Sushiya Japanese Restaurant

I tried to take my Mom here last night for her first Sushi meal. Unfortunately they were closed and I think forever. Luckily Salmon Creek was nearby and delicious!

Sushi fish is very fresh and rolls are huge! My favorite is the dragon roll because it comes out with little eyes and mounds of spicy tuna on top of the whole roll snaked out and shaped out a one end just like a dragon. The special sashimi in ponzu sauce with bonito flakes is also very good. I really don’t like a lot of rolls with the mayo based sauces though. Unfortunately it comes on quite a few of those scallop rolls, so this restaurant isn’t my favorite. The décor of the place is nice; there are many candles and dim lights and colored glass. The desserts also have nice presentation. I had a mochi icecream with fresh berries and drizzled raspberry sauce on a square white plate. The presentation makes me feel like it is some fusion place but they only serve japanese food. They are pretty busy friday nights but otherwise okay wait.
I have also been to the one in Bellevue but I don’t think they are related because the service, décor and selection was totally different. And really really empty unpopular.

It amazes me that some many people can go to the same restaurant and have completely different experiences.
Anyhow, I recently had dinner here a couple of weeks ago and was fairly impressed start to finish. My date and I were greeted very pleasantly and seated at a very nice table by the window. Our waitress was very nice and attentive throughout the evening and she never once seemed annoyed that my date and I were more interested in talking than ordering.
The sushi was pretty damn good, not superb or anything, but definitely very good. There are several unique rolls on the menu and I recommend that you try all of them. They’re all so good. With all the other standard sushi joint items (edamame, nigiri, standard rolls like spider and spicy tuna) they did well and above average.
I would say give definitely give this place a try if you live in the area and I promise you’ll come back for more.

If you read my other ratings you’ll think, «This guy doesn’t know anything about anything, (but he sure eats a lot)» Well, there you’d be wrong, because I KNOW sushi.
I ordered a couple of items here that I’ve never had anywhere before: anaconda roll and volcano roll. Both were great. Prerequiste inability to get enough eel or scallop/​mayo/​sriracha mix required.
All the standard items like edamame, spicy tuna roll, spider roll, etc. were tasty and fresh.
The employees were also all conversing in REAL Japanese — verified by my Japan-​o-​meter — which ALWAYS improves my sushi experience.
Two drawbacks: I would stay away from the ume-​seso roll. Too seso-​y, not ume-​y enough.
Also, to trying to fit in, I spoke what little Japanese I could remember from being a kid. I wanted to show my appreciation, and attempted numerous «thank yous». I realized later at home I had told everyone «good morning» about 20 times instead. Now I feel like a dope. Someone has to suffer for that embarrassment, and unfortunately for you, Sushi-​ya, it is your rating — 3 STARS!

I’ve lived a block away from Sushiya for about 10 months now, but never quite make it over because Salmon Creek is closer and so good. Last night my friend and I wandered over to give it a try.
The food was pretty good overall. But, big note of caution — watch out for the word spicy, *anywhere* in the description, and limit yourself to only one spicy thing. Normally I’m used to sushi having different levels of flavor (including spicy, perhaps), but these guys must have used an entire bottle of hot chili oil on our order because our mouths were burning the rest of the night.
We got the Tuna Tempura (it’s like my favorite dish, Firecracker, at Salmon Creek except more focus on the Tuna), the «Born in LA» roll (my least favorite in the bunch), the Dragon roll (fabulous presentation), and the Anaconda roll. Nothing like having an entire eel on top of a roll — there were comments from other table when it got brought out («Oooh, what roll is that?»). The Anaconda was my favorite, primarily because it was the least spicy in the bunch.

Totally disappointed. They had just started as a business so we assumed they’d be great to customers. We showed up 5 minutes before they opened at like 6pm and they just told us to wait by yelling through the locked door. Very rude.

Real item from the menu: Bacon and Seafood Plate.
Uh, yeah, bring it on! I got a plate with some shrimps, a split crab leg, a few scallops, and two slices of bacon. Seriously. These people know what’s up. Unfortunately the seafood wasn’t that great, but if you add a few strips of bacon to anything it makes it good.
The sushi was standard quality and standard price.
Every single thing, including the shelves, in the restaurant is from Ikea. I’m kind of sad to admit that I have the entire Ikea catalog in my head, but I do, and so do they apparently.
A word of warning: When you come in all the employees say hi to you, but not at once, one at a time, they yell it from across the room. It’s slightly disconcerting, and the same will happen when it’s time to say goodbye.
Bye, Good Bye, bye, thanks, GOOD BYE — THANKS!, Goodbye, thanks for coming in, BYE BYE, Goodnight!!!

Pros: Very good food. Very nice presentation and balance in flavors.
Cons: Inattentive and rude waitstaff.
The food is good, the prices are high, and the waitresses are horrible. I don’t think I would go back again due to the fact that the waitresses are rude. This wasn’t an isolated incident; they’ve annoyed me the three times I’ve been there. One of the waitresses gave me a snide remark when I asked to use the Woman’s restroom, as someguy had held the men’s restroom hostage… She said go ahead, as long as you don’t make a mess. I was like WTF, what kind of remark was that? It may have been her delivery that was bad (her English was accented), but still the lack of professionalism is what totally caught me off guard. Food is good, but not special. Get some real waitresses, then I’ll be back.

New place that hasn’t been open long… I went in for lunch. Spartan but nice décor (might look better at night). The food was great! I had a rainbow roll (one of my favorites), and it was very good. Prices were about average. I also had some Udon and it was also very good.
I really liked the place and I’ll be going back. It is strange that they have so many Sushi places here in Juanita…“aa Sushi” is a block away in the Juanita Village development.
PS there is another Sushiya place in Bellevue, I wonder if they are the same owners? Most likely they are…