Not a huge fan! I love the concept but the execution doesn't work for me. In some cases it can feel like a money grab. Ok, so they charge a waste fee of when you order too much. I completely understand this. But I asked about ordering one entree and if the entree isn't finished, you still pay a waste fee, but then you can take it home. That didn't sit well with me. Ordering one entree isn't being wasteful. You just might not finish it. But anyway, I didn't order an entree. I ordered spring rolls, and a few sushi rolls. The two spring rolls were good. The sushi is so small. Most were really dry. I wouldn't return. But my friend definitely enjoyed herself. The atmosphere is really nice and the establishment was clean. Our waitress was extremely attentive but wasn't very knowledgeable on the menu. Try them out for yourself! read more

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Recently had my second lunch at Red Sake. Hands down it is super deal if you like Sushi. Just for comparison, you can pick up a tray of sushi at a local grocery store, Sam's, or Costco and spend about $10. For ~$8 more, you can have an smorgasbord of salads, soups, Sushi, steak, egg rolls, etc. The variety of variety of choices is outstanding; the food is tasty and well prepared. Our server, Luna, was very helpful in recommending dishes, and she was very pleasant. The interior of the restaurant is very upscale and attractive. read more

Red Sake - Our first course (tempura in the foreground). - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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The food was so good, so good! And the service from our server was excellent as well. She took care to make sure all food allergies were addressed, and that the food was brought out immediately. We seated in a booth that fit the four of us comfortably, she went over The protocol for ordering since it was my first time there. I enjoyed the experience. I will definitely be back with my family. read more

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We went to red Saki with a few friends and we really enjoyed it. Service was nice and quick and everything was fresh and delicious. You can purchase à la but the theme of the restaurant is all you can eat and it is well worth the money. I really enjoy the yellow tail with jalapeño And the steak hibachi was a 10 out of 10. The establishment was clean and welcoming, and we will be back! read more

I feel it's one of the best all-you-can-eat sushi restaurants in Columbia. It's always clean. Staffing is super nice. The owners are amazing. The sushi it's always fresh. That's why I would recommend it to anybody and everybody just realize it is not a buffet. It's an all you can eat sushi restaurant enjoy yourselves read more

Red Sake - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Came in 45 minutes before close, was treated markedly aloofly and told, on a Friday night, that bartender was unable to make cocktails, various menu items unavailable (no worries, we vehemently apologized for arriving on the later side, though within reason, of closing hour). No mind various patrons at bar drinking freshly made cocktails while we were seated boothside. Asked for boxes to package leftovers so as not to stay past closing. $15 Togo fee tacked onto bill; per waitress, this was justified by the manager "reviewing camera footage to assess how much food was left--Togo fee priced accordingly". Would never intentionally belittle a restaurant, but this was beyond the pale. Patrons beware and dine accordingly. read more

Red Sake - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

The best All You Can Eat Sushi place in Columbia! Price is reasonable for the service and food options! So many appetizers, soups, salads, and entree choices! From sushi to rice and hibachi style proteins, there isn't a single thing on the menu I don't enjoy! read more

Red Sake - Shrimp Tempura App Gyoza Shrimp Tempura Roll Cucumber Roll Edamame - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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I returned here for the all you can eat option better prepared this time. The restaurant was still loud and vibrant. The service was 100 times better this time which is surprising since the restaurant was much busier. I was shocked how quickly my rolls came out this time and as you can see the salmon was a familiar color this time. The bartender guy did try to sell me a bottle of Pinot Grigio claiming it was a sparking cider as if I couldn't read the big bold letters across the counter. But at least the staff this time showed some initiative. read more

Red Sake - Salmon lover specialty roll - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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Our server was very perky our food was very yummy the only complaint I have was the noise level I think we will try a week night to see if noise level is better read more

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This is an AYCE sushi spot (but they also offer a la carte pricing) and very popular on the weekends. Sushi and noodles were solid, but service took a while. Order what you can when you can! They don't accept reservations. Prices can't be beat for all the food options though. Parking sucks, because the parking spaces are packed like sardines. Atmosphere is upbeat and fun for a gathering. read more

My first time coming here and it was a let down. I was looking forward to this all you can order style sushi buffet, but my expectations were let down compared to other similar establishments I've been to like Sushi King. So what made my experience mediocre? It was the staff. My friend and I got there around close to 9. There was a slight wait so we got seated at the bar. While seated, it was a good while before we even got our orders taken. It took so long that by the time our order was taken, the restaurant started to empty out and a two seater opened up, so we moved over from the bar. By the time our food came out, it was last call for order so we were able to get the order in, but my orders came out messed up or on the wrong plates. I've seen my waiter maybe three times max since I sat while I saw other waiters and waitresses frequently checking up on their table. Food was decent, ambiance was good for a family meal or just a casual dine out. I'd rate my first experience a solid 3 of 5 stars. read more

Found this place while we were in the area for a conference. TBH, we were a bit hesitant after reading some of the reviews. However, we were pleasantly surprised. Our server was very friendly, informative and patient. She took time to explain the process. As we weren't overly hungry, we opted for A la Carte. This insured we controlled the price and did not waste food, resulting in an additional waste fee. The hibachi chicken and vegetables was good, the spring rolls weren't my favorite but passable. Overall the atmosphere was inviting but would maybe suggest eventually upgrading your restroom to more than two stalls. When in the area again, would probably stop by. read more

We were seated quickly, and the appetizers came out fairly fast. Server didn't really refill drinks or clear trash or empty plates. We waited an hour and a half for our sushi, the server comes back up and says they are having an issue with their fryer. (Okay, fine.... But bring me the unfried sushi). The server comes up again and explains that he forgot to ring in the ticket. I asked to speak to the manager and if at this point could they just put our food in to go boxes. He says no, because it's all you can eat. Our table of 4, each ordered 2 rolls each; not an absurd amount of food and it's not like we were trying to add more to the order. I understand everyone makes mistakes, I myself as a server in the past have forgotten to ring in a ticket. HOWEVER, the manager not even coming to speak to the table is unacceptable. read more

Great all you can eat place. My boys love this place sushi is good, I really like that you can get hibachi as well with the ACE.

The sushi here is delicious! This sushi is some of the best in the Columbia/midlands area, hands down. My son and I came here on one of our regular sushi dinner dates. We have now tried 9 sushi restaurants around here and counting. This one really hit the spot! All of the ingredients were fresh and they came together like a symphony of flavors with each peice we ate. My son loves Salmon sashimi so we ordered that too. Each peice of sashimi was $2.50 each. They were sliced beautifully thick and we were so pleased with that order, we ordered more sashimi after that. Our server was a very nice lady who took great care of us. She was friendly and informative of our menu. We liked her very much. The restaurant is big, with lots more seating than I expected. The bar is really nice looking, with all of it's design and lighting. I like how it is placed in the middle of the restaurant. We were only upset with how long it took for us to get our food, but it was packed. This place fills up quickly. There were a bunch of people waiting to be seated soon after we were seated, so we got there just in time. We will definitely be back! We plan on it! read more

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Came with a party of 10 and only waited about 25-30 minutes; however, it was still busy even though it was a Thursday night. The interior is nice and modern with an Asian twist. The staff are friendly and are efficient with taking your order and bringing your food. I had the all you can eat for $25.99 and got Seaweed Salad, Miso Soup, and Beef Yaki Udon Noodles. The Seaweed Salad is really good and is served with a cold touch. The crunch gives you a satisfying assurance as the flavor hits your taste buds. The Yaki Udon Noodles were cooked to perfection and Beef was a super tender and melted in my mouth. The rolls are a bit small, but I can understand why. Definitely a steal for $25.99 and I will definitely be coming back. read more

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The food is well prepared, and served in the normal fashion. The nigiri pieces are small compared to other sushi restaurants, but the rolls are of the same size. I assume they do this because it is an all you can eat, order at the table, no waste restaurant. They do charge by the piece for uneaten pieces. The servers are pleasant and kept our glasses full. The ambiance is a little off because the inside looks similar to a night club with a central bar and booth seating along the perimeter. I found it weird...but all in all the food was good, it was an experience and we left full at a reasonable price. I would come back if hungry again. read more

Red Sake - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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I was out of town and came for take out. It's in a new building and the inside is very modern feeling. They said it would be ready in 15 minutes and it was ready in 15 min. That's some fast service! The prices of the sushi are very affordable! Unfortunately the sushi was not good at all. The Philadelphia roll had almost no fish in it and too much cream cheese. There was one piece that had no salmon in the roll. It was all cream cheese. The other roll I had was the crazy pepper roll. It doesn't say on the menu that the tuna is seared. Maybe I should assume bc it says pepper tuna on top, but I thought it would be raw tuna with cracked pepper. They have a cheap blow torch, all you can taste is gas. What causes this is incomplete combustion. It can be fixed with a tool called searzall. They get a star for being fast and inexpensive, but overall this place is awful. read more

Red Sake - Philadelphia roll (All cream cheese and no salmon) and the crazy pepper roll on the side. - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Love this place! Staff is always friendly and attentive and food is great! However keep in mind that it does get pretty busy on weekends so be prepared to wait for at least 30+ minutes for your food. read more

Red Sake - Love this place, great staff and good is always delicious. - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Food was good. Service was something else. Welcome you in, then hurry you out. Felt rushed. They made it known that they close at 9pm. I got there at 7:20pm. Thanks for stopping in, now hurry up and get out. read more

DO NOT RECOMMEND!!!!! **Disappointing Experience at Red Sake** I recently visited Red Sake and unfortunately, my experience was far from satisfactory. First, the service was incredibly slow. It took a long time for our server (Alyia) to come back many times to the table and even longer to receive our orders. Our server only came back to deliver food and take the original orders. Did not check on us for water refills or anything else. We definitely felt ignored and unimportant during our visit. When the food finally arrived, it was disappointing. I ordered chicken and shrimp habachi, and it was lukewarm, my chicken tasted bland and had a rubbery texture. For the price, I expected much better quality. My dining companions ordered a variety of rolls, and it was equally underwhelming, as I don't think they have a good sushi selection and it was poorly displayed and tasteless. Additionally, the restaurant itself was not clean, restrooms were not clean, had trash on the floor, toilet paper sitting on top of the dispenser exposed paper on the floor. In addition to the table booths being dirty and from the looks haven't been clean for a long time. This all detracted from the overall experience. I had high hopes for Red Sake, but I left feeling frustrated and dissatisfied. read more

I go periodically. Maybe once a month or so. Food is usually good, my biggest gripe is just the wait. Wait to be greeted the wait to get the food, etc. slow or busy it just seems to always take a while. Also another issue is cleanliness. But there are still many positives. Some of the most creative and interesting sushi rolls read more

Food was great as usual. Phenomenal variety of choices, very great for the cost. Angel was our server today and he was amazing!!

The food taste outstanding. Good quality of sushi to be all you can eat. Thai tea taste amazing. Service was helpful and friendly. They are very honest with the prices. I got a parking spot easily. They sell alcohol. (Import beer, Domestic beer, Wine, and Hot and Cold Sake. They have only Pepsi soda beverages, and non alcoholic drinks like my tea. Good environment and and energy. read more

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Took my bf here for his birthday. It's very casual. The all you can eat has rules, mainly having to do with food waste (charge per piece and for rice left behind). I never order food I don't plan to finish, but I was really nervous about the rules and charges knowing how picky I am. If the rice is dry, the fish is fishy, the sauce too saucy... I'm just not going to eat it. I usually end up at buffets just watching everyone else eat while I fiddle with a plate of grapes. My strategy was to order a little bit first with the first sushi order being something I knew I could pass off to my bf if I didn't like it. But I didn't need his saving! Bringing it back to the "sauce being too saucy". I read on yelp before hand to expect the sushi to be drenched in sauces (yuck!!!), so I wrote on each order "light on the sauce". It all came out as I hoped... until the crazy pepper tuna. The "Crazy Pepper Tuna" was one roll I had been anticipating- pepper tuna is my jam!! I was excited it was also labeled spicy! But it was covered - nay - DROWNED - in the sauce I asked for lightly. The sauce being some goopy syrup, I think eel sauce? It also had like Mayo on it. That's the crazy thing about it - it wasn't spicy or peppery, it was sticky, oily, and sweet. I tried to pawn the Crazy pepper tuna off on my bf, but it was too sweet even for his gourmand southern palette! Then I desperately tried scrape the sauce and dab it off, which took the pepper right off. Then I even re-peppered it using the table pepper shaker! Futile efforts. I'm sorry to that poor tuna. Fortunately, we weren't charged for its uneaten pieces, probably because we ate everything else. I feared the insane amount of sauce could be the chef's M.O. for covering up rotting fish, but no - it was all fresh when we went. Fresh and actually really good! My boyfriend and I ordered rockstar roll twice. Yelp really saved the day, because if I didn't know to ask for light sauce and all the rolls came out as saucy as the pepper tuna did, we would have spent hundred dollars putting food in the garbage. Will try this place again for sure. read more

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the sushi was really tasty and had good quality. we loved the takoyaki and salmon roll! the staff were welcoming and greeted us with a smile. presentation of the food was very good as well. the environment was clean overall. read more

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It's ok. I have gone to better all you can eat sushi places. Person who seated us was quite unfriendly so not a good first impression. The service from the waiter was good. The sushi was just average. read more

We came here for lunch on a weekday as they have all-you-can-eat hibachi and sushi for $12.99. This is a great deal if you can eat a lot of food. The service is great and so fast, our food came out very quickly after ordering. Our server was extremely attentive and checked on us often. I got the double spicy roll which was delicious and flavorful. The spicy salmon roll was pretty big, but not very flavorful. It had lots of rice and I felt it needed some type of vegetable or sauce. I got the tuna and salmon nigiri which was cut thin and had lots of rice, but it's to be expected at an AYCE restaurant. The gyoza was good with the dipping sauce, miso soup was hot, and edamame was good. Overall, I have no complaints, the food was great and this is an incredible lunch deal. I look forward to coming here again! read more

The food was awesome and fresh. Items came out quick after ordering. Great atmosphere. We went on a Sunday and the menu had so many choices it was hard not to pick to many things! We will definitely be back to try more of the AYCE sushi read more

Red Sake - Some of the rolls, I can't remember which ones we got but they were all delicious! - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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If you love sushi, this is the place to go!!! All you can eat for an excellent price!

I got fried rice with steak and chicken, it was good for a sushi place. Gyoza was amazing. The lychee Saki was fire. Fried ice cream is gas too. read more

Red Sake - Massive sushi plate - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

Love the food, servers are nice, and love that its all you can eat. Only thing I dislike is that they close early.

About the only true AYCE sushi restaurant in the Columbia area. Prefer the lunch service not as busy and lower priced. Decent food for AYCE restaurant. read more

I truly believe it could've been better my first and last time eating here,it was overpriced what I ordered the beef fried rice and a spring roll the rice lack flavor and the spring roll was so dry and unappealing hopefully it gets better my first impression unfortunately is my last impression I'm very picky with food I just won't ever eat here again sorry not sorry. read more

Food was good was overcharged when asked to speak to manager waitress became extremely argumentative was extremely rude and had awful attitude waving your hand up in the air and telling my son that he was awful also yanked the charge card out of my hand when I hadn't said a word . I'm in the service business I can't imagine ever treating anyone the way this young waitress treated us it was my son's birthday and it's a shame the food was good but unfortunately we will never return . read more

When I say I looooove this place omg. I randomly chose to go here for my birthday and when I say the food is amazing I cannot lie. For the price I honestly didn't know what to expect. It's all you can eat for one set price but they bring your freshly cooked food to your table. Me and my friends throughly enjoyed the food and the environment. I have told so many people about this restaurant. I plan to visit again an read more

Red Sake - Sitting in the booth. - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina

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Beautiful place to relax and dine tucked in a beautiful shopping/office buildings. Waiters and staff were very friendly and helpful. The food was out of this world and were decorated in each plate--a work of art! Each dish was fresh and has a distinctive taste to satisfy our cravings. We all definitely had a great experience and look forward to come back. All in all it was just the experience we were hoping for and will be back again soon to try more of the great selections on the menu. Thank you Red Sake, wishing you many more years of success serving our community with your delicious quality and hospitality. read more

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Best deal in town. Food, service and atmosphere is fantastic. Def check this place out!

We got there over an hour before they closed and placed our older before the cut off time. The only reason i'm sure they checked up on us was because we were the only table in there. The food tasted alright but the slices of meat were pathetic. The nigiri was sliced so thin you could see through it. I ordered a philly roll as one of my main rolls and it had little to no meat in it whatsoever. One piece had only creamcheese. This was not what i was excited for when i was told to come eat here. Probably will never be back read more

I have been to Red Sake two times now and have enjoyed my experience both tomes! I had the all you can eat buffet & every roll that I tired was pretty good! My favorite had to have been the rainbow roll and the crunchy roll. Service was nice also nice and sushi came out in good timing. read more

Red Sake - a variety of sushi on a white plate - Japanese Near Me - Columbia, South Carolina