Sushi Box

Personally, their hoedeopbap is the best around the area. You can’t find the perfect ratio anywhere else in the area. However, if you plan on eating sushi, I would personally go somewhere else.
Their side dishes are great. Friendly-​staff and great service. I would recommend hoedeopbab and shrimp tempera!

I enjoy the sides (the fish cakes are great) but you don’t always get the same ones. The sushi itself isn’t my favorite in the area, the rice is a bit sweeter than I like it.
Still, great cost, though if I could just get the cucumbers side, the potato side and the fish cakes (the lovely lovely fish cakes) as a separate meal I’d be all about it.

Had lunch here the other day with my wife. Was crowded on a Monday at lunch. Food was very good and the service was pleasant. It took some time for the food to arrive at the table but was made fresh and was very good. I will definitely return to dine again.

A pleasant surprise. Located in a small strip of stores, small, and cozy. Sushi, sashimi,
Miso soup, Tempura… we were a party of 10, and everything was above our expectations. I highly recommend!!!

Don’t let the exterior of this restaurant fool you. Their food is amazing and their prices are even better. I got a hwedupbop (spicy sushi rice bowl) off the lunch special and it was sooo much food for just $ 9.99! It was so big you could probably share it with another person and still be full. Their banchans were various and delicious, which was also a plus. The service was very good but I was there at a slow time so I’m not sure how it would be if it were busy. All in all, I will be coming back for their lunch specials very soon.

This is hard review to write. Yes, it is small place, and yes, sushi is inexpensive and definitely mediocre. What I like there are korean appetizers, plus korean dishes. I particularly like hoidup bap: sashimi style fish, vegetables over rice. Delicious! Korean owned, and very good value. I would go for sushi elsewhere, say Blufish or Wildfish.

Yums! What a wonderful deal when it comes to sushi. So glad to know this place is nearby. I ordered pick up from this local place first time tonight. I got myself the six piece Philadelphia Maki, the four piece Crazy Maki, and an order of the Unagi. When I came to pick up my order I was pleasantly surprised to see that it also included miso soup and four different Korean side dishes. Too cute! Now in terms of the sushi, it was very good. The fish was nice and fresh, cut well, and very thick. All in all, a good experience and a great deal for $ 20 tax included and a can of pop.

Decent basic rolls… Cali roll, spicy tuna, etc…
I found the smell of the place and other rolls questionable…

I ordered grubhub pick up here a couple of months ago and thought the rolls were average at best. They were definitely small, and I preferred bigger rolls for more price than these tiny ones.
I also had a chicken teriyaki lunch box, and the chicken in it was overcooked and rubbery on the edges and smelled a bit like old grease oil, so it was not too enjoyable. The thing that miffed me most on my first try here, was the shitty soy sauce. It seemed like they might’ve made a mistake and given me some kind of dark soy or something though, but the soy sauce was really viscous and had no flavor except staleness.
Another time, I was in the area with errands and hungry again so I stopped by here for quick meal — a bento box dinner with grilled mackerel. Everything just felt like it was made really haphazardly, but for the variety I didn’t mind. Just y’know… mackerel was a little dry, tempura a little greasy still, the sushi with it wasn’t amazing quality…
But I will say that the best thing about this place is the Korean side dishes you get even with your Japanese entrees and sushi: D Very unique, and I love even more variety on top of what you get. I’m pretty sure most places don’t do that, and I love it.
Would come for a quick, lighter lunch/​meal in the area, especially if I’m not feeling picky, but not much beyond that.

Was there once and was surprised with number of complimentary Korean appetizers they bring with your order.
Place is really small but food was really good. Rolls are small but their prices are even smaller so you cannot complain.
If your regular meal is 2 rolls just take 3 and you will have enough and still pay much less then somewhere else.
Our server was very attentive and friendly.
I gave the place 4 stars because its not fancy at all. But quality of food is very good and prices are very reasonable.
The only problem — they’re closed on Sunday.
But looks like it’s a true family restaurant where husband is a chef and wife is a server. So you cannot expect them to work ²⁴⁄₇.

Friendly owner. Good food. Reasonable Prices. I recommend it.

Loved the lifestyle and experience! Saki is really good and the lunch special keeps me coming back. Love to karaōke and the owners of the establishment are kind a very helpful! Will be coming back soon!

I love coming here to get sushi, although its not the best quality and I’ve had better, but there’s something about this place that makes me come back. The waitresses are always very nice and attentive. The price isn’t too bad and the restaurant is pretty small which makes it feel cozy and comfortable. I just which it was open on Sundays when I was craving sushi!

I came here for lunch with a coworker one day to try it out. It’s a Korean-​owned Japanese restaurant. They are nice and service is not bad. They serve a good amount of food.
In addition to the Japanese meal you order, they serve the little Korean side dishes at the beginning of the meal. Not typical for a real Japanese restaurant, but typical for most Korean restaurants.
I ordered a chicken teriyaki bento. The flavors were good (not too sweet like some other Korean-​owned Japanese restaurants), but the quality of the ingredients was extremely lacking. The chicken was cut into small, chewy, tough slices. I thought that chicken teriyaki could be a good litmus test, but unfortunately, it was sub par.
The spicy tuna roll pieces were not uniform. They were also much more spicy than most other spicy tuna rolls I’ve had elsewhere, but each piece was different in its level of spiciness, which was extremely odd and unexpected. The avocado in the California roll did not seem fresh. They gave four pieces of edamame, which were okay, but also not super fresh, though not bad.
I’m not mean enough to give it one star, since the flavors were decent. The ingredients were just not fresh… but at least I didn’t get sick from the food. I wouldn’t go back as there’s a similar place not too far that has far better food quality.

Sushi Box is a Japanese restaurant with a Korean twist. I think I come here with my family every time I’m in town. Ok, let’s put it out there, this place is located in a run down strip mall. The inside is really quaint and «charming» as we all know what that really means. Despite that, everytime I come in, it feels very warm and comfortable. The owner and his wife (who are Korean, not Japanese) know us after all these years and know exactly what we like to order. There’s a spicy fish soup, mae-​oon tang, that my dad always gets. It usually take a while to prepare so the moment the waitress (owner’s wife) sees us come in, she asks if we’d like to put in the order of the mae-​oon tang so the food comes out all together in a timely manner. Because my family are regular customers of this place, we usually get a complimentary bottle of hot sake with our meal.
My favorite thing to get is the hwe-​dup bap, which is like a mixed rice bowl with sushi, lettuce and hot sauce. You can’t go wrong with this. It’s a Korean dish, so you can’t order this at any Japanese restaurant. They also offer bento boxes as well where you can order chicken/​salmon/​beef teriyaki, donkatsu or even bulgogi. To be honest, the sushi isn’t the prettiest I’ve had, but it’s still good. After the entrée, they give you a rice porridge soup dish, the perfect ending to a great meal.
This is definitely not the type of place you’d come to for a date or a huge get together (although my dad and a bunch of his tennis buddies come here a lot). It’s more of a place you’d go to with your family or a friend or two. The prices are very reasonable compared to most sushi restaurants. Don’t let the outer appearance deter you, it’s definitely worth a trip.

Cozy little place with friendly faces. The server was great to us and was always very cheerful. The side dishes that come out for free were a great treat along with the miso soup. To my surprise everything was very affordable and the sushi was great. I had a few different types of nigiri, a spicy tuna maki, and a spider maki. All were great and tasted fresh. For how good the quality of food was there prices cannot be matched… or I’ve never seen it. Definitely coming back again.

I totally agree with Sebastian’s one star review of this place. I had been going to this place for a few years as it is really close to work, and their lunch specials are pretty good and reasonably priced. The place is really really small and only have about 10 tables and a bar. The only people that work there is the waitress and her husband, the sushi chef, and the cook in the back. I appreciate small family run businesses like this and had been a regular there so much that they know what I am going to order when I walk in the place. As it is owned by a Korean couple, they know to give me extra Kim Chee on the table. Anyways, The last time I went there was with my co-​worker. As soon as we walk into any restaurant, my co-​worker always head straight to the bathroom to do his «10 minute Business». On this particular day, he comes out of the bathroom with soap in his hand and preceded to tell the sushi chef that the faucet was not working. The sushi chef started yelling at him in Korean and the waitress who knew more English yelled at him to wash his hand in the water bucket underneath the sink in the washroom. They told him there was no running water at the time so they told him to wash with the water bucket. My co-​worker was furious and so the waitress told him he could wash his hand underneath the other water bucket closest to the sushi bar. As he had no choice, he went ahead and washed up. You could tell the couple was still upset at him.
After all that commotion, I don’t know why we still ate there. I guess I was just hungry and wanted sushi badly. After we finished with our lunch, my coworker and I left without tipping thinking it was the last time we would ever step in that place again. Walking out, we can tell the couple was clearly upset. I don’t understand why they were so mean. I would have been more sympathetic to them if they were more apologetic, but they were outright mean to my co-​worker. They should have closed the restaurant if they had no running water, especially if they have to handle raw items like fish.
As soon as we got back to the office, my co-​worker called his friend who worked as a restaurant food inspector and he quickly rushed over to the restaurant within half an hour. I was told that the restaurant had to be closed for the remaining of the day. My co-​worker and I were really lucky we didn’t get sick from that experience.
It has been several months now and my co-​worker and I have not stepped in that place. As Sebastian also said, BlueFish Restaurant on Willow Rd and Pfingsten in Northbrook is close to work. They have a really cool trendy décor, awesome Food, and a really nice wait staff. I know some of the waitresses there by name.

Went there for the first time to pick up lunch. I specifically asked for separate orders, as I was ordering for co-​workers. Talking to the guy on the phone was quite something, even though im not reviewing his accent. A co-​worker and I get there. Gives me the whole total, and I say to him how I had told him that we wanted it separate. He says something in his language and gives me a dirty look and tells me to step over to the cash register. The actual transactions go fine. But half way thru as my coworker is going thru our food, she says we didn’t get spicy mayo for each order. We I did tell him that’s what we wanted on the phone. He says he put some so we can all share. The amount he gave us can barely share 2 people. We were FIVE! We ask him for more which we kept telling him we are willing to pay, but no, he keeps complaining that what we have is enough. Finally after arguing, he gives us the same amount in another container. We gave up. We took it grabbed our food and left. NEVER GOING BACK THERE AGAIN!
THE QUALITY OF FOOD SUCKS… BUT U GET WHAT U PAY FOR. ITS CHEAP.
IF YOU WANT GOOD SUSHI FROM THE AREA… GO TO BLUFISH IN GLENVIEW!

I feel guilty giving them three stars because the place is run by a team of husband chef and wife waitress and they are the sweetest and kindest people. This place has prices as low as they come and on top of it you receive free miso soup, free tea and 4 – 6 tiny appetizer plates full of yummy snacks like spicy pickles, pork cutlets, potato salad, edamame, pickled vegetables etc. So cute and delicious.
BUT, as much as I wish it wasn’t so, the sushi is not always fresh. I used to go there all the time until I learned more about fish and how to tell whether it is fresh. That’s when I realized my beloved salmon roll was too oily and dark to qualify as fresh. I stopped going and returned 2 years later with another sushi box fan only to find that nothing has changed :(It is a shame because the place is so charming and the owners are persicely the type of people whose business you would want to support.

(edited 10÷5÷09
2.5 stars for food and price
.5 star for décor
Sushi Box is a lot like Ma Noo Ben down the street. It is located in a strip mall and it’s a really small place. There are two tv’s in the restaurant, so there is always some noise in the background.
Like most japanese restaurants, you can get a good japanese bento box for a decent price.
Sushi Box also gives you the little korean style appetizers with whatever you order. So, if you asked me to choose between Sushi Box and Ma Noo Ben, I would go with Sushi Box because it’s a little bit cheaper.
10÷6÷09 ADDITION TO REVIEW:
I took my parents to this place a few weeks ago, and they really enjoyed it. My dad and girlfriend got the Sushi Box special, which was sashimi, tempura, hot soup, and grilled fish for $ 20. You have to order at least two orders (presumably because you share the fish and hot soup). It was a pleasant surprise because everyone at the table was able to enjoy the soup and fish.
Who should go to Sushi Box:
people looking for a simple japanese meal at a decent price
Who should not go to sushi box:
those who want an upscale dining experience un-​disturbed by the baseball game blaring on the TV above-​head