Just moved into the area and wanted to find a sushi place! Takara 88 served great speciality rolls, lots of variety! Would recommend and plan to go multiple times!
Elise J.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Madison, WI
My husband and I stopped here for lunch after a massage next door at Elements. We were pleased to see a Sunday special featuring buy one get one for $ 1 sushi rolls. We enjoyed a few rolls as well as a few pieces of fresh sashimi(priced individually but generously sized) and miso soup. All was tasty, fresh, and beautifully presented. Will definitely stop in again.
Tamara C.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Sun Prairie, WI
I ordered the sushi and shashimi platter and watched my chef make it. I loved it but was never informed on what i was eating. I can tell you if you sit at the bar and watch them, they are also watching you. I love the compassion of the chef — I happen to read something very sad on my facebook and cried a few tears, the poor chef didn’t know what was going on. I was able to gather myself but he took the time to lean over and say, I hope you have a good night. What a sweet man!
Johanna C.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Madison, WI
The portions are on the small side of average, but the fish tastes fresh and the staff is pleasant and helpful. I love the lunch deal of 2 rolls for $ 10 for a quick, light, healthy feeling meal. The miso soup is less flavorful than I’ve had elsewhere, though, so I usually skip that.
Maddi S.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Madison, WI
I like the food, but customer service is terrible and we got sick after eating there today. We will not go back there again!
Katie M.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Madison, WI
I got 4 sushi rolls and miso soup to split for a take-out lunch. The woman taking our order was very pleasant and even let us know we would save money doing one of the lunch sushi specials. I cannot speak to the atmospere or ambiance as we did take out but it looked nice and clean from what I saw. I must say, I wasn’t very impressed with the sushi. :( In fact I doubt I would ever order sushi there again. We ordered a spicy tuna roll, a spicy shrimp tempura roll, a tuna and yellowtail roll, and an eel and avocado roll. None of them were very good. Maybe their udon is better? To sum it up, I will not be ordering sushi here again but I would try other menu items if I find myself craving udon or soba noodles.
Vicki T.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Middleton, WI
Fresh and beautiful raw fish! I tried the chirashi, which included salmon, tuna, crab, shrimp, egg, octopus, clams, and some unknown fish. It tasted great! It’s also a very good deal :) Should have tried the salmon belly and sweet shrimp and uni, but I was already too full after my dinner. They also have nice happy hour deals!
P C.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Middleton, WI
I ordered the lunch special — chicken teriyaki bento box. The lunch special came with miso soup, dumplings, orange slices, meat of choice, rice, and a california roll. The California roll’s avocado was browning, but it didn’t make the roll taste any different. It was okay. The dumplings were served at a cool/room temperature. They were definitely not warm. I didn’t even touch the rice or chicken teriyaki, because the rice smelled and tasted like it sat overnight in the rice cooker. It had a musty, watery smell and taste to it. The chicken teriyaki was served with raw veggies drizzled with room temperature sauce. The veggies were not even freshly cut. It looked like the 1 carrot and the 1 broccoli was pulled from a snack veggie bag. The sauce looked disgusting because it had 2 very different, distinct colors. After one bite of the rice and chicken teriyaki I was done with the meal. The most delicious thing in my lunch were the fresh orange slices and miso soup. I took a picture of how displeasing the food looked and tasted. Sadly, Takara 88 has been consistently disappointing(previously visited and ordered unflavored sushi). I would not recommend the lunch specials or this restaurant.
Yolanda G.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Madison, WI
I have been very excited to try this place. The ambiance of place is great. Unfortunately, the wait was absolutely ridiculous. After we arrived, more groups arrived. People that ordered after us were getting their orders first. Our waitress seems very new. We reached out to someone about how we had been waiting 30 minutes for our food. Within a couple of mins our food arrived. It was delicious. Try to get there before the rush to avoid delays.
A W.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Madison, WI
Affordable, excellent sushi. Best quantities of raw fish in the rolls, compared to any sushi joint in the Madison area. Always fresh; no concerns in that department, which is rare. Staff is nice enough, familiar to me now. The setting is perfect with bar, formal indoor, and outdoor seating. It’s beautiful inside. Great happy hour specials(beer, sake, very small plates). It’s been a long time coming for Middleton!
Alycia R.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Middleton, WI
Terrible service. When I arrived I told them I had a wheat allergy. It wasn’t until my food was brought to me that they told me there was wheat in the rice and that half the food I ordered wasn’t safe for me to eat. The only positive thing I can say is that the waitress brought me gluten free soy sauce.
Alister H.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Walworth, WI
Sushi was great and cool atmosphere… I was looking to relax and enjoy a nice long dinner… My only issue was that eating alone I ordered appetizers and sushi, and hibachi chicken, asking for them to hold the order on the hibachi… Twice. Unfortunately they didn’t listen and brought out the sushi, appetizer, soup, salad and chicken hibachi all at once. Feeling rushed since it was getting cold cause I couldn’t eat it all at once… So I ended up eating the hibachi cold… Then to top it off, some of the chicken in the hibachi tasted very spoiled and I had to spit it out it was so bad… I couldn’t finish the cold spoiled hibachi… I also asked for red ginger sauce for the hibachi and they didn’t know what I was talking about… They said they thought I was talking about Chinese food…(Face Palm at this point) I would go here for the sushi and sake, but that’s it…
Sara V.
Évaluation du lieu : 2 Middleton, WI
Had high hopes, sadly disappointed. Spicy rolls were not spicy, tempura roll was albino(shrimp was not browned just soggy) and the California roll was all mayo, it could have been the crap in a Subway«seafood salad» sub. Bummed that it was sub par.
Michelle L.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Manhattan, NY
While I was home visiting family my sister asked her if I wanted to meet her for lunch at Takara 88. Now I’m not a New York snob when it comes to sushi but I typically don’t go for sushi when I’m in Wisconsin, mostly because there are so many other things that I want to eat. This sushi was good and made fresh, overall I really enjoyed the food. My issue was with the service, it was pretty slow. When we ate lunch the restaurant was relatively empty but yet my sister and I waited a decent amount of time for our sushi, about 20 minutes. I would go back, but I’m not going to rush there.
TJ N.
Évaluation du lieu : 1 Verona, WI
I spent two hours in Takara 88. We waited ten minutes for a server to acknowledge us with water. There were people that were seated and the my left the restaurant after being neglected. It took 30 minutes for our drinks to show up and an hour for the appetizers. After 90 minutes, my sloppy sushi rolls showed up. I ordered the«fantastic» roll… I wish I took a picture. I was a sloppy roll with half the ingredients on the menu missing. The fantastic roll costs $ 17.95 and it should be $ 5.50. I’m never going back… sorry Takara.
Rebecca P.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Middleton, WI
I was excited to see something go into the spot in Cayuga Court because nothing seems to last… and having a sushi place in Middleton was exciting. We went on a Wednesday evening and were surprised to see it packed with people. The redesigned interiors are fantastic and we got a table right away. Overall our service was very slow but the food was great! I had the beef sukiyaki and it was delicious. We will definitely be going back!
Artur O.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Orlando, FL
Came in very happy coz found pictures of fresh uni on the menu :) Look … any płace that has hamachi collar on the menu it’s a good shot that the chef knows what he is doing … And I was right Grate place very nice service ! Great people and its fresh !!! You will love it I guarantee it !
Adam N.
Évaluation du lieu : 4 Minneapolis, MN
The soba noodle lunch special was great! More food than you would expect for $ 9 and a good quality as well. The spicy tuna roll had good flavor and presentation. Overall, a place I will be returning to ASAP!
Jessica A.
Évaluation du lieu : 3 Koreatown, Los Angeles, CA
Fantastic roll was the best roll out of the three I tried. With raw salmon, spicy tuna, shrimp, avocado and eel, the flavors were rich and fresh. Fashion roll came in second fave with fresh raw salmon, shrimp and avocado wrapped in seaweed. Third runner up was the Fancy Salmon Roll which was disappointing, because I personally love deep fried rolls and this one was very generous with the cream cheese and I wished the chef’s special sauce was more of a sweet and spicy rather than the wasabi cream-like sauce. Overall service was good. Atmosphere is open, modern, clean and spacious. Happy Hour is M-Th & Sun 4:30 — 6:30 for house wines, hot sake, import/domestic beer, apps and salads. Give it a try!
Natalie C.
Évaluation du lieu : 5 Tacoma, WA
Delicious rolls. Fantastic roll is the best. Service was great and wonderful atmosphere. Cold sake options are plentiful. Salmon, tuna and unagi were fresh.