Food was delicious and cook was fun. I've had more talented hibachi chefs but he at least was entertaining.

We have found our new favorite sushi restaurant. Sooo good. Beautiful presentation, good sized portions, and oh so yummy! The hibachi side of the restaurant is a bit annoying but the excellent sushi is worth it! read more

We got sat right away. Our server was ok. She seemed very rushed and annoyed in general. She took a while to take our order even though we can clearly see her at the bar texting on her phone. The chef was good. He was funny and engaging and really entertained my daughter since it was her first time at a hibachi place. Generous portions of food. Our server was slow. Had to ask for drinks multiple times. Asked for something else and didn't get it. Had to ask for our check and just waited and waited. Boo! read more

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They forgot my rice. But they were really fast! It only took them 20 minutes to put my order together. And after I ate, only 40 more minutes to have violent diarrhea. Total butt mud. In the woods. Unrelated, if you are looking for a great place to hike, try Paris Mountain State Park. But stay on the trail unless you wanna find a nasty surprise. All in all, my meal only cost me $25 (and one pair of underwear). Not bad. read more

Food was amazing and reasonably priced, I loved the avocado rolls. Service was very nice. I liked that you had an option to watch your food being cooked, cool ambiance. Would totally recommend. read more

Food was excellent. Service was ok. The chefs are fun. Good for large group. Food is fresh compared to other places like this.

Go there once or twice a month. Love to sit at the bar on Friday or Saturday and eat my fillet and chicken combo while watching sports. Very good food. Always good service. Good prices too. read more

We had Jenny Marie, she was horrible. We had to wait 10 minutes for her to come ask what we wanted to drink and there was nobody else there. She came out smacking her lips wiping food off of her face. She said the roll was "rolling down her face". It was an act of congress to get more than one cup of sauce for our hibachi, and when we asked for more I was scared I felt like I was threatened and she mumbled insults as she walked away. A few minutes later we see her downing shots of sake like frat boy at a party. She came back to the table grunting and apologized to the people next to us for not being able to handle her liquor while on the job serving customers. The table paid cash for our bills, and that was the quickest I had seen her move all night when she saw us get up from the table, assuming we hadn't paid. In conclusion Jenny Marie count your days working there, I personally would have fired you on the spot. I love Sakura but it is a shame the kind of people they have working there. read more

I normally go for the sit down dinner and show in front of the hibachi grill, but there was football on TV. I sat at the bar and they prepared my meal in the back and served it to me. Everything was great. It's a very nice place to go to. read more

Wonderful experience for my son's birthday! Our cook was hilarious. He made it so much fun. Definitely will go again. He turned 24 and we had a blast!! read more

My wife and I have eaten here multiple times. We both are fans of good Asian food. The restaurant is clean. Service is ok. We had the teppanyaki grill table with family one evening and it was decent. The chefs are not nearly as skilled as chefs in better known Japanese steak houses. We usually order luncheon boxes so we can sample a variety of foods. The food has been pretty mediocre. I expect something better at this price point. read more

I gave it a one star because you cant give it a 0, i was so disappointed tonight, the food was blan and under cooked, the steak was tough, it was cut against the grain, couldnt hardly chew it, the shrimp was blan and under cooked, the cook had a great attitude, but i noticed he dropped some of the food in the scrap tray, then scooped it back out and put it back on the grill, i was like WT? , then we never could find our waitress, she brought one refill on my tea, then when the bill came they automatically added a 18% gratuity to my bill of a party of two, when i asked about it she said oh its on the menu, so service was horrible and she didnt care cause she was gonna get her tip anyways, i asked to speak to a manager, i was told no manager on duty, really????? When have you ever went to a restaurant and thrre not be a manager, so i wrote this off as an experience, and i will NEVER EVER be back, warning go at your own risk, read more

Nice ambiance, great service and food. Our chef was amazing, very professional with a wry sense of humor. Having dined at Benihana's, I'd definitely place this restaurant in the same category. read more

I'm going to give this a solid 3.4 rating. Good not great (but maybe because it was a Tuesday night) but also fun.. so I'm torn between 3-4 stars... After a very disappointing experience in Spartanburg we ended up here in Greenville for dinner. We booked for 745 reservation but got in close to 815 and served closer to 830. Meal served in this order: - Salad was over saturated with ranch dressing. I should of asked for it on the side. - Soup was very good! I had two as the wife didn't want hers :-) - Rice was prepared in front of us and was served next; Yummy sauce provided. No other sauces were offered. It was good. Does some places put bean sprouts in it? - VERY GOOD.. everyone liked this!!! - Veggies and proteins on the grill - Also very good and tasty! - No Onion volcano :-( (maybe that's old school now?) - Steak served - Yummy! - The appetizer Shrimp served - Was good but would of like this first but OK - Chicken served - GOOD! - Veggies served - Also Good! LEFTOVERS - Yes! :-) Overall I think there was a help shortage so the cook had to make everything quickly at once. Value: EXCELLENT! Needs improvement: - I guess the entertainment portion has been minimized since the last time I visited one of these places - Mixed drinks were watered down; DD had to send hers back - One family in the waiting room not wearing masks.. hello SC you are a hot spot now! - Bathroom needs cleaning more frequently read more

Sakura Japanese Steakhouse - Japanese Near Me - Greenville, South Carolina

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We had a table of 12 and yes a reservation. We were seated right on time. The servers were very accommodating as we had 6 children with us. The hibachi chef was very entertaining and the food was cook to everyone's tastes. We had a great time and lots of food as we all took a container home. Recommend you give this a try. BTW forgot to mention we were visiting as we were in town for swim meet. The ambiance is your typical Hibachi restaurant. read more

It was very thrilling and cool to see the professional chefs cooking in front of us, the food was delicious and it filled me up well, and the interior looks amazing and beautiful. read more

I was in this evening with my family having a lovely meal while I was getting ready to leave I heard the owner screaming at a young lady about sushi rolls saying his fish isn't bad after witnessing this type of behavior I would suggest avoiding this business so many other establishments to give business to in the area read more

Came here for the early bird and was thoroughly impressed with the food. Our chef wasn't the best performer but he sure could cook up some good food that was actually seasoned perfectly for once. The rice didn't need any extra soy sauce, the steak was cooked perfectly medium rare, and the shrimp wasn't overcooked. Kudos to the chef. We also got the sushi and it wasn't bad either. It had the right ratio of rice to fish to veggies. Only thing is that the sushi rice wasn't soft enough, but it's not like we paid top dollar for this. For the price of 3.75 per roll for happy hour, the quality was on point. read more

Sakura Japanese Steakhouse - Japanese Near Me - Greenville, South Carolina

ZERO Stars. Food actually looked good here, but the place is completely dangerous. I ran out of patience long ago for service failures like this. I told the waitress I had a mushroom allergy and to please not bring any mushrooms to the table. She proceeds to bring my meal loaded with mushrooms in it. Of course she says, "I'm sorry". But that doesn't mean sh*t. You just put down something in front of me that would have sent me to the hospital if I hadn't noticed and "I'm sorry" just really isn't enough. You are endangering my health with your lack of service. Family stood up and walked right out. That kind of total disregard for your customer's safety is appalling. We'll never go back. Too dangerous. read more

By far my favorite go-to Japanese the rice is always delicious and doesn't have that burnt taste like some places. Good enough portion for leftovers. Sushi is always fresh and yummy! Love going at lunch when they have their lunch sushi special. 3 rolls for $11. read more

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Waited for over an hour to be seated, watching other parties be seated. We finally left and went somewhere else. And for some reason, when you sit at the tables and order from the menu, the food isn't as good as what you get with the hibachi, even though it's the same items. read more

Sakura Restaurant at Pleasanburg Greenville SC Great food. The young waitress girl was very attentive and served the food with a smile. My husband ordered the house entree salad, house soup followed by a delicious fillet mignon with a delicious sauce, some spinach, oranges, and rice. I enjoyed miso soup, sea weed salad, smoke salmon. With ginger and the hot green spice, with some warm and delicious green Japanese tea. And a lobster tail at the end. Everything was so perfect! We enjoyed our time. Just few things: 1st: the lady at the front entrance didn't welcomed us with a smile and directed us to go and sit away somewhere else, instead of the place we asked for upon arriving. She said that we had to wait 4 hrs to eat inside that area. We spend 1:40 hrs eating at Sakura. The glass windows were dirty. We also noticed there were few people that got there after us, who were being taken care of, and we saw them at the place we asked for at the beginning. On our way out, we didn't looked at the same lady who didn't smile at the door, neither said good bye to her. Maybe the salad portion could be a little bit more instead of just 3 pieces of lettuce and half of the tomato sliced in two. We left a tip for the girl though, that girl was refined! We say to this young girl: Thank you! read more

My son couldn't decide what he wanted for lunch with the family for his birthday, finally we decided on Sakura. This is the full on Teppanyaki experience with the chef, the cart, the egg in a hat, etc. Since we had a large group of 14, we took up two of the grill tops and one chef was used to accommodate the whole party. I'm guessing part of the food experience suffered as not everything was cooked as perfectly as has been my past experience here. The staff were all very friendly, and the chef was as champ. At one point he sang us a song from his church which was cool, let's just say it was a joyful noise. It's good to know he has a day job. My family and I have eaten here a few times and it's always been good, but not great. I think the difficult part is weighing this against casual options like FU of Kyoto or Joy of Tokyo. read more

Sakura Japanese Steakhouse - Japanese Near Me - Greenville, South Carolina

Me and my girlfriend go here frequently it became our go to sushi place. That is until today, on her little brothers birthday for a party of 9 we arrived at 4:32 and had a reservation at 4:30 and wanted to get our table while some of the others were still getting out the car, only for the hostess to get the manager on us and she was terribly rude for no reason. Saying that everyone has to be inside for us to get a table...? She was basically making things more complicated for no reason instead of just getting us the table we asked for. When we use to go for a regular table we never had a problem but this time we wanted the food cooked in front of us. But never again, the servers are always great, but to know now that it's being ran by someone with that kind of unprofessional attitude I will no longer be eating there. read more

We hadn't been to a hibachi place since moving to Greenville and had been missing our good ones from former locations in NJ/NY. Sakura is one we've driven past many times in a strip mall location out Cherrydale way and one recent evening we said, let's try it. I thought it was just fine. It is the usual deal, hibachi show and cooking. We got filet and shrimp. The food was all good quality. Our chef was fun and enthusiastic. Service was fine and I appreciate a hard job dealing with these multi-groups around the grill. We got sake which our server kept flowing and was attentive. We got basically everything we were looking for in this kind of restaurant and Sakura hit all the right spots for us. I'd definitely return when we get the onion volcano itch again and worth a try for sure if you like this kind of experience. read more

Been wanting this food just to get disappointed when i finally got it! I called in my order for chicken and salmon hibachi, hibachi chicken and teriyaki chicken they like it'll be ready in 15 minutes no it took about 25 minutes. I check my order they charged me for a side salmon which is same price as a meal I'm like why would i just want the salmon and not the meal you didn't say you didn't have a option for the combo when i called and if you would of said it's same price i would of def got the meal! Then they like the kitchen closed now and there's no manager there! Yeah aight! Smh I'll never be back! How the kitchen closed and you just brung me my food out they could of made some rice and veggies real quick they didn't have to make the meat over smh. Any recommendations for another Japanese steak house? read more

Me and my boyfriend went there for lunch today. We were seated right away. The waitress was very polite and attentive. We got our food cooked in a great amount of time . The cook was amazing! We will be back! read more

Probably one of my favorite cooking front of you hibachi restaurants! Lunch prices aren't so bad either!

My friends and I got a takeout order of the Hibachi dinners on a busier Friday night. We chose takeout to mitigate our risk of exposure as we are living on a college campus, however if that's your goal, we'd recommend that you don't do takeout here on a Friday or Saturday night. For Covid reasons alone, we can't really recommend visiting as when we arrived to pick up our dinners, there were numerous unmasked families in the lobby and we were met with an unmasked staff member to get our food. Social distancing and masks are both not enforced at this restaurant. However, on the topic of food, we also can't really recommend this restaurant either. My steak was supposed to be cooked medium and it was extremely well done and unseasoned. My friends chicken was mildly undercooked. The miso soup was extremely salty and none of us could handle more than a few sips of it. read more

I really like this restaurant a lot but I'm very disappointed in my last visit here. My friend made a reservation for their birthday and the lady put people ahead of us. The reservation was for 6:30 we were not seated until 7. The lady at the front was also rude to my friend when he asked about the table. read more

I made the reservation on the same day as our dinner through Google- extremely easy and efficient. Our chef was great and made dinner special for my daughter's birthday. The food was fresh, cooked perfectly (I had salmon hibachi). Great atmosphere. Fun and wonderful experience! read more

The food was amazing, the server was polite, very attentive, and knowledgable. The menu has your standard Japanese steakhouse, but everything I ate tasted very expensive and flavors were highly developed. The yaki noodles are made in house. The hibachi rice is seasoned with house ground seasonings, not oil and soy sauce. Food presentation is on point. Gyoza was fresher than fresh and cooked to perfection. Nothing was greasy or too rich. Atmosphere is warm and inviting. Very clean, decor very modern. I was dressed casual, but this place could go as casual or dressy. read more

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I've eaten here twice. Friendly staff, great food, great hibachi chefs, but expect a fairly long wait on the weekend, and the place can get uncomfortably packed really quick. The only thing I find odd about this place is that it seems to draw a good portion of seemingly upset, fast-food walmart-looking folk, along with the occasional and belligerent odd drunk who goes after the staff for having to wait their turn like everyone else. Luckily the last one was kicked out. read more

Jenny and Anna have the best Japanese food I've truly ever eaten! Sakura Japanese Steak House is beautifully designed super clean, has beautiful Asian waitresses that are salt of the earth and the food is amazing! I highly recommend Sakura Japanese Steak House to all my friends and family members! Thank you Jenny & Anna! read more

Very unhappy with the customer service tonight, I found a really long hair in my food, tried calling back with no answer so I took the food back and the offered a refund and kept the food. I told them I wanted another order and they refused. Very unprofessional and will not go back there . read more

Sakura Japanese Steakhouse - Long hair on piece of broccoli - Japanese Near Me - Greenville, South Carolina

Been in for special occasion dinners twice now- the most recent at a table with someone who did not prefer onions... so they didn't include onions for anyone. Boyfriend has brought that up for over a year now... Tonight we got takeout- 2 chicken and filet dinners- and it was fantastic! Totally worth the money! read more

While the food is good the employees here act as if their customers are inconveniencing them. Takes forever to be seated, to order, to get your check. And, don't try to call for takeout. They tell you to hold on, place the phone down and ignore you until you hang up! read more

Best sushi in town!!! Did take out, on time and very fresh!!! Nice location, authentic

Have been coming here for years. Love it so much. The food is always consistent. People always friendly. And we leave with plenty of leftovers will continue to visit for years to come. read more

I ordered lunch from their online website. There are 11 people I ordered for, so the cost was almost $200. I paid via Apple Pay, and it was taken out of my account, but the restaurant sent me a text saying the order failed. I called the restaurant to see what we could do to fix it, but they said the online platform was a "third party" and there's nothing they can do about it. I'll have to wait 5-10 business days for a refund from them. Almost $200 worth of food- with no food and no refund given to order again. Absolutely terrible customer service. Almost 2 weeks to wait for a refund is unacceptable. read more