Hokkai Sushi

Came for the all you can eat sushi deal for 15.99 and it did not disappoint. They offer a fairly large variety of simple sushi rolls with the deal. I would strongly recommend the sweet potato sushi roll!

As someone who isn’t frequently in down ton Glen Ellyn, I can safely say that if I’m back in the area, Hokkai would probably score top of the list of places I’d sit down and have dinner at. A friend and I stopped in on a Saturday evening around seven. It was busy, but service was prompt and attentive, and the food was good. The menu does have some cooked options but I would suggest coming here for the sushi. They have a fairly classic option of maki rolls and sashimi options. If you’re looking for a true take on the classics, Hokkai can definitely meet your needs. However, I also found the specialty roll options to be inventive, thoughtfully put together, and delicious. All in all, I’d love to go back and try out more of their menu. I was very pleased.
A few notes: There is ample parking, but in proximity to so many other stores (and off Roosevelt) it was a bit tight for us. They do have a take-​out option, and it’s a bummer I’m not in the area more often: I’d definitely make use of it.

Very good place, all the recommendations of the above are true to it’s quality service and delicious food. Of course my favorite was Hokkai, best roll I’ve ever had. I went for lunch there and got a table in one sec, also food was on my table as I wished :)))) love this place and I’ll definitely be back for more!

Food was good. Not your typical out at night sushi place but for the price it is a good place. For someone who lives in the city and has many sushi choices this is in my top 5 list for a sushi place.

Absolutely delicious all-​you-​can-​eat sushi. I was pleasantly surprised by the quantity of rolls given for the price! The seaweed salad is very good. Our waitress was kind enough to go thru entire roll menu, stating which rolls were cooked and which contained shellfish. The Hokkai roll was my favorite! Looks are deceiving when you pull up to this place– the atmosphere inside is nice for a date night and there is plenty of parking. Don’t forget to tip accordingly when you have the AYCE… you definitely get your money’s worth and more!

This place was great. I haven’t had that good of sushi in a very long time. Sat at the bar and couldn’t believe that they have an all you can eat deal with almost all their specialty rolls on it. The Chicago and sweet 16 were fantastic. It was packed at 7:30. This is not a hidden gem anymore. It’s the best sushi restaurant in the west burbs in my opinion.

Great meal, great service!
Will come again!
Salmon teriyaki was amazing!
I will recomend this place for all my friends!

Place is fucking fire. All you can eat menu is great and they dont skimp on the fish. Excellent presentation and even better food. Loved every second of my experience.

I’ve never tried the AYCE sushi here but I’ve come a few times to get some apps and rolls to go. I really like everything I’ve tried so far. The pro is that it’s in the same lot as Trader Joes and Binnys. I’ll stop by, put in my order then go get my groceries and booze then come back to get my food. Then I head home for an exciting Friday night.
The parking lot can be a little bonkers due to its proximity to TJ’s (and being on Roosevelt Rd) but that just means you have to be extra careful backing out.
The prices are a little high for some rolls but I do feel it’s worth the money. The employees are pretty nice too.

This is so good I almost couldn’t stop eating to write the review. All you can eat for $ 21… everything was delicious.

Interesting décor and choices for the AYCE. They don’t put tons of rice in the AYCE sushi or rolls. That’s great! And the fish is fresh and tasty. I tried the Paradise Roll with banana tempura as my dessert. It was interesting with the sweet of the banana and the crunchy tempura and shrimp tempura. I’ve taken my mom – a «I don’t like sushi» person – here, and she’s ready to try more than the sweet potato and California rolls. She’s ready to try the Rainbow roll next. I’ve tried quite a few of the rolls and the sushi. The staff isn’t as friendly or up in our faces as we sit and chat, which is okay. I’m a fan, yep I am.

Hokkai Sushi is a solid little sushi place in the middle of the worst, most congested part of Roosevelt Road in Glen Ellyn.
The restaurant is deceptively large, given its hole-​in-​the-​wall-​looking storefront. You step inside and immediately see a bar area which obscures a much larger dining area with booths, tables, and even another elevated dining region.
Their menu is almost entirely sushi, sashimi, or maki rolls. The roll selection is as diverse as you can as for but, other than gyoza or teriyaki, sushi is pretty much all they offer. This is fine because if you’re looking to engorge yourself in sushi, Hokkai is the place to go. Their all-​you-​can-​eat sushi lunch is $ 16. So if you’re willing to starve yourself through breakfast time and can put down a lot of maki rolls, this is your spot. The food quality is just alright but, for a place that clearly rests its laurels on quantity, what else can you expect?
If you’re hungry midway through the work day and like sushi, Hokkai should definitely be in your rotation.

Where to begin, this AYCE sushi joint is packed to the gills with fresh fish and excellent menu options…
We were seated promptly without a reservation. We got our order sheets and started to decode some things on the menu. After seeing what some of our table neighbors got we went ahead and grabbed a few appetizers, some sushi and some rolls.
Appetizers: Crab rangoon — light, crunchy breading with a great rangoon filling and dipping sauce
Fried scallops — these were little nuggets of heavenly goodness
Dumplings — fried and oh so good
Rolls and sushi — I cannot break this down into individual entries because of the shear volume of things I consumed that evening. All I will say is that out of the 40 or so things we tried every single one of them was awesome.
All in all I cannot wait to come back to this place… after my stomach recovers.
Cons: not BYOB

Third time eating at Hokkai & I keep coming back for more. Throughout the years of eating out, I’ve limited my dining experience at buffets/​all you can eats, as I’ve had my fair share of bad experiences at even the best of the best buffets/​all you can eat venues. For the price ($ 19.99) you can’t go wrong with the all you can eat quality of sushi offered.
You are provided a checklist where you check off the item (appetizers, sashimi, and sushi rolls) & provide the quantity you would like. Make sure you don’t go over board & order everything off the menu (unless you are able to eat every thing clean), otherwise there is a fee charged to ensure the business is not coming out with a loss of food /​placing a dent in their pocket.
I usually go with a 2 – 3 others and we usually end up ordering 4 – 5 appetizers and save room to order at least two rounds of sushi (usually 7 – 8 rolls) each round. Each roll comes in 7 – 8 pieces & are packed with the fish selection /​sushi contents (they don’t jip you here).
Quality is amazing, I’ve had no complaints thus far with any «fishiness» or quality complaints. Everything looks fresh enough to keep ordering more. I highly recommend the «sweet 16», «Rainbow», and «Under Control» Rolls, my favorite.
Fair to say everything on the all you can eat menu is fair game & just as good as the rest. If you are a sushi lover (like myself) and have eaten sushi all over, try Hokkai & see for yourself.

A hidden gem in Glen Ellyn! Found it through Unilocal.The unlimited sushi is delicious and great quality — I was very surprised when I came in. The past month, I’ve now been there 3 weeks in a row.
The sweet 16 roll is the best thing in the world. Their miso soup is okay. I think their fried sushi delish, as well as the apps. The sashimi was okay but still yummy.
The facility is clean and nicely decorated. Our table was wiped down and dried off. The girls bathroom was clean.
Overall, I am happy with my experience and will be back soon.

I really enjoyed my meal at Hokkai! I went with my husband for my birthday dinner. We were really surprised by the variety and freshness available on the ACYE menu for a really reasonable price (20.99 pp). We had a ton of stuff and everything was really delicious. We ordered the fried scallops and they had obviously been cooked to order because they were almost too hot to eat. The staff weren’t overly friendly, but they were definitely efficient. The food came out so quickly. I was a little worried about going to a «sushi buffet» because if the turnover isn’t good, you could end up with some seriously bad sushi (and potentially some seriously bad stomach issues), but this place has you order what you want, they make it then and bring it to you directly.
I can’t really imagine going to any other sushi place in the area, now. I personally think that most of the Chicago suburbs are a decent, sushi desert (with the exception of maybe a few places in the Arlington Heights area). I’m sure if I went to the city, we could go to some sort of super fancy «authentic» sushi place and have extremely expensive sushi, but usually, I just want a few simple things like good spicy tuna or a yellowtail avocado roll and I don’t want it to cost me my entire restaurant budget for the month. Hokkai definitely delivers. I will DEFINITELY be back. And I will tell all of my friends about it, too.
Also, the restaurant is very nicely decorated and clean! I was totally impressed.

This place is pretty good for the burbs.
We hit this place up a couple times in the past. Like the roll options and their sashimi is great. Beware it is REALLY cold in this place though.

I finally made it to Hokkai after having it bookmarked fo’eva and envying my Unilocal buddies’ check ins!
The décor is really nice; probably the fanciest sushi place (that has AYCE) I’ve ever been to! I was surprised that they were so empty most of the afternoon (Sunday).
drink order:
Sapporo ($ 3.50)
A-​OK, but it was brought in a massive beer stein. Massive as in, capable of holding more than 24oz. The entire bottle’s worth reached only the halfway point. Funny and awkward.
sushi Dinner menu:
MAKi:
Sweet 16: So yum! ⁵⁄₅
Loved this! The pepper crusted tuna was. the. best. idea. ever. Get it!!1!
Green Turtle: 4.5÷5
Really good, especially with the beautiful red tobiko on top!
Spicy Tuna: ⁴⁄₅
Really good filling-​to-​rice ratio, but seriously lacking the «spicy.» I didn’t get ANY heat. Not a bit. (Wasabi to the rescue!)
Hokkai: 3.5÷5
The roll is fried, which is kind of cool. As such, it’s warm and the insides are soft and melty. If you’ve never had hot/​cooked sushi, it can be a bit startling. Meh.
NiGiRi:
First of all, all of the nigiri had a good fish-​to-​rice ratio! Awesome, because I hate eating giant bricks o’rice!
«White tuna» (Escolar): ⁵⁄₅
It’s fatty and oily and so deeeeelicious! Just, erm, don’t eat too much. (Srsly, Google it. You’re welcome.)
Red clam: ⁴⁄₅
Largest pieces of red clam I’ve ever had. Pretty darn good!
Mackerel: ⁵⁄₅
They have the moistest mackerel I’ve ever had. Every other AYCE joint I’ve tried prior to Hokkai has awful dry, fishy mackerel. Not here!
Extra bonus: very close to work.
I think I’ve found my new AYCE joint and I’m excited to go back!

This place really surprised me. It’s in a strip mall but on the inside you would never know. The décor is very trendy. I dined here on all you can eat sushi by myself while I worked on my laptop. The sushi was good and the presentation was nice. I also ordered a glass of this jelly wine. It was a sparkling wine with jelly in it. Very interesting…
Looking forward to coming here again.

I saw Hokkai as I was walking out of the nail salon a few doors down, and would never have given it a second glance until I read the sign saying «All You Can Eat»… I love AYCE sushi!
The restaurant is bigger inside and has a nicer interior than i anticipated… a complete surprise. It is in a strip mall next to a hair salon and a small clothing boutique. Goes to show don’t judge a book by its cover.
Hokkai has a $ 15.99 AYCE lunch menu, and a $ 20.99 AYCE dinner menu. Although I was going in for lunch, I asked if I could order off the dinner menu, they said it was fine. The rest of my group ordered off the lunch menu. The dinner menu is more robust, it includes apps such a seaweed salad and shrimp tempura. It also has more rolls that I wanted to order. And it had regular tuna sushi (piece of fish atop a small ball of rice), as opposed to white tuna sushi on the lunch menu.
I started with seaweed salad, shrimp tempura, and scallop tempura. All were good.
I ordered shrimp tempura, sweet potato, Hokkai, Rainbow, and Sweet 16 rolls. Hokkai was my favorite, the sweet potato my least fav.
I did not see any dessert options on the menu, and frankly, was too stuffed to ask.
The two reasons I’m giving Hokkai 3 stars instead of 4 is because:
1. They have no sashimi offerings on either lunch or dinner AYCE menus.
2. The service was spotty. The servers would all be standing around near the back, and multiple times I would make eye contact with one, she’d look right back at me, I’d wave, she’d look away, and another server would then head towards my table. I just found that kind of odd and inconsiderate.
Otherwise, Hokkai is a solid choice for sushi in the Lombard/​Glen Ellyn area.