Today's Star Advertiser newspaper front cover of the Dining Out section states, "Genki Sushi continues to serve quality food at an affordable price point." Nah Paying $25.00 plus tip for two (2) slices long bean tempura, four (4) slices salmon, and two (2) slices tobiko nigiri IS NOT affordable. read more

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Kids wanted Genki for lunch today and we were in the area so we decided to go. Thankfully we arrived just before the lunch rush. The restaurant is small for a Genki and there were several parties of 5/6 that were seated at a 4 top table. They had a special for buy 1 get 1 on some WAGYU sushi thing (wish I could remember what it was) and it was SO GOOD! Unfortunately my tako was still kinda frozen when it came, so that was a bummer- especially because it was waterlogged. Ick. Everything else was typical Genki. Fair price for okay fast food sushi. The staff hustles as quickly as they can but they still seem understaffed and some things get overlooked. Next time I'm ono for Genki and in that area I'd go to Ward before I go back here again... read more

Something happened to my favorite genki sushi. The food was soggy and salty tasting. There seems to be a new ordering system that requires you to use your own personal phone and sends you all kinds of robocalls after you eat there. Not to mention the system takes awhile to order, and the food comes to you room temperature. Room temperature spicy tuna , yummy and slimy! Now I understand why the genki guy is not smiling anymore! read more

Food: Most of the food was tasty, some savory dishes was salty! Service: It was OK nothing special they were responsive and good. Need to spend some time knowing the customers?! Ambiance: Hey it's Genki Sushi... read more

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filthy !!! please don't go. flies everywhere, imagine what's it like inside the kitchen. couldn't enjoy the food at all. the food was gross too. hair in food too. horrible horrible. read more

I go to genki a lot but usually the ward & pearl ridge location. I usually avoid this location because of the long lines. Today (Tuesday) the line was short, so me and my son decided to go. We got seated at the counter & they're converting from using the ipads to a new QR system that lets you order on your phone. I like the idea, but they need to fix the site so it's easier to navigate. It's simple but kinda tedious to use compared to the ipad version. I felt the ipad was much smoother to use. It was kinda annoying going back ana forth through the items. A search bar option might help. The server was nice but she forgot my drink and when i asked to order something through her, she just told me to order through my phone. Like ok? lol. Just thought it was a little odd. The system is ok. Needs a little more improvement. read more

I went with 3 people and we were all outside waiting. 30 minutes has passed and I heard other numbers being called that were AFTER us. I went to the lady and told her we are number 85, you guys called 97. So when are we getting seated? She looked at me and said "um we will call you ok?" i said ok. i waited more and i got tired of waiting and went to the guy and he told me "oh im sorry about that we will call you next". at least he did not seem rude but we waited even longer until i heard other numbers bring called that were "groups of 3" and so My friend went inside and talked to that guy. He then says "Oh we were waiting for your party of 3" WHAT? WE WERE ALL THERE FROM THE MOMENT WE WALKED IN !!!!! honestly i was pretty disappointed, overall we waited over an hour to be seated. read more

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Seeing that my review for this place was 2 years ago. So most likely that was the last time I've been here. Well to this location, my boyfriend hates Genki's so I had to convince him to even come. When I looked at the menu half of the stuff I wanted was out of stock. I was already disappointed and then the things that I liked that was still available was their fried stuff. But it came out burnt. They remade it for me but it was still burnt. I didn't want to tell my bf I wasn't happy with this place since I literally had to force him to come. lol. Still had to pretend I love it. Really, I was ready to leave. The food took so long to come out. One of the plates my bf had ordered in the beginning didn't come out till the very end when we were about to leave which was maybe 1 hour into our dinning. Then he placed one more order hoping it'll come out asap. Nope, waited for 30 more mins and nothing. Decided that we were just over it and canceled the order. We did a lot of waiting for our next plate to come out after we finished one plate. This location is by far the worst one. Pretty sad. I use to come here a lot. read more

This Ward location is actually one of my favorites. A lot of outdoor waiting space, and interesting stores to shop at if there's a long wait. Currently, you need to scan a QR code to enter contact tracing information before entering to put your name on a list. They take your phone number to text you when a table is ready. This location already felt pretty spacious and even more so now with COVID social distancing being enforced. They added some extensions to the booth chairs to give more of an enclosed feeling. There are also signs on the bar seats for social distancing. There are no plates on the conveyor belt, but they do have nice pictures of all the different food/drink you can order. Even with ordering through your server, the plates come out quickly. They redesigned their menu as well. Our server was very good and attentive. She came by at least three times to make sure we were ok and refill our water/teas. One of my fave dishes is the tempura string bean/spicy ahi sushi. BEST combo EVER!!!! read more

I was looking forward to sharing a conveyor belt sushi experience with my wife like I had in Japan on business, unfortunately that was not at all the case. Average sushi, and not at all conveyor belt style that is found in other parts of the world. Matter of fact, not a single conveyor belt in the place. Specific sushi ordered (from your phone) is delivered to your table by a little train pulled cart on a shelf along the wall. read more

I love Genkis but Ala Moana Genkis could do better. Their Crunchy Ebi Fry Roll was stale. It's suppose to be crunchy but it was stale and soft. Even the Seaweed wrap was stale on. I did not get my water refilled until we requested our check. ????!! Like I'm needing water and no one is refilling...!! No one asked how we are doing either like isn't that basic etiquette? read more

The food was good and came fast. My only complaint is the creepy workers there. I was eating with my friend and we are clearly younger girls and the staff was constantly staring at us. Especially this one guy who has tattoos and big scary eyes and resembles Austin Mcbroom. He had a staring problem and so did one of the chefs when we were checking out. The chef was staring at us through the door that is right by the cashier. Please hire less creepy men read more

Hair inside the sushi that my 4 year old child eat, they did not charge extra for hair but I still paid for the rest of the meal. read more

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Amazing food! Amazing service! I love the portions of the food, it makes it easy to try to new things. It is also super affordable. The best part is that the food is delivered by toy trains! read more

Food was absolutely terrible. I've been here many times and this experience was so bad, it was shocking. Take your normal Genki experience, shrink the portions by 30%, increase the price by 20%, lather everything in salt, and that's what the experience was like. I started with a spicy ahi bowl. The ahi tasted like salted mashed potatoes. The rice was about half of what I was used to. I thought it was a fluke and didn't want to make a big deal about it, so I ordered an inari to just balance the saltiness and get more rice. The rice was hard and the portions were insulting. Then my chicken karaage came, which was a total of four small pieces with the thinnest lemon slice possible. Again, extremely salty. Asked for mayo on the side to balance it out, and even the mayo was salty!! Ordered a few more items, hoping for the best, but everything was just as bad. The last straw was the spam sushi. Saltiest spam I've ever had, and the rice portion was minimal, hard, and old. How do you mess up spam?! At this point, if you're still reading, you prob think I'm an idiot for continuing to order. The thing is, genki has always been reliable and good. I thought, for sure, things will start getting better, but it never did. We asked one of the workers about everything and they said it's the new normal. It's hard to imagine an owner making these decisions, expecting customers to not notice and to keep spending money here. I'll never come here again. I may give another location a chance, but will definitely read recent reviews for other locations first. read more

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The sushi here isn't necessarily bad, but given that you're at Ala Moana, there are much better options available. The only 2 main reasons I could justify coming here would be if you want the experience or if you want a flexible-sized meal. I think I came here around opening time so there wasn't a wait or anything. Had there been a wait, I probably would've gone elsewhere. I mainly enjoy the spicy ahi here for what it is. Overall, not the best or worst, but weigh out the factors before coming. read more

Always love coming here, good quality sushi for a reasonable price and quick service. Mela had such amazing energy when we were in the other night! Hope to get her again as our server, she really made our day better! read more

March 7th. 2017 2pm. I had been in the mood for sushi and had remembered seeing a genki sushi at the Ala Moana center. I had to be somewhere at 4pm so I stopped in for lunch. I been helped quickly after entering and was shown a seat. But the guy didn't explain to me how to order cause it was my first time... BUT, LUCKLY- I seen a touch screen for ordering before, also: the track with electronic delivery trays in front of me, and the familiar condiments like pink ginger and a moving track with plates of ready eat sushi. It's similar to my many visits to the "Sushi Train" in the Emporium- Melbourne CBD, Australia.... so have I been informed all the time I went to "sushi train" on how to order? All the time I went to "sushi train"..... and on this day, my first time to Genki Sushi- no one explained it to me I managed to figure it out. I ordered a potato croquette, fried squid, spicy tuna hand roll, and a small order of poke on rice. And from the rotating conveyer belt a spam musubi sitting in the yellow section of the belt. - on the menu it's marked at $1.95 but I was charged $3something??? ----------------------------------- update: march 11th 2017. Casey G. Has entailed the correct information to me about the cost and the receipt is correct after verification. Thank you Casey G. For catching that. ----------------------------------- I rather enjoyed my meal except for one thing- the wait staff who sat me down assumed I knew how to order. Place Made for a Quick Lunch!! read more

I haven't been to Genki Sushi for quite some time, but I went two days ago. Boy was that a bit disappointing visit. As we enter, I notice full tables. 15 minute wait? No problem. We are seated by our kind host. A few people in my party order soup. I immediately notice it's wayyyy to salty, even for miso soup. I brush that aside, for my rolls, a mere 5 minutes after ordering, have arrived. They are melt in your mouth good! Fifteen bit pricy plates later, I notice that the conveyer belt is gone. I am pretty sure it was removed because something that happened in the Kaneohe (?) location. I remember reading it was a cockroach infestation. Correct me if I am wrong. Still I was disappointed. Final rating: 3.5, upgraded to a 4 read more

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Been here many times with friends and the flavors remained the same. To me, the quality seems fresher than before. I still do enjoy coming here for a quick bite to eat. I also do order take-out from here when I am craving sushi. Very fast and convenient. It does get busy but it wasn't such a long wait. I think the longest time I have waited was 25 minutes. read more

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The food was good and came super fast! Majority of the workers were nice and friendly but there were 2 who made me uncomfortable. For reference me and my friend are both women and teen . One of the waiters kept staring at me and my friend and a chef in the back as i was paying the bill at the front was staring at me the whole time not doing his job and stared at me as i already exited the restaurant. read more

I love coming here when there's absolutely no line! Hahaha, so basically between Monday - Thursdays are perfect. These days they also do military appreciation, so a nice discount is applied at the register. I do enjoy the upgrades, it's fun to order your food and they come out on little boats. But it's also nice to have the conveyor belt of food wrapping around. The staff has always been really friendly, even whenever they're super busy. Your cup shall never be empty, and there's always employees walking around waiting to assist. read more

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the worst experience I've ever had. put in my order to the kitchen and only the non fried items come out. waited over 30 minutes for the rest of the food and nothing. table that was seated after us got some sort of fried food item. told a staff member that we have been waiting over 30 minutes for the rest of our food. supposedly was going to check with the kitchen, staff member doesn't come back. flagged another staff member after waiting another 5 minutes. told him we've been waiting over 30 minutes and asked if he could just cancel the remainder of our order and give us the check for the food we got served. no apology, no offer of discount for the inconvenience. very disappointed. only ate a natto roll and edamame. went home hungry. ordered salmon bone and vegetable tempura. friend was supposed to have gotten vegetable croquette and string bean tempura nigiri. read more

First time ever at a Genki Sushi restaurant in Honolulu. And this place has been here for as long as I can remember. And so, with luck would have it, I was here with a friend, which evolved to a group of 5 upon arrival. I usually don't have sushi due to cost and the experience here solidifies that. Variety is the spice of life and it was okay to have it once in a while. I agreed to come here and hang out after a morning of playing Pokémon Go in Hawaii Kai. Community Day for the game is always a fun and challenging time. We celebrated our accomplishments here at Genki Sushi and found it amazing how their ordering system and food delivery system is. I was amazed at how fast the restaurant came back after that hepatitis scare back in August 2016 and it's as popular as ever now. We got there around 11:45am on a Sunday and we were told it was a 15 minute wait. The restaurant itself was small enough, but large enough to accommodate roughly 20 people at any given time. The restaurant was cute and we ordered through the restaurant's electronic tablet. There was basic table service, where there are staff to give water and other refreshing beverages and to give you the ticket for your order. You can split it by person on how much dishes you have eaten or combine it with however combinations you want. You finally pay at the cashier near the entrance. Sushi and simple Japanese fare is always a nice treat. Why I don't do Japanese cuisine is the price tag. It does get pricey when you go retail. And spending $15 for lunch reinforces my beliefs. But again. Once in a while is okay. The overall experience here at Genki Sushi Japanese restaurant in the heart of Ala Moana shopping center was good yet average at the same time. It was a quick lunch with friends without the fancy. We spent about 45 minutes here from start to finish and I ended up getting 3 plates in. After an hour of leaving the place, I started to get hungry again. So, Sushi tends to go through me - like wine and alcohol. While I do agree that this place was a good choice among friends, it just was an easy choice. For the most part though, the friendship and gathering for lunch was the important thing. The sushi was good and delicious, but I had to find something in the mall to satisfy my stomach again. With that said, Genki Sushi is located on the mall level of Ala Moana shopping center near Macy's, Shirokiya, and the new food court they have there. They accept major credit cards, so that's always great for me, as well as cash. Since this is Ala Moana shopping center, parking here can be a gift and a curse. Best bet is to come here during non peak times to ensure a good quality space. If not, you'll be tasked to try to find a quality parking space in the huge parking structure. Usually roof top parking can be a great solution, but if it's during the middle of the day, people don't like returning to heated cars. If you are like me, routes 3, 9, 13, and Express A come through the area and stop off at Ala Moana Shopping Center on Kapiolani Blvd. Other routes have stops along Ala Moana Blvd. So, you can take your pick as to how you want to get here and have your sushi fix here at Genki Sushi. For the most part though, I ended up having 3 plates of sushi and, while it was quite tasty, the bill of $15 seemed to be lost in translation. Sushi doesn't really fill me up and for the price, I could have had many options for that price or less. I guess it just depends on what you crave and how much you are willing to eat too. Someone told me you can easily spend $40 on sushi. While that is astounding to me, I rather go to a buffet and eat till I am full or sick. There's definitely value there, along with the usual sushi options for all. I did enjoy the ambiance and the food ordering system. It's pretty innovative and maybe something to look forward to in other places in the future. While Japanese cuisine can be expensive, Genki Sushi is no exception. I usually stay clear of this type of cuisine for that fact on a daily basis. Since it was a special occasion, it was nice to stop and eat here and discover tastes that I had been missing. If you are in the mall and famished, consider coming here to get your sushi fix on. 3.5 stars for the overall experience. 3.5 stars for the food. 4.0 stars for the ambiance and ordering service. 2.5 stars for the prices. Support local! C read more

Hubby and I dropped into this location during our honeymoon in Oahu as we had high hopes for it considering we first visited this chain in Japan. This unfortunately did not compare to the one in Japan. Service was friendly and expedient. We were seated after a 45 min wait, and some hassle after their iPad went down. I appreciated the staff so much as there was only 2 solid workers in the front handling 8 tables. Regardless of how busy it was, we were waited on accordingly and got everything we needed within seconds. The food is what warranted such a low rating. The fish quality itself was very good and expected considering you're closest to the ocean but the taste and flavor was absolutely lacking. We ordered the normal nigiris but the rice portions were definitely off per each plate that came through. We also ordered 2 bowls of their beef udon, and it was not good at all. The beef was very stringy, the broth was a little warmer than room temperature, and the broth itself lacked a lot of flavor. I didn't think the wait was justified for the flavor :( read more

This location is literally a rip-off! $6.15 for black plates with only 4 small pieces of sushi? Ridiculous. $5.15 for two pieces of 3.5inch ebi fry? No, thank you! Quality of fish is still just aight. If you're looking for a quick sushi fix at Ala Moana, this specific Genki location might suffice. You'd honestly probably get much more for your money going somewhere else though (like Ahi and Vegetable on the other side of the mall). Even Ninja sushi gives bigger rolls (6 big pieces) for a $6-$7 roll On a positive note, service is always friendly and fast-paced. Summary: Cleanliness 4 Service 4 Prices (in relation to food proportions/quality) 1 Food quality 3 Overall rating: 3 read more

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This horrendous nasty location is a slap on the face to Honolulu. The last time I had the disgrace to stop to eat here I ordered avocado sushi and I got a hair in the sushi. Gross enough to return the item. The sushi was smaller than other locations, the fried squid was burnt and had taste of old reburned oil. Funny enough I saw the trace of roach poop in the area where the train returns to the cooking area. I am praying God it was cleaned. Stupid me for considering eating in the nastiest dirtiest grossest place in this so called high end mall that should be closed by the sanitation department pronto! PRONTO!!!! Kapahulu is better but at the same time meh..... An insult to the food industry. read more

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The little train conveyor belt is cool. Food was okay, very salty. Keep a close eye on your order. There were 4 rolls that we didn't get that we got charged for. The special discounted roll was changed to full price on the bill after taking off the sushi we didn't get. read more

The correct rating is "0" stars. I know I'm critical so let me not mince words. To Genki Sushi, please close your Ala Moana restaurant. There is nothing to recommend your eatery save a once good reputation. Your service is abysmal and frankly nonexistent. Your food is a crime. It appears to ill behoove you to actually hire an adequate number of staff to hold open your establishment. My friend and I recently visited your mostly empty restaurant at about 2 PM a couple of days ago. The waiter took our order: 2 miso soup, 1 tekka maki, 1 spicy ahi bowl, 1 assorted tempura, and 1 fried squid. What we received: 2 piping hot miso soup and 1 tekka maki. I had to ask for more miso. The soup was watery thin. Rather than taking the soup away and adding the miso in the kitchen, I was given several tablespoons of miso in a bowl to figure it out myself. The tekka maki was subpar. Regular rice was substituted for sushi rice, and the rice was not cooked properly as some grains were noticeably hard. The rest of our order? It was either served to patrons seated after us or delivered to a table in the Twilight Zone. The only other waitress offered to immediately start our remaining order, but we just had to decline. Even though it was a good thirty minutes after we placed our order, we figured we just got lucky and paid and escaped to a fast food burger joint. read more

Okay! Super fun experience. Kids loved the "sushi metro" delivering our food to our table. Not the most extensive menu, but a good lunch and friendly service. My son ate 22 pieces of California roll! We'll be back! read more

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The sushi here is okay but expensive for the quality. The sushi was sloppily assembled (spam and eggplant nigiri) and the Katsuo boshi on the eggplant nigiri must have been the crumbs from the bottom of the bag, making them even more sawdust-like than usual. The taste of the food was good for fast food sushi. For a quick snack for 2 people, though, I could have bought 2 plate lunches plus 1-2 milk teas instead for $33. I'll probably do that next time. The service was okay, although one waiter who I asked to bring a take out container never did, although he acknowledged my request. read more

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We did a take out and ordered some sushi and karage chicken. This location was not even a quarter full, but we wanted sushi so ordered anyway, kinda knowing what to expect. Cashier took our order and told us 15 minutes. When we got home sushi was okay, but the Karage chicken was burnt! The cooks should've recooked another batch, rather than serve that. BTW gave them to our dog, she didn't eat it! read more

So by now, everyone should know the concept of Genki Sushi: a restaurant where sushi goes around on little dishes on a conveyor belt where you can serve yourself by picking the dishes right off the conveyor belt. If you don't see what you want coming around, you can order it from your server. The sushi is pretty good but the portions are tiny compared to the other sushi joints that serve their food on a conveyor belt. If the dish doesn't look fresh, it probably isn't and has been on the conveyor belt for hours getting passed up by all of the other customers. If it looks iffy, order the dish from your server so you can get a fresh one. I've always liked their food but I've never been a huge fan of this location mainly because of its size. This Genki Sushi is a really small restaurant considering they're in the largest mall in Hawaii. I've only been here once without having to wait for a table/counter to get seated. The renovations have definitely improved the restaurant. They are more technologically advanced now but that doesn't mean you'll dine there without any hiccups. If you have to wait for a table, they ask you how many in your party and print a little slip for you with a number on it. There's no room in the restaurant to wait to be seated but there's a bench and some chairs right outside of the restaurant to sit on. The most notable things about their renovation is the ordering and delivery system. Each table and counter has a flat digital screen above their seats and you can just place your order through there by tapping on the items on the touch screen. Your order then gets sent right to your seat via the "tracks" above the conveyor belt. So after dining here after their renovations, I unfortunately had to experience an electronic ordering fail. We used the new touch screen system to order our food and we never received 2 plates. While we waited for those 2 plates, we filled up on other stuff that came around on the conveyor belt. Later, when we asked for the bill I mentioned that 2 dishes never came and the employee was indifferent. Nope, no apology! Although the overall renovation turned out nice, the restaurant is still much too small for this Ala Moana location so the wait is still pretty lengthy. The concept of this new electronic ordering system is pretty awesome but if you can't deliver 100% of the time, then it's useless. Like they say, everything that glitters isn't gold! read more

NO BEER. You can not even BYOB. My husband almost didn't want to go here. NO BATHROOMS. The nearest one is downstairs, center stage. They DO NOT ACCEPT ALA MOANA GIFTCARDS or Prepaid credit cards. If you are located at Ala Moana, you should accept Ala Moana Gift cards. The sushi is mediocre at best. It's Genki. The kids usually order spam and crab so it suits us just fine. I usually order the cooked foods, which are good (udon, garlic chicken, agedashi tofu). The wait time to get seated can be long and they will not seat you if your entire party is not present when they call you. So why is there always a ton of people out the door for this place? I'll tell you why. COMPUTERIZED ORDERING SYSTEM=RACE CAR DELIVERY 1. Touch screen order system=fast service. Order up to 4 items per car, as many times as you want. Two race track levels provide shinkansen speed service straight to your table! This is a ploy to get you to order more food just to see those cool cars whiz past everyone else and stop in front of you. It worked. 2. Counter seats also have the third/bottom level traditional conveyor belt. We did not pull anything off the belt. Why would you want to order something that's old and cold if you can order it FRESH and HOT!? My kids wanted to order EVERYTHING from the touch screen so they would be delivered on a car or surfboard. 3. If you order dessert, you also get a chance to spin the wheels (slot machine style) for prizes. Who doesn't love a little Vegas with their sushi. Prices are higher than other Genki locations (yellow $1.65, green $2.35, red $2.95, gray $3.95, black $4.95) but they have a larger selection of both sushi and desserts. Just be careful because you will order more things just to have them delivered on a cool fish, surfboard, or race car and it all adds up. Check out their monthly dine-in only specials! (Feb is 8-pc Calif. roll for $2.35!) read more

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When I'm in the mood for sushi, don't have much time, just want something decent but not over the top, Genki is our "goto" spot. Like, walking around Ala Moana, getting hungry we spot it and goto it. It's really that simple really. Anyway, service here isn't consistent but you don't need that much attention. Once you're seated they'll ask for your drink order. After that, you're on your own. The kewl thing is each seat at the counter, where we like to sit, has a touch screen pad where you can peruse the selections, place your order and wait for it to be delivered by bullet train. Fascinating really. I don't get too many things off the conveyor belt because, like others have said, you don't know how long it has been sitting there. It could have dried out by then. You don't know how many bombing runs the flies have had on it. If I notice it was just put out there, like it was not there before when I sat down, then I may pick it up. However, most of the items I do get do not appear on the conveyor belt anyway. Soft shell crab is my fave here and a must order for me. Do love the spicy ahi and ahi skin too. The bowls are good too. And, I do like the coke here. Not sure why yet, but it seems to be ... better. Moving on.... Yeah, that's my review. read more

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For the most part, this place is good most of the time. You can get the plates off of the conveyor belt or order it through the touch screen system that they put in about a year or two ago. Every table has a tablet that you can order the food from. I personally like to order from the touchscreen for two reasons. First, you don't know how long the food has been on the conveyor belt or who has touched it. Second, my eight year old gets a thrill watching the food come on those race cars that the plates are on. This time we ordered my favorite, the spicy ahi bowl. It's so good with the teri sauce on it. We also got the kabocha tempura, spicy ahi bomb, tuna bomb, ika kaarage, teri chicken bowl, california roll, fried chicken pieces, and fried salmon bone. Every item comes on a different color plate. The color of the plate will let you know how much each plate costs. The food was nice and fresh. They make it in the back as you order it. The fish was firm and smooth. The tempura was hot out of the fryer and so crispy. Genki's isn't one of those fancy, swanky, sushi places. It's more of a fast food sushi place. When you're craving sushi though, it hits the spot. read more

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Genki takes Kaiten style sushi dining to a whole new level with their "Bullet Express" order and delivery system. Now you don't have to wait for your favorite sushi items to come around the conveyor belt, or wait for the waitress to come around to take and delivery your order. Simply place your order using the touch screen console above your table, and wait for your sushi to be delivered right to your table on the express rail system. They still have select sushi plates rotating on the regular conveyor belt, which comes in handy if you're famished and want to eat something while you're waiting for your order. Or maybe you're more of a visual person and would rather select your sushi by looking at the actual thing on the belt. Just make sure to pace yourself when you order from the bullet express. They make it so easy to order that your eyes may be bigger than your stomach and you may end up ordering more than you need/want. read more

Genki Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

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My friends brought me here to celebrate my belated birthday dinner tonight. Usually the birthday boy gets to choose but they seemed so anxious to try this place after installing the high tech conveyor belt ordering system. Let's face it - - we pretty much all wanted to see what the fuss is all about! We're all early birds for work so we all agreed to meet up at 430pm for dinner only to find a line of peeps waiting to get in. Our wait wasn't too long - - within 15 minutes our party of 5 sat down. We've dined here before and noticed the dining area to be smaller than what it used to be. Just like in Japanese establishments as you walk in the staff in sync yell out "IRRASSHAIMASE", or "welcome" in Japanese. I could be imagining things but the tables seem smaller than what it used to be as we all felt cramped as we sat down. Our staff greeted us and after taking our drink orders she asked if it was our first time here after installing their new system. She was kind enough to explain the ordering process as each table had a removable touch screen to place your food order. Because we were pretty much starved, some of us grabbed plates of sushi and food off the conveyor belt only to realize it had been sitting there for some time. It sure didn't taste fresh and the fried foods were sadly cold. We then started to place food orders with the touch screen and was given a "reject" when trying to order more than 4 different food items. The system only allows 4 different items at a time and if you have more you need to submit them in another order. Depending on what you ordered the food pretty much came out fast, with the exception of deep-fried foods. Immediately you could taste the difference in quality and this is the way to order from now on. The deep-fried foods came out piping HOT and the sushi was soooo fresh! I had the NEGI TORO and the seaweed was still crispy and the fish was temperature cold! We did order AGEDASHI TOFU (deep-fried tofu with DASHI sauce) and I wondered how the sauce wouldn't spill or get messy flying down the conveyor belt! But the dish was delivered by our waitress - - what a relief!!! Overall, it was an okay dining experience. The prices were on the high side and the quality of fish was at par for fast food. Service was decent as they came to our table often to refill our hot teas and glasses of water. But NOT worthy of 4-stars in my opinion. NOTE: If you dine here DO NOT get plates of food off the already made conveyor belt. Order ALL food off the new system to ensure made-to-order sushi. You don't know how long the food has been circulating and to be disappointed after realizing you popped some stale sushi in your mouth. read more

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One of the worst places to eat sushi. Omg I remember when genkis was one of the best sushi places for cheap sushi, but since their closure and hep situation their quality really went down. The prices of the food is soo high for such low quality crap they serve. The portion has also decreased. I love genkis and all for their cool spins on foods especially their fried California rolls. Not gonna come back until they fix the price and quality. Today I came in to order my usual salmon karage and got fried fat. Absolutely disgusting!!! read more

Genki Sushi - Fried fat sold as salmon karrage - Sushi Bars Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii

Genki Sushi Ala Moana Omg ! Omg ! Omg ! It makes me To remember the Hep A History read more

Genki Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Honolulu, Hawaii