Kai Sushi and Steakhouse

I love great-​tasting and fresh sushi at a steal! This is what this place offers. Make sure you have Anthony as your sushi chef. He is the best! Poor guy practically lives there, he said he works 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Even though he works that much, he still makes awesome sushi consistently.
We came across this place when we found out that Naked Fish was closed for renovations. We’re very glad we made that accidental discovery!
Their fish is so fresh and buttery, I don’t even think I’m eating raw fish. I only started eating raw fish recently, when I discovered how good yellowtail nigiri was at SushiMon. No offense to SushiMon, but this joint made me love eating yellowtail nigiri so much more! Another one I love is the garlic tuna, it is so flavorful and so fresh!
For the price of $ 23.99 (dinner) and $ 18.99 (happy hour 2 – 5 pm), I think this place is so worth checking out. They have really great tasting specialty rolls too, one of them which is the Stacie Roll. Two thumbs up to Anthony for making sushi taste so great.
One more thing, their tamago is probably the freshest tamago I have ever tried anywhere. I could probably go to this place and just order tamago after tamago after tamago, because it is that good! It takes forever to make though, but it is so worth the wait.
The service has been excellent during both times we were there. This place was not crowded both times (I don’t get why it isn’t, the food is so good!) so the servers and sushi chef are dedicated to you and probably two other groups.
Do check out this place! The location isn’t too good, it’s on Durango (and there’s never any traffic on Durango) and Flamingo, by the Salvation Army. But trust me, it is worth the trip!
By the way, they have $ 35.99 All you can eat and drink (alcohol) too if you’re a heavy drinker.

After driving past Kai, I was pleasantly suprised to read all the great reviews on Unilocal!and knew I had to check it out. Although I love Sin City Sushi, it’s a long drive from my new apartment.
Went on a Sunday evening. Not a lot of people and everyone was sitting at the sushi bar, so that’s where we sat. We tried:
Cucumber Salad
Oyster Shooters (2 orders)
Poncho Roll
Viagra Roll — Really loved this
What the Heck Roll (½ order)
Something Wrong Roll
Crazy Chic Roll (½ order)
First, let me say how freaking happy I was to learn you can do half orders. When I go to a new sushi place, I want to try everything and rank it in comparison with other places. So this was a super bonus.
Second, let’s talk $$. Again, while I love Sin City, Kai was much cheaper! $ 23.95 for AYCE dinner, $ 35.95 for all you can eat AND drink and Kai apparently has a happy hour daily from 2 p.m. — 5 p.m. when AYCE is only $ 18.95. The 80 year old grandma inside of me rejoiced!
I tend to steer clear of AYCE establishments with a time limit, because I’m a slow eater and the idea of being timed stresses me out. From what I could tell, there’s no time limit here. We were there about 2 hours.
Service was excellent. Our server was kind of weird but very entertaining! haha. After chatting with some apparent regulars, we learned that the service is very different if you sit at a table instead of the bar.

Kai Sushi is located in an empty strip mall off of Durango. It was tough to spot at night because the sign wasn’t lit up and the place looked dark from the outside.
When we walked in it was completely empty, except for one waitress and a sushi chef. I went with the all you can eat option ($ 26 I think) and my wife ordered some stuff a la carte. Here’s what we got:
— Edamame
— Garlic tuna sashimi — good and fresh. We got two orders, the cuts of fish in the second order were a lot bigger than the first order. A little consistency would be nice.
— Hamachi sashimi w/​jalapeños and ponzu — delicious
— Garlic tuna roll — yellowtail and avocado were on the inside and the garlic tuna was on top. The roll was soaked in sauce, making the rice mushy. meh…
— Garlic tuna sushi — soaked in sauce. Again, mushy rice… ugh.
— Dragon roll — the eel was delicious.
— Hamachi sushi — two large slices of yellowtail. Rice was firm and sticky, no sauce. Perfect.
— Albacore sushi — the fish was delicious but again a little too much sauce for me.
— Crab — imitation crab. Not my favorite.
Decent food. There’s some stuff I’d order again, others that I wouldn’t. I might be back since I live close by.
Despite the place being empty the service was on the slow side. I’d hate to see this place when it’s busy.

I adored this place even before they offered the AYCE option. This place has some of the freshest sushi in town. If you want the better quality rolls and nigiri, I suggest you don’t get the AYCE… but it’s delicious and either way.
They advertise the best green mussels in town and they’re right! I stick with the nigiri in this place. You end up getting the best bang for your buck that way. Everything is wonderful and the servers are so nice. It can get busy and slower when they get busy, so I recommend sitting at the bar then.
Ask the chefs/​servers what’s freshest and just trust their judgment. It’s all really good here. They have some awesome specialty rolls too and they’re very accommodating if you have special requests.
Try it, you’ll like it.

First time here because of a friend’s suggestion. My sushi friend did a preliminary check with the restaurant by making sure they covered their fish and stuff. The staff is really friendly.
When we got our yellowtail, salmon, & tuna nigiri the rice easily fell apart and didn’t taste good. The fish was good though because we ordered their freshest fish.
My sushi friends weren’t very happy with the rice falling apart and whatnot. Me and two other friends had a stomachache during and after.
I mainly liked Dancing Tiger Roll. Stacie Roll was okay.

Kai is one of my favorite sushi places to eat because the staff is very friendly. Also, the chefs will recommend you the most popular rolls, based on what they sell the most which is very helpful. However, they don’t offer a whole lot of rolls to choose from but the rolls they do have are yummy. Kai is one of the sushi places I enjoy eating the rolls, all I can say is I’m not a sushi roll eater I’m just plain Jane sushi eater.
My family and I (total of 20 people) all had AYCE without any rush. Other restaurants will rush you, since they do time you. But when you have a big group you should be able to take your time since everything doesn’t come out all at once. If your not an AYCE fan they have a la cart for a really reasonable price.
Recommend for Appetizer:
Green Mussels
Oyster Shooter
Baby Tako
Yummy Rolls that you must try:
Stacie Roll
Spicy Shrimp Roll
Lobster hand roll (sorry not AYCE, but totally worth the $ 7)
Vampire Roll
Island Roll
Jamie Special
Japanese Lasagna
On the sweet side:
Kona Coffee Mochi

Seriously, only 13 reviews?
A Vegas gem. A local took me here. $ 22 for an all you can eat menu and the pickings were pretty amazing. The fish was fresh, the service is amazing. I was really impressed. AND I come from SF where the sushi is almost always amazing.
30 mins or so away from the Strip in an area where there’s not really that much to look at. I will beg my cousin to take me here again because it’s just got…:in the word’s of Brian Wilson: too much awesome.
Try that Stacie roll, it’s off the chains!