Tsunami Japanese Steakhouse

I’ve been here a few times and it is never disappointing. The hibachi is great and the prices are reasonable. You get a lot of food and it always tastes fresh. We had Chef «fluffy» cook for us last time we were here for my aunts birthday and he was awesome! He was super friendly, funny, and made my aunt feel special on her birthday! The only thing that would make this place better is more variety with the beer and wine selection. Also it seems like they always squish as many people as they can at the hibachi tables. It gets pretty warm sitting in front of that hibachi grill so the dining experience would be much more enjoyable if you weren’t shoulder to shoulder with the people sitting next to you.

I have had a wonderful time every time I have gone and its only been for Sushi. I can’t wait to do hibachi! The Sushi is always delicious. I have never seen this place packed to capacity, which surprises me. Wait staff has always been quick and friendly. I always get my extra side of spicy mayo, never as an add-​on or up-​charge! That makes me very happy.

My husband and I were visiting here from Orlando and stumbled upon this place while driving around the town for food.
The parking lot right in front is just a small strip but there is more parking around the other shops right by. We waited for people to leave as we determined what we feel and of course see what our fellow Unilocalers have to say!
We walked in and were greeted right away. There is a choice between hibachi or regular dining in which we chose regular. We were sat close to the hibachi and saw all the action. It is similar to Kobe Steakhouse.
Our waitress greeted us promptly and we ordered jasmine rice, terriyaki chicken, and friend noodles to start. The noodles had pepper in it which was different and good. All the apps tasted good. Our main dish was sushi and I am impressed! I am huge on quality and taste and was not dissapointed!
If you are local or from out of town, I recommend this place. Very satisfied!

Great place to come for special gatherings. Cool atmosphere. No strict dress code. Down side is no more half off sushi specials

I sat down at 7:15 and after a millennium I finally received my water around 7:30. The water was exquisite the service was par, our chef was quite a man, this was an experience of a lifetime goodnight thanks.

Very disappointed this time. Been coming here for years! Salmon and steak portions, reduced more then half. Salty Salty! If you have High cholestrol, watch out! Fried rice was bland… 9 people 2 eggs in that large of portion! Really! So asked to put in another egg, charge $ 2 for 1 egg! Still no flavor! Could not understand our cook. English was terrible. Our server was very good! So prices went up and portions and quality went down… very sad. Was a great place for Hibachi at one time.

Best sushi hands down! The double J is my favorite roll! The front desk staff can be a little spacey but always good food!!!

I can’t even. We just had the worst experience at this restaurant. I don’t think I’ve ever given one star before, but this was so horrendous. First, we made a reservation for six people for 7:00 p.m. We got there on time, signed in, and checked back in after 30 minutes and were told we would be seated soon. At 45 minutes, my husband went back to the hostess (we had been waiting, literally, 5 feet from the hosts station) and saw that our name had been crossed off. He asked, «why is our name crossed off?» The three 12-​year olds who were working the hostess stand said, «Oh my God! Someone totally said they were you and took your seat!» My husband asked what they planned to do about it and they said that those people were already sitting and they couldn’t do anything about it. He then asked for the manager (who may have been 18), who also said there was nothing she could do. Keep in mind, we were there with friends whose daughter was celebrating her 13^th birthday. Thirty minutes later, we finally sat down. The manager did nothing for us. No round of drinks, no apology. Nothing. The dinner was mediocre at best. A ton of butter was used and it was difficult to find vegetables of any value in the pile of stir fried onions and carrots. I counted two sprigs of broccoli and three pieces of zucchini. The fan above the stove top was broken, so all of the steam was enveloping us. I smell like a fryer right now. The chef didn’t do any tricks or tell any jokes, but he did laugh openly at the smoke suffocating all of us. At the end of the dinner, our friend’s daughter did get her ice cream and «happy birthday» song AFTER they had the BALLS to ask us if today was her exact birthday (it was) and if we could provide them with a copy of her birth certificate, a student i.d., or access to her school portal to PROVE it was her birthday. Are you KIDDING me!!! She’s 13!!! I’ve never heard of such a thing. We got our check and we hadn’t received any kind of discount for our trouble (still not even an apology). My husband left the table to speak to the manager — Britney — who took 10% off the tab, which was the only thing they did right. Finally, the icing on the cake was using the restroom before we left. The women’s restroom was a total stye. Paper all over the floor, but no toilet paper in the stall, and no paper towels to dry my hands. Gross! What a total waste of time! I will never go here again, and if this review stops ONE person from going here, I feel I’ve done my job. We couldn’t believe how packed full this place was. Crazy. I can’t believe it stays in business.

Overall Tsunami was very good. The yummy yummy sauce was a little runny but everything else was good. When you order a large Sake you definitely get your money’s worth. Our waiter Josh and chef Alex did a terrific job. Be sure to ask for them.

Not the best. Prices are too high. We got the deluxe sushi meal. It was good. And fresh. But the menu says it comes with soup or salad. When we got the check she charged us for the soup. Osaka sushi is better priced.

I have to admit that I was quite surprised that this place was any good being a chain hibachi place but, as I can only speak on the sushi, I was happy with the quality. It’s pretty expensive if you choose your own nigiri, but you do have a cheaper chef’s choice option, still expensive. Either way, they have lots of variety in both the fish selection and rolls and each piece was HUGE and fresh and flavorful. Yum yum. I’d like to come back to try the hibachi!

As far as the hibachi grill goes, I think the taste of the food varies (depending on who your cook is). Sometimes you get really great food, other times… not so much. I only had the sushi once, and it wasn’t spectacular but it was good enough. You get plenty of food to take home, but it’s not even good the next day.
If you want a show, go for it. Good food? It’s a gamble.

How did I get here? What in my right mind would make me want to eat at Tsunami? A dark and dank place, covered in Wild West upholstery in the Tyrone Mall area of Da Pete.
While sitting in a saddle covered booth, next to one lone and overworked sushi «chef», aloof servers, water from the deepest sulfurous well, chewing on mayo covered salmon, my rolls falling apart (disintegrating wet rice) before my eyes, and cheap meat burning on teppanyaki flames around me— I was seriously wondering the same thing.
I will continue the pilgrimage to find decent sushi in Tampa Bay, even if that means that I have to brave battlegrounds of Japanese Steakhouses like Tsunami.
The goods news is: I don’t have to return, ever.

This is a sushi review.
By some absurd karmic divine mess, I have never been here despite working near it for the last three years. I decided to check it out finally, and I am so glad I did.
Between the 3 of us, we sampled 6 rolls and LOVED all of them. The spider roll here is fat and beautiful and legit. Their kamikaze roll basically changed my life. Their volcano roll was pretty much made of angel tears. So essentially, this place is a win.
Added to that our waitress was super attentive. The interior is nice as well.
What I’m trying to say here is that I will so be back.

This was my first time here. I posted pictures of everything that I had. The hibachi was good but the rolls were just okay, nothing special. We had 2 hibachis (scallop and shrimp) and the steak one. We also ordered 3 rolls — volcano and 2 others (can’t remember the names).

This is definitely the worst Hibachi I’ve ever been to. My last review was a 2 and I decided to go back and try it but seriously NOT GOOD!
The quality of the meat is terrible, steak is chewy gross ness and the chicken is blah, almost not edible and i think mine wasn’t cooked completely. They cook everything super slow and one at a time so half your meal is either going to be cold or you’ll be full by the time you get the other half of your meal and the service is meh too!
If they didn’t have the free birthday meal thing going for them, i’d have to say they’d be going out of business based on the quality of the food and service. Their prices are also insanely expensive compared to others i’ve been to. Brandon didn’t even finish his steak it was so terrible, when a man doesn’t finish steak, you know it’s bad!
Definitely won’t be back again, so many other better options in the area for hibachi.

When my party of 3 arrived we were told the wait time was 25 min. We waited over an hour and was then told we would have to again wait for anyone that arrived with reservations. I had to complain to get a seat. The people arriving that had reservations were being told they had to wait another 25 min. They were not happy. When we finally got seated, the other party that was seated at our table was missing a person. That person showed up 10 min later delaying my dinner service.
The food portions were smaller than any other Japanese steakhouse I’ve ever been to. The shrimp was gritty with sand. Our chef did not season the food it was very bland. Drove all the way from Sarasota to get disappointed. I do not recommend this place.

Very good meal, the best of three visits. I had the filet mignon, shrimp and chicken hibachi combo and all three were cooked just right. I did request that the cook go easy on the salt, which improved the flavor from the times before.
The only improvements I would suggest would be much less salt in the very salty clear soup and to fully cook the fried rice.
Overall, it was a very good meal.

We came for lunch time with several of hubsters coworkers. As it was a bit early for lunchtime (11:30am) we pretty much had the place to ourselves.
The usual show by the Japanese chef with the flaming onion etc. The hibachi selections were beef, chicken or shrimp. Pretty good deal at lunch time for $ 9.95. This comes with miso soup-​so so. Salad-​good, veggies, rice and whichever protein you pick. My shrimp was perfect and lunch was a success.

A group of us from work came here to say goodbye to me and celebrate my new job that I’m going to in Providence, RI. When I first walked in I was kind of shocked by a weird smell, but it soon went away and we were sat at a Teppanyaki table and awaited our waitress and chef.
They have a great lunch special here… for only $ 9.95 you can get beef, veggies and fried rice (no noodles during lunch and mushrooms are an extra charge), but for that price, I’m not complaining.
The chef put on a show and did the normal stuff, so that was fun. I got the beef/​chix combo and thought the beef was a bit overcooked, but the chix was delicious and so were the veggies and rice.
We had a great time and thanked everyone for coming.
Don’t know if I’ll be back, much closer to my old job than to home.