We came Sunday 2/19/2023. They said takeout only because it was 9:25 and they wanted to close. So if you are the owner of this place know that your employees are closing sooner then they should. read more

So here's the thing... I *VERY MUCH* enjoy this food; it's just getting to be a hassle. For instance, I came in today, there was actually PARKING out front (so, bonus... right?!!)! The front door is open, I happily walk up to the counter and the lady behind the register looks at me like I'm such a bother. Okay ‍ I think. "Yeah... we don't open until 11" Opens the register screen, "and it's 10:45" Idk about you... but if someone came in while my front door is open to the public, I'd serve them. Or I'd be standing at the front door to help the vendor in and out, not just leaving it open for a customer to walk in.. order, and have a bad client experience. Recommends Food Recommends GrubHub (or whichever Service you select for food delivery) DOES NOT Recommend "at Restaurant" read more

Motomaki - Motomaki - We'll Leave the Door Open! ...but won't serve you. - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

So delicious! Fresh and reasonably priced. I got the chicken sushirrito with sriracha aioli. It was my first sushirrito and did not disappoint! read more

Motomaki - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

We two wee (okay, fine, he's tall but I'm not) hungry lads had four sushi burritos delivered because we thought they were smaller than they actually were. And we ate them all! Bottom line: you can tell that Motomaki puts effort into the texture and taste as the ingredients come together. I had a Mean Green roll, and there was so much umami and crunch and richness and leafiness and - you know, that excellent edamame texture - and soy-ness and maybe even sesame-ness all at once. Combine all that with the usual, delightful sticky rice chew and the nice seaweed wrap, and it's as utterly craveable as any steak. But if you need meat or something more explicitly like it, the Tall Lad reports that the impossible roll and one of the chicken ones were excellent as well. I also got a spicy tuna thing, and it was creamy and yummy and balanced (and I saw this as a person who usually hates mayo). Delivery to Longmont was super swift; would definitely order again! I think I will try the bowl version of mean green with some salmon on it next :D read more

My most important thing to say, I think, is that this is not a sushi restaurant and you will be disappointed if you come thinking that it is. I have been to Motomaki a few times since they opened. The first visits were not very successful for me. I tried to get sushi-like items and they had actual regular size rolls in the beginning. They were not particularly good. Now it appears that the "sushi style" ingredients in the big burrito form and the Asian fusion mixed bowls are what is on the menu. If you go thinking "modern casual mix of asian influenced ingredients" served in large format and priced as such, you'll be fine. I had the shrimp tempura bowl today and though it had a bit too much sauce on it for my taste, it was quite interesting. The shrimp and asparagus tempura were nicely fried and not greasy at all. The sriracha aioli had a good tang. The veggies and the rice were fine. The other sauce was a bit sweet. The tuna mix was tasty and fresh. In the past, I found the raw fish here not fresh enough. I think the answer is, go when they are busy and busy all week. read more

I heard this place was a sister restaurant of HAPA sushi, which features risqué over the top sushi rolls. This place instead serves chipotle-esque burrito sushi rolls or sushi bowls. This place is great, especially for a Japanese food lover like me. I typically get the mochiko chicken bowl, which features Chinese restaurant like chicken with some Japanese slaw, avocados, sprouts and some sort of sauce. You can add things atop your base orders, I typically get the tempura asparagus and jalapeños added. I love the mochiko bowl with a huge wad of wasabi and soy sauce on the side. There's something so simplistic about this place, perhaps it's the idea that you are just eating condiments on rice. But the quality of the food speaks for itself, its fresh, its crisp and it's flavorful. One of my favorite lunch spots when I'm in Boulder, and now one of my favorite restaurants in the Golden area. I highly recommend this place. Aside from my typical order, my partner got the bahn mi our last recent visit, and the pork was PHENOMENAL. read more

one word. wowza. the crunch. the slither. the yum factor!! if these walls could talk, they would sing the sweet truth about the delectable nature of the food. My "chick" got a chicken bowl. I got a make your own sushiritto. not one piece of rice was left over. We did have to speak to a screen, which originally scared us as we haven't much experience in this field. We debated taking away one star bc it was close to one of our exes residences, but as it is Easter Sunday, we will be kind read more

Motomaki - me pondering the wonderful flavors - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

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Yummy this place is so so good! It is so fresh and healthy tasting. I love sushi and can't believe it took me so long to try this place out. You have the option to create your own bowl or burrito or they have ones you can choose from. I picked the shrimp tempura burrito and the girl working the register said that's the most popular one and I can definitely see why. I also decided to add cilantro because cilantro is good on literally anything. Everything came out to about $13 and we got the burrito to go. It took maybe 10 minutes to wait in line, order, and get our food. So it's a great place to grab a quick lunch or dinner. When we got home to eat the burrito I couldn't believe how big it was! Our plan was to share it and then eat some leftovers from the night before but just a half filled me up. It was great. The girl at the register told me to sign up for their reward program which I did as soon as I finished the burrito because I know I'll be coming back there more often. The rewards program is free to sign up and you get a free entree on your birthday month for up to $16 value. That's an incredible deal! Anyways, if you love sushi you definitely need to try this place read more

Motomaki - Shrimp Tempura burrito with cilantro - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

I've been here twice and I only have great things to say about this place. The food presentation is impeccable. The food quality is superb. I always order the shrimp tempura bowl with half greens half rice. The greens are always fresh and light and crispy. That always indicates great food prep and storage conditions for me. All the food prep workers there are so nice and efficient. The mochi ice cream is delicious especially the orange and strawberry! If it's a bit too spicy I sub the spicy tuna for regular tuna. And it's just as delicious. Yum yum yummy in my tum tum tummy! I'm also 34 weeks pregnant so baby approves as well read more

Nice space, good restaurant design, and the staff are doing the best they can. Ingredients are pretty fresh and tasty. But unfortunately kind of a mess. The sushi burritos collapsed immediately when you took a bite. Flavors were weak. The nori doesn't bite through, so it just becomes a long piece when you bite it, and you have to choke the whole thing down at once or pull the uneaten half of it out of your mouth and try to somehow distribute it among the other bites. There were bits of aluminum foil you had to be careful to avoid in the wrapping, and the restaurant was pretty dirty. Trash all over. I appreciated the different recycling/composting bins, but you still use a ton of packaging to eat a burrito in this place. Maybe just a couple pieces of waxy paper to wrap them up and call it a day? The owner should go check out Sushi Burrito in salt lake. That place isn't super clean but the sushi burritos are way more edible on a flavor and practicality level. read more

Go here if you want to spend $20 to starve. Ridiculously high prices for snack size portions of protein. Most expensive bowl of rice I've purchased my life read more

Motomaki - Island Tuna Poke Bowl - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Staff love this place. It has something for everyone with any kind of diet restrictions. Food is super fresh. Staff are friendly and super helpful. Loving coming here anytime I am at my Boulder site. read more

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Went by a few days ago. The place was empty, and the young man at the counter at his back to us and was speaking to several other employees. It took a while for him to finally turn around and move to the register. He barely acknowledged us, but when I said we were going to be using a gift card, he mumbled something about not being able to use gift cards right now. I asked why and he mumbled that their Wi-Fi was down. Obviously, that was not his fault, but the total lack of customer service inspired us to turn around and leave. read more

the best sushi burrito thing ive ever had in my life! i live in texas but i would go back to colorado in and instant to get another one! and the mochi is fabulous!! read more

Motomaki - Build your own White Rice Nori Roll - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Never had a sushi bowl until Motomaki and I'm glad I did!! If you like good sushi and some fixings for a fair price this is your place. I usually get the Spicy Tuna Nacho Bowl and friends get the Tuna Poke bowl and it's all good read more

Love the Hawaiian bowl so much! We have had some good some bad customer service experience but mostly good. Some staff just seems bothered when you go ask for anything. read more

Tried Motomaki for the first time, had never tried a sushi burrito before. Everyone around me was ordering a bowl but I went with the burrito anyway and it was so messy now I get why no one else was ordering it. I had the Kalua Pork but would like to try the Kalbi next time. read more

Food was good. My experience really sucked. They close at 10PM, which clearly marked on the door. I walked in at 9:05PM and they were mopping floors, counting change, putting chairs upside down on tables, and breaking down the soda station. Confused me and about 8 other customers who came in after me. Look, I get it, you want to leave work, but you're not being paid to make customers feel unwelcome. read more

Really delicious food, good quantity of product for the price and high quality. I got the shrimp tempura bowl, very tasty.

I always get the build your own kids bowl because it's the perfect size for me and saves me $! This order includes half white rice half brown rice, crispy eggplant, lettuce, carrots & edamame. They forgot the sauce but otherwise it wouldn't be dry. read more

Motomaki - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

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Nothing exciting here to be honest: Japanese fusion place that can either do poke bowls or poke burritos (you can either do custom bowls or choose one of their own flavor combinations). Ordered a mean green bowl. Price was ~$12 for a decently-sized portion (I couldn't finish half of it so I thought it was a good deal). Flavors were good but nothing super exciting nor special. On the plus side, food came out pretty quickly and lots of indoor seating available. If you're craving Japanese (fusion) and want a quick meal, this might be a good place to check out. Otherwise was just ok. read more

I've been having crazy cravings for poke bowls all summer and have been able to satisfy said cravings while traveling to some very international cities, but now that I'm back home...that gnawing feeling is back! Luckily, there are a couple of poke places in Boulder-- Motomaki being one of them. Motomaki is like a loosely (very loosely) Japanese- inspired Chipotle. The menu offers a variety of options that one would find on a menu for Americanized "sushi" for people who need deep-frying and multiple sauces to enjoy sushi. Why would you need to add tempura veggies, bacon, sour cream, and aioli onto a poke bowl?! Blasphemy. After staring at the menu for ten minutes, I finally picked my poison: the shrimp tempura bowl. At least it had spicy tuna, cucumber, and avocado in it. (Though yes, the highlight of the bowl was shrimp and asparagus tempura.) There's also an option to BYOB (burrito or bowl) if none of the options under "Big Rolls and Bowls" strike your fancy. I think I'm going to go this route next time to get my ideal poke bowl: fresh raw fish with fresh raw veggies. read more

I really loved the food. Portions are pretty big & can be shared by 2 people. I had the shrimp tempura bowl. It honestly has a little bit of everything which is great! I was only the slightest disappointed that they don't make sushi. They have all the ingredients, & already make them into huge burritos, why not just put them in smaller pieces? Lol read more

Motomaki - Shrimp tempura bowl - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

I ordered a salmon sushi burrito. I understand that food prices have to go up to support restaurants, but holy cow. This burrito was 20 dollars. It had 2 tiny pieces of salmon in it. When I went to talk to the worker, she said that the salmon was all pre measured to assure that everyone got the same amount. The salmon was 8 dollars extra. As I walked away I could hear. the workers laughing at me. I honestly used to love Motomaki but after this happened I don't think I'll be back read more

Motomaki - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Wow! Come here if you want food poisoning. WHAT WAS IN THE IMITATION CRAB???!!!?! I HAVE A FEVER!! My roommate and I threw up after eating this. Also why do they not cut the vegetables and shit makes it hard to eat. The 1 star is for the free water cup. My bowl was over $20. Just go to Japango or something... read more

I LOVE Motomaki! You truly can't go wrong, especially with the make-your-own rolls! The specialty rolls on the menu are fantastic, and you're able to customize as needed. The products are very fresh (especially for being in a landlocked state), service is fast, and the staff is very friendly and helpful. I haven't tried the bowls yet, but am excited to cross some of these off the list! read more

So rude! I came here for happy hour which they didn't follow the pricing listed. Right when we walked in a customer left upset with the service they were given. When they rang up my order they didn't not give me the happy hour price then when I asked they said it was too late. My boyfriend went to order right after and they did the same thing to him and said it was too late. I'm so upset! The workers were so disrespectful! Don't say you have an hour if you don't actually give happy hour prices! read more

Garbage. Who doesn't want a Dingus, high as hell, not hearing our order, with headphones in his ears, playing air guitar when we order? The build your own options may as well say "throw $10 extra at us for whatever we do". The sake, while good was basically served in an un-pourable jar. Why not just put it in a paint can and give us a straw. $60 dollars later a child and 2 adults felt like we just got some grocery store sushi and mugged in the parking lot. Complete garbage. go anywhere else. As a matter of fact, fast, reflect on your life and be better off than this worthless experience. I would be happier if I just went hungry. Management: make some quality control adjustments and you'll be fine. The sum of the parts are lesser when put into a single order. Fix it or be stuck as strip mall slop. read more

I usually do a build your own roll, I just like rice and sushi salmon. For the price you pay, the rolls are ridiculously small and barely have any fish in it, it's pretty stupid. The only way to get more fish is to order extra which doubles the cost. It's ridiculously overpriced for average food. read more

I was torn between three and four stars on this one. I LOVE poke. It was my staple lunch when I lived in Manhattan and I'm so happy to be able to order it here in Boulder. The 3 star review really isn't about the flavor for once...my big complaint is that the build your own bowls charge per topping! The norm at poke joints everywhere else is that you pay for the number of proteins (1 protein price, 2 protein price, 3 protein price), and then for the rest of the toppings you can pile on as many as you like to create your perfect bowl. This is how it should be done! Another issue is Motomaki's pre-defined poke bowls-these are a *terrible* value and do not come with nearly an appropriate number of toppings for a poke bowl, so you end up with too much rice and not enough mix-ins. The good- when I do build my own poke bowl (paying way too much because a lot of toppings are required for a good poke bowl)-it does taste delicious, as it should. I especially love their crispy eggplant topping! read more

Sushi Burritos! Or sushi bowls. And plenty of apps to choose from. this is a Japanese fast-food style restaurant with delicious and high-quality ingredients. I ate the Shrimp Tempura Roll, which was so so so yummy! My fiancé ate the salmon roll which he enjoyed. It was a good lunch, not too filling, as we were going to have an early dinner. Restaurant has a lot of seating, with an outdoor patio on the Arapaho side of the restaurant. Parking is extremely difficult but the food is worth it. read more

I ordered through Uber eats and when it got to me, there was a ridiculous amount of sauce on my sushi burrito. The outside was sticky and dripping. And the flavor of the sauce was far too overpowering. Also, it wasn't wrapped well. When I took a bite, the entire thing fell apart. This has never happened to me before here. They need to make sure to keep quality checking their food before it goes out. So disappointing! read more

Motomaki is known for customizable sushi burritos, sushi bowels, and poke. It's casual dining, and much cheaper than it's sister restaurant Hapa Sushi. Usually it's about 15$ for a bowl or roll, and you get a ton of food. They do rewards cards and happy hours on certain days. The only reason I'm not giving them 5 stars is a few times (out of the many of I've been there) I've had unripe avocado. They also have kids options, the Japanese sodas you open by popping a marble through the top, Japanese beer, fancy organic sodas, wine, Red Bull, milk, juice, and sake I think. They're available for delivery on DoorDash and other apps, and you can order online pickup from their website. I basically always get the same thing in bowl or burrito form, but here's some pics. - nori, white rice, tuna, tempura asparagus, crunchy onion, cucumber, avocado, cream cheese, & sriracha aioli on the side. read more

Motomaki - St White Rice Nori Roll- tuna, avocado, tempura asparagus, avocado, crispy onion, cream cheese, cucumber, sriracha aioli on the side - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

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This place is amazing, I had the Hawaiian poke bowl and this one was definitely above most poke restaurants I visited. I had mine in all greens and it was perfectly seasoned and sauce. Glad I found this place! read more

If I could give this a zero star I would. They propped the back door open right next to our table (hello side of flies)! Apparently the restaurant became too smokey and rather than propping open the front door (where there are not immediate tables in the vicinity) and as requested and asked by this diner I was instead provided with rudeness and insults by both the manager and another nosey diner who had no clue on what was happening! Now I get to enjoy this food as a cold soggy meal as a first time diner! But hey at least it is sans flies! and rude ignorant people right? read more

I really love this place , but I cannot justify paying $20 to pick up ONE roll (with tax and tip). The prices here used to be reasonable, but they have finally priced me out. The shrimp tempura roll is really yummy, if they lowered the prices I would be a regular customer. read more

Dear Shrimp Tempura Roll , Oh to be back there , Time never moved so slow before , Oh my shrimp tempura roll. read more

Motomaki is such a cool place! The idea of a sushi burrito is so creative. They had lots of good options on the menu, but you could create your own as well. As a vegan, I believe there were two options on the menu for me. I ended up making my own though. Everything tasted very fresh! My one advice is to not overdo it if you're making you're own, because mine started to fall apart because I stuffed it with so much stuff. The place looked very new & clean inside as well. read more

Motomaki - Japanese Near Me - Boulder, Colorado

Gone down hill. From management to food. Used to be very good. Been going there since the day it opened. Now it is apparent in order to receive good service & kindness one needs to be latino. Yep ~ I said it. Manager is racist. The manager on duty talks down to people. My 2nd negative experience with this person. The 2 cashiers were were very kind & were aware of the managers arrogance. read more

Motomaki used to be such a great place to eat at. I wish I could give them a 2.5 star review, but my experience here recently was very negative. I have been coming here since they opened and unfortunately their food quality and service has gone downhill. They are getting extremely stingy and cheap, which wouldn't be a problem if I wasn't a loyal customer. I asked for extra sauce in a bowl and the lady working the food line was very rude and talked down to me. She said "you're going to have to pay and get back in line if you want the extra sauce (which I asked for initially)". So, I waited in line for 15 minutes to paid $0.53 cents for a side of sauce. When I went back to get the sauce, she handed me the wrong one which I tasted, and told her I tasted it, and she took it back and put it in the refrigerator (YUCK!). I reminded her again that i tasted it, and then she finally threw it away. This person had such a bad attitude, I'm not sure why you would want someone to represent your business and make a unsanitary mistake like that. On a more positive note, the food is decent and unique, but I would not bother going to the location in Boulder. It's clear the owners do not care about their customers and have trained their staff to be that way too. I miss the old motomaki. read more