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    Dragon Sushi

    4.1 (206 reviews)
    Open 11:30 am - 9:30 pm

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    Wendy T.

    Busy place, even at 5:15 on a Friday. Love the decor! Fun to sit at the bar and watch them make the rolls. My granddaughter totally loved the California Roll and edame. My spouse really enjoyed the Da Bomb roll. I thought the coconut shrimp was excellent, with a perfect sweet and sour sauce.

    Wonderful decor!
    Barbaralee S.

    I come here every week- this location and the old location...food, ambience , service and prices excellent! The 3 servers working today(here for quite awhile)are excellent. I feel at homei ( and my son) highly recommend

    Sake menu
    Lorelei P.

    This was my first time visiting this restaurant. It's quite a drive from where I usually go to eat sushi, but I've been hearing about this place for a while. I finally got a chance to try it. The restaurant is located in a mini mall. There's plenty of parking, but this restaurant is a little small. We were greeted by friendly staff and had to wait a bit before we got a chance to sit down. Once we were seated we were given menus and were asked what we wanted for a drink. We got an order of hot saké, which was very good. The restaurant had a lot of different paper lanterns and posters all over the restaurant. There was music playing on the tv and made it seem more hospitable. The menu had a lot of different types of sushi, so we thought one roll wouldn't be enough but it was! We ordered 4 rolls and it was way too much food for us. We ended up taking some of it home. The sushi is heavy on the rice, unlike most sushi rolls at other restaurants. You can get full off one or two rolls. The service was okay, not too many servers for a room full of patrons. It took longer than expected for our food. Drink refills weren't given enough. Overall, this place was okay. But not a place I'd visit a second time.

    XO Roll (deep fried), Salmon and Red Snapper Nigiri
    Enrique S.

    Stepping into Dragon Sushi is like teleporting to China Town, minus the flight ticket. The decor? Pure Asian elegance. The deal? An unbelievable 50% off the entire menu, every day of the year. I mean, how is that even a business model? Service is zippy and as warm as their wasabi, plus a DIY beverage station for when you want to pretend you're your own waiter. Our culinary adventure included the Viking roll, a fusion fantasy with shrimp tempura, bacon, avocado, all crowned with tuna and salmon. Then there was the XO roll - think deep-fried bliss wrapped in soy paper, with eel and avocado taking a dive in spicy mayo and eel sauce. We also sampled the salmon and red snapper nigiri and took a crack at the calamari, which was, well, a tad on the rubbery side. But hey, nothing a tsunami of soy sauce couldn't fix. Despite the calamari's attempt to be an unchewable hero, Dragon Sushi's rolls rolled right back with a vengeance. For the price (did I mention 50% off?), it's the sushi king of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Four out of five stars because perfection is overrated and because that calamari really did need the soy sauce bath.

    Indoor seating

    Let me be the first to go into detail about the new and improved Dragon Sushi since they just moved locations. Starting off with the physical location, it is a MUCH better space. The restaurant is more modern now and in a better part of town. The restrooms are way bigger and better than before. The new location has improved ambience and is more enjoyable. They also have outdoor seating with shade which is great. It feels twice as nice as before, and yet their prices stayed the same. As for the food, the rolls are huge. Quality and quantity are unmatched. Specialty rolls are $8 and basic rolls like the California rolls are $4. This is our favorite sushi spot in New Mexico, we drive 40 minutes to go here. Last, when their old location was up for sale for a while, we were worried they would close. But they ended up being able to sell the restaurant to their son, which resulted in its many improvements. This is great because the parents/ previous owners were able to move back to China to retire and pass their legacy down to the next generation. For those who complained about the language barrier, they hired a substantial amount of English speaking servers so you likely won't struggle with that anymore. All the staff were kind and attentive. Our server was a young woman who was friendly and really helpful with the menu. Highly recommend, if you haven't checked out their new location, definitely give it a shot!

    Fried Jalapeño roll

    This place is a gem! Cozy indoor seating area that looks like an anime show met Chinese new year and threw up everywhere. I loved it! The service was attentive and everyone was really nice. We had the fried jalapeño roll, dragon roll, French kiss roll, surf turf roll, and the crunch roll. Everything was delicious but the jalapeño was my favorite! The rolls are huge!

    In Front: Geisha Roll. In Middle: Spider Roll. In Back: Spicy Tuna
    Julie R.

    My sister and I wanted to try Dragon Sushi for a while now. On our second visit we were able to get in! The first attempt was unsuccessful, as I think there was some family emergency of sorts. We had arrived at the same time as another patron and we couldn't get it. The door was locked the open sign was lit and we saw people inside so we hovered around the front door for a few minutes. Other people parked and waited with us until they finally came to the door and told us apologetically that they were closed. All of us walked back to our cars, saddened! Ha! On this day though! We were able to get in! We ordered, perhaps too much for the two of us, buuuuuuut, in our defense, we had never been there, and we saw the 50% off rolls, aaaaaand, we couldn't help ourselves! To our surprise, the rolls were much bigger than we anticipated. Which was honestly not what we expected. We thought it would be the exact opposite, since the rolls were on "sale" as it were. The Red Snapper Salad and Hot Oil Salmon were our starters. Followed by 4 rolls: Geisha Roll, Spider Roll, Spicy Tuna Roll and the XO (deep fried). Along with 1 order of Salmon Nigiri, which they include a small piece of tuna atop it! A lil extra credit if you will! The Hot Oil Salmon was our fav! The Geisha was a bit of a twist for us as it is topped with seared beef. Now that we know how big the portions are, we'll be coming back with friends! We loved all the excess decorations and the tv playing anime while you eat. Dragon Sushi is a fun spot with huge portions!

    Egg rolls
    LeeAnn M.

    I have tried a few different sushi places in Abq and this one has to be my favorite. Don't come here expecting the staff to wait on your hand and foot but expect really great sushi. We got four rolls and an appetizer since most sushi places have small rolls but we were blown away at the portions. We also got two beers and the price was super reasonable for the quality. It's such a unique little spot. Definitely give it a shot.

    Yummy Sushi
    Julian G.

    Quick headline to round it up. Good sushi at great prices. How could I've gone so long without noticing this hidden gem? I recently stumbled across some instagram friends dining here in which they mentioned all their rolls are half off. I'm not sure if this is just a temporary promotion or if it is their business model. I've treated it as if it is a promotion and have frequented repeatedly in the last month. With the half off, rolls start out as low as $4. All the premium rolls are also discounted. On one occasion, our party did 7 rolls for around 35 bucks. You can't beat that. Now as far as quality of the rolls. I will say they around mid. Flavor is up there along with the size. These things are huge! The restaurant itself is pretty cool. Size is a bit small so if you're in around meal rush you may have to wait a bit. They have a lot of cool banners hanging down from the ceilings and bottles of sake lining the perimeter. The only downside is the language barrier of the staff. I don't believe any speak English. If you have ever dined at any restaurant before you should be good. The don't talk much but do a lot of pointing and gesturing to let you know what they are asking for. They will bring you a sushi menu to check off what you want which the waitstaff will pickup up and take once you are done filling it out. They will then bring some waters in paper cups. The food is quick to come out. At the end they will come by and drop off your menu with the price you need to pay All in all, pretty cool hidden gem with really good sushi. I almost hesitated to post this because I don't want to let the secret out, but it'd be unfair for others to try it out.

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    Great service, such a cute atmosphere and the food was so good especially For the price you pay

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    They just sell sushi. No other food. Online it shows a menu, but it's sushi only. I couldn't find if it said sushi only so here it is.

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    Your hours are wrong, I showed up and store was already closed. Wasted 20 minute drive

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    Food is amazing some of the best sushi in abq, cheap. CHEAP!!!!!! But also delicious. 10/10 recommend this place to anyone and everyone

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    Not sure if they have a happy hour, but the sake and beer are ALWAYS affordable

    Do they serve alcohol?

    No they are still working on the liquor license

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