Used to be my spot for for a long time, however, I'm not sure if they're understaffed or poorly managed. People themselves are great and kind but can't keep up either the demand. Sushi rolls were poorly constructed and and the size of my fist with rice being the majority. Wait time was 25 passed the 30 minutes for pick up I was told. Cute place in old town but just needs some help read more

Honestly, food is alright. The reason that made me want to give this place 1 star is the lack of hygiene and consideration for the pandemic. The employees making the sushi were not wearing masks at all, they were talking in front of the food, who knows if they accidentally transfer their spit in the sushi rolls. The guy who was making the sushi sneezed 3 times and used his hands to cover his mouth and I'm not a very confrontational person but I couldn't help but ask the waitress why they weren't masks. She said it was optional, and I totally get it, you don't have to if you don't want to but for hygiene and consideration of your customers, this was pretty unsanitary. Will not be returning. read more

Horrible service !! My family and I came in shortly after opening around 515. We did not get served our food till 730!! I took me over an hour just to get a sunomono salad. They were completely understaffed and inconsiderate with this issue. I watched people come in one after another and stand at the door completely pissed off because they were not getting attended to. They need to make change to their business soon or they won't have one ! I watched a family of four get up and leave after not being attended to for an hour. The sushi was soggy when I got to us as well and the fish was sliced way too big for my preference. I am very disappointed as I have been here before with a different experience but this is unforgettable. Will not be getting my business again in the future . read more

Only reason it gets one star is because I didn't get food poisoning, yet. The place was dumpy the food was dumpy and the service was dumpy. I wanted to like it I really did but I can't go back read more

In response to the one star review from "Mark R.", I was also there and I can tell you there wasn't an open seat in the house all night. The mother of this party of four was extremely obnoxious, disrespectful and loud. She made racially charged remarks towards the staff and she made her own daughter run to the bathroom crying after cussing out the waiter and her family. As the family begged her to stop freaking out she began loudly berating her own family, claiming that their behavior was unacceptable (but her outlandish behavior was just fine apparently). Please do not take this review at face value, the servers did everything they could to make up for the longer than usual wait time. Even as the server was doing all he could to solve the problem, she continued to embarrass him and make nasty comments. The food was excellent and mistakes happen, at no point should anyone treat a teenage (or any age) server so lowly. I'm surprised they didn't ask her to leave. read more

Man it's sooo bad to call this place I will call over 6 times and it just keeps ringing and ringing until it asks me to put in a remote access code. They never pick up the phone it's super hard to get your food to go and if it is it's probably late and cold. read more

Food was fresh and good but wasabi is not spicy at all. Service was terrible. We waited for a long time that people came after us were all eating then I ask the lady if they might have forgotten our order , she pointed at the other guy said "he's there " then I realized he is our server and that's why the lady was so annoyed when we ask for water etc... Turned out our food was just sitting there. Anyway I definitely don't blame the guy, he looks young , he is nice and probably new. Just the lady could have been nicer and it was my daughter's birthday! read more

Just a few bullet points. We were forgotten about, served our fried entree cold. Food took over an hour to get to us. The fish was low quality and not fresh. They ignored food allergies and things had to be sent back. My brother in law got severe food poisoning. First and last time we will come here. read more

Husband and I both ordered rolls. Tasted ok, a little dry. But, we have both been sick to our stomach ever since, and that was 2 days ago. I will say that the rolls all looked amazing, but the place was pretty dirty and gross in general...we obviously should have run the other way. Do yourself a favor and avoid the stomach ache. read more

My entire family loves this restaurant. My elderly mother never ate Japanese food before we took her to Ninja Sushi. While she's not an adventurous eater she likes cooked food with familiar names and her fork. She can get what she's comfortable with. The menu is extensive. I can't say I've seen a menu this large anywhere. I've never had anything I didn't like. Staff is very efficient, very accommodating and very friendly. This is one of our go to restaurants when we're visiting family in Auburn. We can count on a good meal. read more

When you come to this store make sure 1) you got 45 minutes of life to spare on just sitting on you butt and 2) only order picked ginger and miso soup. Everything else Pros: A good place for sugar lovers From salad to sushi rolls everything has a spoon of sugar mixed in it. Cons: too many to list read more

This is a really great spot. Food is made to order and very well made might I add. Sometimes it seems slow however they are always very busy, so.... Anyhow. Very good food being served here. Friendly customer service. Trust me, it's worth a try. read more

So here's my recommendation: only order one sushi roll and share it. Otherwise, you'll feel like you wasted your money because they literally all taste just about exactly the same. Well, the five different rolls we ordered did, anyway. We also ordered hamachi, amaebi, maguro, saba and a couple of other nigiri sushi orders, and they were just okay. Not great, not horrible....okay. So why the 3 stars? Service. We had the nicest young woman server....she was truly fantastic and did a great job. Extremely pleasant and responsive throughout the entire meal. My recommendation for Ninja is this: pare down your roll menu. No one, at any time, needs 4 or 5 pages of sushi roll choices. Make 10 rolls. Make 10 great rolls. Make 10 distinctive rolls. Put your heart and soul into those rolls and the nigiri. And be sure you keep that girl. Do these things, and we'll be back. read more

The service of this place is absolute shit I called ahead just so I would not have to wait in line and the lady said to come in 40 minutes, knowing how busy this place gets I show up an hour later and they hadn't even starting making my food!! Will not be back to this place if your that busy just say you have a long ass wait so I could go somewhere else the whole point of calling ahead is to not wait around for your food read more

I cannot explain how happy I am with this sushi place. We got here right as it opened and every single roll tasted like magic. I have to say of all the sushi places I have been to, this is at the top of my list! The flavors are impeccable! I highly recommend coming in right as it opens when everything is fresh.. you won't be disappointed read more

I went to Ninja today because Hanami was closed, and I didn't want to drive to Raley's. In my opinion, the rice has no flavor. The wasabi wasn't good. The rolls had a fishy smell to them. Leaving a tingling sensation in my throat. I haven't been here in a really long time and now I remember why. My craving for a spicy tuna roll was not satisfied. Nice people and the service was friendly enough. read more

I like the sushi here however their phone is ALWAYS OFF. My co-workers and I tried many times to order from them and have NEVER been able to get through so we have stopped coming here. read more

Great sushi bar. Stopped by for lunch today. What a pleasant surprise. Full menu and great selection of sake. Very friendly staff. Next time I am in Auburn I will make a point to have dinner here. read more

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Placed an order for pick up and when we got home we realized they didn't include two of our six rolls and one order of food. We called to notify them of their mistake and got no apology. After we went back to get the remainder of our order, only half of the rolls were the rolls we ordered. Will not be coming back here. read more

Never knew this little gem was there until a friend introduced me to it. I had the flaming dragon and loved the spice and flavor! Great service too! read more

We discovered Ninja Sushi on our way back from Tahoe, and now it's a must stop every time we're out here. Their specialty rolls are delicious, creative, and generously sized. We've also tried some of the torched and fried rolls, yummy! read more

Not sure if owners changer since the bad reviews?! Yes it is not perfect, it's not Bayarea or China either! It is really good sushi for a reasonable price, nice service and fun bar. The fish was fresh and the rolls weren't made huge by using too much rice, no they were actually stuffed with fish and worth the "non 50% off" price. I will be back. read more

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Always delicious. We won't go anywhere else. we drive down from Grass Valley whenever we are craving Sushi! So friendly and fast. Its a 10 out of 10! read more

The food was very good. But I waited an hour for my food for them to mess up my order and then may have to pay for what they messed up. They were out of most of their desserts and somebody who had come in after me was finished with there food, but my food still wasn't ready. The quality of the food was very good, but the service was terrible, and they kept ignoring me when I kept going up to the front desk. I am not coming here again. read more

The best spicy edamame I have EVER had. We are regulars and the staff is always very friendly and welcoming .

This place is down right dirty, I saw the owner Baya literally wipe up a mess on the floor then use the same rag to clean a table and then to dry her hands after washing them!!! So disgusting, don't eat here because things are obviously not done right here. Also ordered a to go order for $10 and left a $2 tip but then saw my bank account and it was charged for $20!! They steal money from you, be aware and if you're going to tip, give it DIRECTLY to the waitress or waiter!! Good luck!! Oh and someone from ninja sent me a message after posting this calling me a liar!! read more

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My husband and I were at the Auburn Friday Night Car Show and looking for a place to eat when we found Ninja Sushi. We were seated quickly, looked over the menu and chose the BBQ Albacore Tuna and Fried Calamari for our appetizers along with two rolls that appealed to us. The calamari came out to the table fairly quickly, hot and tender. The BBQ tuna was one of the best we had ever had, melted in your mouth. We were already feeling pretty satisfied when the rolls came out. The King Kong Roll was one of the largest rolls we had ever had, deep fried hot and delicious. We didn't realize how filling this would all be, so ended up bringing some of the King Kong roll along with the entire Tiger Roll home for a whole other meal! We were informed later that there was only one chef working that night and they were also short staffed. That being said, the quality and the quantity of everything did not suffer. It was all delicious and we will definitely return in the future! read more

Walked into this place, right when they opened for the day, and it smelled like a dirty cat litter box. My wife was so disgusted we left right away. read more

Ninja king roll is so good. I have been eating here couple years... always good food and excellent service. Never leave without trying Pepperfin and baked green mussels. They have very good kitchen entrees if you don't eat sushi read more

I don't know what kind of pink dyed fish we got last night - but I do know that it was NOT maguro.

I had high hopes for ninja sushi from my past experiences going to the Roseville location a while back, in terms of service and food overall. However, My husband and I were very disappointed with the whole experience after coming here. We have been in much busier sushi spots where the wait was half as long. When we FINALLY got our food, it was pretty mediocre to say the least, and cold (I had a baked roll). I wanted to like this place since it is one of the few local sushi spots in auburn, but I just don't see myself ever coming back or recommending this place. read more

Super slow service. Cold soup, soggy shrimp tempura, super sweet sushi. Tasty not so fresh. Left majority of it there. Never coming back. read more

Waited an hour and a half for a "go" order. Their only explanation was "sorry, we messed up, we're busy" We are being asked to buy local - this isn't worth it. There are better places in town - Hanami, Jinme read more

Busy on Friday night, a good sign. Kid-friendly. Service was great with perky young women who seemed to enjoy their work Two stars for service. We ordered the 12 pc. sashimi plate/chef's choice, that included one salad, for $18.95 and a roll for $11.95. Large selection of rolls from $9.95 to $19.95. Sierra Nevada $7.00, a little steep. Soup and edamame are extra. Sashimi wasn't room temperature, and didn't smell fishy, but still a little warmer than usual. Unfortunately, all was a little soft for our taste. Roll was neither cold nor warm. read more

I love the food here! My favorite is the dragon roll, and my kids love their kids menu teriyaki chicken. The miso here is tasty! The staff is friendly, helpful and all around good people! We love coming here with our kids, we feel so welcome and the food is amazing! Prices are very normal for sushi. Highly recommend!! read more

Lets start with the price. Lunch for 1 was $30 and all I got was 2 mediocre rolls. They were pretty large rolls...almost too large to fit in my mouth. I wish I could remember the names of the rolls, but one of them was delicious and the other had baked salmon which made the roll a weird warm temperature that was not at all appealing. Otherwise they would have tasted exactly the same. The worst part was walking out of there as though I had been robbed of a decent meal and of my hard earned money. read more

Really people? 4 stars.. You're killing me.. This place was the worst. With sushi its about fresh fish and good rice. Neither are offered here. The sauce kills the sushi and the rice.. ohh where do I start.. I think it was long rice. I'm sorry but I did not like it. We went on our was from SF to Squaw.. needed to fuel. Next stop, don't stop just keep going. read more

I was a little reluctant to write a review about this one for fear of snobbing out a poor review . . . need to adjust . . . this is not Japan, SF, SD, or LA . . . it's Auburn. Okay . . . It's not a traditional Japanese sushi bar. Nothing Japanese about the ambiance. The sushi preparers are not Japanese. Although they offer sushi, they specialize in fusion rolls . . . with mostly fried ingredients and smothered in a red mayonnaise. The rolls are just okay. The service is okay. Overall experience is okay. Three stars for okay. read more

Someone from this dump just responded to my review and did not 1) apologize 2) take accountability or 3) as how they could improve their quality. Rather, it was a diatribe of how wrong I was, I ordered the wrong thing, and the guy who was working "supposedly" just got in a car accident and lost both parents (highly unlikely) 1) they never addressed the issue of not having soap in their customer/ employee bathroom, 2) horrible quality of food 3) and if your an employer that makes your employees work under emotionally difficult times then you deserve all the negative reviews one can give By the way the dude who wrote that wrote me the nasty note back was the same man who picked his ears and nose and was wearing sweatpants and texting on his phone behind the sushi counter read more

Um, no thank you. We've tried this place twice, hoping that we had a rough experience the first time, but no, it's a no-go. The wrong order was brought to us and then charged it to us. Our waters were empty for most of the meal, despite our request for more. Then, as an apology, they brought us an extra dish, but then charged us for it.... Riiiight. read more