It was my first time and the food was great and customer service was on point. Gaby really helped us today and was attentive to our needs.

Incredible food and incredible service! The AYCE is a must. (miso salmon is unreal). This has quickly become one of our favorite sushi spots in Vegas! read more

Absolutely delicious! Everything was wonderful; fantastic service, and great atmosphere!

Came here with a huge party of 20 to celebrate 3 birthdays! We came in to the right place! By the time we checked in for the waitlist, the concierge person (forgot her name - Vanessa?) was very accommodating and patient and held our table until the whole party arrived! Food was really amazing! But the main star was our server, Gabby. She was attentive, responsible and she treated us like family! This birthday dinner was a blast. Thank you for giving our party the best AYCE sushi experience! read more

Food: All You Can Eat Menu -fresh, good rice to fish ratio -All Day vs Lunch prices; if you love sushi à la carte dejections, go for All Day selection Service: good attentive staff Ambience: small but spacious; can be busy with long wait. Overall, good rolls, appetizers, and good selection of All Day pricing Parking lot can be a challenge read more

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This is a very reasonably priced ayce sushi spot at $25.95 for weekday lunch. It is also worth the hype! The nigiri all come out beautifully cut with a way higher ratio of fish to rice. Everything from the service, cleanliness of the restaurant, to the delicious and very fresh sushi made for a great experience. I came for lunch on a Monday and there was no wait. The menu options are huge from appetizers, nigiri, soups, rolls, handrolls, baked and fried rolls, poke and more. The yuzu yellowtail was a big hit at my table along with the mixed seafood poke bowl. I couldn't fit enough in my stomach to be able to try everything I was interested in! The desserts were great also! They offer affogato which was super rich and tasty. The other option was a ice cream cup and they have a lot of good flavors like matcha, ube, etc. Smile Shota is a sister restaurant of Neko Sushi and is inside the Cheongdam Food Hall. Their quality definitely matches the high expectations of the Neko Sushi line of restaurants. read more

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As always, great sushi, great service and great ambiance. New menu started earlier this month with a few new selections. Thankfully, the price has not changed. 25.95 for lunch and 34.95 for all-day/weekend prices. read more

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Wonderful experience, from the service to the sushi quality. Modern and inviting space. We were totally strategic in looking for the premium/single order menu items first and then working our way out to other parts of the menu. The omakase sashimi alone is worth a good portion of the AYCE cost. Thumbs up for the yellowtail carpaccio, crunchy albacore, salmon belly, and truffle toro. The only premium items we did not reorder were the salmon carpaccio (too tangy) and the truffle scallop (good but fried and did not want to waste stomach space on fried). From the regular menu, garlic tuna and unagi were fine, though the unagi took 5x longer than everything else. Searing station must have been backed up. For the rolls, loved that they could do half rolls. The spicy rolls Angry Ninja and Call 911 were genuinely en fuego. Bruno Mars and Spider Roll were less interesting. Great touch at the end with the included ice cream. We definitely ate our money's worth and then some. Also happy to see how popular Cheongdam Food Hall has gotten since it opened. We'll be back! read more

We had a fantastic time at Smile Shota's It was our first time and everything was great, a special highlight to the food!!! The freshness of the fish was exceptional, the service was excellent and the whole atmosphere and experience was amazing. We had Chris and Ivanna as our servers both great kids, friendly and helpful. Definitely have found my very favorite new spot for AYCE sushi in Vegas. If you haven't gone stop looking and go there you'll have a great time. Food came out super quick and tasting delicious, cold fish yum, everything came out great. Really don't have a single negative thing to say. read more

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Went to Smile Shota for the first time to celebrate my son's graduation (he's a sushi FANATIC) and had the best experience. Comfortable and clean booths; Got AYCE, ordered mostly nigiri (get the miso salmon, yuzu yellowtail, and bluefin tuna.... Incredible fish to rice ratio, which is how you know a sushi place is good!). Was packed and took a bit for the server to come between orders because it was so busy, but he was great, and very helpful in sharing some recommendations. The busser was also attentive and always made sure we had enough table space between orders. Once we did order, the food came out very quickly. Also, the host and hostess were super kind and helpful, and gave my little kiddo tokens for the rubber ducky claw machine. Easily one of my favorite AYCE spots in town! Edit: adding this video of my son I found after we went because, well, this speaks for itself lol. read more

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We have been here numerous times. We have tried other AYCE places and still come back to this place. The quality is top notch and the rice ratio on the nigiri's is the best. So little. We opted for lunch $24.95 instead of all day $34.95 because we couldn't justify all the items under all day except for Salmon Kama and soft shell crab. Come to find out, both items were no longer one per person, it's one per table! So not worth it as part of the package. It's more cost effective to order à la carte. We stuck with yuzu yellowtail, garlic salmon, seared salmon, eel, basic salmon, mackerel, and a few baked rolls, honey pork belly. Their affogato quality has decreased in size. It's such a smaller scoop of ice cream. This place is still the best value, quality, and fast service. read more

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Was really hoping to join the five star reviews but unfortunately it was not a five star experience. Went mid week while in town for an 8 pm dinner. Like a lot of AYCE spots, they have added a reduced cost late (after 9 pm) dinner. The good. All of the fish that we tried was good and fresh. Nigiri rice patties were nice and small to doesn't fill you up right away. The less good. They lost our initial nigiri order and we had to remind the wait staff twice. It happens at AYCE spots but usually corrected with one ask. The fried items were greasy. Not to point of being inedible but also nothing that we ordered seconds of. Maybe just an off day? Parking is a bit of a challenge. The food hall looks like it was a former Walgreens and so the lot is fairly small. We had to park at the adjacent lot near Dunkin' Donuts. The hall was moderately busy so can imagine parking can be a challenge on the weekends. Four stars. Go for the fish but skip the fried items. read more

Still love everything about this place, back this time with out baby. The food court was a perfect cool-off space without having to stand outside in 110°. Food, as per usual, was delicious and fresh, despite me shoving it into my face as quickly as possible to take the baby back from my husband. Service was prompt, attentive and friendly. I was able to give my husband a break to finish his food by grabbing matcha 10 steps away at Broken Coffee- read more

Smile Shota - Truffle Scallop (that's what I ordered but this is a fried scallop with 0 truffle flavor) - Sushi Bars Near Me - Las Vegas, Nevada

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Partner AYCE sushi place to Neko in Chinatown and this place lives up to the hype. Their service was awesome. Waited no more than 10 minutes to be seated and always had someone dropping food or checking to make sure we were okay every few minutes. Sushi was super, place was really clean and overall not bad for $35 for dinner. The sashimi plate and salmon belly were our favorites. The seafood salad has a spicy siracha sauce on it, if you can, ask for it on the side. Also be sure to get the skewers and oysters!! read more

Definitely one of my top favorite places in Vegas for sushi. This was my first time trying it and I loved it. One of the top all you can eat sushi places for sure! The parking was inconvenient so you'll most likely have to park out back bc it's an old Walgreens converted into a restaurant which is such a large restaurant for such a small parking area, however the food is great. If you go during lunch expect to walk far. Otherwise food is great and service was good! read more

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The workers were friendly and this place is clean. There are a lot of choices. I decided having Ramen and sushi from Eki Ramen. It was ok and the soup base temperature wasn't hot. read more

Smile Shota - Combo Ramen and Tempura sushi roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Las Vegas, Nevada

I was so looking forward to trying this place but for me it did not live up to the hype or our groups expectations. If you have a food allergy, this place is not for you. If that's not an issue, than this place would be a 3 star in my book. We specified a food allergy to shrimp upon sitting down and our server assured us it wasn't an issue, and confirmed that all rolls could easily be made without shrimp. He just said not to order any fried rolls are the oil would contain shrimp. Easy; we can do this we thought. We even reminded him every time we ordered, yet somehow rolls with the shrimp appeared on our table anyways. Once the food was dropped off he saw we weren't eating it and ended up having someone else take over our table it seemed. The other worker appologized and said she wouldn't charge us for not eating the rolls (we were on AYCE) and took them away, but it took a good amount of time before they came by to check or noticed. Luckily for our group the person with the food allergy didn't touch or eat any of that food as they were cautious. However, this could potenitally be a big issue for someone and this establishment needs to take better care of customers (or honestly just say no, you shouldn't dine here). Initially, our waiter seemed really nice. But once we ordered our first round of food he kind of disappeared and then someone else took over our table (she was pleasant). The food was good, but it didn't rock my tastebuds like other sushi places in town. They had a few standout items on their nigiri or limited menu (like tuna carpacio), but a lot of the other stuff was just average compared to other spots in town. I loved the smiley decor everywhere. Definitely makes you happy just looking around. Glad to have tried the place but won't be back. read more

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For all you can eat, we were pleasantly surprised by how great the sushi was here. Although the price point is on the higher side compared to other spots around town, I think $35 per person is definitely worth it for the quality that you receive. From the sushi to the meat skewers to the udon, everything head. Service here is really on point and I never felt neglected because despite our server managing what looked like a huge section, he was on top of it. In fact, our miso soup arrived before we even finished ordering our first round. Ambience is fun, clean, and the smiley faces everywhere were a nice touch. Definitely will be back. I think this is our new all you can eat sushi spot. read more

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Probably the worst sushi spot I've been to in LV. Tons of rice in each roll and toro didn't look like toro. It didn't taste like it either. The shrimp tempura was soggy inside of the heavily rice filled rolls. The service was ok, took a long time to get our first order. The place is loud with screaming children and will never return here again. read more

Visted at Lunch Time. So picked Lunch AYCE plan. The atmosphere was good. The server frequently check on us! My favorite dish there was Seaweed Salad!!! It was way tasty than other regular seaweed salad. Majority of order I did was nigiri. It was okay. but a lot of dipping sauce or something saucy on top. As Japanese, the minus point of Smile Shota was Not tasty rice..."Shari" is important part of sushi for me. Not Seasoned well and too soggy. Still I think it's very reasonable price for the quality!! read more

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Came here fourth of July at 3 pm & did the AYCE All day for about $35 a person. Greatly priced with huge variety on the menu. We got seated immediately & there was lots of seating inside. This place is inside a nice food court with lots of parking as well! The nigiri was delicious & was so good. I would 100% recommend coming here to try. read more

Smile Shota - Salmon Carpaccio, Salmon Nigiri, Salmon Belly, Tuna Nigiri + more - Sushi Bars Near Me - Las Vegas, Nevada

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My hubby and I love our "usual" sushi spot however we sometimes venture out in search of another place to brag about. This place is it !!! Ron R was our greeter/server and everything about him was excellent. I'd steal him if I had a restaurant !! This location has a wonderful menu with some different options which is hard to do in the world of AYCE sushi. Most of the options we chose were in the nigiri/sashimi category but we did enjoy a roll or two just to sample all their goods. Hard to remember everything but, suffice it to say, we will definitely be back very soon !! read more

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The AYCE price is a little steeper than most other AYCE sushi spots (~$29) that provide better quality seafood. The Nigiri was okay, nothing to write home about, had just about a little of everything, the Garlic Salmon stood out the most, really liked it. The pork belly and kalbi was under seasoned, the spicy cucumbers were over seasoned, the rice to fish ratio was great. Definitely recommend the Garlic Salmon, Stuff Tomato from the limited menu. Paprika Salmon, Super White Tuna, was decent. The tempura sauce for the shrimp tempura was great, but the sauce for the agedashi tofu was too vinigery. Really liked that they had shishito peppers here, made to perfection. Customer service was decent. We came for late night happy hour, it was quite busy. Music wasn't too loud, didn't have to raise our voices to chat. Happy hour prices are decent (~$26)[Does not include the All Day (A) items on the menu]; which was still pretty decent. read more

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This is located inside of the Cheongdam Food Hall. The parking lot out front is always packed. But that might speak volumes to how good this food hall is it's always crowded every restaurant in this place. This is not my first time here, first time reviewing it, and checking out the food. First off service is always great very friendly very welcoming. The day that we were there, it was really crowded so they only had small tables available, we got seated against the wall, but they checked with us first if that was OK I said it was fine because we were hungry. Their menu is large, but they're very helpful in offering up suggestions and explaining dishes that you might have questions about. When I go to all you can eat sushi I usually stick to my favorites first to Check. I'll see how everyone else does it. For example, the Hamachi, super white tuna, and yuzu yellowtail, miso soup and all the side orders. For the dessert options we got the ice cream it comes in cute cups. I have to say everything here is tasty and fresh plus the sushi guys are fast with the orders. This place will be added to my rotation in my AYCE sushi spots. Give this place a try and happy eating!!!! read more

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The food here is always fresh and the service is fast and friendly. Evelyn is the best.

Smile Shota in Las Vegas was absolutely amazing! The food was incredibly delicious, fresh, and beautifully prepared. One thing I really appreciated was the sushi was made with very little rice. Other places, made with large chunky rice ball to fill you up. The quality of the food really stood out, and the portions were satisfying without feeling like they were just trying to fill you up with rice. Every dish was flavorful and thoughtfully prepared. The service was excellent as well. The staff was friendly, attentive, and made the entire dining experience enjoyable. I highly recommend Smile Shota to anyone looking for outstanding Japanese cuisine in Las Vegas. I will definitely go back. read more

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Have to edit my review since previously it was used to get the free mochi. Food: 3/5 Very basic menu in my opinion, compared to other sushi spots. This place is more expensive than other AYCE spots. They have "unique" dishes, like rose mussels and steak, but they aren't good. I like the ratio of fish to rice though in the nigiri. They give small bits of rice so you do not get full faster. However, nothing stood out to me. The green tea ice cream was horrible, I'd stay away from that. Get the affogato instead for dessert. Service: 3/5 Yuni was our server. Really great sushi spot. She was attentive but slowed down for the duration of our dinner. She came before 1 hour was done and said we needed to put our final order in. It felt too quick. Especially when the restaurant was empty and nobody in the waiting area. I've never seen a sushi spot do that, not even the busy ones in Chinatown. Just be aware that they WILL stop feeding you after 60 minutes. Posting a review gets you free mochi, which the server was nice enough to tell us. But the mochi wasn't good quality. Ambiance: 3/5 Very cute place. It's clean. There are a lot of smiley faces everywhere. I feel like the tables are too close together. There were kids at the table next to us that were visibly trying to get our attention and being noisy. Other than that, great vibes. Overall, the food, service, and ambiance is mediocre. I personally wouldn't come back. read more

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Fantastic spot for AYCE Sushi! My friends and I came in on a Saturday night and there was no wait. Everything we had was delicious, but I would personally avoid getting the spicy seafood salad (super filling) and the Q roll (not bad for a light option but still, eh). The salmon egg was a little too salty for my liking, but most of the other dishes were good! I would highly recommend ordering the special Nigiri's. Our server Gaby was fantastic! She was very attentive and was also very friendly. Overall, the food was delicious and our server was wonderful. Looking forward to coming back here! read more

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For my past few visits, our parties have been as small 4 people and as large as 7. Customer service is spectacular here and they always manage to take care of us. We collectively space out our orders and portions to ensure we don't overdo it. And it's also probs helpful for people to know that there's a limit on specific items - like oysters. I believe the store's policy is 1 oyster per person. Quality of the fish is great here. And certain nigiri cuts, such as the salmon have a great meat to fat to rice ratio per piece. I recommend their baked spicy mayo green mussels, the salmon/tuna/yellow tail nigiri. But explore the menu! There's something for everyone here. From miso soup, to skewers, to seaweed salad, to eel, to a variety of fish, ice cream options, and plenty more! Try to aim to come right before the dinner rush to get you + your party on the waitlist so you're not sitting hungry for too long. Big thumbs-upskies for Smile Shota read more

Good food, fresh sushi, fast service. They offer a wide variety of sushi rolls, and Nigiris, as well as sashimi. They also offer small plates of appetizers and skewers, which added a lot more variety to the food. The price was reasonable for all you can eat sushi place. read more

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I came here for the very first time. I'm celebrating my Birthday and I'm super glad that EVERYTHING that we ordered was delicious. Gaby was our waitress and she was amazing. She checked on us constantly and made sure that we were being taken care of. To all the chef's working today, you guys were phenomenal. IT was really busy but beside that, everything was perfect! Great birthday dinner! Give Gaby a raise!!!! And if you're a fan of Jujutsu Kaisen, you might get a spam musubi piece disguise as a Sukuna finger! Hahaha awesome! read more

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Best ayce sushi! Quality and delish rolls, skewers, everything we tried were so good! Service by Evelyn was excellent! Next time we are in Vegas, we will definitely come back! read more

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The place was 70% full at 5pm, and 100% packed a half hour later, with a waiting list. I knew this would be a solid place. The premium items like wagyu carpaccio and sashimi omakase were excellent. The softshell crab was crispy and tasty. The assorted nigiri had a good fish-to-rice ratio. The super white, wagyu and scallop nigiri were especially memorable. They serve real snow crab nigiri also. Service was courteous and quick. Smile Shota makes my top 3 AYCE in Vegas. Much better than their sister location Mr Shota. read more

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One of the better AYCE sushi places I've been to since moving to Vegas. Interior is clean and bright. Love the food hall that's right next door. Will try those next time. Food was great, service is quick and easy. My favorite was the lemon salmon nigiri. I think I ate like 10 of them. I really love that you can order half orders of the specialty rolls so you can try a bunch. read more

Smile Shota - Yellowtail, Seared Tuna, & Lemon Salmon - Sushi Bars Near Me - Las Vegas, Nevada

It's not trying to be a Michelin-starred omakase experience, but for what it is--a high-volume, variety-packed sushi spot--it's actually pretty good. Pricing is good, although there aren't fancy items like amaebi or uni on the menu. But the fish was good and fresh. I also appreciate that that they are not trying to stuff you with excessive rice in nigiri offerings. You can also order half size roll. Surprisingly, the very simple queue q was great and super refreshing. read more

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we LOVE coming here so much!! my boyfriend loves their sushi especially the wagyu role!! I personally love their steak skewers Norr our hostess was amazing and super funny!! Chris & Gabi were our servers and also went above and beyond. read more

Ivana, Nor, Gabby, and Chris did an amazing job with their service as they were attentive with all my needs. They checked on me frequently and ensured I had food on the table. Santi and Victor were fast and efficient with getting my food out in a timely manner. For an AYCE and the price, it's probably the best quality in Las Vegas. It's also a positive note when the food keeps on coming after ordering less than 4 minutes ago. Highly recommend. read more

Smile Shota - Spicy sashimi salad - Sushi Bars Near Me - Las Vegas, Nevada

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Food was great and came out quickly. The service was excellent, and the wait wasn't long at all. I'll definitely be back.

Fave place! It's my go to every weekend! Salmon lover to the besttttttttttttttttttttttt! read more

Always a great experience! Evelyn is a fantastic server so friendly and great atmosphere! read more

Smile Shota - Sushi Bars Near Me - Las Vegas, Nevada