New Akasaka Sushi

This used to be my all time fave sushi place in salt lake. The new owners have really messed this up. Change in the menu provides much to be desired. The ingredients are cheep and older and you can taste it. The rice was poorly done, the rolls are now small, sauces watered down, and good fish eggs. I left with a stomach ache. This is a sad day for sushi

Very good sushi. Really, everything I tried on the menu was better than expected. The miso udon was especially good and I normally don’t really like udon. I had chopped mochi for dessert and it was better than an mochi I’d tried previously. Highly recommend you check this place out. Feels like taking a little trip to Japan.

Since I relocated from Asia recently, constantly searched for THE sushi restaurant in SLC. New Akasaka sushi by far exceeded my expectation with reasonably priced variety, went three days in a row for lunch!
Teriyaki bowl with tempura was great! Tempura was so crunch and crispy, loved zucchini tempura, and of course more than enough to fill you up. Definitely try out Spicy hamachi roll and Shrimp tempura crunch roll! Fresh and delicious, excellent service too.

Everything was really excellent. We went with a group and ordered a variety of items to share. The udon noodles were the best I have ever had and the sushi was extremely fresh (sashimi and 3 different rolls). I found the prices to be comparable to other good sushi places around Salt Lake. The quality of the food is well worth the price. My husband and I will definitely be going back on a regular basis!

This is my first time to vist there. It was great, this place might be number one sushi place in my life. I loved it

Under new ownership, so be warned. Different menu (no more sushi-​grade salmon bento), higher prices, no more happy hours and problematic (slow) service. Water even came in a paper cup with a straw. Also, it was freezing in there — had to keep our jackets on. This used to be one of my favorites, but I won’t be going back anytime soon.

I’m a little on the fence on how to review this restaurant…
This was some of the best sushi I’ve eaten in SLC and I have dined here a handful of times now.
However the service is horrible. You wait forever to even receive a water. I’d be content to wait if I could have a beer or saki but that’s not the case.
So in hindsight –if you want delicious sushi I highly recommend this restaurant but be mentally prepared to be ignored and for service to take a very long time.

So we drove all the way from Clinton to find out they are now under new management. No more 2 for 1 rolls during lunch. But they said that the rolls are priced lower. After we got the bill it was way more under the new management. The quality is still good but disappointed with the new price and menu change. Not sure I’ll be coming back anytime soon.

Meh, nothing special, just another sushi place.

New Akasaka Sushi is amazing! I have been living in Salt Lake City for almost 3 years now and have tried quite a few sushi restaurants. Most have been just okay, while some I would never return to based on price/​quality. New Akasaka is different. My girlfriend introduced me to New Akasaka about a year ago and I/​we now eat there at least once a week. Atmosphere is good and the sushi is amazing! Service is fast, well fast for sushi that is. If you are looking for a good deal on sushi rolls check out New Akasaka on Tuesday (all day), Friday (3 – 5 PM), and Saturday (3 – 5 PM) for buy one get one free rolls. If you love sushi you need to try this place!

We went here for dinner last night. We had a very mixed group, so I was a little nervous about choosing a Japanese restaurant: half our group was from out of town, half love sushi, one disliked it very much, our oldest diner is 90 and our youngest is 10 months. We all loved it! The baby tried some rice and the oldest had salmon teriyaki, which he loved. Everyone else in between shared lots of different sushi.
My favorite rolls were the Caribbean, the smoked salmon, the «good for your heart», and the squid salad. All were fantastic and such a nice change from all the imitation crab meat-​based rolls we’ve been finding at lots of sushi places lately. We visit the salt lake area pretty frequently, and this is definitely a place I’ll be sure to visit again.

Best sushi in the SLC valley. Small intimate dinning with detail to every plate. Love the rolls on soy paper (optional) the flavors of each roll with their exceptional sauces is enhanced with the rolls in soy paper.

UPDATE: The new owner reached out to me to let me know they have a new menu/​recipes. Points for showing ownership
The sushi is just average here. There is nothing special about the food and the staff is nice but quiet. The energy here is dull like a library. Besides being relatively close to my office and offering buy one get one free sushi rolls there is not much attractive about Akasaka Sushi. I was especially disappointed that my udon tasted like noodles in hot water, there wasn’t any flavor. I can’t say I will eat here again.

I come here for lunch quite a bit because of their buy one get one special on rolls. The menu is extensive and I’ve had most of their rolls. I’ve never been disappointed. Definitely try the Akasaka Roll — very unique and packed with fish. Lindsey Roll is another favorite if you like deep fried. The only downside is parking. Gets pretty crowded with all the businesses around — make sure you check the spots in the back!

It’s a bit of a different looking place from the outside so we were very weary about eating there. The lady that sat us and waited on us was very sweet and kind. The food was excellent! We had the Shrimp Tempura roll, Vegas Roll and the Playboy roll. Plus soup and salad. It was very yummy!!’

Went to lunch here a couple days ago. Showed up at 2:20. There was a chef and a server there.
The server was like «sorry, we close at 2:30.» I was like, «but it’s only 2:20.» She was like «sorry, we close at 2:30.»
This used to be favorite restaurant. It always surprises me the things that some people who claim to be in business do to alienate their clientele. #fail

I was just thinking, as I pulled into the lot and cussed all the other cars taking up space close to the front door, that there are a lot of sushi places in the area. I have about 30 in my sushi list, though admittedly, some of those are out of the area, with another good solid 5 or 6 and there’s still more left to canvas. In this case, it was part canvassing sushi places and part canvassing the Canyon Rim area and also because I really wanted to sit and hang out and drink green tea and given that time was running right into that weird magic hour of 2:00, that places inexplicably seem to want to close at during weekdays, it was the best option close at hand.
Inside was a lot nicer than I expected. It was strongly reminiscent of a few places I’ve been to on the East Coast, in terms of décor, which I’m also told are more reminiscent of actual places in Japan proper, though I can’t verify that. The décor was very, very cool and I enjoyed that a great deal… excepting seeing plastic vacuum sealed bags of fish visible in the chef window. Unfortunately, that was where the glowy parts here ended.
Execution was a bit iffy. Nigiri covered in green onions (WTFF!!!) The tempura shrimp was noticeably undercooked (all of my food arrived at once and far more quickly than is normal at any other sushi restaurant I’ve hit up), the pink ginger was borderline disgusting. The rolls were a bit better, with the Firecracker being decent, despite the fish being mostly mushy and the Cancun arguably being flawed in concept, but definitely flawed in executions with ratios all over the place. This one was difficult to detect what fish was in here. Most the menu are the sort of combination rolls and when I was able to extract some of the fish so, it appeared to me why. They definitely had a freshness issue.
Service was blazing fast and mostly friendly, but this may have been them trying to just get everyone out the door at 2:30, which is slightly better than 2:00, but not greatly. Green tea was acceptable, but not among the best I’ve had. With all of the other sushi places in Salt Lake, it’s difficult to choose a place like this over any of the other actual good ones.

We tried Akasaka for the first time on one of their infamous buy-​one-​get-​one-​free Tuesday nights. It will be the first of many. This place is DELICIOUS, and that is coming from a couple who has eaten at almost every sushi place in Salt Lake.
The service was great — prompt and friendly staff.
The ambiance was good — nice but nothing too fancy.
The menu is pretty extensive with lots of spicy options (our favorite). I love how they have it divided by the main fish in the roll.
The sushi was awesome.
We got the Saigon, the Hollywood (with added Siracha), the Cancun, and the Hamachi Chunk Roll. They were ALL fantastic. The Hollywood might have been my favorite; the salmon was so fresh. The Cancun had a REAL hot jalapeño in it so only go there if you really like some possible heat. I will definitely re-​order any of them and I’m keen to try more!
Their prices aren’t bad at all — on par for the area, and on Tuesdays it’s a GREAT deal. Can’t beat it.

came here twice (one for lunch and once for dinner). it’s weird to eat sushi in a strip mall, but the service was good and our food came out fast.
my bf really loved his udon noodles and couldn’t get enough of the tofu. i ordered several rolls and even though they don’t have a gluten free menu they were able to accommodate my needs (sauces/​fish eggs on the side and no imitation crab).
none of their rolls really stayed together well, but the sushi was decent. i wouldn’t come back for dinner and pay full price when i can go to takashi or tsunami and pay a little bit more for better quality. however during the happy hour it’s buy one get one free and that is definitely a good deal! i’ll be back, but only during happy hour!

After at least five visits, it’s time for a review. This is an affordable and reliably good sushi restaurant. I had a chiashi sushi bowl with 12 pieces of very fresh sashimi over rice, shredded daikon and beets with a bit of carrot and scallion. The sashimi was very good but the two cooked shrimp on the bowl were a bit tough. Also, the accompanying miso soup wasn’t quite hot enough. But, overall it was a very tasty meal.
Some visits to Akasaka have been better than others, but, lately the food has been of reliably good quality. Especially for the fair price.