Samurai Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi

They have a huge all you can eat sushi menu including some sashimi for $ 26! Very good and fresh. We had 1 of each of the sashimi orders and they were by far my favorites of the night. Their rolls are very good also and they have a huge selection including lobster! The Cajun Albacore will always be my favorite though. I wouldn’t recommend sitting at the sushi bar only because it is very cramped.

Dining room service was too slow, didn’t get napkins or plates and hot food took forever !! Bento box we’re okay and rolls were good!!!

This time we sat at a table and had excellent service. My mom had the sushi appetizer and the hibachi NY steak with scallops and fried rice. The steak was super tender and delicious!!! I ordered spider roll and spicy tuna which were both excellent. My dad had a few appetizers, the golden fried scallops, pork belly, and gyoza. Seriously everything was freshly cooked and delicious. I would definitely go back and sit in the tall female server’s section!!!

Had diner on Friday night with 5 of our friends. Excellent meal with great service. 1 friend was allergic to shrimp and the Chef cooked the shrimp on the opposite end of the grill so there would be no problem. Very helpful. Recommend to everyone.

The service is excellent! We came here with the family had an awesome experience. The food is amazing any time of the day.

Great Sushi!
We were looking for a local place for some good sushi and stumbled upon Samarai.
The best sashimi (yellowtail and salmon).
Good rolls and of course sake and beer!
Prices were very reasonable. About $ 80 for two of us and we’re both full when we left. I think they do have an AYCE as well.
We did not sit at the teppanyaki table, just had sushi. Fantastic service by Cindy and Mel. Never had to wait :)

We came around noon for lunch. The restaurant was empty and the staff looked like they were prepping for the day. We were greeted by a female employee from the back… then there was nothing!
We waited for was about 5 minutes, nobody came to the front, no more acknowledgment, nobody to seat us… nothing. So we walked right out. I did check the restaurant times and the open sign… yup past 11.30…they were definitely open.
I don’t know about you, but I’d say that’s some pretty bad service…

Their rolls are very reasonably priced so we went ala carts instead of ayce. Ended up being $ 35 instead of $ 42(2x$ 21 ayce) and we both left quite full. So either route is a good value.
Rolls were tasty. Took a little long to come out with restaurant almost empty (we ate at a weird time 2:30pm so no reflection on them, we’ve been there at night and they’re busy) we got the Lisa Lisa which was yumm, and something wrong which was spicy and yumm! Great place when you’re on that side of town for sushi and teppanyaki!

The wait was super long but we waited once seated we had allot of fun, the chef we had was hilarious I wish I had checked his name … The other chef at the table next to us seemed suuuuuper boring so I’m glad we had the chef that we had
I will definitely go back maybe on a week day vs a Saturday, the food was really good we had the shrimp, filet and scallops and all was cooked perfect !!

Throughly enjoyed my entire experience here at Samurai! Greeted nicely by the host and had a 15 minute wait for a teppanyaki table. The great thing about this place is a full-​service bar! I’d recommend the Tokyo tea. They have three types of seating: teppanyaki, regular dining, and the sushi bar.
After seating down, my friend and I ordered some sushi in addition to our teppanyaki meal. I ordered the Japanese lasagna because it sounded interesting and was pleasantly surprised by the taste. My friend ordered the Kamikaze roll, which was a fried California roll. Both roles were great, and will try the all you can eat sushi the next time I come.
As for the teppanyaki, the portions are huge! They offer fried rice and fried noodles in addition to your protein and grilled vegetables. My last name was Jack and was skilled and very friendly to the entire table. I had the New York steak and scallop combo which were actually cooked by Jack.
I would definitely recommend this restaurant and will be back again soon!

I love the food here! Sushi and grill are both fantastic, great chefs! Everyone is very friendly nice staff

Wow! This place blew me away! Thought it was going to be bad, but it exceeded my expectations.
We got AYCE– shrimp tempura, screaming O, seaweed salad. Loved them, especially that they also have huge servings. Also had couple of nigiri, which is not the best proportion of rice to protein ratio but I loved it anyway. Also tried the surf and turf and shrimp tempura roll. Dessert was decent. My friend got mochi and I got the cheescake. Bill was $ 63.09 with 2 iced teas and taxes without the tip.
Definitely a must try if you’re in Henderson!

I have a new found appreciation for this place. Had a great time with my friend tonight. Food was on point, chef was amicable and the ambiance was uplifting. I’m glad I came here tonight and can’t wait to come back with the family.

Prequel: food is ok but service is HORRENDOUS. Came here on a Sunday night. The host looked stoned and clueless and told us 20min wait for a party of 4 around 730pm. The wait was actually 35min. Their waiting area is super tiny and crowded and they only have 2 seats for all the people waiting. Secondly their parking lot is a mess. The restaurant wasn’t even packed for the size of the restaurant but there was limited parking. The parking lot design was horrible. You have to make a 3 point turn into the back lot where it ends in a dead end. We parked in the lot next door because the lot was a cluster fuck.
After we finally got seated by Stoner Dennis the menace host who literally couldn’t make eye contact with us and had no idea what was going on with the table situation, he has the nerve to ask if we want our table wiped. The table was dripping wet and had food particles on it. After he cleaned it with this smelly rag that he grabbed from who knows where he then started to fan the table with the menus to dry it!!!
Fine we sit down cause I’m just thinking this guy is an idiot but then he passes us the menu and it is wet and covered in what looks like mas ago: orange fish eggs and sticky pieces of rice. My friends and I are hungry at this point to where it now takes another 10min to get water and then our waitress Jenny didn’t even take our order. When she came back to drop off our water, she spilled the water all over the menu and instead of placing them down in front of each person she just put them in a pile and shoved it toward us as she walked away. I was pretty pissed at this point and even asked my friends if we should leave, but we were so hungry at this point we had given up.
We ordered the bento boxes which came with quite a bit of food. Bento box tonkatsu and Teri chicken. The chicken was super dry but the tonkatsu was decent: fried and fresh. Not super flavorful but it came with a heaping pile of rice, California roll (tasted horrible), 4 pieces of tempura, 2 Goyza and a small bowl of miso soup, we also got 2 Ikura nigiri and 1 sake nigiri. It was also ok. I couldn’t tell if it was fresh but one thing I did notice is the rice was too sweet for my liking.
The best part of the meal was another waiter/​bus boy Mel. He was so happy, introduced us and got us refills on water, any side extras and always came to check up on us. On top of that they serve Sapporo in chilled glasses which made this place tolerable.
Overall horrible service and subpar Asian food. I don’t understand why this place is rated as high as it is. One thing I can guess is this place is filled with non Asian people who don’t know the difference.

Lunch All You can Eat: 21.95
Dinner All You can Eat: 26.95
Rules for All You Can eat:
Lunch (45 Mins) Dinner (60 Mins)
Sharing food is NOT allowed
Remaining food in NOT allowed
Rice is part of the Sushi and Rolls
Remaining food will be charged A La Carte Price
Take out is NOT allowed
(All reasonable and understandable rules)
Favorite Dishes:
Garlic Tuna Nigiri
Tuna Poke Salad
Fire Roll (more spicy than usual)
*Cajun Albacore* (must try!)
*Spicy Yellowtail* (must try)
Macaroons are on the desert menu!
I would rank this place in my top 10 favorite AYCE places in Vegas.
Service was great! Sushi was good! Nice restaurant!

Saturday Solo Sushi-​Round #1
1^st things 1^st… I can put down alot of food… and can not justify a regular sushi restaurant without leaving broke and hungry… so I opt for All You Can Eat (AYCE) deals. Through trial & error, i’ve learned some AYCE sushi restaurants are very average at best, and some are truly a diamond in the rough.
After a Unilocal search for an AYCE sushi restaurant in Henderson that i’ve never been to, I went out this past Saturday ¹²⁄₁₂^th by myself for dinner, hence «solo.»
Samurai Japanese Steakhouse & Sushi is located on Sunset Rd. across from Galleria Mall, in front of Sunset Station.
When I arrived, the parking lot was packed and if you make a left toward Sunset Rd., you will have to do a 3 point turn to get out as it is permanently blocked off. This was poor parking lot design. I found a parking spot to park a few frustrating minutes later at the little casino next door.
When I walked in, I was visually pleased to see an upscale looking modern interior with several hibachi grills surrounded by eager diners and entertaining chefs. The sushi bar is located in the back of this restaurant and I awaited patiently for a host to inquire if I had reservations which I did not. He went back to the sushi bar and returned to escort me into a crammed spot to dine at the sushi bar.
I squeezed past a couple patrons into my crammed corner dining spot. Wall behind me, wall to my left, sushi bar in front of me, and as mentioned a couple I had to squeeze past to enter/​exit my cubbyhole.
The sushi bar was wet, as I suspect it was the host who cleared and recently wiped the bar prior to him escorting me back to my solo spot. I said hello to the couple I squeezed past and to the sushi chef in front of me. The couple was friendly, the sushi chef may have made a grunt but perhaps it was a cough. I awaited a drink server or somebody to acknowledge my presence and after a few minutes was able to advise I would appreciate a place setting and a towel to wipe the wet sushi bar. The server used a dirty looking rag that I immediately thought of cross contamination. I was starting to feel uneasy with this nice looking place. I was given a pair of chopstix, wasabi, soy sauce, napkin and a menu. The menu was sticky and covered with fish smelt, aka Masago; those little crunchy orange eggs.
The sticky menu was also provided to me on this cross contaminated bar in the cubbyhole with a pencil and paper that I was to check off what I desired. The sushi chef was 3′ in front of me and the drink server did not speak clear English nor understand English. I noticed the menu read «60 minute limit» and I had difficulty seeing in this dark corner, and became a tad frustrated that I could not directly speak to the chef for my order. But as mentioned, he had zero personality and was non-​stop busy. So I hear sit alone envisioning spending 20 minutes of my 60 minute time limit just looking between the two menus and filling out what I want. I didn’t come here for this. I came here to eat, not to question the sanitary practices of a place serving raw foods, nor to feel like i’m in a classroom reading & writing between 2 menus that I learned does not even offer fresh oysters for AYCE… Fuggedaboutit!
I got up, squeezed past the couple I mentioned previously and walked up to the host and told him my gripes. Dennis The Menace looking host says you could always sit at a hibachi grill. Seriously? I walked out and to my car in the next door neighbor’s parking lot and drive away in search of Saturday Solo Sushi-​Round #2.
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I really love this place! I mean this place encompasses everything I look for in a good hibachi place. Its inside of a mall and very easy to find along with lots of abundant parking.
The staff is really sweet and there is no limit of how many people they need to start the grill. If its only one person they will still start the grill. When I was there with my boyfrined they started the gril with just the two of us. When we finished I watched just one guy get cooked for by a chef. I think thats just great.
The food was your typical Hibachi food and was actually pretty! FIlet mignon was soft and rice was served to us in abundance. Unlimited refills on soda and a reasonable price for a glass of wine. The chefs are really into it and they had different tricks I have never seen before at a hibachi restaurant. I really wish this place was not so far from the strip. It is approximately 20 minutes from Mccarran international. It was all in all a great experience. I give it a full strong 5 stars for great service, great interaction with the Hibachi chef and good quality food for value.
Prices are very reasonable and your wallet will smile from the break yuou give it if you have the opportunity to leave the strip.
Décor is standard, nothing specail, but as long as the food quality is good and fresh and staff is friendly décor takes a back seat.
They have this creepy samurai statue when you walk in don’t be alarmed. Little couch seating area kept us comfortable as we waited 10 minutes. Bathrooms are clean and they do also have regualr tables where you can just eat sushi and not have hibachi which I did not try.
Great place! Go get some Hibachi!

We stopped here on the way home because we had a hankering for sushi!
When we looked at the menu we were surprised to see that it said HALF OFF SUSHI prices!
We didn’t know what to expect so gave it a shot…
We tried the rainbow roll, crunch spicy tuna, and another roll with a sweet sauce on top. Each roll was delicious — but nothing to ‘brag’ about…
The green tea mochi was pretty delicious as a dessert!
I wasn’t too impressed with the cleanliness of the restaurant… it’s rating made me have another expectation of the place and when I went to use the restroom it was in pretty bad shape… a restaurant definitely isn’t just based on food alone.

I’ve driven by this place many times and thought I should stop in to give it a try and yesterday I finally did. The host greeted us right away and seated us in a comfortable booth for our lunch. We saw a sign for $ 21.95 all you can eat sushi, but having never been before we decided just to order a la carte.
I started with edamame and a house salad. I love the cold, creamy ginger dressing on salads at Japanese restaurants so this didn’t disappoint. The edamame was okay, but a little more on the tough side with a little too much salt.
My husband and I shared three rolls for lunch. We enjoyed the Lobster Roll, Red Rock Roll, and Mexican Fiesta Roll. All of them were really good and made me wish we had gone for the all you can eat sushi option. All of the rolls had a great combination of flavors and sauces. Everything tasted very fresh.

This place seems to provide several dining options: sit-​down, sushi bar, AYCE, teppenyaki.
Took my family here for the teppenyaki option and enjoyed it. Depending on the platter, you can choose from 1 to 3 items, ranging from $ 12.95 (vegetable) all the way to $ 41.95 (filet mignon+lobster+scallops). My dad and sister picked the NY steak with choice of scallops/​mahi-​mahi/​shrimp for $ 22.95, while my brother and I opted for the teriyaki chicken with choice of shrimp/​salmon/​calamari/​mahi-​mahi for $ 18.95. Reasonably cheap considering what else is included in the price:
We were served a mushroom soup to start, followed by a small bowl of salad — this was appealing and a nice start to our dining experience. Our chef appeared shortly after with his cartful of necessary ingredients and began his hibachi show. He started off with the rice (we substituted and paid extra for it to be fried rice), tossed us some appetizer shrimp, followed by a mixture of vegetables, then each of our main courses, AND then some noodles, which was my least favorite side. It seemed like it was just spaghetti noodles with some brown sauce. Everything else was pretty good, but not really the best I’ve eaten. (It’s no Benihana’s!)
In short, though, you get a lot of food and it’s cooked right in front of you. Our chef entertained us with tactical flying spatulas and acrobatic eggs, heart-​shapes, food trains, and a volcano show concocted from onions and oil. It was a fun dining experience for an affordable price.