Sasaki Sushi & Bar

Unassuming sushi and dinner spot. The sushi is great as are the rolls - try the Dragon Roll! Happy Hour makes it a very reasonable spot to enjoy - we have been several times and have NOT been disappointed!

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sushi, Roll, Edamame, Seaweed Salad, Spicy Edamame

Ordered the chicken teriyaki bowl. Didn't realize it had tempura and I have a severe gluten allergy.

I sent it back and offered to get a more expensive allergy friendly item I can eat.

Waiter said the manager refused the comp and still asked if I wanted the dragon roll. I said no, I'm good. Paid 20 bucks for food I can't eat and didn't even get to try the sushi. Disappointing.

Not to mention the waiter was standing at the bar watching me eat and making me uncomfortable....

No wonder I was the only one in the restaurant at 6 PM.

Atmosphere: 1

Food: 1

Service: 2

Nice cozy place with great service.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

This is a hidden gem. Small staff but they are on it. Nice quiet off the main strip of Old Town Scottsdale. Enters into the Civic Center Park right across from the Performing Arts Center. Perfect for date night with out the arrogance of the bigger Sushi Houses. Mt. Fuji and Flaming Dragon are the bomb. And yes, Miso and spring rolls are perfected.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Low quality, their food made me sad.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 2

Service: 2

Sasaki Sushi & Bar is quaint and purposeful. It’s décor is simplistic, nondescript and to the point, nothing out of the ordinary and very understating. Although not bad, I wouldn’t go as far as to say very good either when it comes to their mainstays of Nigiri, Sushi, Noodle, Sashimi, Udon and Rice Dishes. They all seem satisfactory. Our crew at the table fixated on the core of their offering, which surprisingly did not offer a huge selection, and the assortment not contributing any extraordinary taste or uniqueness. We went for the California Rolls, typical, standard and run of the mill. The warm Edamame in the pod, barely seasoned with salt and sesame oil. The Tonkotsu Ramen bowl with pork and seaweed, bland and using extremely narrow and what seemed like chewy undercooked noodles. Albeit their renditions of Tuna, Albacore and Shrimp Nigiri and Sashimi were good, it didn’t dispel the aforementioned experience. For our overall consensus, I would call Sasaki Sushi & Bar a community Japanese Dive Bar with some amount of pizazz. Cold drinks, decent Saki, offering some Japanese staples and a nonobtrusive atmosphere.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 3

Service: 3

The sushi was great! Clean and cozy love this place!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The service was excellent and a clear plus point of the visit. However, the miso soup had slight weaknesses: the drops of fat in the broth spoiled the impression, and the taste was rather mediocre - I would rate it 5/10.

The Sake Maki were not convincing in terms of appearance and taste. The pieces were cut unevenly, the rice roll was too loose and the overall texture was too soft. The taste was also only average at 5/10. It appears as if the fish may have been thawed, which would be understandable since fresh sushi is difficult to obtain in remote regions.

The sake nigiri performed a little worse - the taste and quality of the fish was closer to a rating of 4/10.

The ramen was small in portion size, with little broth and a single piece of bacon. A little more vegetables or other additions could have significantly improved the overall impression.

In summary: The service is top, but there is still room for improvement when it comes to the quality and presentation of the food.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 3

Service: 5

Great experience with simple and elegant vibe

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sushi, Tonkotsu Ramen, Tempura Udon, Yellowtail and Rolls, Yellow Tail and Tuna Rolls, Salmon Roll

Excellent food - ordered solely off Tuesday specials menu. Combo of Japanese sushi and Chinese dishes. Get the real wasabi - it is worth the $3

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sushi

Love this place.

We went for happy hour dinner and ate so many delicious rolls! The sashimi wasn’t the best we’ve had and the atmosphere was very much low key, but for a weeknight dinner we still throughly enjoyed the 7 different rolls we tried. Would recommend!

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Roll

Enter through the ramp or back door it’s right across from the scottsdale art center

Service: 4

Dropped in for a quick bite. Had the teriyaki chicken and the spicy tuna roll. I liked the roll, it was very tasty.

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Roll

I am giving five stars mostly for the pork buns. The other food was great but the pork buns are really what is driving this review.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Recommended dishes: Sushi, Roll