Pearl Sushi Lounge & Bomber Bar

When we drove up to Pearl for the first time, it appeared very upscale, lighting, high ceilings, modern furniture. However, not so much. The décor tries to be upscale, but the plastic dishes and junk cluttering the walkway to the patio brings it down. Service is excellent, but there is no gluten free menu, and staff is not aware of gluten free items, except for gluten free soy sauce. Food was fine. Lots of fun drinks. If they are trying to appeal to the average working non-​celiac patron, they’ve succeeded.

This place is awesome! Favorite place to eat. I pretty much won’t eat sushi anywhere else! Their prices are great, specialty rolls are the best around, great atmosphere and the staff is always friendly. The only draw back is the bartenders are a little slow. Try it!

If I could give zero stars I would. The staff is rude and inappropriate, they insulted our friend repeatedly and made sexual remarks that were just wrong. Tammy, the manager, is rumored to prey on young guys and treats customers who complain with disrespect. They’re no good and overpriced.

I’ll start with the end of our evening to save you some time. Me: «We came outside because a roach crawled across my shoulder, and now we’re talking because another roach scurried across my girlfriend’s feet.» «Owner”/manager lady: «You’re trying to get free food and it’s not going to happen.»
Despite the apparent bug problem and the Owner, whom is obviously omniscient, this place is still the worst excuse of a sushi bar. Perhaps it was my confrontation with an ignorant owner that ruined everything else, but you have MUCH BETTER OPTIONS in Old Town. Perhaps pre-​gaming in a trash can will get your night rolling better.

Terrible sushi and the drinks have no alcohol in them. It’s cheap, and somehow you still manage to get less than what you paid for.

I was a little disappointed in Pearl. The sushi was outstanding but the presentation, service and environment left much to be desired. First, the good. They had a very large selection of sushi and all day happy hour. Our food was excellent. However, the resultant was so hot, we almost felt nauseous by the time we were finished eating. The plates that our food arrived on were badly chipped. The waiter kept touching us (patting on back/​brushing against us) which was uncomfortable. The last issue was that our soup was served after we received our entrees which was very odd. Over all, I probably won’t be back to Pearl.

Awe I hate writing bad reviews… I know they hurt :(
I am writing because I REALLY wanted to like this place. I have heard good things from a good friend of mine.
Went here on a date with my lovely girlfriend for a girls night out. Light sushi fare and cocktails. Ordered the Porn Star martini, love the name… hated the drink… was there any vodka in it? NO… it was watermelon juice.
Our waitress left us hanging high and dry when it came to ordering food and new cocktails… She seemed off of her meds. The runner brought us the wrong food TWO times… and took 45 minutes for the right ones to be served.
Again, I am sorry for the bummer review but I wont be returning for slow service or bad food and cocktails.

I finally gave in and had an open mind and tried some Sushi!!! I have never been a raw fish kinda gal, I like my food cooked, full of flavor, grease and fat! So coming here was out of my comfort zone but I just had to give Sushi a try. This place is pretty nice, it’s small and somewhat quiet for a bar/​restaurant, I guess a nicer place to take a date in Old Town. I recommend that if you want to come here with a large party, you make sure you call ahead to see if they have room for all of you. The staff is friendly, the décor is sheiky, they have a bar inside and outside, with outside seating. We were able to get a seat at the bar and I dove right into reading the menu. The bartender was somewhat helpful in what I should try in being a Sushi newbie, for I am sure if I ordered something crazy Sushi lovers like I may have not taken a somewhat liking to Sushi at all. I ordered the Pocket Rockets, the California Roll and the Rice Crispy. These 3 different dishes gave me some insight to what Pearl had to offer. Each dish had a different taste from sweet, to spicy; it was nice to be able to try a few different things so my taste buds weren’t stuck on one particular new dish.
I didn’t devour the dishes but I didn’t hate them. I kind of wanted to mush one of each of my dishes together and make a large sushi burger to mix all the flavors of each separate dish together, for I felt like each one was just missing a little something. This could be because I am crazy, or because Im not a Sushi fanatic. In the end I didn’t hate it and it didn’t make me sick, so that’s a plus! I am more curious about Sushi now and may try this place again.
Ohhh and one bad note, Pearl make sure you check your glasses before you serve drinks. We drank out of dirty glasses with floaties the whole time and didn’t notice until we were taking our last drink to leave… Makes you kinda want to throw up all the food you just ate knowing you drank out of a dirty glass the whole time… Ewwwww! The only reason I didn’t leave a 2 star review for this place was because dirty glasses happen and I have no other Sushi place to compare it to, so I wanted to leave you a review more about my first Sushi experience then just touch on the dirty glasses.

Not a fan of this place AT ALL. The moment i walked in i knew i was going to hate this place.
The outdoor patio is dated and needs a good power wash. Our waitress (Jennifer) was really really really hyper. Tone it down honey. She offered us the drink special, which was red or white sangria for $ 4 each; both my friend and I ordered the white. It was NOT sangria it was more like fruit juice and no fruit in the drink. LAME. I then ordered this «sex on the peach» and it was by far the worst drink I’ve ever had in my life, it was the strongest, almost undrinkable synthetic peach flavored drink on this earth. I took two sips and didn’t touch it again. It sat on the table for 20 mins. I asked the waitress to take it off the bill and the management refused. Ticked me off. Spent $ 90 bucks on sh*t food.
The sushi was flavorless and unexciting. The pork tacos tasted like wet dog, how they managed that was beyond me.
Luckily I live clear across the country and I never have to go here again.

I hate how much I love this place. I am always here, and I am always embarrassed by how HAPPY I get at Happy «Hour» (quotes because it’s always happy hour prices at Pearl).
Now since I’ve adequately exaggerated about how in love I am with Pearl. the details:
The atmosphere is kinda out-​datedly trendy. Something I’d imagine to see in the favorite spot for the cast of «Real World: Scottsdale» if it were set in 2005. Not really a complaint so much as an observation. Also, and not at all that it’s important, purple is my least favorite color, and literally the whole theme of this spot. I digress.
Food is amazing for the price. I don’t go here to get my fix on the freshest sashimi in town. I go here for fish, deep fried and covered in some sort of spicy mayo or sweet sauce. nontraditional rolls. Favorites include: Fish Shticks, Pocket Rocket, Rice Crispy. For appetizers: Rock Shrimp, and Bottle Rockets. nom nom nom nom. amazing.
For drinks, saki bombs. Kirin Light and hot saki. *love*. I think there’s some kind of foursquare check in offer for free saki. My friends used it last time, but even without it the prices here are totally reasonable so it doesn’t really matter.
Finally, I have to say H-​E-​L-​L-​O to the bearded bartender, whose name I should probably know. He smiled at me real friendly like last time I was in, which makes me think I probably hit on him or did something shameful on my previous visit, but he is really pretty and a damn good bartender. The rest of the staff is pretty great too. Christina, waitress, adorable, so nice, so good, asks your name and actually remembers it next time you come in. The down to earth waitress with the curly hair couldn’t be nicer. The overly excited waitress who is always overly excited. I mean the point is, the staff is great. I think the hostess with the permanent frown could be done without, but I’m not so concerned since I deal with her for about 15 seconds before being well on my way to the best happy hour in town!

Cindy ‘s review is spot on. They just lack class at this establishment. Our server told us they were closed and the bar tender had to remind him what time they served food until. So the two stars are for the bartender.
There are just too many sushi places in the area to be treated poorly.
The food was decent, the price was fine, I am just too old for bad service by a waiter who sniffles and talks rapidly without ever making eye contact. Grow up, clearly you still want to be in college, but you’re not.

You know, I have been here before and the sushi was good. BUT EVERYTIME I ORDER TAKEOUT, MY FOOD IS RIDICULOUSLY HORRIBLE.
The first time I ordered takeout, it was okay. Nothing to go nuts about. The second time, my California roll literally tasted like soap and it was warm. Yuck. I decided to give them the benefit of the doubt and order once more (only because Stingray sucks and RA has terrible service)…okay, my rice was soo sticky on the rolls that I choked on it… like they put superglue on my rice and it didn’t finish drying… and my spicy tuna was literally dark brown. Totally unacceptable.
C’mon Pearl… I thought you were better than that.

You have to try the edamame Sambal — it’s edamame that is soaked in a spicy garlic sauce that is delicious!
Go on a Sunday for the Industry Night specials and it is quite affordable!

I’d been craving sushi for what felt like years so when a friend and I decided to grab dinner I already knew what I wanted. We typically go to Geisha or Ra but felt like something different so we picked Pearl. We got there around 7:00 and were able to get seated right away.
We started with the Sweet Chili Sambal Edamame which was DELICIOUS! It’s going to be tough to eat just plain old regular Edamame from this point forward. Then for our actual sushi we ordered the Crab Daddy, the Fake and Bake and the Spicy Salmon roll. Two of the rolls came out pretty quickly but then it took about 5 – 10 minutes for the third to get to us. The Fake and Bake was definitely the winner of the three, the flavors just blended very well together and the sauces on it were great. The Spicy Salmon was good, but as it’s a pretty standard, not too exciting roll there isn’t much to say about that. I personally wouldn’t order the Crab Daddy again because I felt like the asparagus in it was too tough for the delicate sushi around it, my friend liked it though so I would just call that a personal preference.
One thing that I definitely loved was that my glass of water never got below half full because our server/​bartender (who we later found out was actually the owner!) always made sure to fill it up once it started getting low. I will definitely be adding Pearl to my frequented sushi locations from this point forward.

It says they’re open until midnight, so we went at 9:30 tonight. When we walked in the waiter told us they were on last call. Their hours are printed on the door, they are open from 4p — CLOSED. They close at closed. What the fuck am I supposed to do with that?
The bottle rockets are really good, one star for that.

This is a cute little spot with above average food for the prices. I’ve been three times now and I have had a good experience each time. Service really seems to depend on which server is helping you. Try the bottle rockets and the pot stickers.

The atmosphere is laid back without a doubt. Fair prices and deliciousness all over the joint. The servers were great and so were the drink specials. Did someone say, Circus in my mouth?
Bravo

Garlic Soy Edamame and Steve! Yup two favorites right off the bat. I met a friend of mine for birthday sushi and drinks as we both wanted to try someplace new. Pearl sushi it is as they have Sushi Gone wild on Tuesdays where if you have a Pearl card, you are able to order from a special sushi menu and have $ 3 Svedka martini’s all night. The card is $ 5 but you earn points every time you eat there with double points on certain nights. Once you reach 500 points they give you $ 25 in Pearl Cash to use on food and drinks. Sign me up!
The Garlic Soy Edamame was the BOMB! We smelled it as it was being brought out to other diners and we both were like, we want that. I really need to know how to make it as it was VERY good. Steve was a great bartender and he kept our drinks coming. I am telling you, they tasted like fruit punch but those suckers sure had a kick. I woke up this morning with a slight hangover lol. The sushi was pretty good as well and I introduced my friend to some sushi that also had jalapeño in it. Needless to say, he is now a fan of spicy sushi dishes lol. The company, the food, the drinks and the serve was fabulous and I can’t wait to come back again. (I need the points lol)

While on vacation in Scottsdale i couldn’t help but notice how many sushi restaurants they had. They were on every corner! So I Unilocal’d ‘sushi’ and this place was one of the firsts to pop up around our location in Old Town Scottsdale. From the moment we walked in we were greeted with smiling faces, which is a huge bonus for me, right then you can tell service is going to be good. And it was, it was really great! Friendly, informative, accommodating waiters was my experience. The Sushi was definitely up to par and tasting delicious, plus the prices are excellent! A full plate of Sashimi for less than 10 $ — yes please!
Lastly, i thought it was adorable they had a themed night going on, in our case it was 50’s night. Guys dressed like rock-​a-​billies and girls dressed retro with red lipstick, super cute!

If I came here just for the Sushi, I’d give it three stars, but since I came here for more, I’m giving it four.
Had a friend in town from out of town, and she said «I want Sushi and Martinis». I said…“Who am I to turn down a lady?“
The sushi is above average, but not fantastic. The one big bonus is that they ALWAYS have a happy hour menu. You can do some damage here. I had a spicy tuna roll which wasn’t bad. $ 4. I also had a Peanut Butter and Jelly Roll. Basically it was a Crab Mix and Jellyfish roll with a peanut sauce. It was ok, a bit curious more than anything.
My friend got the rainbow roll and devoured it. It was kind of amazing to watch. Only because she was starving after sitting in an airport and a delayed flight.
My rum and diet was as stiff as a teenager at his first strip club. The martini’s were flavorful and creative. Didn’t venture much into the Bombers menu, but it looked like trouble. In the good way.
They play good music. Fun crowd for a Sunday night. I’d come back. Only gripe is it shuts down at 11, so we had to take ourselves over to the Lodge.

12÷17÷09
After a satisfying happy hour spent at 5^th and Wine, a few new Twitter friends and I meandered our way to Pearl Sushi. A «twitterer» (as penned by Dave Letterman) and I shared a Funkin A– a martini made w/​apple vodka, citrus liqueur, Funkin apple purée, Sobe green tea, lime juice, and sweet and sour. Pretty tasty! If only I hadn’t already consumed three glasses of wine…
We also shared a Mango summer roll and a Sunset strip (check out their descriptions here…
) Both are very good, w/​the latter made very spicy w/​jalapenos. (While I love spicy foods, my digestive system does not.) I’d recommend these to anyone!
Nice space. There’s a patio that begs to be occupied… I hope to bring Mom and friends here soon!
p. s. If you visit here on Thursdays, be sure to wear something purple– you’ll get martinis at half-​price!