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Aka Sushi House

MY REVIEW: This has fast become my favorite Japanese cuisine spot, as some of their menu items are incredible, especially the hamachi in Thai chile sauce and wasabi dumplings.

Even when the regular sushi chef is not on duty, the quality of the presentation is very high. I cannot fault the service even during a very busy happy hour and the speed at which even the cooked items appeared, was impressive.

The only drawback to this wonderful addition to my list of favorites, is the parking problem, it really tries the patience in the early part of the evening.

NAME: JJ
SUBMITTED: 8/15/2010   LAST VISIT WAS: August 2010
FREQUENCY: Visited 4-6 times

MY REVIEW: I loove this place. It is very friendly and food is awesome!!! besides that, sundays are happy hour the whole day! Try the cold unfiltered sake.

NAME: AAAAA
SUBMITTED: 4/22/2009   LAST VISIT WAS: 04/09
FREQUENCY: Everybody here knows my name...

MY REVIEW: Because my other usual sushi spot was closed for the day I gave this place a chance. Aka has impressed my friend & I so much that we made this place our "sushi Sunday' spot.I really enjoy the ambiance this place creates. We've been there several times and so far the waitstaff has been excellent.

Try their signature sushi roll Nautilus!!I always end my meal with a wonderful serving of green tea ice cream.Today I just tried their tofu cheesecake...it was GREAT!It tastes like cheesecake but it's not as filling and has a great custard texture. Moderately priced, great staff, great happy hour sushi on Sundays, and GREAT sushi than other trendy spots ( i.e. m*yako or r*a)...I highly recommend this place & this is coming from a picky eater

NAME: rach81
SUBMITTED: 4/13/2009   LAST VISIT WAS: 4/2009
FREQUENCY: Visited 2-3 times

MY REVIEW: Strong points: nice place ,Very good sushi,their special are very creative ,and their happy hour price are very cheap!i have been there for 5times and i always sit at sushi bar. i would say everytime when i requested sushi chefs to make me some specials and they are always smile and nice to me ,very good service!!I still remember their sushi chefs names are Lee and Van. So, go look for them if you want some special sushi!!

weak point: i like the music but its way too loud,also waiter is alitte bit slow , sometime i never seen waiter show up even i need the check,that is why i sit at sushi bar so i can order from sushi chefs..

NAME: monkeyDluffie
SUBMITTED: 12/14/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 11/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited 4-6 times

MY REVIEW: We went for lunch

Strong points:
Nice decor, very friendly waitstaff and the water girl kept my glass full the entire time. That's hard to do with me ;-)

The waiter was super friendly and helpful.

The presentations were and lovley as the taste of the rolls. We also had seaweed salad and a garden salad with creamy dressing.

Weak points:
They had a strange music playing and it was a bit to loud.

The lunch menu didn't have a special with all maki (unless I was missing it)

The prices we about average

Summary:
The place was very nice and we will be back.

NAME: Mean Troy Dean
SUBMITTED: 11/14/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 11/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: Excellent place - fun, hip and great service. By the third time my husband and I went, they knew what we liked and recommended things they thought we would like. They change their menu several times a year and it's always creative. Their fish is extremely fresh. They have the BEST LATE NIGHT HAPPY HOUR!!

I highly recommend checking it out

NAME: hardtoplease
SUBMITTED: 11/7/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 11-2008
FREQUENCY: Everybody here knows my name...

MY REVIEW: Strong Points - nicely decorated

Weak Points - music WAY to loud, waiter is sloppy and does not listen, service was horrid.

My husband and I stopped by for a late lunch on a Saturday. One other couple in restaurant. Music was so lound you had to shout at person across from you, waiter had a hard time hearing our order becuase of this. Ordering: my husband ordered 3 rolls designating no sesame seeds. I ordered vegetable tempura appetiser and 1 veggie roll.

Appetiser came out, and my husband's first roll - covered in seeds. Waiter dropped the food and "ran" so fast we were unable to tell him to take the order back. It took almost 5 minutes to get the waiter back (remember the restaurant is empty). Told him about the seeds and the waiter argued that my husband only asked for no seeds on the dragon roll. THe waiter finally took the food, back.

Brought out the next roll for my husband and the sides, not top, covered in seeds - btw I still have no food. Got the waiter back again, this time he argued that the seeds were only on the sides and not many at that. My husband is very patient and passive, he was very nicely trying to explain, when I jumped in and told the waiter that the seeds would put my husband in the hospital and as long as the waiter did not mind Aka receiveing the emergency room bill and hospital stay he was welcome to leave the dish. Only then did he take the second dish back to have it remade.

More than 10 minutes later, my roll and all 3 of my husbands rolls came at the same time. Food was good, but NOTHING is worth that effort.

NAME: Holly
SUBMITTED: 6/20/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 05/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: It's a trendy place with excellent service. The menu is creative. The sushi is pretty decent but with small pieces of fish and the nori was chewy. The best time to go to Aka is during happy hour, the beers are cheap ($2) and the small plates start at $5. Try the crater roll, black pepper beef tataki and the baked green mussels.

NAME: FlipFromQueens
SUBMITTED: 6/14/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 6/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited 2-3 times

MY REVIEW: This place is really beautiful with great ambiance and the service is also high quality, which unfortunately, the food does not match. My friend and I went there for happy hour and ordered a few items each: I got the edamame (average), vegetable tempura (not bad but the sweet potatoes were hard and the zucchini squash was too thick and watery) and the Philadelphia roll, which was average, too. When we asked to take it home, as we ordered more than we could eat, we were told "no". We could take it with us if we paid "full price". If it had been worth it, we might have done so, but considering that it was not that good and being rather put off that we could not take the food we paid for with us, we left it there. Everyone should know that it was not indicated anywhere on the menu regarding this "restaurant policy" of not taking home "happy hour" food. We want all of you to know that we will not be going back here and hope you don't waste your time here either when there are so many other places with better sushi that also have integrity.

NAME: Marsha
SUBMITTED: 5/26/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 5/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: I met up with some girlfriends there just last night and we had a grand time and quite the nice meal. I ventured off the beaten path and had the godzilla roll. It has doritos in it. Yes.. I know.. not for the purest but for an new twist it wasn't bad. We were there during happy hour so had some nice plum wine spritzers and at the end I ordered a dessert for the table.

Imagine my surprise to find that the waiter had comped the nice dessert. I've only been there twice so far but I've yet to have a bad moment or bad bite.

NAME: kjean86
SUBMITTED: 5/23/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 05/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited 2-3 times

MY REVIEW: Very Nice Atmoshere, good happy hour.

I really love their atmoshere. I think Aka Sushi House's tempura dishes are pretty good. nice presentation as well. BUT!!! everytime I visited the SUSHI was not tasty at all. Well the fish was fresh. But I guess they just do not know how to cook RICE. I was so shocked they made sushi and maki with that total badly cooked rice. ( either too much water or under cooked)

I really wish Aka Sushi house if they know how to cook the rice. Or just go there, do not eat any rice food. Also their Udon just taste like water. no seasoning.

NAME: ezezsimple foodie
SUBMITTED: 4/15/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 03/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited 4-6 times

MY REVIEW: I really enjoy this place. Delicious creative rolls, gracious service. They are always inventing new/fun rolls and bring these on the house so they can get your feedback. Same with the bartenders who send out little sample cocktail creations to try. The hot and cold dishes are fresh and delicious. I like the modern asian decor - always a relaxing and comfortable place to enjoy.

My only suggestion is that the very gracious and sweet waitress (same one on all visits) is a little bit TOO chatty which can be distracting when you want to enjoy your dinner guests. She is very young and I think it's more a maturity thing than anything else.

NAME: festusbodine
SUBMITTED: 3/31/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 3/30/2008
FREQUENCY: Visited 2-3 times

MY REVIEW: The sushi chefs are really fun to talk with. Also, the waitress Gwen is very pretty and attentive. The red and black colors are warm and soothing. I enjoyed the Chirashi sashimi bowl for $17.00. This is a great neiborhood sushi restaurant.

NAME: sushi review
SUBMITTED: 2/29/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 02/08
FREQUENCY: Everybody here knows my name...

MY REVIEW: My fiance and I stopped by at 7:30PM on Friday to check out the scene. He said the girls at the door weren't Japanese. The waitstaff all appeared to be Asian. We were seated at the booth and our waiter was nice. We tried nightly special with scalop and enoteki mushrooms which was quite delightful, albeit petit (as compared to a similar dish offered at R*a Sushi). The miso soup was white and my fiancee was not that impressed. We enjoyed the agedashi tofu because it was flaky on the outside and they put a lot of attention and love-- shaved ginger, bonito flakes, and chives. We ordered the 9 piece chef sushi special with 2 rolls. Items were small -- frozen octupus, cheaper and smaller salmon roe -- but for a hungry guy it was fine.

Atmoshere cozy and noisy. Crowd was fugly and a few giants among them.

We definitely shall return to savor the happy hour menu!

NAME: drfoodie
SUBMITTED: 1/25/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 1/25/08
FREQUENCY: Visited once

MY REVIEW: I've been frequenting this restaurant since it 1st opened it's doors. The sushi is wonderful! They have fresh fish & the best Saba Nigiri i've ever tasted in town. Their signature rolls are creative & visually pleasing, I tried the crater roll ( personal favorite ), Godzilla roll, and a few other specials that the head sushi chef had created. The kitchen food is equally as great, they have the best Tempura shrimp in town, Shiso Hasame Age, and other traditional dishes.

They have a great happy hour menu & the prices are not too high either! I love this place & just need tell others about it. I will be back for more!

NAME: bottomless pitt stomach
SUBMITTED: 1/7/2008   LAST VISIT WAS: 12/2007
FREQUENCY: Everybody here knows my name...

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