Samurai Blue Sushi & Sake Bar

I went on a Wednesday night about 9:30/10:00pm and there was only one other person dining in. I thought it was awesome they were open so late in the middle of the week. Service was super fast and friendly. I honestly did not like the lasagna roll, but the Spontaneous Combustion roll was pretty amazing. I typically eat sashimi, nigiri or maki rolls, so for me to order specialty rolls at a new restaurant was a bit out of character for me, so I may not be the best judge. The rest of the menu looks great though. I'd come back to try some more. I also love the building, I believe Samurai Blue is in part of the old Latin club.

A very welcome back visit for our old friend. We meet here for the welcome dinner. It is definitely a great gathering. We have a big group in the dinning. Thanks to restaurant for treating us with appetizers. I have two specialty roll. The Samurai roll. This the signature roll. This is a shrimp with avocado. Nice touch with strawberry peel. The next roll we have is the volcano roll. This roll I recommended. It has nice tuna cube on top of conch roll bottom. The taste is sophisticated. We also got a miso ramen. Ingredients are good but I prefer Tonkutsu broth better. Service is good. It is a bit slow. We have good experience.

Located in a strip off of the Main Street. We had to walk up steps (outside) to locate the entrance into restaurant. The building structure is beautiful. The ceilings are extremely high. We were able to be seated in a booth. The sushi tasted fresh and was delicious. Great for a first date, girls night, or to even eat alone.

Ordered from Samurai Blue via DoorDash. The food came fresh & delicious. I have been to Samurai Blue in person before and had a great experience, but was feeling a bit lazy and wanted to order take out. Their crispy spicy tuna is a must have.

Blue Crab Rangoon 10 out of 5 Seaweed salad 5/5Tampa roll 2/5Blue Moon Roll 5/5Mexican Roll 3/5Hamachi -Kama 2/5 (this was cooked well, but I could eat this as was not my style)Over all a really great meal I got for my birthday!

One of the best sushi places in Tampa! The prices are fair and the sushi is actually good! Honestly, it was AMAZING. I love the moody vibes. The staff is great and the food came out fast. They prefer you pay with a card or cash. They have Tap/Apple Pay but it doesn't always work.

Speaking specifically to the sushi and the crab Rangoon (maybe my favorite app of all time) Samurai Blue has got to be the most reliable sushi spot in Ybor. I have never been to the other location in Carrolwood. Now sushi comes on a spectrum. You got your $20 AYCE sushi bars bring bottom barrel sushi, but Samurai Blue is nothing like this. It brings honor to the Samurai name with some world class specialty rolls, my favorite being the dragon. Rice light and appropriately sticky. Sashimi and seafood cooked and raw neither of which brings a not pleasant pungent odor, and a myriad of dipping sauces if you desire/do not like sushi as much as you told your date that you did. SB is truly an ideal date spot. Full bar with mood lighting and intimate booth style seating tucked away above the lively Ybor streets providing a full scale of entertainment after the meal. Service on my visits was standard, but the food is what has kept me coming back.

Service was bad. I was left unattended without service & food for an embarrassing amount of time. After finally getting greeted, food took even longer to come out. Expectations were low & I am understanding of busy nights but this was surreal bad.

Beautiful interior, not a ton of seating but it's intimate and comfortable. Booths are large. Service was friendly. The food was PHENOMENAL. I tried the mussels and they were to die for- the wasabi sauce was still sweet with a little kick of spice. The volcano roll was a little different than I've ever had before and it's my usual first roll. It has a bit of a thick, sweet sauce along with the spicy mayo. Loved the flavor and the presentation.

Night manager on Thursday night was a very rude woman. I ordered the sunomono salad and the octopus was very fishy so I sent it back and watched the manager yell at our poor waitress and tell her she has to pay for it. The manager told us "this isn't a buffet" and refused to take it off our bill. But instead charged the waitress for it. Just sad and shameful. Stick to crab Rangoon