Sushi Train

Moving from Washington, DC my husband and I were on the hunt for great sushi. This place definitely has the best sushi in Tulsa. We’ve tried them all. I really enjoy the servers, they’re all very relaxed and friendly. Don’t expect anything fancy, just good food. James is our favorite chef… he’s super nice, very hardworking and always remembers us. I appreciate that in a local restaurant. Don’t forget to tip! The waiters work as a team. I thought about giving it one star down for décor, but decided I enjoy the «hole in the wall» feel. Don’t judge a book by it’s cover!

I came when sushi off the train was half off (so that definitely adds a star to their rating).
Staff was really nice and accommodating. We wanted to sit at the bar, so we could watch the train (it’s amusing, you have to admit). The bar was full, but a server made room for us and pulled a stool up. We also wanted egg rolls, but didn’t see them on the train. A waitress ordered them straight from the kitchen for us, so we got them nice and hot.
Sushi itself wasn’t bad — I think it’s about the same as other places in Tulsa.

I highly recommend Sushi Train! I had an excellent experience at Sushi Train! I walked in at 2pm today (Tuesday) and sat at the bar. It was pretty quiet after the lunch crowd left so there were lots of open tables and stools. The friendly staff immediately offered a menu and took my drink order. I ordered the Volcano and hot green tea. The volcano was prepared quickly and tasted delicious! As I ate, the sushi train tempted me with each pass. Although I was almost full, I capitulated and snatched a scorpion roll from the train. The scorpion roll was equally delicious.
BTW, as of today, the wifi password at Sushi Train is SushiTrain.

This is my FAVORITE sushi place in Tulsa. My boyfriend and I eat here as much as possible, but not so much we end up getting burnt out. Definitely my go-​to place, and the train is awesome! Staff is always so friendly and helpful. I definitely recommend!

So bad! People need to know what good shish is. this place is very bad. Manger playing on his phone. Had to ask for a menu. Then my roll had a bad Alvarado slices on it (brown) posted pic. You guys need to get your stuff together. I eat sushi 4 times a month. This has been the worst!

Let me start by saying that I have been eating here for a long time and have never had any problems. I love this place. My wife loves this place. Anyone we have ever brought here has left happy. We always sit at the bar, and I eat directly from the train so I can try all kinds of different rolls. My only problem is not knowing when to stop. When you eat as much as I do it can get pricey. My wife always orders the same roll that she loves and she is content. All in all, this is a great place, I highly recommend it.

I love the Sushi Train! Used to go there every week for a long time on my lunch break. They knew my face right away and always asked about our day. I had a scary mishap where I thought I was having serious food allergies. The staff made sure I was able to still eat here.

I live out of town, but when I’m in Tulsa each year, I really love the Sushi Train. It’s not much to look at from the outside, but the food inside perfect. I’m not an exotic sushi lover at all (eel, yuk)…i love the basics and i love it spicy. So Sushi train’s Spicy California, Lisa, and Tango (AWESOME!!!) are my go-to’s. I’m from a much larger city and can’t seem to find anything like this back home. The wait staff service is definitely inconsistent, but all I want is the usual drink/​chopsticks/​wasabi and then I’m either pulling from the train or asking the chefs, and that part works perfectly. I especially like that you can ask the chefs to stock the train with a roll you like, and basically get a variety of half rolls that you love off the train for cheap. Overall, highly recommended!

I love the train, and the prices are so reasonable. However, I’m not impressed with the service. I was not checked on for nearly a half hour. The roll I ordered took all of that time, when before it took almost half the time.

Sushi is good and prices are fair. There is a wide selection of rolls available as well as other faire and specialty selection. The staff and chefs are very friendly. The atmosphere is relaxed and seat-​yourself. A great place for a first date or for «blind» taste — testing.

Always enjoy my meal here at sushi train, but this time I decided to go big and get the kraken. It was wonderful! Well worth the price and wait! Also enjoyed some of the newer rolls we tried! The Aguilar and sunny Pop were very good and I would always recommend my personal favorite, the krusty krab roll! Always great atmosphere and wonderful service!

I really enjoy Sushi train. You won’t get the greatest service, but for some reason, I find myself lost in this place. I mean that in a good way. It has a great atmosphere. This place almost feels like a favorite bar you often go to. The train is a fun set up too. I can’t say it’s the best sushi in town, but you’ll definitely be entertained.

Great idea and concept, but not that good at all. Horrible service. As soon as I finished my water, it never got refilled. I was gonna grab another roll off the train too, but didn’t because of that. Kinda glad I didn’t though, cause all 4 rolls that I tried were just OK at best. 2 of them were actually horrible. I eat sushi a ton too. Definitely not going back.

Food always is passable. Got my entrée first, then my soup. Had to cancel my edemame altogether after I got my soup. No spoon or saucer for my green tea, just a cup of water with a tea bag. I want to say they were very nice just terribly untrained and and unorganized. My tab, for two, was $ 26 & change. They could improve their service a lot but it’s a decent value.

Me and my wife would come here for Sushi regularly. However, it seems the service is getting worse recently.
We will not go back as 3 times of very poor service is too many.
The first two times we were brought the wrong food. We even specified what we wanted. It was extravagant either, California Role with cream cheese.
Tonight, we ordered the same thing, California roles with 2 orders of fried rice.
We received the sushi, but had to ask for fried rice after waiting 20 minutes.
When I expressed how I was upset about the service, the manager responded «well you ate the food». We did, but after 30 minutes from the time after we received Sushi. It just seemed that no one really cared about their job.
It’s too bad as the food does taste good. There are just so many options for the same type of food around.

We are frequent customers of Sushi Train. We think the food is great! The owners know us because we have been coming here for so long and they take great care of us. I read a lot of the other reviews and I get what some of the people are saying-​sometimes the service can be off-​but everyone that works there has been pretty friendly and they do try hard if you ask for something. Today we went for lunch and the guy at the front with the beard-​I think his name is Lee– knows we are regulars and knows we like a booth. Some people were getting ready to leave, but to help speed things up he offered to take our order while we were waiting. Thought that was so nice.
We don’t usually take things off the train, though when we have everything has been good. We usually order the same thing-​the EBI shrimp tempura roll, salmon nigiri, Salmon Roe Nigiri, salmon sashimi, a tuna roll and a philly roll. Love them all. I have had their egg drop soup and it is good too. I used to get their veggie stir fry a lot and that is really flavorful too.
Some people complained about the service on the other reviews-​I think part of it is due to a language barrier with some of the people that work there (may be the owner and he is super nice). Today I asked for something specific (an extra plate for my hot tea bag) and he didn’t understand at first but worked hard at pleasing us til he understood.
We go here for the food, not necessarily the atmosphere. It is not a bad atmosphere, it just isn’t dressy or trendy or anything.
We think the Sushi Train is a good value.

I’m writing as I’m here so I don’t forget. I was craving sushi today. I’m visiting from out of town so I don’t know what’s what In Tulsa.
1) grab a menu and ask for a soy sauce tray and wasabi /​ginger & chopsticks. It took me 15 min to get the basics that you need at a literal grab and eat place.
2) order off the menu. The train idea is cute, but the plates are small. The sushi is barely cool from the train. So if you like it cold– order fresh from sushi chefs.
3) Get up to order from anyone you can find. — or you will wait 25 min to order anything at all.
4) The prices of each plate (color/​pattern) are up on the wall. I only saw this as I was paying.
All in all, the sushi was ok, the idea is fun, but the general things you expect from a sushi restaurant (any waiter, chopsticks, soy sauce cups, a drink) will leave you upset, frustrated or confused. Like… Am I supposed to get these things myself?
Think twice if you’re hungry or a sushi freak. Note: I’m here on a Monday, not a busy Friday. No idea how they keep people coming back.
OK, if you have low expectations and the patience of a saint.

I have actually been back twice since my last review… I cant help myself I’m a giver of second chances. The wait staff is totally different. They have actually improved. They are very nice, they check in with you. The customer service is genuinely improving and that makes me so happy because the sushi is so good and affordable!

I took my husband tonight while our son was at an away football game I couldn’t make because of travel limitations (bad back). This was his first time going, and he has never had sushi, but is a train enthusiast and wanted to see the train and then order some chicken fried rice.
We arrived and it was Friday evening and the place was packed. There was no seating but finally we saw a booth by the train getting cleaned so we went over there to wait for it.
The bus person took his sweet time cleaning the booth, to the point we almost lost our spot because another couple came in about 3 minutes later and started waiting on our spot.
We sit down and the same bus person asked us our beverage order, and we had to ask for a menu for hubby.
I made a few selections from the train, and held off on eating them until hubby’s order was placed and received.
Then, we had multiple servers come by, not very often, during our meal to check on us. They appeared to be exhausted, the enthusiasm level was just not there.
As for the train? Hubby loved it and said it was a very high end train. He also liked that a train horn would go off when an order from the kitchen was ready.
Okay, the crux of the matter… the food. I had a harmony roll and the train made several passes and I still was not finding any sort of roll I wanted, and the sushi chefs noticed I kept watching and not taking, so they asked me if there was anything I was waiting for. I was, and requested seared tuna nigiri. 2 nigiri was 4.00. A bit pricy if you ask me, but I went ahead and accepted it, because I’ve liked it in the past.
Hubby ordered and received chicken fried rice. He said it was okay, but preferred phở da cao’s rice to Sushi Trains rice. He said the flavor tended to be under seasoned, and there was no salt or pepper on our table to add to it.
The portion was big enough to satisfy his appetite.
I finally, about 20 minutes in, had to ask a random server if they could bring me the ginger and wasabi and a cup for my soy sauce. Once I asked, it took another 2 minutes to receive.
Once I was finally able to eat my Harmony Roll, it was delicious, and the tuna was so fresh and velvety. It was tasty and the avocado was fresh and not firm (they’ve done that to me once).
Then I ate the nigiri, and the tuna was excellent! Just enough sear to emphasize the tuna flavor, but not so seared it felt like you had ordered cooked tuna.
After a quick discussion about sushi, and informing hubby that not all sushi in America is raw, he decided to pull off a plate of «sunny pop». It is a fried shrimp with cream cheese, asparagus, and eel sauce.
He tried it and absolutely loved it!
Problem tonight though, was the rolls were being mass produced in flavors that apparently weren’t crowd favorites, so the sunny pop roll never came back around for him to grab another dish had he wanted it.
They also kept putting up sushi without the name tags on it, so you didn’t know what it was unless you had had it before.
So, even though the food was good, I rate this visit a 3 because of the sub-​par customer service, and the variety of sushi on the train not really being varied.
We will return, but if the wait staff keeps up the ho hum attitude, we will look for other places to eat sushi at.

Sushi Train is very hit or miss, for a few reasons. The first is the actual train. Sometimes the sushi on the train is really good, other times not so much. It’s never terrible though. I think it’s fun and inexpensive to eat off the train but don’t come in with high expectations.
The second thing is the rolls themselves. Sometimes when I eat there the rolls are way too saucy, even for someone like me that occasionally craves those kinds of rolls. Also the nigiri here was really disappointing. Very bland rice (it honestly didn’t taste like sushi rice, just plain rice), no wasabi (or at least it didn’t taste like there was any) and there was tons of rice and barely any shrimp. I know nigiri doesn’t contain huge, thick pieces of fish but this was even less than what I’m used to. Some of their rolls are also a bit big, with stuff not only inside the roll but outside as well.
Lastly is the service, which is also spotty. Sometimes it’s great, other times not so much.
The good thing about sushi train is that is affordable and generally good. I’ve had many good experiences here and only a few that were disappointing. They also deliver, which is pretty cool. If you are within 10 miles it’s a 5 dollar fee with no minimum order, and if you are within 5 miles it’s a 3 dollar fee. I’ve only ordered delivery once but it was fast and the driver was polite.
If you’re looking for a fast, fun, and inexpensive sushi experience Sushi Train might be good for you. If you’re looking for high quality, simple rolls this isn’t your place.