Unfortunately, the sashimi wasn’t fresh at all. The two pieces of sea urchin we ordered looked and tasted past their prime, which was really disappointing. The other dishes we had didn’t meet our expectations as well. As someone who has been to Japan a couple times, though I didn’t expect the food to be exact the same quality, at least they shouldn’t be far below average. The service was poor as well. We waited for 10 minutes to get our waters served. I wouldn’t recommend this place if you’d like to have some fresh, decent, and somewhat authentic Japanese food.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
Alan Huang
This is my third time visiting Shiki, and I have to say I was very disappointed tonight. My first visit was fine. The second time, the sashimi quality was impressive — I even tried the Japanese sea urchin and it was great. But tonight, we found something dirty and sticky on the toro sushi. When we asked the waiter to check, he insisted it was wasabi — but clearly, it was not. It looked dark and muddy, definitely nothing like wasabi. Then the owner said it was onion, which it obviously wasn’t — onion isn’t muddy or sticky. In the end, no one could tell us what it actually was. Instead of sincerely apologizing or checking it carefully, they kept arguing that it wasn’t something dirty and that the fish was fresh. We understand they may buy fresh fish daily, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible for something unclean to be on it. The uni I had tonight was also bitter, and to make things worse, we even found a piece of fur on the chicken. Really disappointed with how irresponsibly they handled everything. I’ll never come back again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Sam
Authentic, high quality & excellent environment. Whether a date night, mariners game or just a late night bite. This is the place to be.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Scott Miller
Nice people and decent food but just way too expensive for what it is
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Ronnie Jin
I love the pork katsu so much! A very quiet neighborhood Japanese food shop with amazing foods and very friendly services. Recommend sushi, oden and katsu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oden, Assorted Tempura, Katsu
Sebastian Sagar
Absolutely amazing sushi. Ken is a Seattle legend. 10/10 recommend to anyone that loves the best fish
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Dampier
Average food. Environment was fun (they welcome you in Japanese). Service was decent and servers came frequently to check on us. Which was nice.
You order by the pair of nigiri (meat on rice) on a menu which you check the pieces you want. The rolls come with 6 pieces.
It was very average. Spicy tuna roll was very basic. Octopus nigiri was very dry and extremely chewy for octopus. The shrimp was a bit dry too.
Best part was the tuna nirigi. Tastes fresh and the best of everything we had.
Not something I recommend going out of your way to try.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Evynn Merritt
Best sushi i've ever had in America. Cannot recommend this place enough! The owner and waiters are super kind as well :) I will not get sushi any where else!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Cherie Winters
Amazing food and service, and run by very kind people. My friend forgot her purse here and they actually came back after hours to help us on short notice. I can't wait to come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Laura Taylor
We loved our experience at Shiki. We are staying nearby and walked over. We weren't disappointed. The restaurant is small but was busy and felt like a cozy family restaurant. It seemed like we were in the right place for delicious Japanese/excellent sushi. We were warned sushi service might be slow but the service was incredibly fast. We loved the salmon teriyaki, sake recommendation, and beef udon. We also had salmon and tuna nigiri and it was incredible. Miso was delicious and the tempura veggies were great. Not too heavy. Prices are reasonable and food is excellent! Would recommend to anyone.
Really like the atmosphere, small and intimate, feels like a slice of Japan in Seattle. Sushi is good and fresh, reasonably priced ($40 each) I mean you can’t even get fast food for $20 in Seattle these days so this is pretty good value. Service is good and friendly, will come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Lucia Tseng
Very expensive yet not fresh
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Blake Arrington
Absolutely amazing Katsudon and miso soup here. Would definitely go back for that.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Brooke Swenhaugen
I have been here so many times food is always perfect! My waitress was Abigail she was very sweet and super helpful with their menu aswell. I highly recommend food, pricing and service amazing!
Unfortunately, the sashimi wasn’t fresh at all. The two pieces of sea urchin we ordered looked and tasted past their prime, which was really disappointing. The other dishes we had didn’t meet our expectations as well. As someone who has been to Japan a couple times, though I didn’t expect the food to be exact the same quality, at least they shouldn’t be far below average. The service was poor as well. We waited for 10 minutes to get our waters served.
I wouldn’t recommend this place if you’d like to have some fresh, decent, and somewhat authentic Japanese food.
Atmosphere: 2
Food: 1
Service: 1
This is my third time visiting Shiki, and I have to say I was very disappointed tonight.
My first visit was fine. The second time, the sashimi quality was impressive — I even tried the Japanese sea urchin and it was great.
But tonight, we found something dirty and sticky on the toro sushi. When we asked the waiter to check, he insisted it was wasabi — but clearly, it was not. It looked dark and muddy, definitely nothing like wasabi. Then the owner said it was onion, which it obviously wasn’t — onion isn’t muddy or sticky. In the end, no one could tell us what it actually was.
Instead of sincerely apologizing or checking it carefully, they kept arguing that it wasn’t something dirty and that the fish was fresh. We understand they may buy fresh fish daily, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible for something unclean to be on it. The uni I had tonight was also bitter, and to make things worse, we even found a piece of fur on the chicken.
Really disappointed with how irresponsibly they handled everything. I’ll never come back again.
Atmosphere: 3
Food: 1
Service: 1
Authentic, high quality & excellent environment. Whether a date night, mariners game or just a late night bite. This is the place to be.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Nice people and decent food but just way too expensive for what it is
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
I love the pork katsu so much! A very quiet neighborhood Japanese food shop with amazing foods and very friendly services. Recommend sushi, oden and katsu.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Recommended dishes: Oden, Assorted Tempura, Katsu
Absolutely amazing sushi. Ken is a Seattle legend. 10/10 recommend to anyone that loves the best fish
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Average food. Environment was fun (they welcome you in Japanese). Service was decent and servers came frequently to check on us. Which was nice.
You order by the pair of nigiri (meat on rice) on a menu which you check the pieces you want. The rolls come with 6 pieces.
It was very average. Spicy tuna roll was very basic. Octopus nigiri was very dry and extremely chewy for octopus. The shrimp was a bit dry too.
Best part was the tuna nirigi. Tastes fresh and the best of everything we had.
Not something I recommend going out of your way to try.
Atmosphere: 4
Food: 3
Service: 4
Best sushi i've ever had in America. Cannot recommend this place enough! The owner and waiters are super kind as well :) I will not get sushi any where else!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
Amazing food and service, and run by very kind people. My friend forgot her purse here and they actually came back after hours to help us on short notice. I can't wait to come back!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
We loved our experience at Shiki. We are staying nearby and walked over. We weren't disappointed. The restaurant is small but was busy and felt like a cozy family restaurant. It seemed like we were in the right place for delicious Japanese/excellent sushi. We were warned sushi service might be slow but the service was incredibly fast. We loved the salmon teriyaki, sake recommendation, and beef udon. We also had salmon and tuna nigiri and it was incredible. Miso was delicious and the tempura veggies were great. Not too heavy. Prices are reasonable and food is excellent! Would recommend to anyone.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
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Really like the atmosphere, small and intimate, feels like a slice of Japan in Seattle. Sushi is good and fresh, reasonably priced ($40 each) I mean you can’t even get fast food for $20 in Seattle these days so this is pretty good value. Service is good and friendly, will come back
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 4
Service: 5
Very expensive yet not fresh
Atmosphere: 1
Food: 1
Service: 1
Absolutely amazing Katsudon and miso soup here. Would definitely go back for that.
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
I have been here so many times food is always perfect! My waitress was Abigail she was very sweet and super helpful with their menu aswell. I highly recommend food, pricing and service amazing!
Atmosphere: 5
Food: 5
Service: 5
So amazingly delicious.
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