Watami Japanese Seafood Buffet & Grill

So sad to see this place taken over by a Jimmy Johns! This was a good place to eat. Now off to Kumo!

I hope this place reopens at in a different location because it was my favorite!!! It was a sad day when it closed :(

SO SAD! The place is closing. Maybe the developer has other plans for the space. I won’t be coming back.

We love this place. It’s fast, friendly, clean and the food is really good! Not only that it’s a very reasonable price for everything they offer.

Great sushi, fresh and delicious. Hot buffet is very good as well. Desserts suck, but I don’t go to Japanese restaurants for their cheesecake. Lunch buffet is a deal!

I liked it!!!
We got there maybe a little later than normal and the food wasn’t SUPER fresh but still pretty freaken tasty! I can eat so they probably didn’t see much in the way of profit when I came through the buffet line like a tornado!!!
I don’t do buffets a lot because I’d probably weigh like 300 lbs so I keep them to a minimum and that may be something to think about as my buffet experience is like maybe 3 a year so…
Go and let me know what ‘cha think!
Cheers!!!

My friend treated me here for my early birthday celebration! ~~ They have a new item fried scallops, so chic! They did not have eel sushi this afternoon. We had a good time, I still prefer this place for budget and selection and taste! I will treat my friend soon!

I went to pick up a friend and got caught in traffic due to president Obama being nearby for a speech. Found a strip mall with chipotle, a Chinese place, and this Japanese buffet. Yeah, it was just about empty at 8:30 on a Thursday night. The sushi looked kind of. tired. and the hot section’s offering looked kind of mummified. Despite all that, I was able to find things that looked and tasted pretty good, and didn’t feel like I got ripped off. Would I come back? Perhaps if it was busy, or I wanted to take a bunch of 13 year olds out for a birthday dinner. The place is nice and clean, and has all you can eat ice cream.

this is not your typical all-​you-​can-​eat style food restaurant. their food is a few levels higher than you’re find at those other places, and the best thing about this place is they refresh the food often, unlike other places who leave the popular food items empty for long periods of time.
You’re going to find quality food here and lots of it for a very reasonable price. Right now you can get all the food you can eat for lunch for $ 7.99, now I ask you, how do you beat that price for quality food? You don’t is the correct answer, so make sure you get over and visit this place when you’ve got a taste for some really good Japanese food, and even if you don’t take advantage of the all-​you-​can-​eat aspect, you’re going to pay less than you would in a regular Japanese restaurant and still get the same quality of food.

Average quality buffet sushi. Note that this is in comparison to buffet sushi, not sushi in general. There’s a large variety here. You can get sashimi, rolls, or nigiri. The quality of the ingredients is so-​so.
The restaurant is large and the tables are set up so that it is easy to accommodate large groups. Of all the things here, I would say that the teriyaki dishes are the best. There are huge trays of both chicken teriyaki and beef teriyaki. Served with vegetables, it’s pretty much what you would get at a Japanese fast food restaurant in a mall food court — but all you can eat. The other hot foods (typical fried food in a Asian buffet) are decent.
For the price (~$ 12 for dinner), the value is so-​so.

I love sushi, but my husband doesn’t… this was a great place to go because there were so many options. I pigged out on the sushi, while my husband ate the orange, general tso, egg rolls etc.
They have great green tea ice cream for a sweet ending to the meal :)

Another Unilocaler called this «fast food sushi» and that is the perfect way to describe it. It’s not the best quality but is tasty and will fix a sushi craving. This would be my choice if I’m dying for sushi on days it isn’t half off at tomo, shinto, or Sakura. But mostly my brother just bribes me to go here (free food) because he loves it and it’s quick, so I never say no.
They have a lot of sushi rolls to pick from but I usually stick with the basic rolls, just my taste. One side is sushi and the other side is hot food, basic Chinese buffet dishes. It’s not the greatest selection so I usually just get some teriyaki chicken then go right back to the sushi side.
Oh and I forgot to mention lunch is only $ 7.50… Which is probably why the broski offers to treat.

Unilocal lead us to this awesome sushi buffet!
When you think of strip mall sushi… you are bound to also think of an assortment of horrible complications from eating it.
But alas — Watami to the rescue! The wide variety of sushi and assortment of Chinese dishes is truly remarkable for the price. I have been here countless times, but only for lunch… and one thing we learned — the food is better if you go close to opening.
I’d skip the dessert bar… it’s all mediocre. And you probably don’t want to use the restroom (it’s a little gross).
However… we did notice the family who owns and runs the restaurant actually serving themselves from the buffet and sitting down to eat. This made us feel much more comfortable about Watami!
If you keep your expectations reasonable — you will be happy. This will never be «the best thing» you’ve ever eaten… but it can definitely be a pleasant and satisfying experience!

I came here with one of my «closest roaddogz» last Friday. Damn Parmatown. In high school you was the man Parmatown! The *bleep* happened to you?!
I didn’t know if I was in an episode of Scooby Doo in an abandoned amusement park or a strip mall. Poor old Watami was pretty empty. There was a ton of food sitting out buffet style. Since I hate the idea of waste, I decided to pile as much sushi as I possibly could on my plate. When I eat sushi, I try not to think about what I am doing. I was «under the influence» once eating at Pacific East and got a vivid image of a dead fish in my mind’s eye. It bugged me out. When I was at Watami, I didn’t get any imagery bouncing through my skull, I just felt like, yeah, this tastes like a dead, raw fish.

Ive been going to Watami pretty regularly for years, and it is consistently good. There is a big variety of food, and the atmosphere, while simple and casual, is warm and friendly.
There are always many varieties of fresh maki rolls and sashimi, as well as lots of cold dishes and salads (kimchi, edamame, tofu, seaweed salad) and hot food (tempura vegetables, fried rice, miso soup, hibachi, etc.). It is very vegetarian-​friendly, with at least five different fishless sushi rolls and meatless hot food.
They recently dropped their dinner price to $ 11.99, and got rid of the crab legs, which I thought was a smart move, to compete with the nearby Kumo Buffet, which is «fancier» but is not as vegetarian-​friendly, and more seafood-​centric (good or bad, depending on who you ask).