We made reservations for 730. Our table was given away, we waited another 15 minutes to be seated at a table to small for the party. It took 20 minutes to get our drinks another 10 - 15 to order them an hour to get our food. Which we turned away because they only brought us some door dash order because we complained. We watched the table next to us get seated 3 times and 20 to go orders go out the door. I had to ask for table settings twice, empty cups to be removed, had to grab my own chopsticks ask another waiter for assistance and so on. If I could I'd leave a negative star review. Way to ruin my 50th birthday. You forgot your paying customers that come to your place of business are their for the experience. To be spoiled to not have a worry and most of all to EAT hot food in a timely manner with quick attentive service that caters to the client. You should be ashamed read more

Bonsai Garden is a fun place to go for dinner. I ordered the steak and shrimp and I enjoyed it. The fried rice was also very good. Our chef (the older Asian man) was entertaining and kept us laughing as he cooked our dinner and the service was really prompt and attentive. FYI.. you TOTALLY smell like the food when you leave. Something to think about if this is your first date or something.. lol.. read more

Every time we go in no one seems to want to wait on us. The employees are just standing around talking. The last time we went a chef came out from the back chewing food so my guess is they are eating in the back. Which is gross considering that chef may be the next one to come cook your food. It seems like the women's restroom has been broken for awhile now. Every time we've gone in at least one stall isn't working. This last time there wasn't paper towels or toilet paper, and like I said before, the employees were just standing around. Bonsai seemed to be moving up on the cleanliness scale but recently it is looking dirty and not cleaned liked before. It seems like no one there cares about the impression they are giving to the customers. Good food and so much potential, but they need to hire people who care about there job read more

We were staying in the area during an evacuation, and this place was such an excellent little escape we visited it twice in the same week. I am not into sushi, so I had the Teriyaki Chicken Hibachi dinner, while my wife had the spider roll, the avocado and eel, and the California roll. We also had the Pomegranate Margaritas and they were delicious! That was the best Teriyaki chicken I have ever had in my life! I tend to be a very picky eater, but the flavors were blended so well and had a slight sweetness to it that made me want to stuff myself to the gills. And I did, because the portions were enormous. I had plenty of leftovers to take home and enjoy. We sat at the hibachi grill our first visit, and at a booth the second. Watching the chef do tricks and such and cook the food right in front of us was a fun experience, and all the staff we interacted with were gracious and friendly. I forgot to specify I wanted steamed rice the first time, but no one gave me any hassle or acted inconvenienced that I needed to change the order after it had already been put in, even though it was completely my mistake. My wife says the sushi was incredible. The presentation was beautiful and she said it tasted great. We were so impressed with the food and friendly service that both times we checked in with the manager just to let him know. We are planning to move to the area soon and this will definitely be a regular date-night spot for us. read more

Bonsai Garden - The beautiful sushi rolls my wife ordered. Avocado and ell, California, and Spider. - Japanese Near Me - San Angelo, Texas

Love Harvey's Sushi! I do believe it's the best in town. I like that there are different sitting options. The grill for the entertainment and the Sushi bar or table for Sushi, the Booth for private dining or eat at the bar with Jason or Wojo, the manager. The food is great and the prices are reasonable and the chefs are hilarious with their own personalities. Love the old man with the glasses and the nose. I come here when I can and when they are busy, I can still walk in and sit at the bar and enjoy my food and drink read more

The cook was a showman! Very funny! Definitely will come back! Shrimp were a little overcooked but my friend thought they were delicious, so it's a matter of taste. The spicy scallops as an appetizer were just phenomenal! Wanted to eat them all and not share! The steak was also very savory. The chicken teriyaki was also great and abundant! Lots and lots of food to take home!! read more

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Best hibachi in town! There's a few great characters for chefs here for sure! Not exactly sure where the bad rap seems to be coming from. The place is your run-of-the-mill, semi-run-down Japanese restaurant. Stuff seems to all be a little sticky from too much soy sauce use and spilled sodas, but that's about average for nearly all similar restaurants in San Angelo. read more

Great food! The service was good, the food plentiful & tasty. We split steak & shrimp & we're happy! Cocktails were tasty as well. Considering we were in Western Texas, having Japanese food, damn good! Thank you!! read more

The steak and shrimp dinner is my favorite! Plentiful and cooked to order. The ginger sauce is a perfect complement to the fantastic rice that comes with it. I've tried all of the sushi they have to offer, but the Firecracker roll is my personal favorite. The bartender is attentive and quick at getting whatever you need. I come here a lot and I'd have to say, it's my favorite place to go every weekend. read more

The food was good and the service was good but the restaurant was filthy. The floor was greasy, the grills were dirty with crumbs and food remnants when we were seated. read more

bonsai needs to step it up. my boyfriend and i went to eat at bonsai tonight and waited for an hour, granted it was a saturday night. with that being said we were happy to wait because we do love the food. the problem was when we sat down. we didn't get helped for 30 minutes, and when we finally did they told us it would be another hour for our food. we wasted almost two hours at bonsai when they could have told us they were out of fried rice from the get go. read more

I called Bonsai Garden today 7/28/16 to order lunch for my friends birthday since i am in a different city they helped me out and let me pay over the phone and the lady that helped me on the phone was AMAZINGLY wonderful and helpful! thank y'all for helping me out i super appreciate it!!! read more

Such a great place for lunch. Reasonable prices and great food! I recommend the steak! Maybe even extra steak read more

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I wish I could give more than 5 stars the sushi was as fresh as any I've tasted anywhere. The hamachi sashimi was incredible the rolls were awesome and tempura perfectly done. I can't wait to go back again. read more

Not impressed. The simple sushi rolls were good, and I was given healthy portions of fish. (Can't really mess up a simple tuna roll can you?)The "fancy" rolls were not appetizing. It was covered in whatever sauce they thought was good to serve. read more

Certainly not the best restaurant. Only 2 chefs on staff, had to wait for 30 minutes for the hibachi. We were then told 1 chef left and it would be a bit longer. We weren't told this until after we placed our Sushi order. Chef finally shows up...cooks the eggs for the fried rice only to see that the eggs have a black tinge to them from the grill. Continues to cook steaks...once plated and while eating we found pieces that tasted rancid. We won't go back... If you want a good hibachi restaurant, spend the extra money and go to Shogun. read more

Not sure why all the bad reviews... For a place so far from any ocean, I thought the sushi was good. And the steak lunch was also very good. read more

Worst experience ever. Waiter totally ignored us but sucked up to the couple that was friends with the manager. Had to ask twice for my glass of wine. Cook was nice but no show what so ever. He put the shrimp on the grill first and took it off last. It was so over cooked I couldn't cut or chew it. The steak was OK and the veggies were ok. Dr Pepper even tasted funky. Nothing was exceptional. Will not come back. Totally pissed away 81 dollars. read more

One word to sum this place up; Disgusting. This place is the dirtiest, most roach infested shithole in town. I've gotten sick after eating at this place twice, and I know multiple people who have also had this problem. I've even heard from an old employee that they let the meat just sit out on trays, unrefrigerated, in the back. All you have to do is walk in and look around to find out. You know it's bad when even the employees look and act like they'd rather be unemployed. Worst teriyaki steak I've ever eaten. 99.9% of the steak was fat and gristle. It was cooked three levels above how I ordered it (medium rare) and there was enough pepper to make you cough. The vegetables that came with it were so greasy and over-cooked that they turned to mush before I could even eat it. The rice was undercooked and had so much moisture in it that the texture was more like oatmeal. Overall this place is probably the worst Japanese steakhouse you will ever eat at. Save your money and cook it at home by yourself. A first time home cook can do it 20 times better. I will not be bringing my business back to this crappy overpriced establishment. Honestly I'd rather eat at steaming pile of Taco Bell diarrhea than ever eat here again. Please call the health inspector or fire the current one. read more

Eh, I have had much better. Food is bland. Or cook was a bit different, he couldn't remember who ordered what even though it was written down for him. He spilt the ginger based sauce they serve with your meal, and not just mine, everyone's. not worth the cost. Shogun's is hands down the best hibachi grill in town. read more

Dirty. Gross. Not all that yummy. We ate in the sushi area and next to the sushi bar is a dirty, disgusting curtain. I then saw one of the waitstaff push a cart of uncovered food through that curtain....and the curtain brushed over the food. ICK! Right then and there, it was over. Never. Going. There. Again. read more

I told my husband this place was gonna be a nice experience. Instead the waitstaff took forever to take care of us (place wasn't busy), the credit card machines were down, and we were seated near the kitchen door with a huge cockroach by my foot. Thankfully it was dead and one of the waitress' swept it up as if nothing had happened. It was a horrible experience. They should've apologized for that and at least compensate out lunch. If I'm eating next to a roach I wonder what's in that kitchen. Eek! read more

Great place for a big get together for hibachi or chill and drink with friends for sushi at their sushi bar. Reasonable prices and great service too. read more

Came in for lunch and sat down at the sushi bar. About 2 minutes after sitting down, the kitchen staff decided to blast some rap music with profanity. I'm not saying I don't swear but when you come to a Japanese restaurant, you expect some sort of professionalism not Motherfucker this and motherfucker that. After asking for them to turn the music down, it took a good 10-15 minutes to not have to listen to it. Very disappointed! read more

We went for dinner and decided to not wait for a table. The hibachi food was just as delicious as Cooked on the grill. We also got sushi and it was so good! The server was very nice and attentive!! Will go again read more

The service sucked the food was cooked wrong and if I wanted my server to ignore me I woulda went to a low class chain restraint !!!! I do not recommend this establishment at all !! Our server ignored and cut us off in the middle of placing our orders to go flirt with some woman and flirted with the through the entire sitting while he ignored the rest of the grill he put our orders in wrong and didn't even try to get our orders fixed nor did he bother to ask how we would like our steaks cooked,our salads where forgotten as well as the shrimp. read more

Went here wiith a group for the hibachi and it took FOREVER. People who ordered sushi on the side; FOREVER and it's not cooked. Go to Shoguns instead. read more

My friend, daughter and I went in this afternoon for lunch. Usually have great food and service. Today, however, they would not seat me until my friend got there due to the fact that I could not "placer her order for her". After showing up we were seated and made to wait for more than 20 min for our waiter to ever take our order. Our waiter even went as far as getting to a couple of people who were seated at our table, but arrived 10 min after us long before taking our order. We ordered rolls to eat before our meal, and said rolls were not ready until MIDMEAL. Very disappointed in our service. IF I am ever given the same waiter, I will request another. Food was good though (as always). I only wish I could remember the waiters name. :( read more

My husband and I stopped in the other night for dinner. What first hit us was the smell, and it wasn't good. Also, we'd wanted to sit in a booth, but as the hostess was walking us towards one, she wrapped around to one of the grills which was packed except for three seats. No, thanks. I'd rather not sit with a bunch of strangers. So, we walked out. Maybe we'll give it another chance, but this just wasn't for us. read more

It was SOOOO nice to go to a place that was at least a little bit like home which is more than I can say about the chinese food here. I got the Filet Mignon and LOVED it, it was tender and juicy. The salad dressing was a little different than home but it was so tasty. The soup didn't have the usual seaweed or tofu, it was just broth. The server was really nice and my kids enjoyed the show. He even did an encore fire because my son asked. All in all I enjoyed it here and will go back. read more

We decided to sit at a table for two rather than at the grill--mistake! We were seated promptly, and we asked if we could go ahead and order with our drink order. We ordered an appetizer and normally you get the appetizer before the meal. After waiting about 30 minutes, the waiter brought our appetizer and our entre. We asked, Where is our soup? The waiter asked " You want soup, too?" Of course, we do. Our food was cold, but our appetizer was hot and when he brought the soup it was hot. He paid no attention to our tea glass and we had to get up twice to get tea. One time, he filled one glass up, but not the other glass. Then we had to get up to get a "to go box" because our food was cold, did not have seasoning and was very bland. Don't sit at a table. At the grill, the food is usually seasoned very well and is hot. read more

This place is not too bad but has room for improvement. My husband and I came here because it was the only one open at the time we were both craving hibachi & sushi. We arrived and they only had one chef working the hibachi grills so we opted to get a regular table rather than wait an hour. We ordered a spicy tuna roll to start with. Not bad but not at all what we were expecting. The tuna was the ground kind so it's more of a tuna paste than a slice of tuna which is a decent indicator of lower quality. You can still get hibachi at the table so we ordered the steak $ shrimp combo & the chicken $ shrimp combos. Both were excellent. I usually like to drench my hibachi in ginger sauce and I'm glad I tasted the sauce before I just dove in. This ginger sauce is NOT ginger sauce. It's some sort of vinegar based sauce that's almost like a runny salad dressing. Overall this place wasn't bad but we likely won't be returning. read more

This place is Awesome!!!! We are visiting from San Antonio and this is far better than any Hibachi grill we have ever been to including Benihana. The waitress was extremely friendly and the chef James was amazing. Excellent selection of Sushi. The filet mignon and scallops were the best we have ever had and extremely reasonable priced. read more

I like Bonsai! We have been there twice and they sushi is good and the prices are fair too. Unlike Nakamura, you don't leave with a lingering smell... that's a plus! Fried rice is a top contender for the best in town. The sushi rolls were tasty too - we tried the Mickey and two others (can't recall names - one had jalapeno & the other was soft shell crab.shrimp). The water is also filtered (yay) and the server was very prompt and friendly - he even asked if we were military so he could give us an additonal discount! Between his customer service and the food - this place is a winner! read more

Steak and chicken, add a few shrimp. Most of the time you will get a phenomenal meal. Great staff and your typical Japanese steakhouse environment. This place has taken hundreds of my dollars but I am glad I spent them wisely. Can get busy on weekends. The lunch prices are extremely reasonable. Since everything is made to order and freshly in front of you, it can take a little longer but well worth the wait! read more

They do not have yum yum sauce. Seriously. A hibachi place that does not have yum yum sauce. It was also over seasoned. The sushi is eh. Not fresh and not that good. read more

This place is horrible. Food is mediocre and service is awful- I've waited 1hr 10 mins for 2 rolls of sushi!!!

Tempura was a clumpy, greasy , inedible mess. Geisha roll, which is also fried, was greasy and gummy. I ordered shrimp fried rice, but received a shrimp dinner instead. It was just okay, as was the dragon roll. I got this carryout. Service was rushed but courteous. Nothing here would make me want to return to this restaurant. read more

Oh my goodness! I am so full. Food was fresh and delicious- perfectly seasoned and cooked. The California roll was excellent. Much less expensive than similar restaurants and so much better than a "buffet". I will definitely make this a regular stop. read more

Was our first time here. Certainly won't be our last. Was very pleased with our server, Shane. He took our drink order in a timely manner and was prompt with our drinks. He took our orders and our grill master was entertaining, as well. Food was excellent and cooked to satisfaction. We even complimented them to the manager on duty. Thank you again for such great service. read more