I attended the pop-up at Cordial and I ordered the shrimp and avocado roll and I was not impressed. There were no flavors at all. I had to add so much soy sauce add flavor to the roll. The pop-up shop was a great idea because I love going to Cordial however I could have saved $10 for a bland roll. read more

Jacknife - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

Came for lunch at noon on a Saturday. We got The Spice Spice Baby and the Jalapeño Biz sushi rolls under the lunch specials. +2 beers because beer is yummy with sushi!! Wonderful presentation and generous portions. Everything is not salted to our liking and even had asked for some . The Jalapeño Biz sushi roll needed more jalapeño kick to it. The sauce that came with the pork dumplings was a little flavor lacking but we added soy and Sriracha and it was delicious. All in all... Very good and not a bad price. We will be back!!! PS... The music selection is awesome!! read more

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Unique menu and welcoming environment on a Monday evening. There were four vegan roll options, two cooked rolls and the rest were raw but all very unique combinations. We got the protein bowls, one with chicken and one with raw salmon, both good BUT don't mix the sauce in with the rice until you try it. You can get the bowl with rice or with greens or quinoa and I think the sauce is meant for the greens. Despite the casual vibe they had clean porcelain plates like you'd get at a restaurant and glasses if you're dining in. I plan to go back and try the rest of their menu. read more

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Super delicious sushi, bowls and noodles here. On top of that presentation gets a 10/10. From the edible flower decoration on my sushi to the intentionally placed crispy tofu on my cold sesame noodles, attention to detail is impeccable. Also, having real crab in the sushi roll I ordered was a real treat. read more

Jacknife - It was the yuzu crab salad roll...well what was left. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

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Friendly staff and really interesting flavors. Food came out extremely fast and they had some great beers on tap. I felt like the food was just okay but we did eat only the plant based options so that could be why. I did appreciate how many vegetarian sushi options they had and enjoyed them! read more

Jacknife - Dumplings, vegetarian sushi, cold noodles - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

Great spot for takeout sushi. It always takes amazing and very fresh. Ordering online is easy and convenient. Use the code they send once your order is ready, and grab it from the locker inside. read more

New restaurants are always so much fun to try! Came here for lunch on a Wednesday during their first week of opening. This restaurant is by the same owner as RED, so I had high expectations. For a casual, grab-and-go version of RED, it definitely delivers. I ordered the rad tuna roll and shitake dumplings. I liked the rad tuna; it had a pickle and a pleasant little surprise. The dumplings were also delicious and fresh tasting. I think they are still getting their groove as a restaurant. My friend received the wrong roll, but they quickly fixed it and let them keep the wrong roll. I will be back, hoping this will be a new favorite lunch spot as it is close to my work. read more

I did the lunch and got spicy salmon and the curry roll. The spicy salmon was tasty but was just salmon and wasabi in rice - I think I was expecting sriracha mixed with the salmon. The curry roll was absolutely flavorless. Veggies were fresh in the roll but I expected some flavor to hit my tastebuds. The food came out very quickly. Fair price point - $16+tax for 2 rolls and miso soup - I don't think you'll find many places outside a grocery store that will be that inexpensive. Parking - a bit of a chore Ambiance - beautiful, well lit area Their menu had quite a few options - some quite unique. Probably a 4 star but I can't believe their curry roll was so flavorless. read more

Some items were great and others were a miss. The overall theme and atmosphere is great, the place is fun and I love the quick service sushi. All three sushi rolls we tried were good. Pear pressure was unique and the flavors all worked together. The fish was so fresh! The xoxo was my favorite! The lemon flavor is amazing in it! We also tried the spice spice baby which was also good, but more simple. I didn't care for any of the apps we got- the edamame was plain and adding the chili sauce didn't make a difference to us. But it's edamame, not much to expect. The slaw could have been seasoned better or had a different sauce- it was very plain and boring. The pork dumplings were okay, not my fave but not bad. I think I would try the shrimp ones next time. Overall the food was good, but pretty pricey for quick service style. The staff were very friendly and the place was clean. Worth checking out! read more

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Amazing... best people and fabulous sushi. Their loyalty program is also clutch. Really can't go wrong with anything on the menu - lunch specials are perfection! read more

If your idea of a perfect sushi night is curled up at home eating top shelf sushi then this is your place. Staff is always great if you want to pop in for regular takeout, but there's curbside pickup too. So plan your night in and enjoy. read more

Stopped into this spot on Saturday. The Lei'd Back Poke Bowl and Crunch Salad were outstanding! Ingredients were incredibly fresh. Watched a few rolls and bowls come out of kitchen and everything looked great. Cool, clean environment and you see everything being made to order. Very friendly service. read more

Jacknife - Crunch Salad - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

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Very fun atmosphere. I like the mural work and all of the fast to go/delivery options. They have a large aclictic selection of bottled and canned drinks. The are creative. I like the one with apple the most! read more

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Really love this place, had to post again. We've eaten here easily a dozen times. The sushi is excellent, the salads are delicious, and love the dumplings! read more

Best sushi on the East side of Madison! The place is super clean and it's super quick as well!

Food was excellent! The Teriyaki chicken was very good along with the Yellow fin tuna. Meso... so good ! Service was good but a bit slower. Nice views of East Wash read more

Favorite sushi place in Madison, and their bowls are excellent. Lunch combos are great for the price too.

Family favorite! Popped in real quick before a basketball game and grabbed some chow. Service was great and food was great. Food came out quickly knowing we were trying to get in and out quick for the game. read more

Ordered their 2 roll lunch special for pickup. It was ready exactly when they said it would be, delivered to my car by a smiling staff member and hit the spot! Love the little dipping tray included in the box. read more

After getting an opportunity to try Jackknife again, I was happier about the portion sizes of the sushi rolls. The staff again was friendly and helpful. Thank you for granting us another opportunity to visit you and see the portion sizes were much more filling than our first experience. read more

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Clean environment, attention to detail, GREAT food! Staff is very friendly and considerate. Good price for what you get. One of my new Madison favorites read more

Jacknife - LEI'D BACK POKE BOWL - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

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Went to Jacknife recently for dinner on a week night with friends. The venue was very clean, casual, and hip. I really liked how there were individual tables and a very long table for many guests to enjoy their food (up to 8 or 10 people could fit on the long table). The sushi was delicious! I had 2 of the specialty rolls (one was salmon skin and another was spicy tuna, yellow tail, and avocado). The rolls were very fresh and were beautifully presented. Overall, my experience was very good. The sushi tasted great, the atmosphere was clean and casual, and the wait time was not very long. Will return! read more

It was mediocre, the space was cool but I've had way better sushi for less money. The dumplings were top-tier! read more

Jacknife - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

My go-to for quality, gluten free sushi in Madison!! The pear pressure is perfectly balanced & portion sizes are great. Definitely worth every penny! read more

Totally disappointing, especially knowing it's the same people as Red. Non-food things (curbside pickup, sushi packaging) were done really well and it was ready quickly, but that's it. Roasted vegata-bowl was basically just a pile of edamame with some sad roasted vegetables. Sauce was good but just a boring, unflavorful, seemingly lacking effort dish. Cold sesame noodles were good, but also not super flavorful or memorable. Rad tuna roll was standard. Tuna was not as good as what we've had at Red in the past. Overall just seems like the place can't decide what it wants to be ("rolls and bowls" = carne asada salads and no poke bowls) and is doing below average, boring things in the meantime. read more

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Writing this review is a big time bummer y'all. I live on E wash and have been eagerly anticipating the opening of fast-casual Jacknife for months. Once I heard the owner is RED we're opening this place I had high expectations and was excited about their new venture! However, when I tried Jacknife last week I was incredibly underwhelmed. My issues with Jacknife have to do with the food, prices, and menu. I had hoped ( and sort of expected) to see something like sushi burritos or poke bowls on the menu given the proximity to Breese Stevens Field and lack of sushi burrito availability in WI. Sadly, the menu is mostly rolls and bowls - which would be fine if they were really good. Next, the menu is very eclectic. It feels like the rolls on the menu are the rolls that are under development and didn't make it to the main menu at RED. I ordered the pear pressure roll and can say I don't ever need to combine orange sauce, salmon, and pear again. My wife ordered the ebibody rock roll which was better than the pear roll but wasn't anything to get excited about. We didn't finish either roll. We also ordered the shrimp dumplings which were incredibly salty and the seaweed salad - which kicked ass. Oh - and their miso cookie - that shit slaps. Get that miso cookie. Ok we went over the menu issues and the food issues - the last issue is the price. We paid over $60 dollars for our meal - which feels incredibly expensive for a fast casual restaurant. I'd rather just go to RED than pay the same amount for less good food and less good atmosphere. Overall - I'm really bummed that Jacknife isn't living up to the hype. I REALLY WANT THIS PLACE TO SUCCEED - and i think they can if they fix their menu. I think they missed a huge opportunity with the sushi burritos - the food is weird and expensive and overall I won't be headed back anytime soon. Unless - yes I'll say it again - they give me some handheld sushi in the form of a burrito lol. read more

I love jacknife! The only place I will ever order delivery sushi from: their rolls are DELICIOUS (So is their poke). Also GORGEOUS packaging read more

Jacknife - Coconut roll and spicy tuna for delivery - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

Absolutely fantastic and a huge need in a city with limited sushi options. Unsurprisingly the food is great here since it is part of the Red Sushi family. However, Jacknife has its own vibe and has a more fast casual vibe while still maintaining the high level of quality tasty food as Red. I love that this restaurant is not a clone of Red and has its own identity. For my first time in I actually decided to use the website and order takeout. Ordering online was very easy and it seems like they have a rewards system (interested to learn more). Unique to most restaurants they use a locker type of system to store your food when it is ready and you are able to collect it from there. I found this system very easy to use and very quick! Unfortunately I was very hungry and excited to try that I forgot to take pictures but I will return and will hopefully remember then. Everything I tried was fantastic. The Rad Tuna and Pear Pressure rolls were fantastic and fresh the pear complemented the roll nicely and did not overtake it. The pork dumplings were fire and I will be trying the other varieties soon. My only wish is that they add some of the basic rolls (salmon, scallop...) as they only have one basic tuna and shrimp roll in current state. Also would like to see more seafood protein options for some of the salads/bowls. I highly recommend Jacknife and I'm excited to see how they continue to be creative. Great new addition to Madison! read more

Okay so I just heard about this place yesterday and I love dumplings and sushi so I had to try. They delivered to the hospital I work at in like 30 mins tops! Everything was so easy. Nothing was forgotten. The little tray for soy sauce is perfect!! And most importantly YUMMMMM I am so happy. I haven't even finished my food and I'm writing on Yelp LOL EDIT: so I ended up going again like 3 days after my first review to show a friend. Again, the service was excellent (you guys are so nice lol), I actually went inside this time and the inside is so cool! And clean and fun, the food came out in probably 7 mins. They have an outside patio! But I read some of the other reviews & I wanted to add that this is not RED sushi. It's a different restaurant. It's not a "need a reservation, dress fancy" type of sushi place like RED is. It's a fast and convenient lunch spot. I thought some of the reviews were a little harsh because they were comparing it to RED. One thing I will say: I ordered sushi today at work again but from A different place off Park because I wanted to try it. JackNife's fish pieces are almost double in size. When I was eating it, I was sad I wasn't eating Jacknife, I just want everyone to try this so it will be successful so I can continue to order it at work haha :) seriously! Try it read more

Jacknife - Salmon sushi, the soy sauce tray (so cute) and some delicious roll I'm forgetting what it was! Sorry! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

Feeling underwhelmed, but I like the idea of an up scale fast-food spot serving sushi and sashimi. I saw this was "brought to you by RED" so I think I was expecting a lot. It was good, don't get me wrong, but I was hoping for more flavor out of the food I got. The pear pressure roll could have been elevated a touch with a slice of jalapeño, but maybe that makes it less accessible for the short and fine-tuned menu. There are options here for your vegan and gluten friendly folks. Vibe is hip, service was FAST, price was a touch high; I'll be back to try more! read more

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I had the two rolls rainbow was excellent. Angry badger was excellent. Just the right amount of heat. Spring rolls were fresh tasty and delicious. Sadly it's order at the counter above fast food service. Place is clean and well maintained. Adequate wheelchair accessible. Adequate parking. It's great! read more

So fun to be able to get quality sushi for a casual quick meal service was amazing and the interior of this place is unbelievable.. feels like you are in a big city. Both these rolls were amazingly fresh and flavorful. I can't wait to try more!! read more

Jacknife - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

Brought to you by the same people who run restaurant red, the food here is fresh, prepared well, with a sunny environment. It's a little pricey, but it seems like everything is these days. read more

The location is fun and bright, with sushi at the same quality as Red, which of course is fantastic, employees are always helpful and kind

Jacknife is the best take-out / lunch sushi place in the city, by far. They have a varied menu and something for everyone, even those that don't like sushi. My favorites are the Pear Pressure for rolls and the Baja Bowl for bowls. You really can't go wrong. Pleasant atmosphere, quick and convenient. Highly recommend. read more

Great quality and fun packaging! Also easy pickup in alley lane. Fresh ingredients and good menu options.

First visit to Jacknife and was impressed with the vegan options! The Might Mushroom, Currysmatic and Shishito Peppers were all delicious. Way too much food for a single person but glad I ordered the variety just the same. Loved the order pickup lockers and overall ease of use through the entire ordering and pick up process. Would gladly return here again. read more

Was so looking forward to another east side choice for sushi. Just meh, no taste. Will give the bowls a try another time.

This place is stylish and edgy, and the hands-off concept is solid in these virus-ridden times. The food unfortunately did not live up to my expectations, or those of my dining companion. The presentation was lovely, a real orchid in a take-out meal is a step above. But seriously, who puts cucumber in sushi and leaves the skin on? Big chunks of cucumber, with thick leathery skin. Everything else about it was fine, but this spoiled it for me. I've only been once, so maybe that was a fluke? Surely they didn't mean to do that? If they did, they need to rethink that. The prices are not commensurate with the level of preparation, too high for what it is. My dining companion got one of the bowls that was bowled over by way too much sauce and sweet potatoes compared with the rest of the ingredients, not balanced well. I loved the little ordering screens and takeout cubbies deal, keep that up and work on the rest. read more

Jacknife - Sushi Bars Near Me - Madison, Wisconsin

So easy, so delicious, so reliable. Personal and family favorite for quick lunch or dinner!