If you are a fan of not great sushi that takes an hour plus - or if you enjoy watching the hostess speak / yell / insult the staff then this place is for you. Bad vibes. Weird angry management and lovely apologetic staff - but sadly the food is also not worth the wait. Avoid the yellowtail, avoid the spicy tuna. The gyoza might have been ok but cold? Very disappointing. I do not recommend. read more

The food was good, better than expected, but while I was sitting at the table a rodent ran out from under the bench that I was sitting at and scurried across the floor. I don't know if it was a mouse or a small rat, because it shocked me so much. I have never seen a rodent while eating at a restaurant before. read more

Genki Ya in Somerville and in Cambridge (alewife) is one of my most frequently visited restaurants. This review will be for the location in Somerville which has some differences in the menu. For example, while the sushi/sashimi and maki menu are the same, the Somerville location has a curry menu. The cocktails and drinks are good- classics and a some new ones, and they are all worth trying. The best part however is the food. We had the samosas as a starter and the Tokyo dry curry followed by some rolls (spicy king crab tempura roll, salmon torch roll and an eel maki). The samosas were okay, not bad, but they tasted like a crab Rangoon with an avocado texture. The curry was very good- I loved it! The rolls were consistent and good (and I say this because I always get those three rolls regardless of what location I go to). Special shout out to the server today. She paid special attention, checked on us, asked if we had any feedback about the food, and had a very positive attitude. Totally recommend this place! read more

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Wonderful selection of sushi. Casual atmosphere. Very accommodating and quick service. Very limited menu with cooked options.

I come to Genki Ya pretty much every week to get lunch because they never failed me. The fish is always fresh! I usually get the lunch special that come with a salad and miso soup. I'm used to getting small rolls from sushi places, but they give BIG portions and pieces of fish! Prices are great for the quality of food that you get here. I honestly would come here everyday for lunch if I could. Definitely would recommend! read more

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Today's visit was great! I got the triple spicy roll combo - so good! Good service, proper protocols, great food as always!

Great sushi! Lots of options and high quality. I'm vegetarian and this is one of my favorite sushi spots. I've mostly gotten takeout from genki ya but I did eat in once and the service was good. The place is very clean and quiet, a nice escape from the busyness of Davis square. read more

A great new restaurant in the area! Surprised that it's not more populated at night. The sushi is delicious and well made and the fish is fresh. read more

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Did a take out. 1) Very average food 2) Front desk lady is not courteous at all; she needs some training in how to talk to customers. 3) I ordered online, it told me 20-30 mins to be ready. I reach the restaurant after 30 mins and ask for my food. The front desk lady takes my name down and tells me food should be out soon. It took me 30 more mins of waiting outside before the food was ready. Needless to say, I asked 3 times before and everytime she would tell me it's almost ready. I hate this attitude -- just be honest so I can cancel the order and go somewhere else. read more

Never order delivery from here. They are always extremely late. The first time I ordered delivery from here, the food was 30-45 min late. Not to mention the people working there were not friendly at all on the phone, and didn't care that they were running late. They even hung up on us at one point. I tried giving this place a second shot today, and long behold they are extremely late. What's sad is that the people working there don't apologize or feel bad for this at all. The food itself is great, but definitely not worth the aggravation anymore. You can definitely find other good sushi places where you pay for them to arrive on time, and where the services is actually decent. read more

Very fresh sushi it was delicious! Nice atmosphere and customer service !! So close to Davis square station! read more

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Great atmosphere with plenty of options. Take out was easy and I will be back! Loved my order and everything looks good.

I've followed this place from Brookline to Somerville. Just fresh, organic fish - some rolls you would expect at any sushi bar and some you wouldn't (the fresh summer roll is going to sound weird...but TRUST ME!). Absolutely nothing bad to say! read more

I'm a sad grad student and the only thing that makes me feel alive is their curry rice. thank you genki ya somerville for your curry rice its so good. I love you. read more

This restaurant was extremely busy and severely short staffed. We just happened to have a very inattentive and rude wait staff. The wait time for ordering and food was inordinately long. I did a run at the grocery store next door and another run at star bucks, the food was still a long wait before it was brought out. Now about the food which was hit and miss. Nothing really stood out. Maybe the service will get better in future. For the time being, be warned of long wait time and bad service. read more

Unforgivable service. We placed an order via Grubhub (which tells you if a restaurant delivers to your address - and it said this place delivered to ours, otherwise it would not have allowed us to place the order). The order should have arrived 50 minutes later. Instead, 1hr 30mins later we received a phone call from a very rude woman from the restaurant telling us that they don't deliver to us and that we should just order from a place in our area (um, we did. That's you, Genki Ya - Somerville. You're in our area.) and when we tried to tell her that we had already paid and had been waiting over an hour for our food and that the restaurant needed to tell Grubhub that they were cancelling our order so that we could get our money back, she interrupted us to say "Don't argue with me. You call Grubhub and order from somewhere else." We'll never order from this place again, nor will we be going there to eat. They don't deserve to be in the customer service business. read more

So happy to have found a restaurant that delivers excellent quality and fresh sushi in my work area. I especially love the lunch specials. They are reasonably priced and are very filling. Food is packed so well and in such a lovely bag. Genki Ya, Im in love. read more

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Didn't realize everything was closed on Christmas Day and this was the only place open since my friend and I were in the area, so we decided to try it. The service was great. Honestly loved the atmosphere of the place. The music was chill and soothing and the ambiance was overall nice. We both ordered chicken katsu, and I got mine with curry. The portions were HUGE. We loved the katsu and would definitely come back to try more, if not just for the katsu! read more

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The service and food are both amazing! If you are looking for a very clean and relaxing place to grab some food in the heart of Davis Square, this is the place for you! Ask for Amy and Catherine they are both amazing! read more

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I went there for lunch with my mom on a Thursday. The food was delicious but the waitress was rude and didn't seem like she wanted to work there or make our experience pleasant. Our silverwear, which was thrown on my mom's plate by the waitress after our food arrived was dirty and her attitude when we asked her for a clean one was awful. She put the dirty one where they keep all the silverware and took another that passed to my mom pointing it to her. Awful! I felt scared to ask for anything during our meal for her attitude. She took the cash we put there to pay for the check, didn't ask if we needed change and that's it. She hid and we never saw her again. We won't be coming back to this place. read more

This place is the best. The staff are fantastic, and the food is even better. They have a vegetarian version of their miso soup. I've never had a bad experience. read more

This place is fantastic! Great food, super-friendly service, awesome scene and it's so great to have in Davis. Definitely the best Genki Ya in the area! read more

I ordered delivery. GrubHub says 45-55 minutes. It took 1 hr 40 minutes to arrive. You're better off making sushi yourself.

We've been here a number of times and have had both good and bad experiences. The good food and excellent cocktails are what have brought us back. If you sit at the bar (this is pre-Covid), you are probably fine. The last time we went in before the pandemic, our bartender was extremely attentive and friendly. I love their saki martinis, particularly the cucumber one! We have had a few bad experiences when going in with a larger group though. One time it took our food nearly an hour to come out, and we were about ready to just say we didn't want it because we were in a hurry to catch a show after dinner. This same time, drinks (including non-alcoholic drinks, which take less time typically) took well over twenty minutes. I had to remind our server that I had ordered a green tea. The sushi is good, and the only time that we have had an issue ordering through Uber Eats, the problem was on Uber's end (grabbing the wrong to go). It's good if you plan on ordering delivery! read more

We had such a fabulous time tonight at Genki Ya in Davis!! On a Wednesday night, we came in and we were allowed to sit wherever we liked! We order, and had a silly request that our order come on a boat, and Jose (our waiter) smiled and told us it would be no problem at all! It was so cute! The staff could not have been more kind or accommodating. Such a great date night for my girlfriend and I. We have been coming to Genki Ya Davis since it opened, and it's always been great. Jose and the rest of the staff is always awesome and we will continue to come here for fantastic nights. FYI, AMAZING scorpion bowls. :) read more

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I love sushi and I've tried a lot of places around Boston. The sushi here is good and I recommend it. My friend and I enjoyed the spicy scallop and scorpion roll. The vibe is a little awkward and it feels forced. It's like the place can't decide if it wants to be upscale, quiet, and romantic or an after work place for drinks or a sports bar. The slow piano music is clearly not working for the vibe, since no one we saw was there for a date. Everyone there was with a friend or in a group. The place would had a better vibe with more upbeat music. read more

Poor service and the taste is not the same as some of the other Genki Ya in the town. Be ready to be met with an angry manager..

I've been to many of the other Genki-Ya locations and truly enjoy their food. But wow, the service here is incredibly poor. Maybe it's just the hostess/greeter/order taker, but the last 3 visits and encounters with her were just so awful. (Why do I come back? Because I was craving Katsu and haven't found an alternative place and I hold on to hope that maybe that woman isn't working). My friend and I got take out here just today...the masks also don't help with communication, but she was yelling and getting mad at me for clarifying my order because she was charging me much less than what I usually pay. (Turns out she didn't hear my order right, yet continued to be annoyed) I had my friend physically pick up the order just because I had enough of her. When I asked my friend how her experience was with that woman, she said "I felt like I was in prison." Lol. She got mad/angry because we asked for a fork, which they "don't carry." Anyways, I recommend the food if you're willing to take on some abusive customer service. read more

Sushi rolls were really great, not over filled with rice so you could really taste the fish and it was very fresh. The sashimi lunch special included salmon (which must have been salmon belly as it melted in your mouth). And the escolar was like butter. read more

Ok sushi. Love that its organic, but wish the fish quality were better. The actual fish amounts are somewhat minimal compared to other sushi take out restaurants. But fast and accurate delivery. read more

This sleek sushi, sashimi, and sake spot is what Somerville needed. Davis Square has so many good, fun, vibrant places to dine and drink, it's great to find a friendly fresh take on Japanese that is calm and caring for customers. Johnny takes great care of his guests and the crew from servers to sushi chef make the entire experience enjoyable. Check them out, great for dinner at the bar or larger groups. Super happy to have a great Asian place in Davis Square. read more

Second time this week the same hostess has not had my order ready on arrival. Both times I have patiently asked how long before the order could be ready and the hostess ignored every single time I asked for a time they would be ready for me to pick up lunch. Today I asked for a refund of the cost of the lunch as it was late again and I had no time to wait and she would not give me any time frame. And she said she had to drive two hours to get to the restaurant which is I suppose the reason my order wasn't done (but other people came in and got theirs with no problem). She refused to give me any kind of documented receipt of the refund and asked why I was giving her a "hard time". Thoroughly unprofessional and I was forced to leave due to time constraints but she never would give me any documented receipt of a refund at all. So I am pretty sure they robbed me of that money. If I could give zero stars I would.. read more

So yummy! The service is not the fastest but it's good value for the amount you get and it's really delicious.

I've always loved Genki Ya and am so excited that they've opened up in Davis Sq! Beautiful atmosphere, attentive service, full liquor/wine/beer options. The freshest sushi - never a disappointment! And as always takeout and they deliver :) read more

We just got seated by a lady at the host stand NOT WEARING A MASK! We decided to walk out of the restaurant.

We had a take out from here tonight. The food arrived really fast. The fish was very cold. You could not taste the difference between different kinds of fish. Everything was tasteless. The Miso soup was watery salt. It is extra disappointing since it is not a cheap place. Next time I will just wait for Sugidama or Cafe Sushi to open. read more

We no longer live close to this place but always take a special trip when we are in the area visiting. Amazing food! Fantastic customer service! The manager always remembers us and that one of us has a gluten allergy. The waiters and waitresses are top notch and super friendly. 10/10 Highly Recommend! read more

Probably some of the best sushi in Somerville. Super clean and nice environment in the restaurant. Will definitely be back.

The fish smelled fishy, which is not only a sign of bad fish, but also the absolutely last smell you want to experience. I even complained to the restaurant and have yet to hear back from them (I don't expect to), and this was weeks ago. With tons of other options around, stay away from this place. read more

Staff was very friendly and the food was amazing. We love sushi and wanted to try this place out and we were not disappointed. The rolls delicious and pretty big, their selection was huge as well. Would definitely eat there again read more