Sakura Japanese Restaurant
Sakura Japanese Restaurant
sushi, food, sashimi, sushi and sashimi
Soup
a plate of sushi rolls
Too pretty to eat but it was too delicious
a plate of sushi with sauce
a person cooking on a grill
Waiting at the hibachi
Chef making a fire
Salad with yum yum dressing
interior
Dinner portions are huge.
Not at s pretty as the first day, but the leftovers are amazing still. Hibachi chicken and steak.
Naruto roll
sushi and sashimi, menu
Some of the sushi we ordered.
hot and sour soup -- not great, but at least it had lots of mushroom and tofu bits to nibble on.
chicken teriyaki bento box -- delicious and fun! LOVED the fried veggies and pot stickers with the dipping sauce. chicken was great too :)
Katsu -- breaded chicken breast with dipping sauce. simple but delicious, and quality meat and veggies. very good :)
Sakatini
food, salads
Seaweed Salad = Yum!!
The awful udon.
Craig H.
May 9, 2024
This was the most overpriced sushi I've ever had. $12.50 for a small, salmon hand roll. The salmon was warm and chopped into tiny pieces. $12.50 for a house sake. I thought the price would have been decent for the nigiri, but it was only for 1 piece. All the sushi was warm. In the rolls, for the price, most places would have had a Cali roll inside. This place was just thin cucumber slices. I would not come back again. Also might add, they did not have ponzu.
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Ivy S.
Nov 22, 2023
I recently had my daughters 8th birthday Hibachi party here and everyone had so much fun. It's hard to find culturally different experiences here in Springfield and this was perfect. The food is good, hibachi service was very entertaining... but a bit of a wait on a busy Friday night as they aren't overly staffed. Overall
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Valerie W.
Jun 25, 2019
Go through my reviews, and you'll be hard-pressed to find too many lowball 1-3's. I'm relatively easy to please, and willing to forgive a lot of questionable food/service, all in the name of giving a second, third... sixth try, but I'm not sure I've got it in me to be too generous any more to this place. While I'm not expecting a "top of the line" authentic Japanese gourmet deluxe here, I was hoping for a bit of a better experience than our last visit, especially as they've just remodeled/reopened on the other side of the building they used to share with a 24hr fitness gym. I think just about all of their efforts and attentions go to the hibachi "show," while those of us just ordering a regular meal off of the menu seem to be semi-forgotten afterthoughts. While our food and service weren't terrible, for the prices we paid (not quite the top $$ hibachi rates, but not that cheap either...) We were the only ones not eating on the hibachi side Friday evening, so while we didn't expect all the same "pomp and circumstance," we did at least expect a half-way decent dining experience. Instead, we felt rushed, overlooked, and (am I being toooooooooo sensitive?!?) as if we were a slight annoyance. People coming in to pick up take out orders seemed to get better service/attention. Plus (my bad for ordering it, I guess) the Pad Thai was AWFUL, though the Mr. was happy with his steak teriyaki, and our appetizer (beef gyoza) and sushi (sweet potato roll and a spicy tuna roll) were both ok. All in all, I suppose you could do a lot worse, but you SHOULD be able to do much better here than we did, and while I wish them well with their new, updated setting, I can't see how that will happen if the hibachi side (special occasion, not usually regular customers...) and take out orders seem to have priority over those who come in to enjoy a well prepared and thoughtfully presented sampling of their regular menu items.
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Amie G.
Aug 31, 2019
I hate to write bad reviews, but this place is truly the bottom of the barrel as far as food quality goes. Had the Chicken and Scallops, Filet and Scallops and my son had the kids steak meal. The lo mein noodles were mushy and flavorless. The filet was definitely not a filet, over cooked and not tender at all. The sushi was inedible. Had the California Roll and Spicy Tuna and both were yuck. The only decent item was the fried rice.For the price you pay, they are making a killing serving garbage food. Save your money and your tummy.
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Mackenzie R.
May 26, 2019
We decided to try out Sakura instead of Sake last night and I'm so glad we did. I cannot say enough good things about this place. The staff was super friendly and accommodating, the time to wait for food was pretty quick being that it was 6PM On a Saturday! And the food, oh the food was amazing! We got drinks, appetizers, hibachi entrees, regular entrees and sushi and it was all amazing. I recommend the Sakatini, Zombie, Cosmopolitan, California Roll w/ Spicy Mayo, rainbow roll, cherry blossom roll, potstickers, Sakura rangoons, any hibachi entree, and pad Thai! And the second day reheat on the hibachi tastes great still!
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Jessica L.
Feb 7, 2016
My husband and I are always looking for more Japanese restaurants to fall in love with (hello, Japanese Steakhouse in Columbus!), so we decided to try out Sakura in Springfield. If we could give 1/2 stars on Yelp I would definitely be giving this place a 3.5 out of 5. A 4 star rating seems a bit generous, but we actually enjoyed most of the food and the interior was nice and clean so a 3 just wouldn't be fair. When we first entered the restaurant at about 3:00 pm, all of the overhead lights in the hibachi dining area were turned off and it was pitch black. They said they could turn on the lights for us if we wanted a show, or we could sit in the bar area without a show which is what we chose. I had a bowl of the hot and sour soup, which was just okay. Not a ton of flavor but it was full of mushrooms and other chunks so that was a plus. For my meal I ordered the chicken teriyaki bento box, which was awesome! The chicken was grilled with sauce and very tasty and served on top of grilled onions and green pepper, but you also got a side of fried veggies (not greasy and super delicious!), 2 steamed pot stickers (great, especially when dipped in the little portion of sauce they give you), and 4 little crab and avocado sushi (I'm not a fan of any sushi or avocado, so I wasn't into these at all). My husband ordered the Katsu, which was a flattened chicken breast lightly breaded and fried but not greasy, sliced and served over shredded cabbage. You also got a side of dipping sauce which tasted great on the very simple yet delicious chicken. Waitress was friendly but couldn't really explain a lot of the meals to us, and it was weird being in a pitch black restaurant in the middle of the day for lunch, but the bar area looked very cool and when we left they were turning neon lights around the hibachi grills on, which also looked pretty neat. We were very impressed with our entrees and the super affordable prices, so I could definitely see us going back again in the future. Though it wasn't on Japanese Steakhouse level it was leaps and bounds above any Chinese buffet you'll find on every corner so it's nice to have a tasty Japanese option a little closer to us than Columbus.
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Jennifer D.
Jan 2, 2021
As a delivery driver I am disgusted at how I was treated. 45 minutes in their lobby and was ignored the entire time. Several attempts were made to get help, but apparently no employees wanted to help delivery/take out orders. The woman whom I believe is the owner??? Made eye contact several times and rang to the back. Needless to say the customer didnt get their food! I think they forget delivery drivers are customers also, and I will NEVER give them my business ever again!
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Alley C.
Jun 17, 2023
The food was terrible! The service was terrible the waitress wasn't friendly and never came to check on us not once! Our food, for two people was $70 and should have only been $40 according to the menus.
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Maria M.
Aug 13, 2022
We got take out, 2 orders of:Chicken and Salmon HibachiThe rice was goodThe noodles tasted good but were stuck in one clump and a bit overcooked or warmed too long.The chunks of chicken were tasty but a bit tough and chewy, exactly like microwave cooked meat. The salmon was tasty but DRY and a bit chewy.All food came in cheap Styrofoam containers which is unhealthy for hot foods. Quality places charge a bit more and properly consider what their carryout containers are and use better quality to-go containers .Disappointed all around.
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Jeff G.
Mar 4, 2023
Pretty gross. Food tasted weird. Unprofessional staff. Bar was sticky and dirty
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