great food. Here you can get both and it won’t break the bank.

The place isn’t big or special, but the staff and food are excellent. You have to really order anything other than the usual «American» sushi like Cali rolls in order to really appreciate this tiny place… But that’s really why I like it. The place is always clean and usually has 2 – 3 people eating in, which is great. You can take out as well. Food is fresh and never had a problem! Very filling.
Prices are decent like the prices in St. Marks.
Sakura also has Asian desserts which is great and never disappointing! I suggest you order the fried icecream in green tea instead of plain vanilla. You will be pleased!
Last but not least, parking space is good. There’s barely many customers who park there for the restaurant or the laundromat, which is next to the restaurant.
Overall, great place in Brooklyn if you’re craving sushi in a non-​fancy but clean restaurant.