Some of the best Asian food I've ever had. They have great options on the menu and the food is always incredible. It's a little pricey but it's worth it read more

Sawa Asian Cuisine - Asian Fusion Near Me - Gardner, Massachusetts

Absolutely love this place! I go here regularly for their sushi! The service is always incredible and the ambience makes it feel like a five star restaurant! I always spot something new that I love in their interior decor each time that I go in! Can't recommend this place enough! read more

Sawa Asian Cuisine - Interior decor - Asian Fusion Near Me - Gardner, Massachusetts

I decided to revisit here with my wife so soon because we had a big craving for sushi and we wanted to try more things on the menu. Truth be told, I really just wanted to get the next level platter and be a total glutton. Similar to last time, parking is pretty simple. It's odd, it seems like the restaurant interior is built to accommodate farrr more people than what parking allows. It felt like the lot was about 75% filled with cars when we arrived, but it wasn't all that crowded inside. This time we ordered.. Fantastic 4 - $13 - I wasn't really a fan of this. I just don't like my sushi warm, but my wife enjoyed it and that's all that really matters. Each piece is like a mini sandwich of 4 seafoods and crispy rice. Salmon on Fire - $28 - this was one of the specials that's handwritten on the little sign at each table. I've never ordered this kind of dish before, but I've seen it plenty of times on social media at a bunch of other restaurants. The waitress brings a little natural contraption with 4 slices of salmon hanging over. She lights the kindling creating a fire under the rack of salmon and then you let her know when you want to put out the flames. We didn't really know how long to wait, but I prefer my salmon raw anyways. A citrusy sauce is poured over the salmon to extinguish the flames, and then she serves the salmon on your plates for you. It was an enjoyable show for social media and it was delicious! Rainbow Deluxe - $65 - I think I will let my pictures speak for itself. Lots of delicious sashimi and nigiri, and i was a big fan of the California Rolls topped with spicy mayo and roe. It's a pricy entrée but I couldn't resist. Additionally, I believe the owner came by and spoke with us for a bit. I'm something of an introvert and didn't really know how to talk while eating and snapping pictures, but she brought us two tiny bowls salmon sashimi wrapped around an orange slice and topped sliced jalapeno and a cherry tomato. Very good! We spent a pretty penny on this dinner for 2 and we loved everything! Will totally be back again! read more

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We've given this place a few tries but not going back, mainly because their vegetable dishes are missing....vegetables. Scallion pancakes: each piece literally had 2 or 3 tiny 1/2" pieces of scallion in it, so they tasted like grease, not scallions. ??? And vegetable chop suey, chow mein, and lo mein: So few vegetables--one entire dish had exactly two pieces of broccoli and one piece of carrot. ??? Ridiculous. read more

The food is always great there and the staff is great as usual. Love the lunch specials and the sushi is so good. Our go to for special meal. read more

Sawa in Gardner has opened a new location. Much larger and free standing. First thing we noticed is the outside patio, walking inside and wow, what a beautiful restaurant. Is this a destination restaurant in Gardner? The money and time spent on this restaurant is amazing. But we are here for the food right?? Let me go back to the restaurant first. Fountains and full size palms for aesthetic win! Ok back to food and service. Three of us for lunch. We all ordered luncheon specials with a crab Rangoon app. Rangoons tasty, but only six in the order. The luncheon specials were just Ok. No option for salad so you choose a soup, miso for me, ok flavor but very small. Next was a nice bonus, half Maki roll (3 pieces) two choices, either California roll or spicy tuna, again nice add to the meal, the spicy tuna roll was good. Then came the plate, I chose the General Gao, PFR with chicken fingers. It came with the usual two pieces of broccoli. The portion was a bit small and the fingers were tiny with a noticeably sweet batter. The rice was bland and very basic and the General GAO while having the perfect firm fried and sauced texture was also lacking in flavor. The service was friendly but felt rushed. Overall I would love to give more than 3 stars but the food was just OK and for $15.00 for a lunch plate it was not worth the 30 minute ride. Will we go back, yes, they have not been open long and I think they are juggling their old location (take out and delivery only) with their new much larger location. We'll give them some time to sort things out and try again when it's warmer and we can try the outside patio. Oh and I forgot to mention, there is a Mai Tia for 4 on the drink menu for $100.00. read more

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Below average everything ... Luke warm wonton soup with little flavor, 1 wonton and little else; greasy spring roll with little flavor; ok pork fried rice; decent chicken pad Thai with what appeared to be red onion. Attentive bar service. read more

The original Sawa in timpany plaza was good, best curry around. This new restaurant and sushi bar is a massive step up. We ordered chef's choice of rolls and were presented with beautifully presented food with flavor that was incredible. I am hard to impress when it comes to sushi, and I'm highly impressed! read more

Sawa Asian Cuisine - Asian Fusion Near Me - Gardner, Massachusetts

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So sawa opened up where the the old Mexican was which was the border. So we know what it used to look like. Sawa completely changed the inside and in my opinion for the better. The atmosphere was very lovely, and spacious. The food was decent, dessert was delicious. Portion sizes were small and expensive for what it was. drinks were good. But no water was on the table. It is handicapped accessible but didn't check the bathrooms out. read more

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New locale for Sawa. 1000% improvement in the setting and decor. It's now a first rate environment for dining. Very complete Japanese/Chinese menu with wide variety of Sushi:Sashimi. Sports TV and full bar in a separate section also looks appealing. I had some Sushi and a Chinese pork/eggplant lunch dish. Companion had Tuna sashimi, miso soup. All delicious, service prompt, highly recommended! read more

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Very impressed at our last visit in the new location. Food was amazing, service was top notch and they did an amazing job with the remodel inside vs the previous business. read more

Everything about this 5 Star Restaurant is appealing! Great food, Great service, cocktails are over the top. Nothing Lacks, all is good .....sit down or get it to go - All is good !! read more

Have been coming here for a long time and the food is consistently good. Services and ambience are also both very nice.One thing I noticed is that their sushi has really gone down in quality over the last 2-3 years. Used to love getting their California rolls and Boston rolls. Not sure if the avocados they're using aren't fresh, but the last few times I've ordered these here I've been disappointed. read more

The ambiance of the new restaurant is great, food quality has remained consistent. Overall one of our go to spots!