Sushi & Sushi

Argued vehemently with my girlfriend that I’d rather go here than eat McDonald’s. I used to come in a lot with my family a few years back and had mostly positive experiences then.
Unilocal says they close at 10.
Door says they close at 9.
Arrived at 8:10pm to 5 – 10 sad looking dishes on the conveyor belt and maybe 8 customers seated. Somehow 95% of the remaining table space is covered in garbage and dirty dishes. Get seated at the only 2 clean spots, grab the few plates that don’t look 4 hours old, and start eating.
We realize that the conveyor belt is a lost cause and start filling out the paper sheet menu since they’re still making Sushi to order.
At this point we’ve been seated for 10 minutes and no one has come to take beverage orders. I’d understand if they were slammed with customers or busy cleaning up the massive mess, but in the entire time we’ve been there they haven’t cleared a single spot, only one person walked up to the register to pay, and no new customers came in. Yet all 3 employees managed to completely ignore us.
We waited another 5 minutes without food or drink for someone to come over to take our order but no dice. I decided to ask for our check, cut our losses, and leave hungry. A personal first.
Finally the owner walks over and I ask for a check. He seemed confused about me wanting a check and called his wife over. The first thing she asks is «Bad service?»…

We point out that we waited 20 minutes without anyone coming to take an order and that there was maybe 5 dishes on the belt. She gestures at the menu and tells us they are still taking Sushi orders, but we told her we we were done and just wanted to pay for what we had already eaten and leave. She makes excuses about how she had no time to come take our order (she and her husband were both watching TV and zoned out) and that they close in 5 minutes anyways (at 8:35?). Whatever, we just want out.
She counts us up and we pay right from our seats with exact change, the first prompt transaction since we arrived.

Sitting at home finishing my review and I can feel the stomach cramps setting in.
The whole ordeal was comically bad. Like shitty-90’s-sitcom-bad-service-trope bad. I wish I had just gone to McDonald’s.
The moral of the story: my girlfriend is always right.

Wonderful $ 1 sushi they don’t have everything but hey if you want all the bells and whistles go pay $ 3-​$ 6 a plate. Here its fresh and delicious! Love the mussels & crab rolls!

Well, I went in to eat at this place and a few hours later I started feeling sick. I ended up with diarrhea and muscle pain. I did not eat anything else than what I ate at this sushi place. So I will never come back. Plus their customer service is not good.

Aww, kinda makes me sad to see so many people hatin’ on this place. I think the problem is that you have to go during prime time in order to get their best food and selection. I have never eaten lunch here, but I go for dinner, and I will say, get there by 6:30ish or forget about it. They stop doing the track at 8pm, and the closer it gets to 8, the less stuff they put out, eventually stopping all together and letting the same couple of plates go around for the last hour.
HOWEVER. If you get there at 6 or so, the track is full of plenty of tasty options, with more being made every few minutes! Be thoughtful in what you select; sure, they put out plenty of ‘filler’ type stuff such as edamame, spring rolls, california rolls, etc… but they put out plenty of special rolls and good nigiri, too! Just two nights ago, I ate there and the chef was doing tako nigiri and another special roll that was filled with spicy tuna, then topped with eel and fish roe and a sauce. Really good. They also do a creamy baked mussel topped with (I think) yuzu and roe, which they almost always have during prime dinner hours. Don’t forget you can make requests, too! Look in their fish case, see what they have, and ask for something. The people that run this joint are super nice. I’ve always had great service.
I’ve never ordered off the menu, but I’ve sat next to people that did, and what they got looked AWESOME – appeared much more ‘expensive’ than you would think given the prices. Overall, for $ 1.00 a plate, I think this place delivers. Sure, there are better places, but you will also pay a lot more! Sushi & Sushi is very serviceable and the price is unbeatable. The atmosphere is also great and very chill. It doesn’t feel very «82^nd-​y» (I say this as someone who lives on 84^th. No judgements, just real talk. Plenty of great food on 82^nd, but few places can boast a cool atmosphere around here).

The owner is super sweet but the food sucks. The pieces are small which makes it cheap.

The hours are wrong, this place is not open until 10pm… So I’ve never actually been here because they were closed at 8:55pm on Friday night

Yuck. Don’t bother. If you’re looking for cheap carousel sushi, do yourself a huge favor and go up 82^nd a couple of blocks to O Sushi. For what amounts to a few cents more, you’ll get great service, fresh fish, and a clean environment.
This place, on the other hand, was almost a satire of what carousel sushi places are. There was a large TV screen that only the chef could see, so he sat with his back to the customers, watching tv. Yet he had the volume up high and the sound piped through the speakers in the whole place. The Asian customer sitting near me at the bar was treated like a long-​lost relative, but me, the middle aged white lady was treated like, well, nothing actually. I was invisible. The fish was sad and looked like it had taken a few too many spins on the carousel. Aside from the wasabi, it was flavorless. When I finally caught someone’s attention to pay, that got passed off not once but twice to someone else. I never got a check. The woman just told me «7.50.» I followed her up to the register to pay, and then she asked me how much I owed. Huh? Maybe this is one of those avant garde restaurants where you get to decide and pay what you think the meal was worth. If that’s the case, here’s a buck.

Fun. Nice couple owns the place, Dinner time is the best! Warm service. Delicious conveyor sushi.
We live way out in LO It’s worth the trip.

All the sushi is $ 1.00 but you only get 2 – 3 tiny rolls per plate. The quality isn’t very good. It’s more of a ‘meh’ taste and texture. Never very busy and the owner is super nice. The place is very neat and clean. It’s more of a place to run in for a quick snack. Don’t come in with high expectations. It’s more of the «McDonald’s» of sushi. Not good but not awful either.

Atmosphere was good quiet very mom and pop. Food was very good. Selection was limited but still fresh. Prices are great $ 1.00−1.50 a play on the carousel. Will be going back.

Yuck. I went here after the phở restaurant next door turned out to be closed one day. Is there a rule somewhere that sushi boat restaurants must be gross? Everything had no flavor, felt dirty inside, and the waitress was giving another patron a back rub at the sushi bar! Talk about ewwww…

Good price. Zero variety and hardly any choices. The place seems unorganized and a little dirty. Cheap… you get what you pay for!

This is my favorite restaurant. I love conveyor belt sushi. When super size sushi closed down I was pretty down about it, but then I found this place. The family that owns it is so ridiculously nice. They are nice in that way that almost makes you sad or you want to buy them presents. I’m worried this review sounds like a joke-​IT IS NOT! They play movies like Braveheart and The Fast and the Furious and it’s awesome because it is all movies you have already seen so you can just watch a little bit while you eat and then leave and be chill about it. I just got Unilocal so I could give them a review. I’m on my way there now. (I’m not texting and driving though– don’t worry) I LOVE YOU SUSHI SUSHI! NEVER CHANGE!

This place is fairly close to where we live, so we decided to try it out. They were so nice to us with our little one the first time around, that we keep coming back. There seem to be a lot of regulars which are warmly greeted. It’s nice to see them appreciate their patrons.
Although it’s mostly dollar plate sushi, it’s pretty decent. There is more variety during dinner time, but they are always happy to make any special requests.
I’m not personally a fan of having a big TV playing with not my favorite things playing on said TV, but everyone else seems to stare at it while shoving their faces full of endless plates of sushi.
There is ample parking available and they accept cards.
Not the prettiest part of town or high end clientele, but it’s cheap sushi. Can’t beat the price. I will go back somewhere over and over strictly on customer service.

Ummm… a friend had mentioned this place and one night when it was too warm out to cook, we decided to give it a try. Unfortunately, it turned out to be a waste of time. There was barely any variety and what there was was tasteless. Something possibly resembling a California roll, Krab on rice, egg on rice… those were the big offerings. The egg rolls tasted like they were born frozen, then deep — fried in old oil. There was more but it was to be ignored. You gotta believe that any place that makes Marinopolis seem «high — end» has issues.
Honestly, the best thing for us was the water feature in the parking lot outside of this place. ‘Nuff said.

I tried several times to give this place a chance. Each time I get more disappointed. The only good thing is the calamari, but even for a 1.00 it’s a small portion. I see mostly canned mandarin oranges on the conveyor belt, sad. The owners wife is nice, but the owner is always walking around looking pissed off and I get the feeling that he resents the customers in that area more than he likes them. Good idea for 1.00 sushi, but not at this place.

Because each plate is a dollar, and because the Korean owners are so sweet. Can get busy during prime restaurant times. But is a stomping ground for the broke sushi lovers crew. Get that orange sauce! (Aka chipotle mayo) not the greatest quality, I’ll admit. But they’re a dollar a plate!
Plus they’re always playing conversation starting shows on the tv :)

It’s a dollar a plate! Yeah, so it’s not the best sushi in town, but when I want something quick and cheap this is my swimming whole. The best call is to be patient and wait for the sushi to come right out from the kitchen. I don’t really go for spring rolls because it only takes one cold one to ruin it. However, I do go for the calamari that comes out hot, (ask for spicy mayo to dip it in), the salmon is great, and the deep-​fried rolls when they are hot. I also like the bowl of cucumbers that you can get. There is a roll with canned tuna in it however, I learned while in Japan that since tuna is loved so much, its not uncommon to even have canned tuna.
Sometimes they are busy and you have to wait a minute for a seat or to pay the bill but then the food is also fresher.
It’s worth a try.

2.24.2014
I find myself eating here more than I thought I would. They still have $ 1.00 Off the Belt Sushi and that is what keeps them coming back!
The service can be spotty but you need to keep your overhead low if you want to make money selling $ 1.00 sushi. Momma is always happy to see repeat customers and gets to know you just like your Mother From Another Mother. I think the draw for me is, I eat a lot of fish! I eat like a seal here and don’t go broke. Papa is always impressed by how many plates I have. I’m not getting my picture on the wall any time soon but I do fine.

I’ve discovered that the purpose of sushi is to shove as much food into your mouth as possible without dying a slow, humiliating, choking death as some stranger who’s on his fortieth plate unsuccessfully gives a gander at the heimlich maneuver. That sentence was about as long as the amount of food you are challenged to stuff betwixt your not-​so-​chipmunky cheeks.
Some people might argue this, but I have a small mouth. Just because my head is full of air doesn’t mean I can fit a piece of sushi the size of a four week old kitten into my mouth… I’ve tried. Both.
Every time I’ve tried stuffing the whole piece into my mouth, my throat clenches shut to avoid small pieces of rice from sailing down my trachea (that’d be the wrong tunnel, for those who are anatomically challenged); i can feel my cheeks strecthing beyond human capability as they poof out like a balloon; my eyes bulge further out of my head with each attempted bite. It’s bad when there’s too much in there to even chew…
You all know… This is one of the risks you have to take while dining in front of a sushi track (train or sushi tram or sled-​pulled sushi, whichever you prefer). You see something that looks good, that calls your name, then you look to the right. Bubba, two chairs down, is making little pinching gestures in the air with his chopsticks, eyeing YOUR next sushi victim. And you still have two pieces left on the plate in front of you. What else is there to do? Cram that damned roll right down your throat and go for the gold.
This is what I did for lunch today. I’ll say right up front that i don’t eat meat. No sir, not even fish. Nothing with eyeballs or a brain or a heartbeat for me, thanks. But I do love to watch the sushi go by me on the track while I wait for the few vegan options to sacrifice themselves to me (I know, I know, the tofu has feelings too. Cram it).
Sushi is in and of itself an art form. One of the more simplistic and raw (no pun intended) of food masterpieces. If I were ever captured by cannibals and prepared as the main course, I’d hope they display me in a sushi-​like fashion.
So I gobbled down my cucumber salad while contently eyeing the track. I don’t even like cucumber. At all. But that cucumber salad was amaaaaazing. They also had yummy sweet fried bean curd balls with sesame coating, edamame bowls, and raw seaweed salad rolls.
If you’re not in the mood for sushi, they have an extensive list of various tempura, noodle, and combination meals as well.
I read some pretty disappointing reviews of this place by fellow Yeeps. I have to say this: quit your bitching. If you want top quality sushi, go pay $ 10 for a roll at many of Portland’s other establishments. On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Saturday, these plates are a buck each. A buck. Really, what do you expect? I’ve never had the fish. But I’ve gone with several other people who really just wanted some affordable sushi and didn’t have more than ten dollars to spend, and you know what? Everyone of them has gone back for more, made all sorts of satisfied sounds while gobbling down sushi, and no one has gotten ill from the food.
I’m just sayin’… «It’s on 82^nd Avenue. What do you expect?» Well I guess what I expect is for people with that attitude to take it back to the suburbs. The woman who owns this restaurant works twelve hour days, almost every day. The chefs make beautiful pieces out of what they have to work with. And when you walk in the door, the whole staff give you a welcoming hello. Plus, there’s a candy dish by the cash register.
A-​OK.