Sakura

I had the chicken & beef tip hibachi dinner & I was pleasantly suprised. The food was fresh, hot & a big portion size, I had plenty to take home for lunch the next day. Our server was very friendly and stayed on top of things. I ordered the fried cheesecake for dessert which I recommend The bathrooms were clean, overall I had a great experience! The only thing I would change would be the house salad it’s just lettuce and small slivers of carrots.

Sushi is really good and fresh but the hibachi is not that good. The hibachi taste like dish detergent to me. Service is pretty good. This place could be better.

UPDATE
I PROBABY SHOULD HAVE REPORTED THIS TO PUBLIC HEALTH A LONG TIME AGO. BUT I DIDN’T. AND I THINK SAKURA IS STILL HERE… SO READ THIS REVIEW AS IT MAY SAVE YOUR LIFE.
I was pretty desperate for some sushi one night and too lazy to make my own (which is way better) so I got the pink lady roll. The soy paper on the outside was rancid. How do I know it was rancid? Well people, I will eat anything under the sun, and though I hadn’t had soy paper in a while, I remember the last time I had it it was quite enjoyable and didn’t make me feel like barfing. Well one bite of this and I knew something was wrong. I swallowed it (don’t know why) and gagged and had to ask to return it. They were nice enough to do it for me so I just switched it out for a spicy tuna roll, which is also what my husband got. Food poisoning struck a few hours later and I spent a good portion of the night by the toilette. I’m sure that rancid soy paper made me sick and not the fish since my husband was fine. But all that to say… please just don’t go here.

Seriously, sushi in Jasper, AL!
Sure, I’ve had better in NYC and all along the West Coast… I’ve also had worse in NYC and all along the West Coast.
Typical Americanized sushi, better than most, in Jasper.
I’m just glad it’s not a BBQ or Mexican…

We have only lived here in Jasper since January and it took until last weekend for us to finally try Sakura – and it’s literally right across the street!
Granted, we did not dine-​in, but my son got a different array of sushis to go. He was craving sushi and was tickled to death there was a Japanese restaurant so close.
Y’all, I’ve had sushi in some of the best places in Birmingham, and I personally think Sakura’s was the best I’ve ever had. It was so fresh and light, not heavily riced or held together with some kind of weird mayonaissey stuff that some places do. it was awesome. I had a California Roll (playing it safe, lol) and he had the spicy tuna, another CA roll and about 3 other types. NONE were bad. Very large quantites for the money, especially and he couldn’t even finish.
We were both happy with the quality and the quantity. I will write another review when we go to actually eat inside the place. My son said it was very nice and clean inside, so that was a bonus.
I only gave four stars since we’ve not dined inside yet, plus I want to try the other dishes, not just the sushi. So far, though, they are off to a great start in our book.

The chef shows great potential; the egg roll could have been amazing and was fried to perfection. The hibachi steak and veggies were pretty good; the chicken was a little sweet.
The sushi was decent, tho the imitation crab stuff was blah.
The fried rice was bland; literally rice with onions and soy sauce. The salad came undressed, and the yum yum was not what most would expect, and the ginger dressing tasted oily and was a goldenrod color.
I dearly want this place to rock but the food didn’t back it up.
The server was sweet; overworked (a party of 30 was there!) but she followed up with us and we were taken care of.