While I'm still here on my last morning staring at this beautiful ocean I thought I would go ahead write my review for Bana, we ate here twice during our stay (8 days) and it is amazing. The food was on point both nights as well as the service. If you stay at the Paradisus I highly recommend trying this place, if you are a sushi fan you won't be disappointed. Def try the spicy tuna hand roll The spring rolls Edamame w/chile read more

Service was amazing . Our waiter Alejandro camelo for such a great job. We are not sushi experts , but Alejandro was so helpful to us . All the food was great . We were put right by the water . We had several different items and a delicious chocolate cate and caramel ice cream for dessert . The house wine was not my favorite, but their after dinner drink was awesome . Ask for Alejandro! He will take care of you and knows his sushi!' read more

Came here for dinner during one of our stays. the sushi here was actually not bad and better than I expected. We came as a big group of 8 so we got family style. The ceviche was just ok- just a bunch of stuff drenched in spicy soy sauce. The seafood salad was also ok. The Shumai was delicious and all the different sushi varieties were good. The best part was the dessert!! We got green tea ice cream and fried banana with rice pudding (sweet, light, and delicious!!) read more

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"There's something happening here But what it is ain't exactly clear" (Buffalo Springfield - For What It's Worth) Picture this -a 7:30 PM dinner and the restarant is SO DARK that you can't read the menu. Seriously, our table, and the two other tables in our area could not read the menus. Luckily I had a flashlight app on my phone to help us out. But c'mon --doesn't management have a clue that you can't have a dining room one degree removed from pitch black? Second thing that immediately soured us was the oscillating fan standing about 5 feet away from us, so it would give us a blast every five seconds or so. Then we turned to the food and things slightly improved. A bowl of edamame appeared and that was anice starter. Our appetizers were shrimp shu mai, pork gyoza, and calamari. They all TASTED good, but they were absolutely tepidly warm and teenily tinily portioned. My spicy tuna hand roll was very good. My Thai shrimp curry was very good. It was presented inside a folded banana leaf held in place with wood chopsticks. The portion was small. Desserts were green tea ice cream and banana tempura - both were excellent. Conclusion? The food was pretty good half of the time, but the whole experence just seemed a little "off" to me... read more

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We made reservations. Showed up early and they were able to accomodate us early win! win! The different thing about this restaurant is it is located in the center of the hotel. And open to the quarter of the hotel. But it has lavish greenery and water features and little fun bridges to cross over so you feel more secluded! It is still hard to believe that this restaurant is really in the grand opening. But all the shrubbery really gives it, its own space. We came here two nights during our stay. We made reservations both times we had dinner. But neither night was super packed! First night. Food service was great. Our server was Francisco he first asked if anyone had allergies. Since none of us did he recommeneded if he were to bring us a sampler platter. Although it is not specifically on the menu. They can give us a taste of everything. (Its all included so why not plus sushi hello?!) We trusted his decision and out came an array of sushi and sashimi. Sashimi is well the same everywhere i feel just a piece of fish but the sushi was really good. So good we knew we had to come back again! In addition to our massive sushi sharing. I decided to order the seeweed salad. The first visit here i ordered it and it was amazing had some fresh fruit slices on it. The second night i wasnt crazy about it. On the second visit when we came i asked for it and the waiter. I forgot his name. Said they were out of it.. I thought ok no big deali was lucky to have it the first visit. A few moments later a seeweed salad a appeared?! I thought either im lucky or not so lucky... My friends joked maybe it was a leftover from someone elses? I was hopefully it wasnt. Presentation was great. Looked the same. But this time had more of an acidic taste? Maybe it was bottom of the bowl with left over juices? Not sure so i opted to not finish it. Everything else that was served that second visit was great. The gyoza and shumai were standard. read more

The location is one of the best, out of all restaurants in the resort. The sushi and sashimi was delicious ! Totally recommend the house-blended soy sauce that's served with ginger and lime juice. There was a 3-person band performing right along our table and it was quite romantic to say the least. Claudio was our server and he did a great job, very attentive and welcoming ! I recommend dining here if you are staying in this resort. read more

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I laugh at the idea of ANYONE saying they had the best sushi they've ever had here. What a sad life if that's true. This place gave me the worst stomach issues the last two days of my vacation. Fast forward to the next day when I went to their store to look for Pepto or any stomach medicine for that matter and they were all sold out. I wonder why! Had to wait for this morning & lo & behold, 3 rows of pepto in the store. What a joke of a hotel to know their food is getting people sick. Skip this place. It's just lukewarm sushi in a poorly lit setting so you can't see how bad the food is that you're eating. read more

Bana - Cochinita Pibil sushi roll. Run away as fast as you can!! - Asian Fusion Near Me - Cancún, ROO

On a spectacular evening, chef Jorge provided us with a wonderful dinner full of good surprises at the Bana restaurant, all very fresh and first-class service. The best sushi restaurant in Cancún read more

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Very good... Good vegetarian choices for a sushi place, including vegetable roll, vegetable tempura, endamame two ways, soba noodles with tofu and vegetables, and a couple of others... Beautiful restaurant and excellent service. read more

I was a little disappointed by my experience today. The menu has changed. One of our favorites has always been the Butter Fish. It is no longer available. The rolls themselves were alright but that's just it alright, nothing mind blowing. The fish was fresh but not the best quality. read more

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As with all restaurants at this resort, it is not "all inclusive". There is the special menu you can pay extra for. I wanted a vodka/Red Bull, but was charged $8 for the Red Bull. Food was so-so. Not impressed. read more

We are avid sashimi and sushi eaters and this place was not good at all. The salmon was terrible. Worse than grocery store quality. Poor serving temperature, no taste, just not good at all. Couldn't eat it. Service is great, but the food is bad. We didn't expect much, but it fell below our expectations. read more

This is by far the worst sushi restaurant I've ever tried. It's part of Paradisis Cancun's all inclusive group of restaurants. I would completely steer clear from the food here. Go to Fuego and Blue Agave for your meals, those places are excellent! We ordered a variety of items from the menu, and nothing was what we expected. Maybe if you never ate sushi before, you might find this restaurant decent without any expectations. For us, coming from Los Angeles, our standards are pretty high from all the Sushi Restaurants back home. The thing that disappointed me the most was the Tamago. It was dark brown and salty! I suspect that they used Kirin (Soy Sauce) instead of Mirin (Sweet Rice Wine.) Please save your time and stomach for Mexican food when you're in Cancun! read more

I am VERY impressed. Out of all the restaurants offered to us at Paradisus, we came back to this one for a second time. The sushi, while not something spectacular that blows your mind when you read the description....was normal mainstream sushi. If you are looking for a roll brought to your table on fire or something crazy like that, this won't meet your expectations. If you are looking for the usual roles like a Spider, Caterpillar, Dragon, Spicy (insert fish here), California, and Philly you will be happy. They even have some of their own creations that are neat such as a baked roll and one that is even comprised of all fruit (did not try that one) The sashimi was great and so were the hand rolls they made for us that were large with plenty of tuna. Appetizers were normal such as spring rolls, Gyoza and Edamame but the seaweed salad was GREAT! Very different than ones I am used to...and tasted excellent. If you are staying at Paradisus, and like sushi, this will be a go-to and come-back place. read more

this restaurant is beautiful ! And the food is amazing !!! I seriously want to eat here everyday. The waiters are amazing !! So nice and attentive to your needs ! read more

Bana - Sushi ! So good. Their sushi was actually better than the Mexican food - Asian Fusion Near Me - Cancún, ROO

If I could give zero I would. The service is terrible. It is so slow that we played with our phone most of the time... The waiter ignores our requests ALL THE TIME. Food is as bad as the service. Tuna sashimi SUPER WATERY. Ramen HORRIBLE. This place sucks. Plz get a reservation at Anywhere else instead. read more

I don't know what people are saying but the food here is delicious. I ordered 4 different plates (considering I was all inclusive) and did not get sick. RAW FISH WAS DIGESTED. This place is the most delicious and friendliest restaurant in all of Meliá Resorts. read more

I'm not going to sugar coat it, the sushi here is pretty awful. The rice has a similar texture to prepackaged sushi. The place however has an amazing ambiance so its definitely worth putting up with the bad sushi. The hand rolls actually do taste like real sushi and the beef sukiyaki was really good. read more

Best sushi I've had, I got Bana's take on the California roll, and their take on the Philadelphia roll- both delicious but very small portion (4 small rolls per order) so we had to order more. Service was excellent and the atmosphere really adds to the experience. One of my favorite restaurants we've tried here at Paradisus! read more

This sushi gave me the runs, and messed up my whole last 2 days of vacation. Glad we didn't eat this early in our vacation. I had the "Mexican sushi rolls" btw. read more

The food here was mediocre at best, but that may be because we went 30 min before closing. My family and I chose to order a few tuna rolls (both spicy and not-spicy), salmon nigiri, a spider roll, and a California roll. After a decent wait, we came to the conclusion that the seaweed was tough, rice was "eh", and the fish was lukewarm, withdrawing any "fresh" feeling. If I could, I'd give them a 3.5/5. I would recommend this restaurant for someone who just wanted to try everything. Otherwise, going once on a week trip is enough for me. read more

We emailed ahead to get a reservation for the first night of our stay at the hotel paradisus Cancun. Or initial reservation was at 730; however, due to a flight delay by the time we were dinner ready it was 800. Despite our lateness they still joyfully welcomed us. The menu at bana is predominantly composed of sushi, bit they menu is labeled for the gluten free populace with little wheat symbols " sin gluten. ". We ordered some drinks, nothing fancy and then in ordered my usual order of a salmon roll and tried a shrimp and cucumber roll. After I finished ordering the waiter insisted that we should get an appetizer or something else. I told him I didn't see anything marked on the menu gluten free as an appetizer and he immediately flew into action. He asked the chefs, brought back edamame and gluten free soy sauce!!!. Food was very good, smaller portions perhaps but great service. I will be going back. The waiters are amazing!!!!! read more

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Ate here last night, sushi rolls were ok, not the best. Our appetizer was the tempura calimari, by the time it came out it was cold and soggy. The rice they used for sushi was weird and didnt taste like it was prepared properly. We also had some salmon shashimi and that was much better, fish was really soft and tasted clean. Only concern for that was it was warm for shashimi grade. read more

Would give zero stars if I could. Ate here last night with the hubby (sashimi platter for each of us, plus a spicy tuna roll and a spider roll), and we were taking turns going to the bathroom all night. It was mid-morning and my condition got so bad, I ended up having to go to the hospital. Not how I planned on spending my vacation. I should have known better! The sashimi was WARM and watery, it looked like they sliced it with a serrated knife. Should've known better. Would NOT recommend, and will not return. read more

Everyone wants to say that they've had sushi in Mexico!!! The sushi here is exceptional! I really liked the spicy rolls, the miso soup is so unique and delicious, and the salmon sashimi was the highlight of my night. There's also a beautiful band that plays behind you while you eat and it's such a soothing experience. There's also amazing staff that get you whatever you want since the hotel is all inclusive. Remember to book your reservation so that u can grab a seat because some nights they are very busy. I would like to come back if I can, I love this place!!!!! read more

So we have plenty of the teppan/hibachi places in California, USA. I do have to admit the food compared to the places I've frequented in my native USA. You can't miss here. read more

This was by far the best restaurant out of all the all inclusive dining options at Paradisis. We enjoyed the appetizers, sushi and a chicken dish. The area is very romantic but, I will warn dark - possibly hard to see a menu dark. It's centered in the atrium of the hotel which may be the hottest place on earth. If you can get past that we had excellent service and delicious sushi. I wish I knew about this place on my trip sooner would have eaten here more! read more

Bana was very good. We ordered the chef's choice and each of the first 6 items was delicious. I was a little disappointed that the 7th and 8th items brought to our table, (there were 6 of us) were cooked fish items, but they were also good. read more