Banzai Sushi

Best sushi in Sac! We love the food and all of the people who work there! Ask for the spicy garlic roll!

KimChee fried rice is awesome as is the Sea Steak. The sushi itself was fine– nothing I’d drive out of the way for it definitely the best we have in Pocket.

We live right down the street from this place and I’m so thankful for it! This place is a hidden gem. We love the oysters, baked mussles and the black and white! There are a ton of great rolls too! Everything tastes super fresh too and the sushi chefs are really great!

This place is awesome! Their vegetarian sushi is really flavorful and amazing! Their waitresses and waiters are very nice. I love their Vegi-​ten roll!

Found Banzai Sushi a few months back, been there quite a few times now. I like to sit at the bar and have the interactions with the Chef’s. The quality of the food is top notch, fish is fresh veggies are crisp. The best part tho is when Chef makes you a «special» roll or salad. Then it goes off the charts. They create masterpieces for the tastebuds, always going for different flavors. This is where food meets art and passion. These guys are on it!
Very friendly staff, you get the feeling everyone is happy to be there and it shows each time I come back. Honestly some of the best Sushi experience I have had.

Super fast and super clean! I seriously go here every other day, it’s great tasting and a great price for this good quality sushi.

Shamefully, we tend to overlook this neighborhood place. Our mistake. Go for Happy Hour and stay for more. Tasty ramen, rolls, hand rolled specials. We are sold and have been returning regularly.

I’m a terrible reviewer for the sushi. I do not eat fish regularly because I’m not fond of the taste. However, I did try two appetizers. One had salmon sashimi on a bed of guacamole; the other was tuna in a spicier sauce. I liked the guacamole better than the salmon, which seemed to be flavorless and just slimey. The tuna tasted fine, but I feel like it would’ve tasted better with the usual soy sauce and wasabi combo.
For dinner, I had the curry ramen with an egg. I am a ramen fiend, but I don’t think I’m too hard to please. This ramen though was probably the worst curry ramen I’ve had, although it is definitely not the absolute worst ramen in general. The curry broth wasn’t broth-​y at all; in fact, it was straight curry — thick, bland, and only had meat and onions in it. It made it really hard to eat the noodles and I was full before I made it even halfway through. The worst feeling is being full of food that you aren’t even satisfied with and that’s exactly what happened to me. The ramen was somewhat salvaged by the egg, though. The egg was soft-​boiled, runny on the inside, and flavorful on the out.
The menu has a large variety of options including donburi bowls, bento boxes, ramen, udon, soba, and sushi rolls. The prices are good. Maybe it was just my dish that night, but everyone else seemed to enjoy their normal shoyu ramens and bento boxes. I think I would revisit this place in the future, but order something different.
Above all, this place has fantastic service. We called ahead of time for a party of 7 and they were able to reserve a table and quickly seat us when we arrived. They always made sure our drinks were full and that we were happy with our food. They were also quick to serve us. I believe customer plays a large role in the experience you have at a restaurant and this place definitely has it!
For now, I’d recommend it. Just don’t order the curry ramen. (: Good luck!

This is a great sushi place located in the pocket greenhaven area, where if you don’t know about it you’ll miss it. And you don’t want to miss it.
I’ve been here twice now and I’m already starting to feel like a regular. The wait staff is very friendly and really know how to treat you well. And they aren’t the overly eager waitstaff that always seems to come by when you have food in your mouth, and that’s always a plus for me.
Now the quality of this place is amazing. I’m very partial to anything spicy and this place has a large selection for those who can take the heat. I always find myself ordering the kinky role mostly because this roll really fits in with great flavor, heat and texture, it’s topped with panko! So good!!! Hopefully I get more relaxed and try other rolls but I’ll have to come in hungry so I can make sure I get the kinky role.
So if you find yourself lost in the pocket stop by and enjoy some great sushi!!!

Discovered this place via a friend and I’m definitely going back. I’ve driven around this neighborhood and never new this place even existed.
The food is delicious, not sure all of what we ordered but me and three others just started ordering; the others being here before, I let them take the lead. The only thing I remember due to the multiple, I mean multiple sake bombs were Banzai Chips, which were surprisingly amazing, the Wreck Yourself Roll was good, and even the kimchee fried rice was good, and I dislike kimchee. There were a few (several, I’ll be honest) more rolls, which were all just as good but I can’t remember the name.
The service is good, and the staff is really nice; very easy to interact with. The place gets busy. When I first parked, I didn’t think the place would be packed due to the location, but I’m sure location don’t matter too much when the food is worth it.

Finally tried out Banzai Sushi after reading the reviews & wanting to try out their happy hour. We had the miso soup, very good way to start out our meal. We tried a couple of the Happy Hour sushi plates & beer. Was very enjoyable, the server was great & a nice atmosphere. Will def be back to try some more rolls!

Great food and customer service. Always order take out. Finally decided to come in for happy hour. Sake bombs are only $ 1.95, and the customer service is great, very attentive, and very clean.
The food is fresh, lovely presentation, and nice portions. Would recommend to a friend, and definitely coming back!

Went with a couple girlfriends over the weekend… the perfect spot to satisfy your sushi craving. Very reasonable prices for fresh, quality sushi. Place also has a good selection of sake! My recommendations:
Maki (rolled in rice & seaweed) — spicy killer… spicy sushi that is not spicy because it’s drowning in «the orange sauce»
Nigiri (fish on top of rice ball) — hamachi (yellowtail)…melts in your mouth
Temaki (hand roll) — crispy salmon skin, add avocado… crunchy, creamy goodness
Appetizer/​Small plate — Agedashi Tofu… salty, creamy, simple yumminess
Sake — Yuzu (citrus/lemon)…smooth and refreshing
Nothing was made drowned in sauce, so you can really taste what your eating. Yay, a rare find these days!
And to top it off, the atmosphere was excellent, with the friendly crew really adding to it. Tip: When you ask about something, listen to the waitress. LOL. Ordered the sparkling sake yuzu in addition to the regular sake yuzu against her recommendation. Bad idea :(
My final thought… come here happy; leave happier! :)

The new owners have made improvements to both the décor and the food. The prices are very much reasonable especially when compared to Japanese restaurants found in downtown/​midtown.
Great spot in my neighborhood. Great selection of sake as well. Strongly recommend.

My wife and I went here for the first time a few days ago. We arrived 20 minutes before they closed, we were immediately greeted and seated. We wouldn’t hold it against them, but i think it is important to mention we never felt rushed. The customer service was spectacular.
The food matched the service, excellent. The sushi I ordered had the right amount of spicy to contrast the sweetness of the fish. Every ingredient was spot on. The presentation was beautiful as well. My wife ordered a Bento Box with the Sesame Chicken and Chicken Katsu. The panko crust was perfectly crisp and the chicken was nice and tender, full of flavor. The teriyaki and katsu sauces were amazing. They had a sesame oil dressed cabbage salad that was quite delicious. The rice was cooked and seasoned well. 10 out of 10
We will be back, so many things to try. Highly recommend.

Not that often go to Japanese restaurant if not strictly for AYCE sushi. Banzai Sushi has solid traditional Japanese food. So much that went back again same trip to Sacramento. It might be more so cause literally minutes away from my cousins house staying at and one of my Aunty favorite dinner spot in town. You know someone favorite when the wait staff is knows my Aunty by name. LOL… Just shows that since not in the city city they appreciate their loyal customers.
The first time came for diner went with bento box. Two item bento box. Teriyaki Chicken and Tempura. Gyoza. Talk about hearty box. Get decent portion all around in every compartment of the box. Not single component that did not enjoy. The basic cabbage salad with the dressing was delicious! Since Unilocalers raving about the spicy killer roll. I ordered one. It was solid speciality roll. Not as hot compare to the rave reviews. Second visit went with the beef yakisoba. I had craving for noodles. Again nice size portion so not going leave hungry. I really enjoyed is the amount of vegetables and nice assortments not just one or two kinds, The noodles cooking on point. The sauce was delicious. We went HH so went with couple of hand rolls. I ordered the spicy tuna and my Aunty order salmon roll. My roll was awesome plus again gave nice portion of tuna in hand roll. It was overflowing start and had tuna till the last bite. The quality of fish was good. The HH menu nice selection. Not just couple basic sushi but really half of the full menu on it. They have full section of ramen. I need try my next visit.
The service without doubt five stars. Talk about truly never judge book by its cover. Banzai Sushi it literally in run down or say old looking tiny shopping area. Other restaurant around bakery, Chinese place, and discount grocery store or something. It literally right off one of the exit on one of the major interstate. I have no idea since visitor. If nearby looking for traditional Japanese food. It WELL worth the detour plus in nice suburb outside of the city.

Banzai is my neighborhood sushi restaurant and I’m grateful. A hop, skip, and a jump away to get my sushi fix. After they changed management/​ownership last year, I noticed right away the quality of the fish has improved by leaps and bounds. The fish is fresh and portions are generous. The dinner Chirashi is bountiful and a work of art! The kids love the kaarage chicken and zaru soba. My wife loves the rolls. Ramen is not their specialty so I’d stick with the sushi.
The staff is friendly and service is always good. Whenever you are in the Pocket area and hankering for some sushi delights, you’re in luck!

I’ve been to Banzai on two occasions and have not been disappointed! Everything from service to food was great! The first time I dined here, we had ordered ramen, some sushi rolls, seared tuna and calamari. Everything was delicious! My favorite, though, had to be their flavored soju! So easy to drink and gets the job done.
My second visit was just a couple nights ago and we ordered some fresh oysters with uni, grilled calamari and pepperfin among other items. I definitely recommend the grilled calamari over the fried calamari! Every dish was fresh, tasty and presented nicely. This time, instead of the flavored soju, we stuck with sake. They have these cans of jello sake that are addicting!
Can’t wait to be back to try a few of their other items I just found on their Unilocal page!

Updating the review and bumped the rating to 5 STARS!
I’ve been coming to Banzai many times of the 2^nd half of this year and I think Banzai deserves a new review from me. I came here with a large crowd (15+ people), few friends (2 – 3 people) and take-​outs in the past 6 months.
Food: Banzai Chips is still my favorite. It gives a fresh and lightness to my taste buds. I also enjoy Hiyashi Chuka a lot, it’s simply cold noodles with dipping sauce and serves with shrimp, vegetables and etc. I have no idea how Banzai creates the sauce because I love it so much and I’m usually not a huge sauce person. It’s perfect for summer or a day when you desire to get some light/​non-​greasy food. I love the rolls. As I mentioned in my last review, I will try to get different rolls in the future… and I lost counts on the rolls. However there’s one I really like and it’s not on the menu — Banzai Roll. It has everything I like in ONE ROLL: tempura shrimp, crab salad, salmon… and lemon! Oh. Me. God. Adding lemon to the roll is a genius move. It balanced the roll so well with the citrus taste. One thing I noticed is that a lot of restaurants have one tempura shrimp in one roll, Banzai on the other hand, generously put in TWO TEMPURA SHRIMPS in one roll. This is pretty self-​explanatory, right? I pay the same price and double the experience. BAM.
Service: I love the service in Banzai. They always greet their customers as an old friend with a warm and friendly smile. They are so patient to explain/​answer any questions and try to make a great experience to us. How many times that you’ve been to a restaurant and the server forgot to add more water/​tea? Servers in Banzai never forget even if they are super busy with other customers. That’s some consideration and it’s definitely a plus to me.
I’m so glad to see Banzai doing better and better. I appreciate the new management trying to bring the best to the neighborhood and I’m really excited to see what they will bring to the restaurant. 5 stars with no doubts.

Spent 4^th of July in Reno and on the drive back I felt like some sushi. We stopped by here and ordered a bunch dishes and rolls. I even got to sample a few expensive sakes. First off the sushi chefs here are friendly, if you grab a seat near the sushi bar make some small talk, they’ll even help make a roll to your liking.
A few complaints I’ve seen from other reviewers is the service. Our service was okay, it could of been better but the food definitely made up for it. The appetizers were good (my favorites were the hana hamachi and banzai chips), the sushi rolls we asked for were all unique since we asked the sushi chefs to surprise us, but one of my favorite dishes was the cold ramen.
Not sure how great the old management was but the new ones did a good job while we were there. Also, it wasn’t as busy while we were there but definitely picked up at the end of our meal. I’m sure they will get all the little kinks out.
Few pluses are the beers on tap, two TVs for sports, HH everyday from 2−5pm and the great selection of sake! The price point for a local sushi place is affordable here. If I’m around the area again, I’ll definitely stop by!