Trapper's Sushi - Covington

This is the third time I've visited a trappers - i've been to the kent station location and southcenter (i don't think either are still there?). Kent station was the worst overall, cleanliness - food - service, all was a bust. Southcenter was clean and efficient. This location is the best by far - it was busy enough on a saturday for late lunch but seating and food turnaround was good. Hana was on top of her tables and efficient at serving them all while being friendly. I had pretty low expectations overall but so far it was good. I ordered the jalapeño poppers (spicy tuna+cream cheese stuffed jalapeño, tempura fried with warrior sauce, teriyaki sauce, japanese pepper and green onion) and negihama roll (special request of yellowtail with green onion). The jalapeño poppers were surprisingly light - the fried parts were thin and the actual flavors of the jalapeño were evident, the sauces were sweet but overall good. 3 pieces were too many for me but i would get it again. The negihama fell short for me which i expected - it wasn't the worst but not something i'd try again. The nori is too wet and overall mid. My bias is always raw fish for sushi but there were limited options in the area which is how i ended up here (post rugby and pending appointment). I've always seen trappers as very... americanized sushi and i still think that. On par with what i'd call the applebees of sushi?

All right, I'm just just gonna come out and say it this is a horrible sushi place for sushi snobs but this is a wonderful place for an introduction to sushi for those who are not-into authentic, but more fusion scene. Well I'll never be back because the sushi was made for those who are into ham and cheese sandwiches, I'm glad there's places like this to cater to those who want an introduction and who who want to try different things. Service was OK they were just way too busy for the inexperienced wait staff. Sushi chefs were young guys doing high volume sushi.

We thought we would support local. It wasn't the best experience a couple years ago when we came here but it wasn't bad enough to keep us away. Unfortunately, this place is screaming "Don't come back!" Walking to our table, I noticed the floor is very slippery. That explains why dirty running throughout the place. We ordered apps and one of the apps is sold out. We then ordered soft shell crab to replace it. Wow, it was four tiny pieces of something came out. It doesn't even look like a crab and no crab legs. It's like half a crab or maybe less. The other sushi was decent. Kind of like Safeway sushi with some scallops added on top. Honestly, Safeway sushi may be better. These sushi are small rolls and falling apart. Then I looked at the chef, he is a full bearded guy with no net on his face. Hmm...I don't know how much of his facial hair has dropped in the food. When the sushi came, there was no ginger or wasabi until we asked. The last part solidified my decision to not come back. When I got my bill, there is a 2% Restaurant Charge without us knowing. This is low. This place is so desperate for money making everything small and now added a fee? Plus my 18% tips, that 20% for bare minimum service. I hate giving such low rating because I know restaurants are trying to survive but mediocre food and service then added fee without telling, this is low. Good luck surviving.

I finally convinced my husband to try a little sushi tonight...we had the crunchy California roll and the Rock and Roll, both were so good. Thank you for wonderful food. I think you have made my husband a sushi eater.

Imagine ordering sushi and finding hair in it... but wait ... now imagine finding paper towel pieces in your miso soup??? Yuck! I can't believe it either. My wife used to love eating and ordering from Trappers but the last few times there have been issues with each order. This was the last straw... she called and spoke with a manager who "offered to put her name on a list for another soup in the future" No Thank You!There was no sense of concern about contamination of food and it being served to other customers. Luckily she did not eat any of it. We were told the general manager "Victor" would give her a call but we haven't heard from anyone. Stay away if you value food quality and safety because clearly this location doesn't.

We took a table for 6 yesterday. Received a very warm welcome and the food was excellent. Staff were very attentive to our needs. The variety of sushi was impressive and the presentation was beautiful. We also enjoyed the sake selection, which complemented the sushi perfectly. The ambiance of the restaurant was cozy and inviting, making it a great place to relax and enjoy a meal with family. Overall, we had a fantastic dining experience and would highly recommend it to others.

Unfortunately some of the worst sushi that I've had. I got the sashimi platter and the fish was definitely not fresh and cut well. For being ninth he PNW, i would not have guessed that would be an issue but my sashimi was chewy, fishy, and stale. Although we were a party of 9, the service was pretty slow. Took about an hour to get our food, took 15 mins to flag our server down to get our check, and no one ever checked in on us in between to ask how the food was, to refill our water, or anything.Pretty disappointing experience overall and definitely won't be back.

Wait time was too long when the restaurant barely had any customers. When my number got called, I went in and almost slipped and fell over. The floor was wet. The waitress witnessed the whole thing but proceeded to greet me with "How is your day going?" No apology. Well, as you can see, it is not going well since I almost fell. We went for the all-you-can-eat menu. The portion was big. I tried to try as many rolls as possible but unfortunately, half-sized roll was not an option. Not every roll tasted good and I got stuck with the ones that were not good due to the big portion. I didn't get the name of the sushi chef that served us but his service was very good. I only tipped him privately.

Service was good and ambiance was not bad, but it was loud. However, the food was terrible. Have you ever seen dry sushi before? The fish was not fresh and there was absolutely too much wasabi in the rolls. Wasabi is intended to enhance the flavor, not take over. The rice was hard and I would be surprised if they used any sushi vinegar. Thumbs down from me.

I got from Trappers in Covington. Let me tell you it tastes as bad as it looks. Fish is mostly just fat, it tastes not fresh, avocado is disgusting. I ordered this same roll many times in tukwila trappers location and it was always good. Idk who made this but I'm really disappointed that I had to spend my money on it and then just threw it away