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    Sakura

    3.9 (65 reviews)
    ModerateJapanese, Sushi Bars
    Open 11:00 am - 10:30 pm

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    Quiet
    Good for kids
    Good for groups

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    Dana S.

    Sakura has an incredible lunch special for sushi, with many options and it's sooo tasty. The waiters are attentive. If you're older though, bring your reading glasses, as it's a little dark in the restaurant. I personally like the vibe of it though!

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    Sandy B.

    Not much left at town center mall, but this gem. STIILL good chicken teriyaki ! Been there a long time. Was good to see open

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    Stacie W.

    Another great experience here. Amazing service. Amazing food. Absolutely love this place. Hibachi Steak Dinners for the win.

    Perfectly done edamame and a super delicious Dynamic Roll
    Melanie W.

    I do miss this sushi spot. I just wish they had different hours so that I would be able to enjoy it. The food is really delicious and the staff are always very pleasant.

    WV rolls are the best...but the lady manger is rude!
    Beverly S.

    The order was takeout...but everyone wore masks and place appeared to be clean. Love the WV rolls very tasty.

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    Jeff Y.

    I left Richmond kind of late and by the time I got into Charleston it was almost 10PM, so I was just looking for a place that was still open for dinner. I Yelped and found that Sakura was open until 10:30PM and was relatively close to my hotel. The interior was quite large and very clean and well-decorated. They were already cleaning up the teppanyaki area so it was too late to eat on that side of the restaurant (what east coasters refer to as "hibachi;" in Japanese, "hibachi" refers to the cooking utensil, and "teppanyaki" to the grill/cooking style). My waitress was very friendly and attentive, so service actually deserves four stars. My reason for a three-star rating overall was because of the food. It was just average/mediocre food. I guess I should give Sakura the benefit of the doubt since this is Charleston, WV (actually several miles outside the downtown area), but the miso soup was really watery and just didn't taste like miso soup. The salad dressing was also a bit creamier and more ranch-like than expected. However, I will say that the dinner bento for $19.99 comes with A LOT of food. In addition to soup, salad, and rice, you get a full six pieces of California roll, a full order of tempura with two pieces of shrimp (this wasn't a combo of meat + tempura, all bentos just come with tempura), four fried shumai, and steamed vegetables under your choice of protein. My teriyaki steak was actually a nice, thick, steak-cut and was actually cooked to medium as ordered, maybe even medium-rare. The shumai, California roll, and tempura were not bad, but not amazing. Oh, and the steamed white rice was surprisingly good. Sakura has a fairly extensive menu and they are running a 15% off special through the end of May 2016, so it's worth coming just for something different, but for those of you who have had better Japanese in big cities or in Japan, don't come with high expectations. P.S. There was a mix of Japanese and Korean music playing during my meal, and I'm pretty sure many of the employees were Chinese, which was amusing.

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    Joseph M.

    Again, coming from Cali I am always looking for some good places to eat near by so, I stopped here to have some sushi. It's a quiet place and I decided to sit at the bar. I was able to change the TV to whatever I wanted and the server checked on me Multiple times to see if I had questions or was ready to order. I the vegetable spring rolls, which were tasty and very hot when they came out, and that was great. I also had the Honda Roll which was pretty good as well. Very pleased with my visit.

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    Clean restrooms! Delicious salad with and miso soup. We also had Shrimp Tempura Sushi and Chicken Habachi.

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    Amazing food, service was great. Amazing staff will eat there again. Very clean and worth the money.

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    Sushi is sub par. Not a fan of the food. Sushi is pretty small and not much variety. Haven't been back since

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    4 years ago

    This place has the best sushi around!! Make sure you try the sexy jalapeño!! The Sakura roll is the bomb!

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    The Sushi here is the best in town! The service is good & we have never had a bad meal here.

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    5 years ago

    Staff is super nice and the food is fantastic! The sushi is really good & my fiancé loved his hibachi.

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    This places crab Rangoon is to die for and the sushi is pretty good to but the crab Rangoon is the star.

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    7 years ago

    Always wonderful and friendly service. Sushi is amazing and Hamachi kama is to doe for!

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    8 years ago

    Great sushi very expensive I recommend the Sakura roll and a good drink is the Sakura Punch but over all great experience and eat here again

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    The sushi is always fresh and tastes exactly as it is described. Serves is great everyone is always pleasant.

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    Great service, nice clean atmosphere, and food is always good. Go there couple times per month.

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