Daruma South Sarasota - Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi Lounge

Went to Siesta Key for a birthday getaway and searched for a Japanese restaurant. The food was excellent, the chef was great and entertaining. I highly recommend them

Loved this place! Loved the piano player! We had a delightful server and the sushi was DIVINE!!! So was my lemon drop martini. I will definitely be back. I highly recommend Daruma!

I came here on mother’s day hoping to get a great experience considering I come for every occasion. I was a party of 7 and my reservation time was at 6:30. I’m a regular and am aware of the 10 minute grace period and how our whole party needs to be here in order to be seated. 5 of my party got there at 6:15, 15 minutes earlier than my reservation time, and the rest of the party got there roughly around 6:25. I understood that it was mother’s day, and it was obviously going to get pretty packed. We waited 30 minutes more to be sat, and what annoyed me was that this “incomplete” party came in after us but still got sat… Food was decent, hosts were nice, chef was okay, server was sweet. Everyone seemed stressed, and the vibe hectic to the point I didnt want to inform the managers. If you want to come here on a national holiday, I recommend booking the earliest reservation time they have!! Just putting my honest review and hoping it was a one time thing. Will be coming back.

Our favourite sushi place in Sarasota. Mike is doing the best Sushi you can imagine. Try to sit at the bar and watch him creating his artfully arranged Sushi rolls. Absolutely outstanding

Food was pretty good. We had a party of 8 and a variety of dishes. Everyone was satisfied with their meal but not a wow factor for the prices. Word of advice if celebrating and you bring your own speciality cake, they will charge you 25.00 to allow you to eat it there. Didn't matter we just dropped over 500.00. They still wanted the extra 25.00.
Not the way you get return customers.

Food was excellent. They had a piano player, music really didn't match the atmosphere.

Went there with a group of friends from my community Bird Bay Village in Venice, Florida, and it was very good. The food was great. The chef did an excellent job entertaining us. I would definitely recommend this place all the people.

We were seated right away. As the host brought us to our table, we came acrossed a staff member blocking our path to our table. He made a condescending remark as passed him. We ended up having him as our waiter. We felt like we were looked down upon for ordering a water with lemon because the restaurant could not give you a drink list. I felt like the time management of the waiter was awful. I feel like we should not be getting our salad when the cook is already cooking and putting the food on our plates. The food was good but nothing out of the ordinary to be charging the prices they were. At the end of the meal. We waited over 40 minutes to get a take box for our leftovers. Then we sat and waited even longer to get our bill. I feel like a restaurant should tell you ahead of time that the tip is already in the bill. Time management here is absolutely AWFUL.

Meats are smells not fresh and dry

We Celebrated my daughter‘s birthday at the south Sarasota location - was terrible. The greeter at the front was very rude as I was trying to accommodate my mother who was in a wheelchair. Additionally, we had brought a cake from home and charged $25 which included us cutting our own cake, lighting our own candles, and a photo that was included which was barely visible as it was very dark, taken with a camera wrapped in rubber bands to keep it together - awful !
Food Quality was terrible. The food was not hot - served warm/cold and considering it was my daughter‘s birthday, The service and experience was not festive at all. I understand if the restaurant was busy, but it was far from busy.

I would not recommend this location for a birthday or any occasion.

Your money would be better spent in a cheaper restaurant. Food was mediocre. Chef cooked all the dishes - fried rice, shrimp, vegetables, chicken, duck breast and steak with basically the same seasonings. Meat, chicken and shrimp portions not more than 4 ozs. Disappointed with this hibachi and shocked at the prices.

Love the Hibachi experience! This is a must
Plates are big!!
Karate kid is a good option for little ones
Filet mignon and Chicken is a great option

We just had an amazing dinner to celebrate my son’s 22nd birthday. The food was delicious and all the staff made everyone at our table feel special. Kenny was our hibachi chef and was very talented, funny and great with everyone…from the young kids to the elderly. Very impressive every time we go…not just a great dinner but an experience. Grateful to have them in our area.

We had large group …Do not sit near windows with extremely low seating. Regular chairs recommend for non gymnastics! Food was good and entertaining.

Good entertainment/dining experience.