My and my cousin are here while im writing this. eh food ok. he used too much of that sauce and my food was oh so salty & number 2 he took 20mins to come and cook our food. Instead if letting us know that they were waiting on 2more ppl to join. Customer service is a 5 for sure. I will not recommend this place to a read more

Since they changed management the prices have doubled, the quality has degraded and they refused to update the prices online engaging in bait and switch. read more

Awful service, they never brought the soup or salad. We sat for 20 minutes just waiting, and then the chef was noisy and ill mannered. The food was poor. We're never going back. read more

Greetings Happy Sumo Came here for dinner on last Friday, December 7th, for dinner with my friend Terry for some hibachi dinner. Got promptly seated and host heated up the grill. It felt good since it was a bit chilly and rainy outside. Waitress comes to take our drink order and she recognizes me from my days at my previous job. It was nice to have her recognize me. Terry and I were the only ones at this grill. No one else. Kind of hoped for more people to come in and join us for this show. Ordered Shrimp and Steak. Miso soup came out and it was average. Might want to look into a better miso soup mix or add more miso to your broth. Plus, needed more tofu and seaweed. But, it was hot. Salad was good and crisp but the ginger dressing needed more ginger and less of something sweet in it. Hibachi chef came with his cart.. Since we were the only ones, his show wasn't as good as if there was a table full. He just seemed like he was just cooking for us. I still had hoped for a good showing. He was gracious to ask if we wanted both sauces, however. Fried rice was good but needed more onion and sesame and green onion in it. But it was tasty. However, going back to the chef, his preparation seemed lack luster. Even the onion "Volcano" and "Train" was cute but nothing too full of energy and enthusiasm. Didn't get the shrimp appetizer but thought that since we had steak and shrimp, it was all together. No big deal. Steak and shrimp were cooked well. Needed a bit more seasoning on the shrimp and steak. Kind of bland unless you dipped in the sauces. More pepper and maybe some garlic powder would have gave it a bit more flavor. Veggies were good and plenty of them. But again, no showing and needed more flavoring and a touch more sauce. If it is a terriayki, it needed garlic, ginger, and pepper in it to give it more flavor. All in all, a good meal but lack luster in the cooking demonstration and some technical flaws in the soup and salad. I'd come back again to see if it is just as good. I have been when it is really busy and the food really didn't seem good then. Even if it is just two people or a crowded hibachi grill table, your food demonstration preparation should be top notch and for any number of people. Just always put 110% out there. read more

The service was slow but the food was good. Because of Covid people expectations can be a little on edge but they are doing the best they can with the current situation. read more

Great spot for lunch or casual hibachi dinner. Both sushi and hibachi consistently good. read more

Happy Sumo - Avocado Roll and Spicy Tuna Roll. - Japanese Near Me - Norcross, Georgia

Ordered the Filet and Lobster combination. Came with fried rice, veggies, and a 2 shrimp "appetizer" everything was honestly really great and taste fresh. I gave 4 stars because it took about 40 minutes after being seated for a chef to come to the table. The staff was extremely nice and helpful! read more

Happy Sumo - Menu - Japanese Near Me - Norcross, Georgia

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I have been a good customer of theirs for some time now! There service and quality over the past months has gotten worse! Today I had a crappy meal, snail slow service and sub par food! When i told the manager the food made in the back was not good, She said, "You need to pay". Then she proceeded to give her self 18% gratuity for a party of two! Not so happy sumo! Boo's all around! read more

Informed them on the phone twice in a slow and measured voice that I did not want shrimp or eel on my two orders of rainbow roll and was assured that there was only salmon and tuna. One more time before I hung up I noted no eel and no shrimp, just to be very clear. That's three times total. When I got home I opened my order and there was shrimp and eel in addition to what appears to be white fish. It was on a Wednesday and when I walked in there were almost no patrons in the restaurant so this is inexcusable. Should never happen. Baffled. read more

This place is a literal hit and miss sometimes you can order something and it'll be done within 10 minutes other times you'll sit in the front staring at employees walk directly past you and not say hi not ask you would you like to place an order and then they lie about their menu options depending on how they feel they either need new management or to be shut down but this is unacceptable and disrespectful read more

I am very disappointed in this restaurant. I ordered take out hibachi salmon meal earlier this evening around 9pm, this meal includes soup and salad. The women told me I had to pay extra for the soup because I ordered takeout and not sitting inside. (covid 19, go figure) After double checking my order I realized there was shrimp mixed with my salmon, (I'm allergic to shellfish), the hostess told me that I didn't tell her, as if I know your menu, as I waited for them to remake my order I asked again for the soup, especially since I had to wait an additional 15 minutes and she said no. No where on the menu did it say anything about not getting soup for takeout of that all hibachi comes with shrimp. All around bad experience. I should have ate at Kampai sushi and steakhouse. Long story short I had to beg for the soup that cand with my $30 meal. This is ridiculous and I will never eat here again. p.s. i was not impressed with the food at all. read more

I came here last night for a date night before going to the movies. I sat down with my date in the habatchi section. No one else was there so it was romantic. We were started with the traditional miso soup and ginger salad which tasted good. It was a little wait before the cook finally arrived. The cook was so funny that me and my date truly enjoyed our time. The food was really delicious and I was full. I had to take some home. read more

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We ordered takeout....the sushi was definitely not fresh. Fishy smelling. The hibachi was ok in taste but drowning in sauce. The real kicker is when you order take out hibachi you only get salad, but no soup, rice, veggies, hibachi meat, and no dessert ......but you still pay the same price as dine in! We asked and was told it didn't come with takeout but yet it is on their menu as part of the meal. We won't be back! read more

Couldn't even eat there. The webpage is incorrect regarding the hours of operation. Really frustrating as I was looking forward to Japanese food! I checked Yelp for restaurants close to my hotel in my planning for my business trip. read more

Happy Sumo - Website is not accurate!!! These are the posted hours of operation. - Japanese Near Me - Norcross, Georgia

I live very close by and have eaten at Happy Sumo many times. They are mostly known for their Japanese Hibachi grill but the sushi bar is also very good. I am glad to have this local family restaurant close to home. read more

I can say that this place is almost identical to Kani house. Even the way they cut the meat, exactly the same and even the price are almost the same. Food was very juicy, maybe not the freshest, but definitely flavorful. They will drench your dish with teriyaki sauce, but I like my food very well seasoned. Waitress was a very nice lady and we didn't even have to ask for refills, she was quick with everything. Chef was friendly and restaurant definitely gave me peaceful dinner vibes. Me and my girlfriend will definitely be back! read more

Ok the food is delicious. Well everything I had other than the hot dog water they call soup. Atmosphere and somewhat clean. I don't feel skeeved out by eating here. Cook did seem to be in his feelings a bit but hey he made the food and it tasted good. Who cares if he seemed a little angry and tossed around the food a bit. What killed the entire experience was the waitress returning my card and saying they don't take unknown bank cards. I had to point out the MasterCard logo and point to the door. So now I wait while she calls someone and asks if they can take it. Magically the card works just fine. This place has good food but angry idiots. read more

The wait short and the food was delicious on a Sunday night. We opted for the sushi instead of he hibachi and enjoyed the service. They were all very attentive and kind. The sushi looked fresh and visually appealing. I would come back again! read more

Happy Sumo - Japanese Near Me - Norcross, Georgia

I'm one of those west coast liberals who eats a lot of sushi... and was not expecting much in the rural areas of ATL, but this place was really good. The knifework, the cuts and beautiful layout and presentation, the simple but elegant blending of flavors into a mouth watering masterpiece; Bravo, and well done Happy Sumo. read more

I have had this 2 times. First was done in before covid.... second was door dash. We spent over $100 for 3 meals and it was horrible. Portions were not the same and the food was more or less shit. I literally could have spent $20 at any Chinese restaurant and received the same. Do not door dash this place. read more

Good food, terrible staff. Order from doordash every other week/month and they constantly get orders wrong and do not count the number for each item. managers, please talk to staff. Missing some fried rice one day, some yum yum sauce another. this is not a one time thing but a constant occurrence. read more

This is location is the standard for Hibachi. The food is consistently good. The service is consistently good. The prices are what you should expect from a good Hibachi place. read more

Has continuously gone downhill over the years. Very sad as we used to love this place. Chef had mask and gloves on but greasy hair was falling out of his hat and was kind of gross. No personality or showmanship. Waitress could not accommodate one special order of just a few vegetables. Said chef was too busy. Were out of ice cream and sherbet. Was supposed to be part of the meal and we were offered no substitute. Will not be going back again. read more

I had the worst hibachi lunch ever. My filet w/vegetable and fried rice turned out to be soup! This place has really gone down! read more

Happy Sumo - Filet hibachi. Had to ask for another plate it was so wet! Horrible - Japanese Near Me - Norcross, Georgia

So my rating will be a no star. The woman behind the desk was rude. Stayed seated the entire time and acted as if I was a bother. It took forever to get a sushi roll. No one gave updates. I would not recommend ‍. Customer service is everything. read more

This is to Jade R. Who commented that they will literally chase you if you don't tip to their standards. And has seen it twice. I just want to say that you must be cheap as hell and don't tip bc I have been coming here for years and I only tip 15-18% and they are more than happy with that. By the way the food is good for the price. read more

This place SUCKS! Their service is the pits. They do not know how to treat customers. My friend took me there for my birthday a few weeks ago. We were seated at the hibachi grill, ordered our meals and a bottle of wine. While waiting for our drinks to arrive when another server came over to us and told us to move. She wanted to give our seats to a group of three people that walked in. What? We had been sitting there at least 10 minutes. I was in complete shock. I couldn't believe that we were sitting there waiting for our drinks when this rude waitress told us to move and treated us like second-class citizens. I thought for a second I was in a time warp back to 1955, under Jim Crow and had been relegated the "colored section". I have never been treated so poorly in a restaurant in my entire life and I told the rude waitress exactly that. She didn't seem to care or apologize. We decided to give her what she wanted (the seats) and give another restaurant our business. I told them I would put his on Yelp and tell everyone I know not to patronize this business. I wouldn't go back if it were the last restaurant in the world. Believe that... read more

We go to Happy Sumo about 5 or 6 times a year and have never had a bad experience except for last night. The "waitress" was extremely rude. She did not ask for the menus back she demanded them them back. I was reading the sushi roll menu and she pulled it out of my hand. We there to celebrate my daughter birthday and we told her but she did not acknowledge me. So my wife told her again and she snapped at her that she heard her. I could not believe how rude she was treating us. The chef definitely made up for her bad behavior he was great as usual. We will go back but not looking forward to the rude woman that waited on us read more

Visited here on new years eve with some friends. Ordered scallop and filet combo. Filet tasted gamey like rotten meat and i could not eat it. Never had filet anywhere that tasted like this. I don't know where this place gets their meat but they seriously need to reconsider their supplier. I could not tell if it was just bad quality meat or if it was actually rotten meat. I left all my filet on the plate but no one cared to ask why. And the servers talking in their language right outside the room need to tone it down a bit. It's annoying for the patrons. Another weird thing about this place is that they pre include 20% tip automatically onto the bill. I never heard of this practice unless it's a party of 8 or more. Although there were 8 people at the hibachi table, it was actually 3 separate parties. I don't think it's right to be forced into giving servers 20% automatic tip. Last time i checked, customers get to choose how much they want to tip the servers depending on their service actually provided. Rotten food and unorthodox tip practice. I will never eat here again. read more

This is a sushi-hibachi restaurant that offers inexpensive decent food. This place has small areas divided up for more intimate hibachi feel and a very interesting layout where the small sushi bar area is nested in a middle room. You can probably play hide-and-seek inside. Sushi is not bad considering it's at roughly RuSan's price. It's better than RuSan's and generally fresh with decent rice. Hibachi is also not bad, but never anything spectacular. It's a comfortable atmosphere. I've been here a handful of times because my coworkers like to come here. It's not bad for office lunch, but I don't see myself wanting to come here otherwise. Also there's never any Japanese customers. read more

Mediocre food, terrible service. They wanted to charge me a seating fee for the hibachi grill, even though I wasn't there to eat. In addition, we had to wait 30 minutes before a hibachi chef showed up (I guess that's what happens when you only have one hibachi chef on the schedule per night). And finally, they added gratuity on to my credit card, because they were afraid that I wasn't going to tip them for the lousy service. I'd definitely avoid this place if you value your time or your money. read more

A liked to come and do Sushi at happy sumo with tha master sushi chef Shim because the Sushi is art pasión and a lovely job i love sushi thas my life all time happy read more

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It has been a few years since I'd been to Happy Sumo, and in the past I'd always thought it was good. But when we went recently I wasn't sure if their quality has plummeted or if my tastes had just matured. It was bad. I've seen a lot of complaints about the service, but we didn't have that problem. It was good enough. Nothing amazing, sure, but not bad either. Maybe my expectations were already in check. The food was where I had the problem. We chose hibachi this time (actually sitting at the table), where at other places we might order hibachi but sit in the dining room. We don't have kids and if you've seen one flaming onion volcano you've seen them all. The miso soup is completely tasteless. Like cloudy water with a single, random paper-thin mushroom floating away. Sad. My steak was cooked the way I asked, but it was a cheap quality and didn't taste very good. We won't go back. read more

Happy Sumo has been my "go to" sushi joint for about 8 years. The sushi is always good quality and is super-reasonably priced. I rarely get the hibachi there, but when I do it is always tasty. Most of the time I order take-out and my order is ready in around 10 minutes. I consistently get a full meal of sushi for $10-$14. Everyone on staff is wonderful and friendly; even when I first started eating there they would remember me and chat with me. 8 years later I'm still greeted warmly and treated very well when I go there. Happy Sumo is not a super trendy, zillion-ingredient-roll kind of place, but it is economically priced, tasty sushi. Definitely worth looking past its strip-mall exterior. read more

Well...if it can make a sumo happy... Happy Sumo was a perfect spot for a rainy day lunch with my Atlanta friends and they have a pretty decent lunch special. For $15 you will get a soda, tea, salad, miso soup, and your choice of an item from column A and an item from Column B on their lunch special menu. Column A had two maki rolls, which I chose the Dunwoody Roll. Column B and more rolls to choose from and a sushi sampler, which is what I chose. My sushi sampler and Dunwoody Roll were good. Nothing blew my mind, but it was a nice little lunch. I loved the dressing that they put on the salad. Our waitress was a little skimpy on the drinks. She poured one water for our table and then left before we could ask for more. I guess we were supposed to share the water? Also, we were never offered the soda that came with our lunch specials. read more

[edit: I realized today that I went to the Perimeter location not this one, but it is probably about the same...] I tried Happy Sumo for the first time tonight (the hibachi part, not sushi) and enjoyed it. I don't know what it is, but little onion volcanoes with fire spitting out of them still get me every time, and the steak and scallops I had was delish. However, this was the first time I've been to a Japanese place like this where the chef/cook dude was not very talkative and outgoing. I'm still trying to decide if that was a good or a bad thing... read more

So...the chef was excellent and very friendly! The salad dressing and the "dish water soup" are just horrible. We have so many hibachis near us and I've never tasted salad and soup that disgusting! Seriously, it's just awful! The salmon, chicken, steak, shrimp, rice and vegetables were excellent. I would actually say better than most places. The soup and salad are just so awful...I don't understand. Please, don't serve that! Again, the actual dinner items were excellent and our chef was so kind and friendly! I would love to give you 5 stars, but I cannot with that "soup and salad"! read more

Happy Sumo on Peachtree Parkway is a decent place for value sushi. I have no real complaints about the food quality. You definitely get what you pay for at this establishment. The sashimi and sushi seem reasonably fresh although they're both far from the best in the city. I think the real treasure here are their lunch specials. Located in Norcross, it's located in a strip center behind IHOP. They have reasonably priced sushi and teriyaki lunch boxes that serve as a nice little fix when I'm craving an economical, healthier lunch. The interior decor is nice although nothing really special from other Japanese-style restaurants in and around the city. The service is usually friendly, and overall I would recommend Happy Sumo to family and friends. read more

I love their hibachi menu. The lunch specials are even better. When I call in an order it's always fresh and the people are prompt and have great customer service read more

First of I wanna say that I went to eat by myself. Once I walked in they told me if I wanted to have a table which I declined bc I was there for hibachi. They put me at a grill that was empty and told me it could be a 30 min wait which was fine with me bc I was alone. A family of 4 came and they asked me to move seats instead of having the family sit a chair down. The food wasn't great. It was very watery which made the food very nasty. The cooks need to let the veggies cook a little better for that won't happen. read more