Lakeview Pearl is located on Harrison Avenue in the heart of Lakeview. It has recently been remodeled and is a nice lunch or dinner spot. The food is consistently good, but nothing spectacular. I visited recently on a Friday night, and the atmosphere was vibrant and a little loud. The service was excellent and the staff is friendly. I enjoyed the crab Rangoon and the sesame chicken from the starters. Both are great ways to start the meal. For my entree, I ordered the chicken teriyaki, and it is definitely one of my favorite items on their menu. I will definitely be back to enjoy some of my favorites and explore the menu. read more

I have been coming here for years and I always find myself returning. Lakeview Pearl is a very good sushi restaurant. They recently updated their interior and it looks amazing. The food is great, but nothing to write home about of course. read more

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We went here on a whim. It was quiet on a Saturday afternoon which we liked. We were pleasantly surprised. We haven't had sushi this good in quite a while. We especially were enamored with the sweet potato avocado roll. The sweet potato was tempura fried. Yum. The pork gyoza were especially tasty. Loved the pan fried crunch. We will definitely go back. read more

I visited the Pearl today and am pleasantly surprised by all of the recent changes. The renovation has really brightened up the space and it feels more welcoming. Along with the changes to the decor, there are also new menus, and happy hour offerings. I had the Pearl salad, and it was delicious. The tuna was so fresh! I've got my eye on the happy hour gyoza for my next visit. read more

Lakeview Pearl - Pearl Salad - all tuna - Sushi Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

I meet friends here for lunch occasionally. We love the sushi and sashimi lunch specials including the bento boxes. For one price, you receive soup, green salad, noodle salad, fried gyoza, and your sushi or sashimi. They have other bento boxes choices as well. The owner and staff are very friendly and there is ample parking. The ambiance is relaxing, professional, and clean. I recommend Lakeview Pearl! read more

Wow with the fresh sushi rolls and lychee martinis so close to everything and great parking next to the Tutti Frutti read more

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Small sushi spot not far from my house. Ive kind of become a regular because my mom goes there often and I meet her when Im free. The servers are quick and attentive. They have the best egg drop soup in the city (in my opinion). The fish is always fresh and they have some creative special rolls. I love the crazy girl roll. They also have lunch specials and a decent happy hour. read more

Lakeview Pearl - Chicken teriyaki - Sushi Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

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Nice selection of rolls and sushi. Friendly staff. The parking lot is a little tight but the service has always been speedy. Reasonably priced. read more

The sushi was good. A bit pricey but I felt satisfied with the quality. The atmosphere was nice and our server was really great and funny. It is a sushi place I would come back to on special occasions. read more

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Food is always fresh and delicious and the wait staff is courteous and attentive. Always seems they are open when many others are closed

Been looking for a good sushi place in New Orleans and well this is about my 4th place I have been. It is a neighborhood sushi and Asian food restaurant. The ambiance is real nice and the service was great. I came a little bit too close to closing, so was not able to try a lot of their dishes or sit by the aushi bar. They have a big selection of sushi rolls which we tried alien, soft shell crab and a triple salmon rolls. They were pretty good I would say, but since I like sashimi I would come back to check them out. Their miso soup was on point and their gyozas were better than the last place I went to. I do want to try other plates to see how their food compares to other sushi places. I believe that is a good family place and great for people that like sushi rolls. I will review when I come back for more dishes. Prices were pretty decent as well. read more

Lakeview Pearl - Sushi Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

I was underwhelmed. I am pretty sure that they water down the soy sauce. It was basically see through.

Great food and great service! Chef made a special dish upon request. Salmon Sashimi read more

Lakeview Pearl - Special order - Sushi Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

The BEST SPOT IN NOLA for sushi. Always fresh and friendly service. Never ate anything here I didn't enjoy. read more

Lakeview Pearl - Snow crab and rainbow roll. This is the BEST sushi in the city. - Sushi Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

The food is amazing. The service is fast along with a friendly face. The ambiance is subtle, chilled, and relaxing.

Was feeling for some sushi as there's not many food options towards the east. I came in at a time where it wasn't busy, but when I left it was packed. They do check for vaccination cards (so don't whine and get angry because you don't keep some form of verification on you or unless you're an anti-vaxxer). The atmosphere was in between chill/casual. Our server was attentive, but not overbearing. I had the squid steak, tuna tataki, yaki soba, and a cowboy roll. My friend got the Don Bofuri and a roll I forgot. The squid steak was less in quantity than other places, but had a more unique taste (not necessarily a bad, but it stands out). The tuna tataki was yum. Yaki soba was the only disappointment unfortunately, it was very bland as if it was just cooked just to be cooked without any seasonings or flavor (I added soy sauce which kinda saved it, but I'd rather not have to do that). For the Cowboy roll, I usually don't order beef based sushi, but I was willing to try it and for what it was, I liked it. Overall, Lakeview Pearl was a bit average. It fulfills the craving need, instead of eating just to not be hungry. I wouldn't come here often if there are other options, but there seemed to be plenty of regulars here at least from my point of view. read more

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Today my girlfriend and I were looking for good sushi in the area and stopped in. We were one of two tables aside from table of two employees eating. It was 6:30pm dinner time just before most restaurants get their rush. We were sat right away and waited... 10 minutes into wondering if we were going to be served a female server finally walked over to our table. She scoffed and said she was eating. Then she gave us the most passive aggressive guilt trip about how it wasn't her job and how the bartender was suppose to take our table. We felt so guilted by this woman that we left. I have never been guilted by a server for being her empty restaurant business. We went else where and we are so happy we did. The place was empty and I know why. read more

Ordered pick-up from Lakeview because they had what I wanted and what my bf wanted: crab Rangoon & squid steak 5 crab Rangoons came with the order and were crispy and delicious. Miso soup was tasty, chicken fried rice was good but could have used more sauce as it was pretty dried out. We used the rest of the squid steak sauce with it. I personally wasn't the biggest fan of the Tiger Roll we got, but I think I just picked the wrong one for my tastebuds. Next time! Overall, took about 20 minutes to be ready on a Friday night, not bad at all. Will return for sure. read more

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This food is either amazing or so incredibly fishy. It's so hit or miss. It's mostly the imitation crab that has a weird taste to it which doesn't make much sense because it's imitation crab... When the sushi isn't fishy, it's GOOOOOD but when it is, it is not pleasant I will say, their service is amazing. I've loved all my waitresses and waiters the times I've been. read more

Excellent sushi. We ordered several rolls and they all we great! Boston roll, shrimp tempura and Tiger roll were very good and i highly recommend this restaurant! Also as an added surprise we ordered egg rolls and they were the bomb! Get the egg rolls!!! Everything was perfect! Sorry i was so hungry i forgot ti take pics. Trust me it was delicious!!!! And the staff was super friendly and funny! Great experience all the way around! read more

Lakeview Pearl - The place - Sushi Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

Disclaimer: Being half-Japanese, I am pretty picky about my Japanese food. There isn't a whole lot to say. This just isn't that good. The rolls are "meh" and average at best. The fish was on the older side and didn't taste especially fresh. The sushi rice was too mushy The chicken teriyaki was nothing special. The service was average. It's just a "meh" restaurant and can be avoided. read more

Awesome Asian fusion place in Lakeview! There are lots of great special roll options and the fish is very fresh. If sushi isn't your thing, they also have various teriyaki dishes, fried rice, soups, and other classic Asian dishes. This place is always pretty crowded because it is a pretty popular restaurant. What we ordered: -Salmon avocado: this roll had large chunks of salmon, which I love in this type of roll. It tasted very fresh and came with 8 pieces in the roll -triple salmon roll: this roll is delicious! I love salmon and this roll came with spicy salmon and avocado on the inside and salmon, salmon roe, and ponzu sauce on top. If you love salmon, I definitely recommend this roll! It is everything you want and more. -vegetable fried rice: this fried was delicious and came with lots of vegetables and had a great flavor. -Sesame chicken: the sesame chicken was great but the only odd part was that the sauce came on the side, typically the sesame chicken I've had comes tossed but it was still good when you added the sauce. -miso soup: the miso soup was a great start and just like what you expect miso soup to be read more

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I was very impressed with my recent visit here. I had not been to this restaurant in years. My girlfriend and I decided to have a casual date night. We were not disappointed. We started with two house salads and edamame. Salads were fresh, ginger dressing was delicious. We then followed up with three special roles. The cowboy roll, the LSC roll, and the dirty old man roll. Our server was very attentive, and we had an amazing time. Definitely recommend, we will be back! read more

Lakeview Pearl - LSU Roll, Cowboy Roll, Dirty Old Man Roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - New Orleans, Louisiana

It's pretty but the food was below average in every way. Didn't taste fresh, they could use a new menus or a least cooking lessons. The staff was friendly enough and the service was prompt. As stated the ambience was nice but didn't make up for the lack of taste. read more

Last week, I went to Lakeview Pearl for the first time in years to celebrate my dad's birthday. We went for lunch and I was wondering how much had changed since I had last been there and honestly not much. It was still as delicious as I remember! This was my first time going for lunch and I ordered the sushi lunch bento box for $18.95. It came with a clear soup, house salad, noodle salad, two fried gyozas, a California roll, and 4 pieces of nigiri. The price for this seems kind of steep but it was definitely worth it for all of the food that you get! The sushi was fresh and delicious and I loved the noodle salad so much. We also ordered the chicken lettuce wraps were so good I could've honestly eaten that as my meal. The only thing that could possibly deter me from coming here in the future is their prices. I could go to Sake or Little Tokyo and order a crunchy roll or any basic roll for $5-$6 when at Lakeview Pearl that price is around $9-$10. I feel as though some of their food is overpriced while some is worth it, like the lettuce wraps were only $8 which to me was a steal at this place! The service was attentive and constantly checked on us. The waitress had overheard it was my dad's birthday and brought us complimentary green tea mochi and they were so yummy and unexpected! It was so sweet. I love the lakeview area so I like the location of this place as well as the atmosphere when you're inside. I will be back, but I'll definitely go there when I want to go to for a special occasion due to it being pricier. read more

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I had the chirashi dinner. It was a traditional take of sashimi over a bed of seasoned rice with a soup and salad. The soup I chose was miso (clear soup is also available), and it was a normal miso soup but had more bits of soy that I would averagely expect. The salad had the normal ginger dressing, but I would sad that the balance of the dressing favored sweet over the sharp bite of ginger, a bit disappointing for me because I prefer the ginger over the sweet. The chirashi was very-well seasoned and the fish were cut approximately average to what you should expect. The faux wasabi paste and ginger was per norm; though I will say that I do not prefer the pink ginger that is the norm for sushi places. The service was also average. This is an average to slightly above average sushi location. My recommendation is to go here if you live in the general area, but I would not recommend going far out of your way for it. read more

Told me I can't sit down because I am black, HOW DISRESPECTFULL!!! Then proceeded to laugh in my face, and force me to use chopsticks and did not give me a fork. And finally kicked me out, and made me pay. TERRIBLE ESTABLISHMENT OMG ! The food tasted like toes and gorilla knuckles. THE AMBIENCE WAS VERY TERRIBLE, the lightning reminds me of a funeral home. It smells like blue razz vape and the bathrooms smell like shreks house. When I walked in, I automatically felt uninvited. read more

Basic. Nothing on the menu really stood out to me. They offer many similar, if not, the same items as most other Japanese restaurants in the city. The food were ok. Delivered to the table fairly quick. The service was great. read more

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Found this place after Voodoo Fest. I was hot and it was so dusty out there. I just wanted something cold to eat. My husband searched for sushi places close by and we found this place. First impression is that parking was not the easiest. We used a parking lot for another place because they were closed. The building was nice but the seating area was a little small. There is a pretty large menu so it caters to pretty much everyone. My food was good but not great. I ordered the same thing I get everywhere, squid salad and volcano roll. Squid salad was great but the spicy tuna on my volcano roll tasted a little strange. It didn't taste like there was something wrong with it, but it had some seasoning that was different. It wasn't bad though. My husband's baked salmon app was a huge serving. It was good but not the best we've had. The prices were a bit high. $70 for the both of us. I don't think we ever spent that much for sushi. Not going to be our go to place, but I would eat it again. read more

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I was in the neighborhood & was referred to go here for good sushi rolls. My daughter had the crunchy roll which she enjoyed. I ordered the spicy tuna roll & made it a crunchy roll. I'd only tried spicy tuna roll once in Jamaica (which was AMAZINGGG). This once was similar but without a sauce on top & not spicy at all. It was pretty good though. read more

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The kitchen food (baked salmon, baked mussels, stir fry rice, etc.) is always good and fresh. Of course I have my favorite rolls (burning man, emerald, diamond wasabi) that NEVER disappoint! This is definitely one of my favorite, "go to" spots! Service is good as well. read more

I never have ever written a review on a restaurant but this was my worst experience ever. The worst service. The food was soo expensive. The ginger salad was terrible and there was like one server for a crowded restaurant. read more

Great, fresh sushi with specials like toro and fatty salmon. I always splurge and get the specials. Also we sit at the sushi bar and get great service. Love the fact they have some Chinese specialties like egg drop soup too! Do not sleep on the Pearl! read more

The food was pretty good, we ordered the basic rolls and a few special rolls. The spicy mayo was good too. What makes this review so bad was the service. The servers were nice but the food take forever. People who came 30 minutes after us received their food first. There were no water refills. The restaurant is relatively clean and the bathroom is pretty clean too. The atmosphere is good but nothing special. What stood out was we ordered an appetizer and never received it and then they tried charging us for it. read more

Oh sushi, how I love thee. And Lakeview Pearl? You're superb! Great spot in Lakeview, with easy parking and typically no wait for a table. Great ambiance with dark wood and the sushi bar right up front as you enter. Very calming dinning area with booths and tables to enhance the sushi experience. The fish is *very fresh* and with the sushi and chefs on display as soon as you walk in, it has to be! My absolute fave on the menu is the Pearl Salad - loads of Sashimi cuts of salmon, tuna, and whitefish with some seaweed and squid salad. Very filling. Their rolls are fat and they have some great combinations (try the wasabi diamond roll!) They also have a good lunch menu, with boxes and pre-selected rolls which are moderately priced. If raw fish isn't your thing, they have some good teriyaki options and other traditional Asian dishes. Friendly and attentive waitstaff, very clean spot. read more

Service was lacking! Went in to get sushi to take home for my kids. The waitress really didn't acknowledge me for quite a while but I waited patiently. She seemed a little confused that I wanted to place a to go order, not sure why. Anyway she gave me a menu and then said she would be back which took what felt like forever. I ordered an order of California rolls and one crab stick nigiri. After another while she brought it out. The cali rolls came in a small transparent plastic container and were so tiny. Like the size of quarters almost. The crab stick was also very small. It all looked like toy play food. My kids were like "what is this?" cuz it was all so tiny & made for a small meal. It was eaten in just a few minutes lol. read more

The food and service here beyond exceeded our expectations! We went on a Monday night after craving sushi, and we got seated immediately. Our server was so lovely and the food was to die for. We ordered some specialty sushi rolls and nigiri, which were all fresh and tasty. I really recommend anything with the garlic jalapeño sauce, if that's your speed (especially the upside down roll). We will definitely be coming back here!! read more

Well I give this place a 3. I've had the sushi, their three different kinds of fried rice, a few sides, And their moshi dessert. Sides were ok, sushi was normal sushi, moshi dessert was great BUT THE FRIED RICE WAS AMAZING BRO!!! But, this place is just too expensive, compare it to PF changs you could get the same fried rice for maybe 1 or 2 dollars more and you get nearly triple the amount that you get at Lakeview Pearl, so I would like to nicely ask to either lower prices or give more fried rice. Rice is really cheap so I don't see what is so wrong with that. Also, service was great! read more

I eat here at least once a week. They have a nice menu selection and everything is delicious. I really enjoy sitting on the front porch when the weather is nice. The waitstaff is so nice and they remember my order ;-) read more

Very good food. I ordered some shrimp pad Thai. It was very good. Plenty of shrimp and crushed nuts and dryer peppers.