Hajime

This is our regular local sushi place. Always fresh, delicious and great happy hour specials. They really need to upgrade the chairs and tables. The service is great and very friendly.

Still the best sushi in the far NW burbs - 4 stars.Wow, it's been 9 years since I ate at Hajime! I've been on a sushi binge lately so I stopped in again...and then again a second day in a row...to satisfy my sushi cravings.The food is great, the service is great, and the prices are reasonable. (The photos really say it all.) I'd go back again any time.Thanks, Hajime!-Maxx

Delicious! Fast service. Perfect sized rolls and generous with roe. Will definitely return.

5 different types of caviar.... WHAT!!?? Un heard of!! I have never been so impressed with a sushi restaurant since Little Tokyo in Los Angeles. Absolutely top notch and anyone and I mean anyone that goes here better appreciate the amount of flavors, work, and quality put into this amazing food. Emily our server was so amazing. She was fun and joyful and made our experience even better! Do not look over the chefs choice sushi! My goodness !!! Top notch!We will be coming here again and again! So delightful and delicious!

I love this place. The sushi is excellent and fresh. The staff is so friendly. Parking is hard to find sometimes but it's worth finding a place for this sushi! Bring a friend and order several rolls and enjoy!

We just moved here and I was really excited to see a sushi restaurant nearby. I ordered a basic spicy tuna roll and a fried roll made with ingredients I know what should taste like together. The spicy tuna was a bit bland, but not bad. However, I couldn't get past the taste of bad fish in the fried roll to get past the 2nd piece. I wasn't going to say anything, because I hate causing a fuss over food, but when the waitress asked me if I wanted a box and I said no, she asked why I didn't finish the roll, so I told her. She cleared my plate and I overheard her telling the chefs what I said. A different woman came out to ask me if I'd eaten there before. When I said no, she told me not every roll named what I got is going to taste the same at every location, which I know, and wasn't even the point of my complaint? Despite me trying to defend myself saying I didn't order it for the name they gave it, but the ingredients used, she still basically said I was wrong. I wasn't trying to be confrontational, or cause a scene, but she drew everyone's attention to me and left me feeling obviously unwelcome. I've lived by various beaches the majority of my life, to include living in Guam, Hawaii and Japan--I've unfortunately had bad fish here and there over the years to know the taste. I appreciated that she took it off my bill (I didn't ask her to), but I was pretty taken aback at the offense taken over the matter and accosting me rather than just double checking their ingredients in the back and leaving it at that. If it had gone like that, I'd gladly go back to give it a retry, but to quote my husband "I guess we aren't allowed there anymore". Wild.

Tried a little bit of everything on our stop in... the best item on the menu was the fried rice with yum yum sauce. While that was actually a surprise, it's also not a good thing.The potstickers were alright, but hard to mess up anywhere. When it came to sushi though, it was extremely mediocre. I'd say the best roll we tried was the Hawaiian and it was probably a 3-out-of-5.If you're dying for sushi; it's better than nothing. But there are much better options out there!

The fact that I live so close to this restaurant is both exciting and scary (for my wallet). I've both dined and out of this restaurant many times. I've always had an impeccable experience at Hajime! They have great happy hour deals, especially for sushi! The ambiance feels like you're in a cool club, with strobe lights and music bumping. My Top Three Choices Are:*Sweet Potato Roll: I ordered this and had no idea what to expect. I love the crunch, the sweet potato, and the sauce. Just a delicious combo in a roll!*Tuna Avocado Roll: Just how it sounds, but always so good! The tuna is always fresh*Avocado Roll: Again, just how it sounds, but never fails to disappoint!

I ended up here from. Recommendation & am super glad we went! It was late night Happy Hour & they had a ton of deals on rolls & drinks!I had a saketini & hot sake which I enjoyed both. The Saketini was in the sweeter side. We went big & got a bunch of rolls, edamame, & a few sashimi's. The sushi was really solid! We definitely want to go back! I was told that the Blaine location is also great! --Rolls: Devil Roll - Deep fried freshest fish, cream cheese roll, topped with special chili sauce and chopped jalapeno. North Shore Roll - Tuna, avocado, fresh salmon, caviar, seaweed salad, crunchy, spicy mayo, and eel sauce. Superior Roll - Pepper tuna, avocado, wrapped around spicy tuna, kari, crunch with honey wasabi sauce on top.Crazy Tuna Roll - Deep fried spicy tuna avocado, tobiko & topped with special sauce. No 9 Roll - Fresh Salmon, avocado wrapped around shrimp tempura, cucumber with tobiko & spicy mayoSashimi: 2 - octopus2- White Tuna2 SalmonThe sushi was really solid! We definitely want to go back! I was told that the Blaine location is also great

This is the best Asian restaurant in Elk River. It is clean and well managed. I've only been here once so it is really difficult for me to give the food a fair review. Japanese food can be quite flavorful but midwesterners seem to like their food much blander than I do. I think that most of my taste buds have been burned away so it takes much more flavor to impress me.