Great little sushi place! Cash only. Fresh fish, reasonable prices. Crowded on a Friday night…read moreduring Spiel - recommend getting a reservation if going before 9.

Genki Ramen is a cute ramen spot in Essen. The team is Chinese but the ramen chef speaks (and looks…read morea bit) Japanese. While this is not the best ramen I've ever had, it's pretty good for outside of Japan here in Germany. An extra star for the service as he was really nice. Don't expect the perfect Japanese ramen here but it is very good. The noodles and broths are made fresh by the team and were very good. I always get tonkatsu, but they just have shio, shoyu, and miso. We tried the shio and miso and both were very good. Neither were too salty. The noodles tasted fresh and were cooked perfectly. The pork was very good although could be a bit softer. The gyouza were decent but fresh. They could have been cooked a bit longer, and the sauce was too watered down for my taste. It would be nice if they have normal ramen spoons as the big one is a bit hard to use but I guess they want it to look cool. Overall, it is an excellent ramen spot in Germany. Come here if you are missing ramen. If you haven't tried real Japanese ramen before, come here to check it out (also, it's the perfect remedy for hangovers!).

I regret giving Genki Ramen such a low score because I want to support Asian restaurants in the…read moreneighborhood, but this one just isn't good. I've had my fair share of ramen across Asia, the US and here in Germany. I ordered the karaage miso ramen, which to me is a very standard dish. Positives: the karaage (fried chicken) was well done and a decent portion size. Negative: the broth was the biggest culprit. A good ramen broth is flavorful and complex, this was neither. I ordered the miso ramen, which should have a strong soybean taste, but this didn't even taste like miso. It was bland. The second culprit was the noodles. They should be a balance of soft and chewy, and these were almost gooey. Not good. When you walk in, place an order, and they tell you it'll be ready in 5 minutes, that's a warning sign. Good food shouldn't be that fast.

The best sushi I've ever had in my entire life! I've never had anything so fresh and good! I…read morethought American sushi was good but German Sushi tops it by a million! This place set the bar for sushi! We will be back in Germany and I will definitely be stopping back by this place when we go back! The cream cheese on the inside was even soo much better and full of flavor! I can almost still taste it! We ordered round after round of several different kinds we just couldn't stop eating it! They also have a buffet portion but we ordered ours fresh off the menu. It's a little bit of a drive through the country side buts it's beautiful and scenic!

From the owner: - Sehr netter und lockerer Umgang mit Gästen - Es werden auf…read morebesondere Kundenwünsche eingegangen und Rücksicht genommen - Das Motto im Sakura: Kaizen! 改善 Veränderung zum Besseren

The best sushi I have eaten in Europe. I am from California and we have a huge Japanese influence,…read morehence great sushi! But in Europe good Sushi is hard to find. I have been in Spain, portugal, UK, France, Benelux, Germany etc etc... And now I found good Sushi in Mülheim an der Ruhr... No awesome sushi.... Priced right! Enjoy Spitze!

Staff was very nice. They worked hard to understand our order as unfortunately my German is really…read morebad. Even with language barrier, service and food was great!

FOOD & DRINKS I don't even know where to start. Let's start…read morewith me first. I have traveled to Japan several times and I have eaten in many Asian restaurants around the world. That said I am open to new interpretations when done well. I already knew that the owner and chef are not Japanese before my visit which isn't an issue. I don't judge the food based on the origin of the chef. We ordered several items from the menu. There was no main dish on the menu that came with rice. You get a plate with the protein and veggies. Great if you want to eat less carbs, bad if you don't order enough to get full. From this point on I just list all my issues. The boneless ribs lacked seasoning and were dry. The veggies were swimming in oil. The coleslaw tasted neutral. The soba noodle soup lacked seasoning, tasted bland and used the same boneless ribs as in the rib dish. The iberico pork pieces came with the exact same oily veggies as the ribs but it was probably the best item from the ones we ordered. The meat had some flavor and were lightly seasoned. Unfortunately one piece was very tough to chew and one was partly raw. The pan fried pork belly had the same veggies as the previous dishes plus some bell pepper and bitter melon and egg. Lacked seasoning again. The marinated pork belly pieces had no glaze on it. Comparing the pictures in the menu and the served food, there was a noticeable difference. The overall plating has neither heart nor finesse. SERVICE We had a very nice and warm welcome. That was a great start. On the table there was an electronic bell that you were supposed to use to call a staff member. I tried to use it to get some menus. Didn't work or was ignored. Second time we used it to order worked. After that it didn't work or we were ignored because even after several pushes no one came. This is not how service should work. I know that in some Japanese restaurants they use those bells but if it fails it will just make the service look terrible. Everyone understands when its busy but when you are confident enough to use an electronic bell, customers are expecting it to work and get a fast reaction. ATMOSPHERE It is a modern restaurant. Very elegant and clean. A few decoration items gave it an Asian touch but it has not much of an Asian vibe. RATING I am sad. I like the owner. We had a nice chat in the beginning and it breaks my heart to give this restaurant such a bad review. Honestly if it weren't for the atmosphere, I might have gone even lower. The execution was bad and the service should be reworked on. Let's say it was a technical issue for now. I went in and didn't expect authentic Japanese food. I was excited to see some nice interpretation but at the end skipped the dessert because I was afraid that even the dessert looked nothing like on the menu pictures.

Hier kann man nur sagen klein aber fein Als Hattingerin gehe…read moreich einmal die Woche ins STICKS Der SUSHI Meister bereitet alles frisch vor den Augen der Gäste zu. Es ist alles sehr schön anzusehen. Geschmacklich ist es ein Traum. Alles frisch. Der kleine Laden ist sehr sauber. Die Bedienung/ Frau vom Sushi Meister/ ist sehr,sehr nett. An alle die asiatische Küche lieben hier gibt es 100 % Qualität zu guten Preisen.