40 Tempura Sushi Restaurant

One of my favorite sushi spots in College Station! I should have included a description in my original review years ago, but making up for that now. 40 Tempura was always a fantastic time during any of my visits.

Very good food

Atmosphere: 4

Food: 4

Service: 4

Recommended dishes: Sushi

Came at around 7 pm and ordered Aggie roll, I don’t like fish at all but this meal was just so good. The ingredients just mixed together perfectly to create the best roll I’ve ever had

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 4

Walked in today at 1:40. Girl met us at the door and stated they were closed. Your door says you’re open until 2:00. Liars and lazy people don’t get my business.

Service: 1

We had a lovely dinner.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Tried this place for the first time and was really impressed. The sushi was very fresh and everything tasted great. The presentation was nice and the restaurant was clean and comfortable. Staff were friendly and service was quick. Definitely coming back again!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

The fish and ingredients at 40 Tempura are very fresh. I was honestly surprised that you can get such fresh fish at such a low price. It’s been a long time since I’ve had food with this kind of value.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Great Japanese restaurant with really good sushi rolls. The place is clean and well kept, and the quality of the food is excellent. Just make sure to make a reservation because they’re always busy. Sometimes the waiters are a bit overwhelmed and service can be slow, but the food is so good that it’s worth the wait. Definitely a place I’d come back to.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Compared to the other options in town I was extremely disappointed. I always break fast with green tea, edamame, followed by eel and sushi. The eel was flavorless and small and chewy and I believe under done. The actual fish on the nigiri was hard “a first for me” and I even spit it out which I’ve never done eating sushi. If I was in the Midwest in a town of 2000 this would be acceptable for the price but I can get better sushi for cheaper in town at multiple locations. It’s clean and quiet which I guess caters to all the old people inside.

Atmosphere: 2

Food: 1

Service: 2

We had a reservation for 6:30 on a Friday night. It was extremely busy, so we didn’t mind waiting for about 15 minutes for our table. Our waiter took our drink and appetizer order and brought our drinks over quickly with appetizers soon after. That was as good as the night got. We waited for over an hour after our appetizer before our sushi rolls came. But only two of the three we ordered were brought to our table. After checking multiple times with our waiter on the rest of the order over the next 30 minutes, I finally asked our waiter for the manager. He checked and said the owner just left. So I asked who was in charge and he mentioned one of the cooks behind the sushi bar. I walked over and asked him when we might get the rest of our order. He told me they were busy. I explained I knew they were busy but we had been there two hours, my wife and son had their food for over 30 minutes and I still hadn’t received mine. He tried to say that we ordered multiple times, which we did not. I repeatedly asked when I would get my food, which he continued to ignore me. He would not even acknowledge I was there. It was extremely rude and a terrible customer experience. Mind you, several tables that arrived at least 30-45 minutes after we were seated, had completed their meals and left.

I finally got the number of the owner and spoke with him directly. He was great and helped with the situation.

Sad thing is, this wasn’t the first time we’ve had our order get “lost”. The sushi rolls are really good. It’s just a shame that the service, especially from a so called manager, was the worst I’ve experienced.

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 4

Service: 1

Zack was by far the best server we have encountered. He took great care of us. Even engaged with my 11 year old son. We appreciate servers who actually care about their job.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

We have been going to this restaurant for years and it has never once done us wrong, or any food item has been bad. hands down my favorite restaurant in town.

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

My food tasted amazing...I will be definitely be returning!

Atmosphere: 5

Food: 5

Service: 5

Not the worst sushi I’ve had but really close to it. The sashimi portions were literally a third of what they should’ve been. It’s like they took a regular piece of sashimi and cut it into 3 pieces, not exaggerating. Nigiri was about half the size it should’ve been and the quality was awful. Ive been here several times in the past and had good experiences but this place has fallen hard, complete waste of money

Atmosphere: 3

Food: 1

Service: 3

PSA: This Japanese restaurant got inspected by the Health Dept. and got their food permit suspended 06/30/25! Be careful. They got re-inspected 07/01/25 and got permit back (P/S or permit suspension happens after a restaurant scores lower than 70 or if the Health Department deems the restaurant a health risk.)