This is my second visit to Sake. The food and service were excellent both times. I loved sweetness of the Surf Dream Roll and the spice of the Angel Roll. Come hungry, the rolls here are big, filling, and delicious. read more

Sake Sushi and Hibachi - Surf Dream Roll (left) Angel Roll (right) - Sushi Bars Near Me - Brookings, South Dakota

To go was wonderful. It was quick, the food was well prepared and a great value. We always get the sushi at Sake and it has always been delicious. read more

Drinks were flat, and food was flavorless. The room was very warm, very uncomfortable to dine in.

Decent food with quick service. Nothing to terribly special but a good meal for a good price. read more

Sake Sushi and Hibachi - Chicken Hibachi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Brookings, South Dakota

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Poor service. Staff doesn't understand or listen to customers. Received wrong order when asking for a specific cooked roll. Received raw food instead read more

The sushi is delicious and it's cheap! The service was quick and they were nice! They also do order out which is amazing for someone like me who is always on the go! read more

Absolutely amazing food!! The service was quite speedy and the ambience was welcoming. Don't forget to take a piece of authentic candy before you leave! read more

For being the only sushi place in Brookings, Sake has got their Japanese cuisine down 100%! I am not a huge fan of Japanese food but my boyfriend is, we tried this restaurant just to see if it lived to the hype and wow! Not only is the atmosphere fun, dimmed and intimate, but it also makes you feel like one of the locals! This is the first Japanese place that has actually cooked the chicken correct and hasn't come out dry, or overly mushy. I am extremely impressed and I will definitely be coming back! Also a side note, the decor is amazing! Makes me feel welcome and I could stare at the glowing lights forever. This place is a must stop for a date/business lunch or even just for kicks! P.S. The sushi rolls are HUGE! Start off with one first! Lol read more

Sake Sushi and Hibachi - Chicken Tempura with Miso soup and sticky rice - Sushi Bars Near Me - Brookings, South Dakota

Fast service great sashimi and sushi. The portions of the sashimi were large and very fresh and tasty!! The yellowfin jalapeño roll was great. I will be back!!! read more

I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't expect it to be good and it was. It was good and priced right. The service is also great. I would definitely return. We split the spicy roll combo and sashimi dinner. It was more than enough good for my husband and I...we actually left food on the tray. We also tried the shu mai and it was great. read more

Sake Sushi and Hibachi - Yummy! - Sushi Bars Near Me - Brookings, South Dakota

This was a great little find in Brookings. Very nice, clean restaurant with fast, friendly servers. The sushi is amazing for a land locked state. One of my new favorites is what they call the lovers roll. I would have posted a picture, but I lost my mind once I tasted the calamari (which was also amazing) and forgot to take more pics. Lol. I also recommend there Hibachi dishes. They have a sushi special one day of the week, but be aware that they get very busy!! All I can say is that I highly recommend you pay them a visit any day or night of the week as they are worth the trip. read more

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Very good fresh sushi, and fried rice with yum yum sauce great filler. Service was good and so was hot sake.

The food here is delicious. You can order pretty much anything and it's all pretty tasty. My favorite items are sushi dinner and fantasy island appetizer. I mostly eat the sushi and sashimi that is raw but most people I go with like the hibachi and cooked rolls also. For first time sushi eaters, I would suggest getting some al a carte pieces. Get one or two that sound interesting to try them out. That way you can taste a tuna roll without ordering a whole dish. The egg and tofu skin rolls are good as little appetizers also. read more

Sake Sushi and Hibachi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Brookings, South Dakota

Pricey and not that great, had some mediocre Udon with broccoli (who puts broccoli in Udon soup?) and the sushi is way overpriced.

So I meant to give Sake Sushi & Hibachi one angry star. I really did. But then I had an epiphany. It was 4 AM. I'd driven my dad's 1979 Ford Pinto up a steep knoll overlooking the widest stretch of the Big Sioux River in Brookings County. I had to get out of this crazy town and see the sunrise and just really THINK, y'know? From that incredible vantage (five full feet) I watched the morning sun bounce off the width of the river's surface (all five feet of it) and it reminded me how small we all really are. That's when I saw my spirit guide, the ghost of George McGovern, wandering toward me out of the prairie dawn. He leaned into the passenger window of my dad's Pinto and said, "My friend, hate is just love disappointed." He was right. There are worse restaurants in Brookings than Sake Sushi & Hibachi. There's King's Wok, possibly the worst restaurant in the central time zone. Compared to King's Wok, SS&H is Sukiyabashi Jiro. But I don't hate King's Wok. So if I hate SS&H, it's only because back when they opened, less than a year ago, I loved them. Before Sake Sushi & Hibachi opened, they mounted a sandwich board on their sidewalk with pictures of sushi, hibachi. Scrawled across the board in big, loud, hastily written black sharpie letters was an attempt to assuage wary Dakotans: "90% OF OUR MENU COOKED." I can't blame them for their (mistaken) assumption that locals might avoid sushi on account of what sushi is: raw fish. Remember that TV spot where Terry Bradshaw tells the sushi chef, "You forgot to cook this!"? Hahaha dumb Midwestern rubes, rite? So me and Mrs. S. visit SS&H in October. We order some maki and, lo & behold, it's good. Really good. Tasty, nicely plated, and fun. Next visit, we order take-out. Mrs. S. gets maki and I jump for a big ol' plate of sashimi and whaddaya know, it's really, really good! All my sushi is served on slices of lemon, which kinda bums me out (I like to control the concentration of flavors), but the fish is excellent. The tuna is beautiful: bright red, lean, clean, and tasty. The white tuna is oh-so sweet. The scallops taste a little ripe, but I'm just happy to have scallops. And the octopus is (this REALLY blew my mind) soft and tender, not rubbery at all. It goes perfectly with the lemon. Bravo! I have lunch at the sushi bar a few times. The chef and I chat. I tell him how much I love his tuna. He seems excited to be serving sushi in Brookings. Then we hear rumors: Sake Sushi & Hibachi isn't doing so well. They're struggling. Sometime in the winter I show up for lunch and something has changed. The tuna is pink and laced with fat. Talking with the chef, I note the change. "We got a new distributor," he says, smiling. "The tuna is fattier," I say. "Yes," he beams, "isn't it delicious?" And I admit, fatty tuna tastes good. You enjoy it the way you enjoy a McDonald's hamburger. But up until now, I've been enjoying the sushi equivalent of a medium-rare kobe burger fresh off the grill. (At least that's what it felt like after the tuna went pink.) So now it's March. It's Monday night at SS&H, and the dining room is packed. People are sitting in the lobby and in the entryway, waiting for a table. I'm here to order take-out. I squeeze up to the hostess. All around, people are giving me the stink-eye: they think I'm cutting them in line for a table. "Another crazy Monday night!" the hostess says: "At this rate, I think we'll stay in business!" "What's Monday night?" I ask. She seems surprised that I don't know: "It's half-price sushi night!" Ruh roh! A good sushi joint that starts offering specials ("buy two rolls get one free!") either has profits to burn or is desperate for traffic. But I'm here to order take-out, so I do. I pay. Thirty minutes later, my brown take-out bag is sitting by the sushi bar. I wait five more minutes for the hostess to notice and bring it over to me. Can't blame her; she's swamped. I go home and open the bag. Offense the Lesser: they forgot to include my rice. Offense the Greater: my sushi has been sitting on top of hot soup and a warm appetizer and is now warm. The octopus is rubbery and flavorless (thanks new distributor!). The tuna is fat, warm, but edible. The salmon, the yellowtail, and everything else smells and tastes as if it had been pulled from a brackish backwater earlier that day and let sit in the sun. I throw most of it (~$30 worth of sushi) in the trash, then empty the trash lest my house reek of aquarium. This must be what those Midwestern rubes imagine sushi tastes like. But here's the thing about those "rubes," something Ghost McGovern could've told me back in September when I laughed at the "90% COOKED" sign: Midwesterners don't have a problem with raw fish. They don't hate sushi: they hate PAYING for sushi. Offer them crappy sushi @ half price, and they'll come in droves! Lines out the door! After a few lean months, SS&H wised up to this. So congrats, Brookings! At Sake Sushi & Hibachi, you get what you pay for. read more

If you manage your expectations of mid-west sushi you will be fine. I'm used to California Sushi and more sashmi. But consider where you are and this sushi place is good. I've been to 3 other sushi places in South Dakota and this one happens to be the best. For food to price it is alright. I've tried sushi on the menu and needless to say I only get the rainbow roll. This is because everything else is fried or cooked rolls which is great for people new to sushi, but not for those who love sashmi. For what sushi in South Dakota I give 4/5 but for sushi in general by price and by american standards I give it a 2/5. I also get the Udon and am a semi-fan considering there is no where else to get it in Brookings, but ask for it spicy and you'll be less disappointed also the beef is not stellar. Hibachi is pretty standard and basic to other places in terms of portions, meats and taste. Service, is not great. A couple of time the sushi (gozilla roll) came cold because it was sitting at the sushi bar for 20+ minutes and no one ever brought it to us. Despite all of this, I go every other Monday night when they have 50% off sushi so I can chow down my rainbow roll for $4.95. Gone more than 20 times and will keep going just because I'm sick of steak and potato. read more

I'm not a fan of sushi, but my hubby is so we tried out Sake so he could giveaway try. He loved all the different kinds of sushi he tried and I had the chicken fried rice. I'm a pretty picky eater, but it's been a week and I still can't stop craving more! read more

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I never thought I'd find fresh fish out here, but the folks here have managed it. And they craft it into some truly creative rolls. If you get something spendy, they turn your meal into a special occasion, with towering garnishes and (sometimes literally) glowing presentation. I talked to the host there, and was told that they make their own soy sauce, too! Yum. This isn't some place where you can get top-notch nigiri, but you wouldn't expect that from a sushi joint with these prices, no matter where you are. read more

Thank the Lord it's not another pizza joint! I have always had great food & service at Sake Sushi & Hibachi. Take an opportunity to sit up at the bar & talk to the sushi chef's. My daughter & I found ourselves getting a special treat. I would not show up here to eat noodles as it is not a noodle house... no they don't cook in front of you as it is not a teppanyaki steakhouse. I have had better Japanese food as I am imported from California... but kudos to the staff & management at SS&H for the change of pace, atmosphere & culture they brought to Brookings, SD! Domo arigato gozaimasu! read more

Best sushi I've ever had and I travel extensively. Plated food is a work of art. Chef takes pride in his craft and it shows. The wait staff are spotty and sometimes slow but it may be they are new. Someone is always at front door to greet you warmly. You can do lunch within 45 minutes easily which is good for people on a schedule or limited time. read more

After eating at Sake last night I decided it was time to update my review. My opinion has not changed, this is still the best sushi you are going to find within 50 miles of the greater Brookings metropolitan region and perhaps even further. However they have added a few things to their menu since their original review that are worth commenting on. First their Pad Thai is really quite good and their Thai crispy chicken is fantastic. So when I am feeling sushi I can come here for a variety of delicious uncooked and cooked rolls (lately I have become addicted to their sweet potato tempura roll, YUM). But when I am not feeling sushi I can come here for just a little taste of Thai food as well. Smart move on Sake's part if you ask me. Of course they also have their Katsu and Hibachi offerings as well. So now I think of this place as our local Sushi, Hibachi, and Thai restaurant. Something for everyone, even you are not a fan of raw tuna. read more

This has some of the best sushi I've ever had. Always a nice fresh taste to all of my meals. An awesome thing about this place is it has sushi half off every Monday from 3pm-10pm. It's a real money savor for good quality sushi. read more

The restaurant is gorgeous and quiet, though a little dark. The staff are extremely friendly and helpful in assisting us to decide what to order. I'd never been to a sushi bar before, so that was much appreciated. I can't speak to the food, as I didn't so much enjoy my choice, but my daughter very much enjoyed her udon noodles and chicken. I do plan to go back and try something else on the menu. read more

I have been eating at Sake for 6 years. The service is exceptionally quick and efficient. The food is always delicious, warm, and well presented, and the price is affordable. read more

This place was very welcoming. I get sushi all the time in LA and was not expecting a lot, but this place was a pleasant surprise. Their sushi is fresh and inexpensive. You can get three rolls, salad with ginger dressing, and miso soup for about 11 bucks. I highly recommend going here for your sushi fix. read more

Best restaurant in Brookings county. Ingredients are fresh. The food is exotic and authentic. Some like it hot. The hotter the better.

Pretty solid little Hibachi place. No cooks in front of you though. Surprisingly good sushi for Brookings, SD.

So, I am going to lead with: the best sushi in Brookings. Keeping in mind that it is the only place other than the grocery store that sells sushi as far as I know. I tend to stick to the veggie rolls and the cooked sushi for the most part. (This Florida girl tends not to trust raw sushi this far from the ocean/gulf.) The sushi is absolutely respectable and you can't beat their half priced sushi on Monday nights...the presentation is a little off on Monday nights but it is tasty and cheap. The pad thai is different, for a lack of a better word. I ordered it one night on a whim....it was edible but not like any other pad thai dish I've ever had. Their pad thai reminds me of spaghetti with peanuts...not the flavor combo I was hoping for so I will never order it again. My husband really likes their udon soup spicy style. My daughter likes the miso soup and various typical Japanese dishes. Still one of our favorite restaurants in Brookings...despite this review. read more

Who knew a great sushi bar could be found right here in Brookings.

Sushi in south dakota should come with low expectations. The fish, as expected, is low quality and should not be considered fresh. They do an excellent job making the rolls, and from what i observed their other food options look very tasty. If you are a hardcore sushi fan like myself, dont go in with high expectations. read more

We have always had great experiences here, so when we had a special occasion with little time, we spent it here. Because we let them know we were celebrating, they went above and beyond the usual great food and service. It is such welcoming place, and then with great sushi on top of that! read more

It was good food and the service was quick. Had to try it, although I don't think it is my type of food.

My wife and I love this place. Friendly staff, excellent food and best of all they love it when you bring the whole family! If you're celebrating an event or simply want a nice night out, check this place out! read more

Nice pit stop on a road trip. We didn't want fast food, so we hit up this place. The pad Thai was super good and we really liked our sushi (rainbow roll & dragon roll). Kid's food was decent priced and they are it all up! We'll stop in if we are in Brookings again. read more

Sushi in Brookings? Yes! And good sushi too. I have been to a number of sushi places and Sake definitely measures up. We had tuna rolls, california rolls, miso soup, tempura and more. Not one complaint about the food. The service was good sans a few minor blunders. Felt like the waitress was new and learning the ropes, but the business has not been open long. We will definitely be going back. Not sure why it says not kid friendly. My kids love hibachi and katsu. read more

I really enjoy Sake. Lunch specials are less than 8 dollars and come with a generous portion of food. The folks that work there make the most decorative rolls, all and all a great experience every time. read more

The sushi here is awesome. They have great daily specials that are actually good for the whole day (instead of during certain times). The only things that are kind of annoying are that the lunch specials are only good on weekdays and while the service is good, I always feel rushed to order because the wait staff hovers over you until you decide what you want (sometimes while you decide). read more

My husband and I had a date night at Sake Shushi and Hibachi in Brookings last night, and we were very pleased! The ambiance was perfect. Dark paint and tasteful light displays made for a pretty classy feel (I wished I had thrown on something other than jeans). Presentation of the sushi was gorgeous, complete with an edible flower--which yes, I did eat! The rice and seaweed were of the best quality. The raw fish was decent; as my husband said, "I've had better, but I've definitely had worse." The price was very reasonable. We both had large entrees, and I grabbed a drink. Total bill was right around $40. We will definitely be going back! read more

The food is good, I always enjoy what I get here. The service however, not so much. The bad service starts with coming through the door, to getting seated and continues all the way to ordering food. They are really indifferent and don't seem like they care that you came to the restaurant or not. If it wasn't the only place in town to get Japanese food I wouldn't come here anymore. read more

We just bought two bento boxes to go. The service and price were reasonable. The food was so so ... They forgot to give us our California rolls and Gyoza. Not sure we'll be back for seconds. read more