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Hanabi Japanese Cuisine

3.8 (243 reviews)
ModerateJapanese
Open • 11:00 am - 10:00 pm

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Chicken Teriyaki, Pork Gyoza, Hawaii roll, Hanabi Roll

This place was great. Found this place after finding out a higher end place was closed. Food, atmosphere and service were amazing. Any time I'm back In Duluth this will be the place we go.

Titan Roll - we liked it
Jim B.

Loved it! It was our first time here. We were seated at a table in the bar area. Worked out fine. The bartender, Emma was our server. She was very pleasant and helpful with drink and food choices. We shared a Dumpling Soup. It was okay not amazing. My wife ordered Naked Ninja mixed drink. She liked it. I had a can of Sapporo beer. Good as always. We shared two rolls: - Crazy Tuna - Titan Roll We really enjoyed both rolls but we're giving the edge to the Naked Tuna roll. We're from out of town but we will be back!

Our favorite Japanese place in town. Their ramen is to die for. Drinks were delicious, service was good. Loved the paintings inside the restaurant.

Amanda C.

I almost died from the heat of the poison spider roll, hehe All very good. To bad I didn't catch a photo of the sake fight we had before buying the bottle

Sushi regular sorry some was already eaten

I don't understand why this place doesn't have better reviews! We travel a lot for work and the food was amazing! Sushi was on point and I had several special request for my sushi and I didn't have a single problem with getting what I asked for! Loved the lighting, I have a two year old and it was a very calm atmosphere which made it calm and relaxing for my toddler! Even my husband was very impressed and he doesn't get impressed easily! This place is def somewhere I will go back to as much as possible!

Mochi
Autumn P.

Had my eye on this before coming to Duluth for a weekend trip. My family and I drove downtown and were initially a little weirded out at the location. Fair warning - the restaurant is located off a side street in a sketchy area and it fairly inconspicuous looking from the outside. We decided to give it a chance - and boy am I glad we did! The inside is very clean and modern. It has a sort of nightclub vibe. Happy hour prices were super affordable and we got a lot more bang for our buck than at other sushi restaurants in MN. They also had items on the menu that aren't available at Japanese restaurants near me, such as Takoyaki - so good!

2 rolls.
Joshua S.

$44 for 3 rolls and 4 pieces of nigiri. The rolls were tiny, 2/3 to half the size of rolls at other local restaurants. Rice was dry. And they messed up my order (I asked for no cucumber in my rainbow roll - there was quite a bit of cucumber in it). Avocado was brown spotted as well. Very disappointed. This was supposed to be a nice treat for my wife and family. I understand sushi comes at a premium. I am happy to pay $44 for quality sushi. But this? Will not be back.

Grilled Squid
Sydney T.

This was a pretty good experience, we really loved the Hanabi Sushi for Two. The sushi and sashimi were great! We got the grilled squid as an appetizer and it was ok, definitely quite overdone and really chewy, wouldn't order it again, but sushi was great!

Beautiful art work!
Katie C.

Oh my gosh..SO GOOD! We have always had bad luck finding good food in Duluth. Man, we have given up and then we found this gem! I LOVE sushi! I lived in Japan and I can't get enough Japanese food in general. We started with the age tofu and tempura veggies and I was in love! Everything came out fresh and super hot! So good! We also ordered a number 9 roll, yellow tail with scallions roll, Alaskan roll and some sake. All were fabulous! The sake (salmon) was divine! I usually order two and let my husband have one but he totally didn't get one. The look of disappointment on his face didn't even make me feel bad-order your own! Hahaha! The 9 roll was perfect! The spicy Mayo on top just really kicked it up. We ate every last piece and if I wasn't over the top full at that point I would have ordered more. Our waiter (Hey Tyler!) was fantastic! Another waiter accidentally took our order to another table and he apologized and was so nice! Great staff is hard to find and he is amazing! Please check this place out! I want it to be there when I come back! Oh...and the art work is beautiful!

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3 months ago

The food is excellent. The sushi is the best in the area, also enjoyed the best service here.

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Decent sushi. I wish the shrimp tempura they used in the rolls was fresher. It was cold.

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Excellent food. Wonderful service. Horrible location parking is almost impossible and really wicked in the winter time

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the food was pretty and excellent and the staff were nice and they had mocktails and it just went incredibly hard keep it up guys :]

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2 years ago

Had a great meal, and the restaurant looks great! New owners are really doing a great job!

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3 years ago

amazing every time, I will eat anything here! The staff are all super friendly and knowledgeable. Overall a fun time always

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