Cafe Sado

Very good sushi. But I suggest not going. I have been here many times and whoever washes the dishes does not do a good job. I always find soy sauce on my plates and even my cups. Very nasty.

Everyone keeps telling me they love this place. I was not impressed with the sushi, but the atmosphere was great and so was the staff.

We just moved to Stevensville and decided to give this place a try. I hate giving it such a low rating, but the food was downright terrible. I ended up throwing all but a few bites of mine out. I ordered General Tso chicken and I was expecting the familiar fried dish with a slight variation as described on the menu. What I got was a bowl of soggy noodles with grilled chicken in a thick, almost soupy sauce. It tasted like a mixture of barbecue sauce and ketchup. I was super disappointed. It would have been easier to just throw money in the trash can.

We moved to the shore last year. Assuming there were no good sushi places on the shore we quit looking. Until we found Sado. The Sushi here is excellent. It is better than anything I had in Baltimore, and could compete with some sushi I’ve had in Japan. It is well prepared and very well priced relative to what I have paid in the past. Every roll and sushi-​mi we have ordered has been presented well and delicious.
If I did have a few constructive criticism points for Sabo, and the only reason they didn’t get 5 stars from me would be:
1. Get new menus, your menus are old and stained. First time I was there I was very skeptical when handed the menu. But delighted once the food came.
2. Some of the wait staff needs training. Some questions we asked we got blank stares with one waiter. Other waiters were spot on.
Bottom line, if you are in the Kent Island area and gotta have some good sushi this is your spot.

Good sushi. Best price on sushi rolls around. Buy 1 get 1 free. This is my kids favorite restaurant so we eat here regularly. I’d recommend.

Phenomenal sushi on the eastern shore, just over the bay bridge. They do a sweet BOGO deal on sushi rolls, which makes this both delicious and affordable. We stop here on our way back to DC whenever we can.

Greatest sushi on the Eastern Shore! My family and I drove a good 45 minutes just to get a bite of this sushi, it’s that good. The sushi is really fresh and nicely sized. The ‘buy one get one free’ offer is also great, saves us lots of money every time.

Overall a good experience, I tried the chili garlic beef fried rice. Tasted good but it could have been hotter. Waiter was friendly and the restaurant was clean

This place has to have the worst service in the entire eastern shore. I asked the server if I could change my meal selection to from one dish to another. He brought out both meals and argued with me that I ordered both. Everyone at the table heard what I said, he had the audacity to question me. Who orders two entrees? Not only did he get an attitude, he didn’t visit us again until we needed the check. This guy made the mediocre food a much worse experience. He then added the gratuity, and gave more attitude and argued that it shouldn’t be taken off. This establishment should be ashamed of themselves for employing this person. Not to mention he let us sit 45 mins to take our drink order and an hour to get our food.

The sushi here is fantastic! The sushi chefs do a wonderful job here – and for buy one get one on sushi, how can you lose?! I recommend the volcano roll; it’s definitely my favorite!
The service does leave a bit to the imagination – they’re quick to get your order, but you don’t see them again until your food is done, and good luck finding anyone when you’re ready for your check – but with the sushi as the shining star, it’s definitely worth your effort to make it out here.
Tip your sushi chefs!

Tucked into a neighborhood on the bay. It’s doesn’t get any better than this. Loved it! The service is great and the food is perfect. Great view too. I recommend it.

Oh my goodness, how I love Sushi. So when a close friend rang me up and told me that I needed to travel across the Bay Bridge to try this new Sushi place they had found in Chester, I said «OK». After 45 minutes in traffic and a $ 6.00 toll, this place better rock my socks off.
What a cool joint, first of all it is really close to the water and seems to be located in an old house. The atmosphere inside is trendy yet very moderate. This is a place that the «outside does not match the inside».
They have a pretty small wine list, and saki is available both hot and cold. They have a very large variety of food represented on the menu including some wild sushi combinations, along with some traditional Thai/​Asian dishes.
Tonight I am going for the Sushi, I started off with a few rolls including a Spider roll (battered soft-​shell crab, cucumber, avocado, and I believe sprouts.). Next we had a California roll, spicy tuna roll, and a salmon avocado roll. Still craving more we moved on to the Volcano roll (crispy tuna roll with cucumber, and crab meat topped with a spicy sauce).
The food was great, not awesome or the «best ever» but for a small town like Chester this place is a great find. I will frequent this place when I next visit the area. I recommend that you try this place at least once and try something that might be different than you have in the past. Nice staff and great food. Thank you Café Sado.

Worth the drive! Great sushi :) Great service! Great views! Gave it 4 stars just because we came around their break period so we felt a little rushed towards the end. But I loved the atmosphere and food and the great sushi deal. Winner.

Café Sado is a fairly new restaurant in Chestertown, and as such it might be still figuring itself out. Overall I had a good experience.
Their sushi tastes a bit dry, as if it might be premade and not made to order. There’s also no physical sushi bar, so you can’t watch it being made. Some may not care about whether you can watch the chefs create your rolls, but it certainly ensures that you know your fish is fresh. However, the prices for sushi are fairly good, and (at least for now) there’s a buy one get one free deal for all sushi rolls, so it’s always worth it to get 2 of each roll.
The Thai food they serve is good, but not fantastic. I ate the chicken sate and the peanut sauce served with it was thick and very flavorful. My salmon entrée was also huge and didn’t taste dry or old. I’d recommend getting the Thai seafood lemongrass soup if you like spicy soups. The combo Thai meal was a great deal because you get an appetizer, an entrée, and a dessert at a very reasonable price.
Other reviewers had mentioned service being not so great. This was absolutely not the experience I had when I went. You definitely need reservations because this is the only sushi/​Thai place in town. Even on a Tuesday evening it was packed. Our food came out very quickly and they were very accomodating for my friend who couldn’t have peanuts on one of her dishes.

Formerly the Brooks Tavern, Café Sado is a sort of pan-​Asian place that now occupies the space of the former Brooks Tavern restaurant.
Menu is fairly standard but seems to have more of a Japanese feel, as they offer sushi and sashimi primarily. Other items that make the fold are ramen, bento boxes, and some curries that fit in the mix.
A straight forward bento box is presented well. Nice mix of salad, side miso, and well prepared chicken on a bed of rice.
The sushi is also done simply, stick with the common items and they will be alright. The rice isn’t hard or gummy, and the rolls don’t fall apart either. I was looking for more crab based items, and this is something that could really be accentuated on the menu but really isn’t. However it is still ok.
Ramen though is a bit of a letdown, but not terrible. The noodles are basic store bought package, and overcooked, but the broth is a simple chicken, and the experience comes off like eating chicken noodle soup more than anything. It’s still edible, but also tiny, but for ten dollars doesn’t totally break the bank, but doesn’t give your moneys worth either.
Visited at a very quiet time. so there was no problem with service, If anything the staff was incredibly eager and very courteous with their service.
It’s not amazing or even great food, but if I was in the area and needed a sushi fix this would probably fit the bill nicely.

One chance was enough for me to never return. I went here with a large group for dinner & the waiters/​waitresses were NOT helpful in accommodating us even though we reserved ahead of time to ensure everything would work out. When we got there, the table (s) weren’t set up for us & we (the group) had to figure it out on our own & ended up having to split up into 3 smaller groups, it was outrageous!
After that maddening event, we were given menus & the waiter for my table of 3 came back in 2 minutes of handing us our menus asking us what we wanted. I asked for more time & I regret it when 15 minutes later he still wasn’t back. When we finally ordered after 20 minutes of our waiter disappearing, it took another 30 minutes of our rolls to be served. I also asked the waiter if the Thai iced coffee was good, he said that he would give me one free (on the house) to try. When I got the drink it was filled to the brim & it came with simple syrup to add on. My question is how am I suppose to add the syrup when it’s filled to the brim? It wasn’t good anyways, after a sip to get it below the brim & another sip with the syrup, I pushed it aside. The Thai iced coffee didn’t taste fresh, there wasn’t a strong or even remote coffee taste to it.
When my rolls came, it was not a pretty sight. The rice wasn’t sticky & the ratio of rice to the fish was terrible. If you screw up on the rice, which is essential to good sushi then the whole roll is a disgrace. When I went to the restroom, I saw that Hispanic workers were making the rolls instead of an actual sushi chef. This is not to be snobby, but all respectable sushi establishments have a chef who is trained in the preparation/​creation of sushi to ensure it is safe for consumption. The fish did not taste fresh at all. When we finally got our check, I noticed that the waiter charged me for the Thai iced coffee even though my friends all heard him say it was free!
This establishment is the only sushi place arounding so I reckon most people in the surround area have never tried actual sushi worth writing home about. Either way, this was a terrible experience.

I really want to continue loving this place but the service is so bad that it outweighs the usually great food. Last night we waited 30 minutes for 2 rolls. And two tables who sat after us were served first, plus the table next to us was paying a bill and they were handled first; unacceptable. My husband said the food wasn’t as good as it usually is, which the one spicy roll we ordered was a bit mushy and flavorless. The other roll was very good in my opinion, but I may have just been starving and was happy to eat. The place wasn’t packed at all so you couldn’t blame that on the slow service. The waiter actually looked lost and had no idea who ordered what.

The sushi is ok, but the others are bad. Not authentic at all. First, no real Japanese restaurant owned by a Japanese will sell both Japanese food and Thai food together, because the philosophy behind these two cuisines are very different! One love the original taste of the food itself, another adore various kinds of spices. Not to mention neither Cafesado’s Japanese or Thai food is good. Service is always slow and full of mistakes too. I think it still exists because there is no competition in this area and most people in this island are not asian either. However, I give Cafesado one extra star for serving Thai tea the right way! Many fake Japanese-​Thai resturant in eastern shore doesn’t even bother to put thai tea on their menu.

The BEST sushi on the Eastern Shore! Our family has been eating here for the last 6 years and we LOVE Café Sado! Fiesta Roll & Volcano rolls are delish! Great Thai dishes as well! Don’t leave without getting the Fried Ice Cream! Our favorite restaurant on Kent Island!

Decent sushi spot tucked away near the water.
They have buy 1 get 1 free sushi rolls all day. I wouldn’t say it’s the best sushi I’ve had but it wasn’t bad either.
They have outdoor seating available and the inside has a modern feel to it. The server was very polite and did a good job overall.
Overall it’s a cheap and decent sushi spot. I would come back again if I was ever in the area.