Sakura Sushi and Grill

I reviewed Sakura Sushi and Grill back in 2019. I want to review them again. Sakura Sushi and Grill is outstanding. My wife and I went there today. I had the Bulgogi Bento Box. My wife had the Spicy Chick Bento Box. I opted to get steamed vegetables, my wife the Teriyaki. The service is outstanding. Every time I've been there, they've been very attentive.We went close to when they would close to prepare for the evening diners, so not many people were there. It was quiet and fun to eat there. I look forward to my next visit!

Really good sushi and service. We've found our place!The King Salmon and Albacore were so fresh and the specialty rolls were great too.

We've been to the Sakura across town and have never been disappointed. Well today we were on the west side of Albuquerque, so we decided to check out this location. First of all, we went during dinner time and though there was not many people there when we showed up... shortly after we turned to look and saw a ton of filled tables! We were all spread around nicely that it wasn't too loud at all, and we still felt like we had the place to ourselves. Despite the pickup in customers, our drinks and sushi came out quickly. We ordered our main course slowly, but once we did place our order for that, that also came out quickly! We got 3 different (but basic) rolls and all were fresh, beautiful, and delicious! Even my son who adamantly turns down our offers of sushi every other place wanted to try them! He tasted 2 out of the 3 rolls we got and he ended up eating all of our tuna roll! He loved it! Our meals came with miso soup and a lovely little salad. I ordered salmon which looked EXACTLY as pictured in the menu! (Which let's be honestly... NEVER happens) it also tasted fresh, was cooked perfectly and I loved the teriyaki sauce that it came with. The steamed vegetables were so flavorful as well! Sheesh! All of mine was amazing! My son finished all his food and loved it! My husband raved about his food as well and claimed he wanted to come back again later this week! Overall we loved our food, our waiter, the overall service and experience!

They are the best Sushi as far as I am concerned. Had a lovely lunch! Uni and bluefin tuna. Absolutely DELICIOUS!!! Their consistency is unmatched. Nothing like a saki on a cold day! Thanks Sakura!

Sakura maintains an excellent reputation amongst Sushi lovers here in Albuquerque and tonight lived up to that status. Started with 3 appetizers. Soft Shell Crabs were delicious. The Vegetable Tempura was spot on but the Baked Green Mussels were off the charts . My wife went for the Tempura Lobster Roll her go to sushi meal and loved it. My daughter and I are more adventurous. She had a Spicy Tuna Roll in rice paper and loved it. We then split an array of their prime sushi: Blue Fin Tuna, Salmon Belly, Yellowtail Belly, Halibut, Red and Black Snapper and Eel. We finished it off with their Albuquerque Roll which is delicious. Washed everything down with some Hot Sake and Sapporo Beer. Sakura never disappoints.

I have been here two times for dining in and once for carry out and I have to say this is probably one of the best places in town to eat. Talk with the owner they do both Japanese and Korean. She's from Korea originally and the dishes are just made beautifully. Great staff and lots of seating. They also do sushi and I can't say anything bad about this place. I used to work in restaurant and the bathroom was clean.

I was super excited to try this sushi spot from all I've heard on Yelp and the hype on Abq foodies fb pages. I was waiting in my car because it said they open at 5, and the open sign wasn't on, but people were walking in and after a while I went in to discover they were actually open. So note to y'all if you show up early, try to open the door :) I walked in and came to eat by myself, they sort of suggested I sit at the sushi bar, which is okay, i understand that they would want to reserve the tables for more people. It did dim the experience down though, because in beach side cities I usually have sushi at I'm used to the sushi bar being a fun place to be, you get to interact with the sushi chef's and order with them and they greet you in Japanese. It was definitely more of a colder vibe at the bar, almost felt like I was intruding on kitchen work . First thing I got was the miso soup, I've had plenty of miso soup, this one was more of a miso broth because it was lacking the ingredients. It had 3 slivers of green onion and one piece of tofu. I mean it's free but , wish it just had a little more to it.The appearance and presentation of the food was really good. Even had a nice smell for the most part. The New Mexico roll looked beautiful, it even had a crunch to it, but it wasn't spicy nor did the flavor of the sauce really stand out. I mean it's sushi in the dessert so my entire star rating is going to be based on the idea of lowering the bar from what I'm used to in beach cities. So I'll say it was decent, it was like a half step better than whole foods market sushi. The baked lobster roll didn't quite look in person as the pictures I saw on Yelp, however the flavor was much better on this, you can taste the sauce, the roll underneath it fell apart easily and could have used a little more size. But I'll say this one was actually slightly better in taste , texture was gone but flavor was better. The Abq roll would have been really good but you could actually taste the flavor of butane with each bite. The bulgogi wasn't the usual thin fatty meat slices in used to when I have bulgogi, it was thicker, tougher and had little muscle tendon pieces I kept having to pick out. The flavor was sweet but not much else. It was not too bad, definitely eatable! The "spicy chicken" not spicy at all, texture of the meat was good, generous portion of meat. The service was really friendly and they also brought me a Korean dessert tea for no charge at the end and it was really good. The servers were mostly the owners and their children, there was one server that wasn't a part of the family. All of them were really nice and friendly, I truly did enjoy the service and I wish their establishment well. I hate leaving negative reviews and I always try to be as positive as possible, but it was hard to rate this place. I would call it like a 3.5 star establishment in my opinion based on what I experienced and I rounded it to 3. If you're from a beach city area remove a half star to make it more accurate to what you're used

I brought my niece here for a birthday lunch this week. My niece ordered a Crunch roll and chicken fried rice. She loved both. I ordered a bento box with bulgogi, vegetable tempura, salad, and white rice. My bento box was a great size for lunch! Everything was delicious! Our waitress was friendly, came back often, and was efficient. The restaurant had a lot of tables and we were given a booth near the window.

Superb sushi, the best in New Mexico.We have eaten here for many years and always enjoy the quality of the sushi.The food is excellent, the staff is professional, accurate and helpful.Interior decor is clean and beautiful.Definitely recommended for all our family and friends.

The food was amazing best sushi i've ever had in Abq! They have amazing customer service I absolutely love the dessert tea I took some home and the lady was so nice if i could give this place 6 stars i would 100% recommend