Pan Asia Sushi Chinese Fusion

I come here about twice a month since I work a couple miles from here. The place is nice, and although the hostess looks as though she is irritated all the time, the servers are nice and friendly.
This place has a great atmosphere with a decent bar and multiple television shows playing whatever.
The salad they serve is AWESOME. I myself am extremely picky on my salads, but I can eat theirs anytime.
I always buy the little combo meals with come with 5 different selections (eg: Orange Chicken) and some type of sushi… for $ 6.99! I will say the portion of your selection is rather on the small side, but the sushi roll seems just list any other. The taste is good, the food is fresh, all around this is one place you should try.

Tried to come here for lunch and I don’t know if they are going to opening back up anytime since there is a notice from landlord. Looks like maybe didn’t pay rent… either way, they are NOT open

My husband and son bought me $ 40 in gift certificates for Pan Asia. Its is right by our house and we always enjoyed going there for dinner. Unfortunately, we tried going there for dinner last night to use the gift certificates they just bought last month and the place is closed! There’s lien signs on the doors and windows! So angry that we JUST bought gift certificates and took our money and they’re shut down so I can’t even use them!

I have been here many times at the lunch hour and also for dinner.
tonight is very special! The Happy hour here is great!
Wait staff was very pleasant and accommodating.
Issues with the Female manager!
she was «in your face» with our dinner companion regarding menu options and possible substitution (we said we would pay the difference)
It could have been handled a bit differently.
Over all, the happy hour food, sushi and drinks made us happy campers!
we will be back!

Totally fine. Excellent sashimi. The broccoli-​beef chinese dish looked fine, fresh broccoli.
Get the sake combo with a huge beer for $ 699
Slow service, but fine, what do you expect?
Enjoy

Well this place isn’t too bad. Maybe I just didn’t know what to order… I love sushi but I don’t think pan Asia meet my standard when it Comes to sushi. The service was good. Maybe ill try there food next time…

We used to consider going to Pan Asia as a treat, one of our «go to» places. We LOVED the fact that they had a «special» menu on Saturday night that allowed the two of us to eat at least 2 rolls and an order of crab puffs for $ 20. It’s almost like once they deep 6’d that, the rest of the experience went downhill with it. But it was still good enough so we were still going.
Until last week. We were there about 10 minutes after they opened on Friday and I had to use the restroom. It stunk like garbage and rotting fish in the bathroom, which coincidentally had had a garbage can propping it open to air it out.
We ordered 3 small salads, 2 rolls (one was cooked), and 1 order of chicken potstickers. When our water arrived, two out of our three glasses had dead gnats floating in them. When we told the server she made no apology, just looked at the glasses as she walked off and returned with two «new» glasses. Only difference was these had lemon in them and our original waters did not. The chicken potstickers arrived a good 10 minutes before our rolls did and the server didn’t apologize for the wait or let us know when the rolls were almost done. By this point, I was almost afraid of what would happen once I did eat my sushi roll! But I did and it was tasty, yet I was still disgusted. $ 50 for that horrible experience. Unfortunately, we had a friend with us who was in town for a visit and we were embarrassed that we had told her how much we loved this place. Add Pan Asia to the Never Again list!

Asian dishes might be good but do not get the sushi. Made me sick! Will not go back here again.

I was really looking forward to this place being good. One being that it is down the street from my house and two they have sushi n saki! Well lets just say the 45 mins I was there it took that entire time to get a round of sake bombs (and I was even served the wrong beer on top of that!) and 2 sushi rolls which where not that good. The Vegas rolled tasted like it was cook in months old oil and the califorina roll smelled like old crab that died on the shore of Mexico. Even the people next to me had a big order and got less than half their food, by that time they just said CHECK PLEASE, which is the same thing I did. If you’re looking for take out I’m sure this place is okay, but if you’re coming for sushi and saki seek else where! The travel will be well worth it! Three words Sakana Sushi Bar

Our go-​to sushi spot. South Phoenix isn’t the first place most think of for sushi, so we consider ourselves lucky we’ve got Pan Asia in our back yard.
Recommend the spicy chicken wings and any of the sushi rolls.

Nice treat for Saturday lunch with big 50% off menu. A lot of the sushi is fried or with cream cheese but they totally accommodated my special orders in effort to eat healthy. If you drink ginger martini’s are delicious!

I continue to be surprised at some of the negative reviews about the food here. This place has become a staple in our neighborhood diet for the last 3 years. We have tried several different items on their menu from soup to appetizers to sushi and the main dishes… And remain impressed! We often bring out of town guests here for dinner and they have all enjoyed what was ordered.
The service has gotten better over the years, although they do sometimes seem shorthanded… I think some of this is compounded by the fact that you never can tell when it will be busy here and when it won’t. For example one Sunday night it will be dead and another it will be packed. The place is clean and they have great happy hour specials.

This restaurant was friendly, fast, and reasonably priced. I will definitely be back for more.
We both had the sushi… The sushi menu had several ingredients that were sort of unusual. Tomato and mozzeralla come to mind. I asked for a vegetarian sushi roll other than the basic veggie roll on the menu, and they made me one with avocado, fried tofu, and cream cheese which was fantastic! Really, really good. the rolls were all pretty big with great ingredients. If I can tear myself away from sushi next time I might try the rest of the menu.

My wife and I were thrilled when this place first opened. Initially the place had great energy and very outgoing staff. Most have left unfortunately. We have occasionally been back at least a few times a year. Tonight’s visit was pretty typical and reminds us that it’s a local neighborhood eatery for a quick meal when we don’t feel like cooking but there’s a lot better options if we’re willing to drive 20 minutes. Service is decent but dishes can be «hit or miss.» Tonight the seafood dish my mom ordered contained mushy squid and krab but the shrimp was ok. My tofu dish was fine and my wife’s noodle dish was ok.
Happy hour prices offer a couple dollars off if you select from it but there are other Asian happy hours that really save you $.

The food here isn’t just fusion, so is the staff. I was greeted by an hispanic woman and then my order to go was taken by a white dude with a blue mohawk. While I waited for food, the asian owner also chatted with me about online specials. Caught the last few minutes of happy hour and had a $ 2 small glass of domestic beer. As long as the quality of food is better, I don’t mind paying $ 2-​$ 3 more for an entrée as was the case here with my $ 9.25 order of Chicken with sweet peas (pea pods), red peppers, onions in a brown garlic sauce. The food was good, tasted fresh and they give you a choice of fried of white rice for free with your entrée. Seems like this could be the neighborhood Chinese joint for me, but need to try a few more dishes, but clearly this meal was a great start.

Check the happy hour! Calamari have a good sauce! Great taste for veg’s chow mein! I will go back!

Overall, its A-​OK. The sushi is good for the cost. They had/​have a REALLY good happy hour deal. However, the menu and the happy hour seem to change too frequently.
If I could I would give 5 stars to the Veggie Chow Mein. It gives me tastegasms. MMMM!!!
I also LOVE the Lisa Lisa Crunchy Roll.
The service is good, staff is overall friendly.

This is a neighborhood favorite for me! The food is quick, inexpensive and really good! It’s not some high end «froo froo» sushi joint, so factor that into your expectations. But for sushi on the southside, it’s great! If you can get there for lunch, they have some good bento box options. They also have 50% off select food items all day on Saturdays! How can you beat that? Kenny, my favorite server, is a delight!
BTW, they also serve chinese food, but I’ve never ordered it, so I can’t tell you whether it’s good or not.

Delicious Chinese food!
My parents recently discovered this place and they’ve dragged us into their fan club for Pan Asia. They’re known for their sushi, but I do not eat sushi so I couldn’t really give a review on that. Although, my sister and brother in-​law order their sushi and love it, so it must be great. Everything seems as if it’s always fresh here. I usually order their chicken chow mein or chicken lettuce wraps. I’ve tasted their egg soup which is very good! My parents have ordered their walnut shrimp and that is amazingly delicious, though sometimes is has too much of the creamy sauce.
Overall, Pan Asia is a great place to get fresh and delicious Chinese food. They have a 50% off menu certain days so you can get a great deal for a meal.

Was enticed to have dinner here when one of the owners mentioned that on the 14^th and 28^th of this month the restaurant features 50% off. Don’t know if this is every month… I thought it would be 50% off everything on the menu, but upon arrival was given a menu with a few items that are 50% or almost 50% off. I asked her if they use rice wine vinegar for their sushi rice, and she said yes. I was quite hopeful to see if they’ve improved on it!
The restaurant was busy, and there were at least three sushi chefs busily working the sushi bar. I usually try to dine at sushi counters of Japanese restaurants, but the seats here are too low for me to enjoy the experience. Measuring at 5’0″, I know I’m a shrimp, but the counter here is too low for ANYONE to be able to watch the chefs in action, so after trying one more time to sit there tonight, I got up immediately and sat at the bar.
After studying the menus and asking questions, I finally settled on the Norway Pepper Salmon (reg. $ 5, now $ 3) and The Bomb (reg. $ 15, now $ 9). The restaurant was quite busy– it took at least 25 minutes before the two-​piece salmon sushi arrived. The presentation was quite pretty, with an orchid and a couple of sauces (pineapple and raspberry) for garnishes, but the sauces did not add anything to the flavor of the salmon. I was quite hopeful that the rice would be much better this time– I met another owner, John, who told me that he’d read a review on a blog where the reviewer mentioned something about the rice. However, the rice tasted just like it did on my second visit. He did come by to inquire about the rice and said he’d try to find out what the problem was.
Since I found «The Bomb» (35 minutes or more wait-​time) under the the Sushi/​Rolls menu (the description stated «baked spicy scallop with salmon wrapped spicy tuna»), I expected to see rice in this dish, but the presentation was neither in sushi– nor hand-​roll fashion, just said ingredients. No matter– I still enjoyed it– so many textures here! I loved the plumpness of the scallops. I particularly liked how they weren’t chopped into tiny pieces like I’ve experienced them in other venues. I didn’t find the tuna to be spicy at all. It was, however, served tartare-​style, and so added another textural component to the dish. The salmon pieces were beautiful to behold and sliced thick, yet were velvety-​smooth on the tongue and melted in my mouth! Very fresh-​tasting; no fishy aftertaste at all.
I also ordered the Pan Asia Beefsteak and Grilled Salmon entrée under the Chinese menu (reg. $ 26, now $ 13) to go. While I detected cornstarch in the sauces that covered them, I did find the couple of beef pieces, nicely peppered, and the sliver of salmon I tasted to be delicious! Definitely something worth checking out on the 50% price-​plan. I did find it strange that this entrée didn’t come with rice, either; instead, orange slices were wedged between the salmon and the beef.
BTW, I was able to taste a little bit of the green tea ice cream served here… it is EXQUISITE! I was tempted to order some for take-​out… From what I gathered, the dessert costs $ 6 and is served with a warmed banana, a sauce, and whip cream. A single scoop will set you back $ 4.