This is by far the worst sushi I've ever had in my entire life! Me being from Hawaii and having visited Japan, I can truly say that I've had traditional sushi all my life. The sushi from Albertsons and the commissary tastes way better than what this "Japanese" sushi restaurant serves! For the price we paid for Ebi nigiri sushi $5.50 each piece (ordered 2 for $11 total) it was a total rip off! This was not served with sushi rice. There was no taste to the rice. It was just "plain rice"! It was bad!! My husband's fried rice was expensive for a small little portion with not much taste. The dragon roll that we ordered didn't even look like a dragon roll. That was just like a California maki with shrimp on it, and yet again, no sushi rice just plain white rice. There was no dipping sauce for the gyoza, which was sad, so I used unagi sauce just for taste because the gyoza didn't have much flavor. Our waitress was nice in the beginning, but never checked up on us after she gave us our food. We had to look for her and wait to ask for refills on our drinks. We asked for a container at the same time, and I had to stand up and go over to her to ask for our check because she didn't bring it or ask if we needed it. Don't think I'll ever come here again. Food quality was bad, service could be better, and prices need to change for the quality and amount of food that you are serving! Just looked at my receipt that I guess when you pay with a debit or credit card they're gonna charge you additional funds as well which I believe it maybe illegal! read more

Katsura Sushi Bar - How we felt about the "dragon roll" lol - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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Katsura Sushi was a wonderful dining experience. The restaurant was clean and comfortable, and our waitress was very attentive and friendly. The food was absolutely delicious, and everything tasted fresh and well prepared. We truly enjoyed our visit. The sushi is a bit overpriced;however, it's probably the better of the sushi's we've had since moving to El Paso. read more

Katsura Sushi Bar - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas

When coming here we were greeted very nicely told my sister, my mother, and me can sit anywhere we wanted. When sitting down after being asked what drink we wanted, it took 5-10 minutes to get our drinks. After getting them we ordered our food while in the middle of ordering our server made us wait so he can grab and notepad to write our orders down. Finally getting to complete what we wanted to order it took over an hour almost two get our food. seeing that our first order was sushi it was left there for a awhile sitting at there sushi bar under a light for over 20-30 minutes. We had seen our server on the phone, and cooks at the sushi bar just standing around talking to each other. After waiting about 1 hour just about 2 they finally brought us our food. taking 3-4 people to bring our food to us. When sitting down we were only brought with two chopsticks but thankful i always keep portable chopsticks on me and only had brought us two napkins. Wasn't even give plates for our sushi or for our soy sauce.. Overall not a great experience and will not be returning back. read more

Food seemed kind of dry, the rice specifically. I wondered if the fish was fresh too, probably not. The selection for sushi wasn't really that great either. The server was friendly but if you don't speak Spanish, good luck ordering- so frustrating read more

This place is terrible. I made a mistake giving it a chance. Live and learn. Just go down the street to Albertsons and get some sushi there. You will save lots and lots of money. This restaurant is an embarrassment to El Paso. I am sorry to say. 1. Rap music playing inside a sushi restaurant. Seriously? Have some respect. Get rid of the samurai armor if you don't want a Japanese atmosphere. 2. They don't have a real menu, you have to scan a bar code and use your phone to view it online. It's not a COVID thing because they give you physical menus for the drinks, but no prices, no pictures and someone made it on Microsoft word. Just black and white. 3. No Wi-Fi. They want you to use internet to see the menu, but don't offer internet. They tease you with the Katsura Wi-Fi name there, but nope. 4. My nigiri was bad. So thin it was almost see through. The salmon had skin...I don't even know what to say. 5. Ordered a sushi roll, I didn't know barbecue sauce was even a thing with sushi. It didn't mix well with the cream cheese inside. 5a. The ginger was thicker than the sushi, which made the ginger terrible overall. 6. No free refills or waitress never offered us any. I think the lemon aid said no free refills . 7. $3 for using your credit card. No matter the price. $3 dollars. 8. We spent $70 for the worst lunch experience. Ambience was terrible. Maybe grass on one wall...it was weird. Not Japanese at all. Or maybe not even trying. Of note, the waitress is nice. It's not her fault the place is the way it is. Just go get some Albertsons sushi, it is way better and you u can watch something fun with your family. Honestly. read more

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I took my little one here with me and she got the chicken skewer and rice. She kept saying that it was sooo good. We got calamari for an appetizer and it was not good, it was spicy and too salty. I felt like they overcooked it so i wont be getting that next time. I got the bermudez roll and I totally loved it! Their miso soup was really good and it has good flavor. The place was clean and the bathroom as well. They also had great customer service! I would be coming back to this place! read more

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There was literally more employees sitting around than employees working, long wait times for below average food! I had gotten two rolls, the golden Cali was fine at best but the Philly roll tasted funky and my girlfriend found a hair in the spicy Mayo! Miso soup is just salted water, with one piece of miso! I've been here three times overall thinking that they'll redeem themselves! But it's just not worth it to pricey for not very good food. read more

Boy the quality of this place has gone down down down. The miso soup was watered down the sushi tasted like the sushi you'd get at a grocery store. The only good and bad thing was the bar fast service but expensive drinks. Oh yeah watch your bill cause if you don't they'll over charge for 1 or 2 items. Didn't think it was possible to get bad sushi here. read more

I sure hope that by the time I'm done posting this review, I am able to bump up the average rating for this place from 2 stars to at least...3 or so. Because the previous reviewers of this place who gave them 1 star seriously ought to consider scheduling themselves for a cranial nerve exam! So this is the sushi bar my wife recommended to me and the same one I was trying to locate the other day, but ended up at Makoto instead. Hands down...Katsura is TWICE the sushi joint that Makoto is. Let's talk menu. This place already has the advantage over the first one I tried due to the fact that they actually serve other items besides sushi. The Ramen soup (as pictured) is excellent! It's SO good, in fact, that it reminded me of the Ramen I used to enjoy at Susaki before they were inexplicably shut down. It consists of chicken and Ramen in beef broth with green onions. Exquisite! Before we could enjoy our Ramen though, they brought out the sushi. My wife ordered the Favorite roll (yes, that's what it's actually called) and although I asked for a California Shrimp roll, I'm fairly certain the waiter brought me a regular California roll instead. Whatever. I was feeling too adventurous and was too hungry to give a crap at this point. We quickly discovered why it's called the "Favorite Roll". This sushi beat the pants off the California roll (which I'll get to in a bit). Solid 10! 5 stars all around. Yada yada yada. Now, the biggest problem I had with the California roll (aside from the fact that the whole thing looked as if it was about to fall apart in my chopsticks) was the fact that it was incredibly dry. Keep in mind, I made NO modifications to this roll what so ever. So it was served as it normally is. I was expecting more with the filler. But it seemed to consist of crab meat with a few veggies, avocado and...that's about it. No sauce, other than the Japanese spicy mayo that we ordered on the side. This roll could have used some soy or masago. I dunno. Something seemed incredibly bland about this particular roll, especially in comparison to the Favorite roll we got. Anyway, the Favorite roll (which ended up being our favorite. ooooh!! see what I did there?), we ended up ordering two more of those to go so we could enjoy them later. Honestly, I was already pretty stuffed from the Ramen soup when all was said and done. The service was actually WAY better than previous patrons described. The waiter was very attentive. Almost....annoyingly so. But we were one of four customers there at the time, since it was fairly early in the day. So I only have a couple theories about the reviews preceding mine.. 1.) Since it's fairly obvious that most of the negative reviews for this place date back to 2014 and earlier, I can only assume they were operating underneath different management and/or had different chefs working in the back. So it's very possible that at one point, the quality of food here was as abysmal as some claim. Dismissing all that, however, I'll bet it's more like.. 2.) More than a handful of the negative reviews left for this place came from folks who either don't usually post reviews on a regular basis or, worse....only have 1 review underneath their profile and this is it. It's like they created a Yelp account for the sole purpose of bashing some sushi joint they didn't agree with. Because....reasons. I dunno...that just seems more like trolling to me. All I know is I had almost no problems with this place, except for the one sushi roll being kind of a let down. But you can't even really hold that against them anyway because honestly, not every sushi roll is for every person. Overall: we will most definitely be returning here and I might even leave an updated review at some point in the future. I feel like this place should have a much higher average rating. I plan to open a discussion thread recommending this place to other Yelpers. Maybe then, Katsura Sushi will receive the more accurate reviews it deserves. read more

Katsura Sushi Bar - The "favorite roll" and the "California roll" - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas

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DON'T waste your money. A lot of the pictures for this place are way better than what you will get. First off they do not understand how to roll sushi, there are pieces with a ton of cream cheese and no crab. When sushi is rolled you lay all of the ingredients down evenly in a line and then roll it so when it's cut you get even amounts of ingredients. Second there's no flavor really and barely any crab or shrimp. The only thing I could taste is cream cheese. Lastly the price for what you get is not great, but the size of the rolls is adequate. I had a California shrimp roll and panko roll but it was straight breading for the panko roll not panko flakes and it was sweet and not crunchy. My husband got the spicy tuna roll and the pieces of tuna are great but it's just a solid piece not tuna mixed with spicy mayo. The regular California roll was okay, just the same problem with how it was rolled. I'm sorry I have to leave such a bad review, but please at least learn how to roll sushi. read more

My wife wanted sushi and it was nearby so we decided to give it a try. Big expensive mistake. The service was good and the gyoza was tasty, but everything else was underwhelming or just plain bad. We both love miso soup and we both didn't finish it. The miso soup was so watered down. We ordered beef teriyaki and had two bites and immediately asked for a to go box. I don't like to waste food so I thought maybe my son would eat it or I could give it to the dogs. The sushi was barely just ok and the presentation was so bad. I told my wife to take a good look around because we are never going back and it so expensive. read more

If you order a family Katsu be ready to fork out more money for katsu sauce. You would think they would include enough for the $40.00 family package. Too bad they throw an attitude when you have to drive back an ask for more. Not the first time it happens read more

For a place with Sushi Bar in its name, the food that comes out is a terrible representation of the quality one would expect for the namesake. Expect long wait times and confused staff sending out orders to the wrong tables, and then charging extraneous items for all that and more even if people didn't get their food in a THREE hour wait time, which is just asinine. Their ticket system supposedly has difficulty separating large orders at once and thus expect to wait at least an hour for the staff to get it straightened out. tldr; a bottom of the barrel eatery not worthy to be designated as a sushi bar. You can do better with your spending in El Paso. read more

This place poses a serious health hazard. 1) Service was bad. Never got napkins and they had forgotten about our appetizers. 2) Food was bad. Miso soup tasted like water and the sushi rolls tasted like they were days old. 3) Myself and everyone else at the table reportedly destroyed our restrooms within the following days. I was ACTUALLY on the floor crying and I hadn't cried since the Cowboys last won the Super Bowl. I had always imaged what Hell would be like and I'm pretty certain that's as close as it gets. If you've eaten there recently, say 10 Hail Marys and 10 Our Fathers... heck, might even have to throw in an Apostles Creed just to be safe. read more

Very disappointed. The service was very bad & the food was not Japanese. There were about 4 servers standing around & our server seem to be in training. The food was overpriced for the quality. They also charge a service fee for credit card. read more

Menu prices did not reflect actual prices--so when we got the check it was about $25 more than we were expecting to pay. Tea alone cost $4 each! Ordered hot green tea and it was completely opaque green and too bitter and strong to drink. Won't be returning. read more

I heard from a friend this place was good and I've been desperate to find decent sushi in El Paso, so I paid no mind to the yelp reviews. Big mistake. I ordered the Alan Special Roll, which was supposed to be rice, avocado, tempura shrimp, cream cheese and crab paste. It was "breaded" and I asked the manager if it was tempura style she confirmed that it was. The roll was 90% rice and the breaking was not tempura or crispy at all. It just added more carbs to the already overloaded roll. It took 20 minutes to get my Togo food in an empty restaurant. I should've known better when a white girl who looked like Miley Cyrus was their sushi chef. That just ain't right.... Restaurant was clean and miso was average but all and all for 14 bucks I will not be returning to Katsura for another rice roll. read more

Katsura Sushi Bar - My Alan Special roll. As you can see it is ALL rice!!!! Not cool, man. - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas

the rolls had so much rice... it felt like I was just given rice balls, they were lopsided and the filling was coming out of some of them... the sign at the door said "in need of a sushi chef " I should've known that meant they don't currently have one... read more

Ordered to go today 4/11/21. Appetizer was absent. No one will answer the phone. All of the rolls are either falling apart or not sliced all the way through. Krab from cali roll missing. I do not recommend at all. read more

The smallest portions of sushi I have ever seen. there was probably 1/10 of a dime sized shrimp in each piece of sushi I would never go back to this place. Don't waste your money here. The quality of food has deteriorated tremendously in the last few years. read more

The service took too long for 2 drinks(teas). Sushi was bland tasting and avocado on the sushi was not fresh. The meal for 2 rolls and a "yakamesi" came out 30mins later. We literally timed it. There was only 6 tables including ours (with 2 to 3 people)and the staff(no names or position) stated that they where crowded. We came in before noon and left almost close to 1 when our food was coming to the table. Not worth a return or recommended unless Gordon Ramsey "Kitchen Nightmares " visits this place. read more

Dislikes: Rice didn't stay together very well, soy sauce seemed watered down not like low sodium or regular, I've had both. Sushi by the piece is $2.95. No simple shrimp tempura roll, no ginger, hot green tea is $3.50 apiece and yellow tail is hamachi not hamashi lol. Likes: I may have a lot of dislikes, but being from NY I'm used to sushi with a Japanese theme not a Mexican one. The food, as little as we got was good. The hot green to was also good and hot. I'll come back and try more. Of course these are my preferences and the waitress was nice with no real waiting issues. read more

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Sushi was terrible order banana roll and didn't have banana at all food wasn't cooked all the way to much rice. No flavor at all go to sushi garden way better place read more

The restaurant was busy and the service a bit slower that what I'm used to, but that's to be expected since they are making the sushi by hand. So I ordered a plate of calamari and it was ok, nothing spectacular. We also got stuffed mushrooms, those where really good. The sushi rolls where good and not bad for not being in El Paso. As far as the sushi rolls, once you've had one anywhere in the U.S. you've had them all. But I will go back. read more

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ROTTEN FISH!!!! We ordered over Uber eats they gave the wrong order to the driver she had to drive back to get the right order cause they messed up and on top of that we had a sushi platter and the red snapper was rotten and smelled awful. It also tasted like horrible made my husband puke. We called to let them know so it doesn't happen to someone else they only offered us to come back in and get more fish read more

A friend recommended this place with very good feedback so I decided to try it. Honestly, it did not exceed my expectations. I can say that I've had better sushi. The only I thing I enjoyed the most was the appetizer. I had the fry dumplings and it was very good. Now as for the sushi it was so-so. I ordered the Las Vegas. On the other hand the waiter was very friendly and attentive. If it's just for the sushi, I will probably rather go somewhere else. read more

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Only thing that stopped me from giving it zero was the gyoza.The combination meal I ordered was so damn dry it felt like I was eating grass and sand paper.Who the hell is back there cooking? There were no sauces at all and the food was unseasoned.I should have went to my usual place instead.I guess I should have seen the redflags when they had telemundo playing instead of any Japanese music or fanfare. read more

Would give 0 stars if I could, If you decide to call and make an order they will most likely get your order wrong and will give you inconsistent wait times. read more

See many mixed review but we had great service, very friendly server that gave us recommendation that we truly enjoyed. Coming from San Diego we felt very welcomed and attended to with a smile and friendly conversation. Food was delicious - highly recommend it. read more

The flavor wasn't too bad. You will get super tiny pieces of sushi, not the mention the eight of a straw size of shrimp (you can't even taste). Some of the pieces had little to no shrimp. Will not be coming back. read more

Great Sushi. Great and fast service. My girlfriend and I loved it and will make this restaurant our go to for sushi.

I came here with an open mind despite the other yelp reviews, I should have listened. I would not being coming back here... Negatives: Waiter ask for what we would like to drink, we say water. Waiter comes back and ask or our order, no water... needed to be reminded after about 5-10mins. Received food without any utensil's, needed to be reminded. Sushi was given without wasabi or ginger, I've never been to a sushi restaurant that didn't offer it, even in traditional sushi restaurants. I know sushi is meant to be eaten the way it it served but the ambience, quality, and ability of the sushi chef did not call for tradition. Sushi, was not good quality. Fish was definitely not fresh. Rice was mushy... they must've put too much water when they cooked it. Leftover scraps of food on the plate, I guess they didn't wash the dishes well. It took 10mins to pay the bill. Wait time to pay the bill was waaaaay too long. There were 3 party's eating at the time (including mine). There was a waiter for each table so I don't understand why it took too long. I waiter look like he tried, which I appreciate but despite his effort, the result of the service and food was unsatisfactory. Good: The unagi nigiri. Bad: 1 piece of unagi nigiri for $2.95 read more

Looking at some of the reviews on here, it doesn't give this place any justice, I and my wife personally enjoyed their sushi, friendly staff, atmosphere and their dessert. I would most definitely recommend this place to others. read more

Katsura Sushi Bar - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas

Late lunch: ambiance and décor are excellent it's a very clean place. Service: very good - I ordered Katsura combination it was total of 6 small slices of sashimi Sake (salmon) and Maguro (tuna) and hamachi (yellow tail) - 8 pieces of nigiri sushi Sake (salmon), Maguro (tuna) Tsurimi and unagi I like my unagi warm and this was completely cold our of the refrigerator. Presentation was very good - I had to ask the waiter for some wasabi and ginger at no cost, but I guess the waiter forgot to bring it when he brought my plate out. Taste of rice was fair freshness of the fish ok. Price was decent $ for sushi not bad, Ice tea fresh and plenty of it I would go there next time for dinner maybe to see if the experience changes a bit very nice please food ok. read more

Don't go without a reservation simply because they take forever to seat you, even when plenty of tables are available. Staff is prompt to offer drinks upon entering but take too long to serve the food. We had a small-medium party, one of our members asked for a simple salad and took 45-50 minutes to get his dish. Staff rarely comes out of the kitchen to check on you. Requested the check and took the staff 30 minutes to bring the receipt. Sushi & Miso soup were ok. read more

Too much rice for my taste, great looking rolls but not cut through the whole way, ramen broth was nice, noodles soft but not chewy, cucumber salad AMAZING read more

Wow just wow. Let's start with 5 minutes waiting for a person to seat us. When the place had 3 tables being used. TABLE was sticky and gross. We didn't know who our server was because we had to constantly ask different servers for service. MISO SOUP it was more boring and bland than Ferris Bueller's teacher calling attendance. TRASH left on our table for 10 minutes because they "FORGOT" to bring the check?? They could not see the PILE OF PLATES on our table??? That's it! We're out of here! NEVER BACK! Would put a big fat ZERO STARS if possible. read more

Seems like people from El Paso don't know anything about Japanese food. Overall, awful food and a pathetic attempt at Japanese cuisine. I had to ask to be served ginger, wasabi, and soy sauce (standard at any actual Japanese restaurant). The soy sauce had the consistency of bbq sauce and was given to me in a squeeze bottle. I did not get anything to pour the disgusting sauce in. They also don't give cups or mugs for beer. Drank it straight out the bottle. The beer is listed in pictures on a tacky wine menu. No prices are displayed. The staff member who served me did not know anything about the food or the prices of beverages. Our appetizer was forgotten and served after our entrees. The sushi was disgusting and partly premade. They don't serve tuna rolls or salmon rolls. Yikes. Mostly imitation meat and low quality ingredients, but high prices. Disgrace of a restaurant. Wouldn't eat there if paid to. read more

We ordered the vegetable tempura as an appetizer. It was ok, a little bland. They do give big pieces of veggies though. The miso soup was REALLY bland. It tasted like they added a lot of water. I had to put some soy sauce to give it a little taste. I ordered a California roll and chicken yakimeshi, and it tasted like they added too much Worcestershire sauce in the chicken yakimeshi. The sushi was good though. They did serve us a lot of ginger for the sushi so that was cool. But the service was slow. Waitress was very friendly though. The ambiance was nice, nice television, not loud at all. read more

This place was recommended to my husband and I by a friend. She swears by it. However, the sushi was very bland and mediocre. I ordered the Kani Special and the breading was very thick. My husband ordered the Bermudez roll and his was very bland with little to no flavor or taste. I would definitely not recommend this place. There is better sushi elsewhere. read more

Katsura Sushi Bar - Sushi Bars Near Me - El Paso, Texas