March 29 2026 Just sat down to eat and chat when i took a drink out of my sweet and noticed a bright red lipstick stain on the rim. If that is dirty i highly doubt any of their dishes are clean. I will never come here again. I wasn't even offered by the waiter to speak to the manager. The waitstaff personally serve your drinks and it was slow and he still served me in a dirty glass. I question their. Cleanliness standards. read more

The service was great, our server was very welcoming and nice. The sushi was so good, as a sushi lover, I approve. The restaurant looked clean and they had music playing. read more

Kurai - Variety of sushi we picked. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Edinburg, Texas

We are regulars here and love the variety all you can eat buffet. It's a great price, but make sure you go hungry! You can choose from sushi, noodles , dumplings and more. I love the miso soup & hot/sour soup. We are always greeted with a smile. It's a comfy/ relaxing place to dine. It's one of the best buffets I've visited so far especially for sushi! read more

Kurai - Sushi Bars Near Me - Edinburg, Texas

The sushi was decent, however the Chinese food in the buffet was cold. I went at lunch hour. The only hot food I was able to eat with the egg drop soup. read more

Decent Asian buffet. Not a fan of any of their sushi though. They have a huge variety of rolls and people do seem to enjoy them. The selection of food is decent and seems pretty fresh. The ambience is low key and they keep the lighting a little low. Waitresses are nice and remove your used plates pretty quickly and ask to refill your drinks often. Limited dessert options. Banana pudding is on point. Price is $15 a person and $7 for children 6-8. read more

Good very stale.. Sushi had nothing to do with sushi .. Everyone stares, made me and my family very uncomfortable

I would doubt they have repeat customers! The food is soooo bad. Really sorry I stopped in. $17.74 wasted. Even the fried rice was terrible. How do you mess up fried rice? Wtf! I do not recommend and I will not be eating here again. EVER!!! read more

All went well , no problems , Well organized , well presented my wife and I had a good time read more

Absolutely love kurai and its different selections of sushi. Additionally, Love the ability to serve my own sauces. I am a huge spicy mayo and to have the opportunity to serve myself is great. there is also stir fry options like beef broccoli and sesame chicken. Very good variety!! read more

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Environment was pleasant but food was awful. Food was barely warm outside but cold on the inside. The beef, chicken, noodles, rice and even the veggie rolls were all cold. The mushrooms undercooked also. $37 that I'll spend somewhere else next time. read more

I love Kurai. Been coming here for years now. However I do have to complain that the restaurant has not been the same since COVID. You literally have kids running around touching tables and plates. Some have masks on but most of the kids take off their masks as they're walking around the restaurant. YUCK. Parents don't say anything. Employees ignore it too. I love that they have a sushi and Asian buffet with unlimited goods. However, when I went last week, you can no longer serve yourself. Instead you have an employee who doesn't even understand English serve you. I had a hard time communicating with her cause she didn't know what I was talking about even though I was pointing to the food. Anyways, employees serve you the buffet items as you stand behind some rope. They serve it to you in a styrofoam plate that can only hold three items at max unless you're willing to layer you're food on top of each other . Yuck. Buffet is really unorganized. You have some employees hustling and doing a great job. You have others just standing there chit chatting. The host lady at the front doesn't speak English either. She didn't understand our transaction question. Our waitress was really good though. She was quick and attentive. Definitely left her a tip for the hard work she's putting. Food is great. Customer service is just really lacking. Employees need to enforce the CDC guidelines with their customers cause this is the place someone can get the rona if they don't. read more

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It is the first time that my husband and I visited this restaurant and we liked it very much, it is very clean and the food is very tasty, very good service, the food is fresh and hot and reasonable prices and many sushi options I love it read more

Kurai - a plate of chinese food with a fork - Sushi Bars Near Me - Edinburg, Texas

I highly recommend coming to Kurai for their buffet! It's a much better deal than ordering combos/meals to-go because you get a chance to sample a bit of everything. The buffet is reasonably priced at $12.99 on weekdays and $13.99 on weekends. The waiters are kind as well and constantly check up on you to make sure you have enough drinks and napkins. The interior atmosphere of Kurai is a bit dated, but it is overall pretty clean for a buffet. There is a wide variety of rolls, including many common ones like the Philadelphia roll, California roll, and spicy tuna roll. They also have a good amount of fried sushi rolls that incorporate shrimp tempura. It's also great that the hot entrees are included with the buffet price. I highly recommend saving some room for the Mongolian Beef and General Tso's chicken because they are well seasoned and flavorful! My main complaint about the hot food is that every time I grabbed the crab rangoons (wontons), they were consistently overcooked and hard as a rock. Overall, Kurai is a great option and value for all-you-can-eat sushi in the RGV! read more

Food is pretty good for buffet. It's fresh. The sushi is about as good as you can get for the price. They have a large variety. The place is clean and the service is OK. They could label their sauces to help folks know what they are. read more

Honestly, the ambience & environment of this restaurant is very different from traditional buffets. It's fun, lively and aesthetically pleasing. Not as many choices for non-sushi food like traditional buffets, but definitely much better quality. ESPECIALLY their cold/salad section. Not the basic, gross old iceberg lettuce with carrots and cheese lol. Great assortment, just a couple of desserts though. Only tried their arroz con leche and it was okay. And they keep this and the rest of the food line areas, pretty clean. They have SO MANY sushi options!!! I'm not picky and love to try new things so I literally had one of each, and I was amazed at how many were so delicious! I'm not a cream cheese fan but they had some good combinations that I actually enjoyed a few with it. The only thing is that I don't like how room temperature they are lol. But regardless they were good, no food poisoning yet they actually have fried sushi too! And one more thing, I'm obsessed with their veggie seafood soup. So yummy with a little kick to it. 4-stars because unfortunately the servers we've gotten have been pretty bad, they stand around on their phones & act bothered when we have to go out of our way to get their attention, aside from our first. A young lady name... Dulce? I can't recall. She was so funny and did well with her table touches. I'll ask for her again next time. read more

Our server and the management team were awesome! We had two servers that were amazing! The food and service was crucial and on point! We will definitely be back soon to dine again, and delivery as well! read more

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I have enjoyed the Kurai in Pharr, but unfortunately was disappointed in the new restaurant in Edinburg. The wait staff was great trying to keep up with the customers. There seemed to be a few more items (i liked the steamed dumplings), but with so many (5) different people making the sushi rolls they seemed to lack consistency compared to the Pharr location. My biggest complaint was the that it reminded me of a Kurai Cafeteria with way to many people and noise along with the music too. It seemed like I was at Golden Corrall. There was a lack of plates, which you had to reach underneath and between people to get. Sorry but next time, we will go back to Pharr. A year later... ran out of both rices, no bowls for soup for over 15 minutes +, ran out of dishes but finally replaced with cold wet ones (shouldn't they be warm from being freshly washed?), never was able to get beef and onion that ran out while here. To top it off, my wife found a piece of metal in her pudding banana cookie desert. Go to Pharr. Best: After telling about the metal, the Asst Manager offered us two $1.99 drinks for our next visit. Poor! read more

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Decent sushi selection except for the fact that almost all of the choices have cream cheese, which is okay for the Philadelphia rolls but would be great if there were choices without it. Rest of the food is good but choices feel limited. Biggest issue is other customers kids running around, touching the food with their hands, and messing up the serving utensils, sauce containers, etc. Best to show up right when it opens before families show up with their annoying and rude kids. Definitely recommend trying it out at least once to see for yourself. I'd come here everyday if it had days where no kids were allowed. read more

Visiting from out of town, my boyfriend's sister recommended we go here for sushi. The dynamic of the buffet is interesting, to say the least. When we were being seated there were a few dirty tables where we had to wait for someone to come clean them. The initial table they sat us out was already being occupied by someone who was in line for the buffet. I've never had sushi with so much cream cheese and so many options with hot Cheetos. I wish there were more descriptive about the sushi, was unsure what fish was in some of the food. I also wish they would switch the food out more often. Most of my sushi tasted old like it had been sitting out for a while. I did like the different options of chicken. I also think it's interesting they use plastic cups, and hope they recycle. read more

Food is fresh and when you do find out what you arr serving yourself. It's good and our waiter was very friendly and helpful. The crew is helping each other and keeping the tables and floors clean. read more

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The food is delicious, the service is fantastic and the precautions due to COVID are being followed. read more

Kurai - Sushi - Sushi Bars Near Me - Edinburg, Texas

It was an awesome experience for $13 all you can eat sushi!!!! Our waiter was very attentive and kind! The food was delicious and fresh! The sushi chefs are always on the lookout for what's missing it seems! Definitely a must try! We went a around 5:30 pm and It seemed to get a lot busier when we were leaving around 6:30 ish. Bigger parties came in. I didn't get to try everything so definitely going back. I don't have pictures lol but take my word great food for an awesome price. read more

The food was delicious! It was beautifully presented! They have a salad bar, sushi (fresh and fried), and a mini chinese buffet with a great choices to choose from! The service was average, but not bad. The restrooms were clean. They do follow co vid procedures! Loved it! Will definetly be coming back! read more

This is my second time here and the food and service are great. I placed my order thru grubhub yelp and within 5-7min my food was ready. The front door staff are polite and quickly got me my order. The combo for 2 is very affordable as well, even came with 24 rolls. General tso is bomb. Will be going back for more. read more

Kurai - Combo for 2 - Sushi Bars Near Me - Edinburg, Texas

We were here as a family during opening week. We got to meet the owner as she was in town getting everything in shape and she gave me quite a bit of background on the restaurant and I learned they started in Mexico and have lots of them. She was very diligent in the quality of the food and even brought us a roll that had ran out. My favorite is the roll with mango and caramelized walnuts. The bourbon chicken is amazing! And the multitudes of glorious sushi is delightful. The kids price is very reasonable. BTW it's not "expensive" if you consider the variety of sushi available and other options. It's also a few dollars cheaper Monday thru Friday but might be a promotion. However, when we returned about 2 weeks later the quality has slightly decreased and thus the justification for the minus one star. I felt there was a tad odd taste to anything with raw fish and so did my husband. The wait staff is very efficient and create a friendly but not in your face kind of way which is good. However, both times we came I noticed that all the hostess, front and back, could be more personable and smile. A greeter represents the restaurant as they are a customer's, especially new ones, first contact with the restaurant. Also the sushi staff could smile as well. To reiterate the food is quite good and tasty. Bring the family and judge for yourselves. read more

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Meh. Food was edible. The sushi had a very local flair. I didn't know there were that many different ways to combine rice, fake crab and cream cheese. Impressive. read more

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I have given up on this place as each time we have a worse experience. It is almost impossible to get take out from here. The online orders never get received and NO ONE picks up the phones, ever. you literally have to go and place your order there and wait for it. To make it even worse, when we got home we realized that our order was missing an entree and they didn't even give us a receipt! Not worth the time or the $50 spent. read more

Picked up drive thru and took over 30 min to get our food. Its a better experience to get off and eat inside. Not my go to Chinese nor sushi but its not bad. read more

A lot of food. Meh taste. Sushi is mainly avocado and cream cheese combos. They taste a lot alike. Don't expect raw fish. I think in the end it looks like a lot but just repetitive. Crab Rangoon are also used as a steamed attempt of dim sum or something. Husband said men's bathroom was so gross we had to leave so he could go somewhere else. read more

Never again! Went to Kurai on Trenton today and had a terrible experience. On bite 2 I discovered a piece of something metallic but flexible. I called my waitress but a waiter intercepted & asked what I needed. I said "I found this in the mushrooms." He took it and promptly whisked it away. No apology, no nothing. I expected him to at least ask what the metallic piece was in so they could throw it out and make a fresh batch (this is a buffet) but nothing. Although it wasn't the nicest thing to happen, it didn't hurt me and I know stuff happens sometimes - it's whatever. It wasn't until the friend I was having lunch with called the manager over for a separate incident that things really took a turn for the worse. The manager, who I believe may be the owner, "Fei," came over and started talking to my friend. My friend mentioned the piece of metallic stuff in my food. Fei never apologized. She first blamed my waitress. I made it clear that it had nothing to do with my waitress as, when I called her, it was a waiter who came to me and took the thing off my finger. Then she said it was the waiter's fault and that he probably didn't understand me because he doesn't speak English. I told her that I could have explained it to him in either English or Spanish but he just took it and walked away and didn't give me an opportunity. She then said she has to train him all he time and pointed over and over to her head and said "he still won't get it no matter how much we train him." She repeated several times that he is dumb. She then blamed it on the dishwashers because the metallic thingie was a piece of those metallic things they use to scrub the dishes. She then said the waiter with the green eyes is better because he's a Christian pastor. WTH? I told her that has nothing to do with anything. She then called the original waitress over and began to berate & blame her, telling her, in her very heavy Asian accent, that she "needs to learn English." I told her it wasn't the waitress and that she had attended me many times at another location and she was always pleasant & we never had any trouble communicating. It was at this point that I asked her to just leave as she was making the situation way worse and making herself look horrible. She persisted in going on about how the waiters and waitresses always speak to her in Spanish and need to learn English. I was flabbergasted. "Fei," if you have a problem with folks that only speak Spanish to the point you're going to demean them, don't hire them & you may want to learn some better communication skills yourself before pointing fingers. This fool had the nerve to give me $4 off MY NEXT VISIT. No thanks! Greedy, unprofessional moron. read more

Kurai - Sushi Bars Near Me - Edinburg, Texas

Food is typical of a Buffett. However the have a very large selection of Sushi. Some questionable and some very delicious. I am being partial because I am Japanese and lived in Japan for a long time so this does not compare but it's doable for the RGV. Staff is friendly and attentive, always making sure we were good but not to overwhelming that they were annoying. Very clean facility as it's a new restaurant. Would have given 5 stars except their Gyoza was a bit funny looking. You can't put Gyoza on a Buffett line and maintain the quality and the Beef Broccoli was just horrible (Meat was hard and tasteless). Otherwise would definitely come back. read more

Worst restaurant in Edinburg. Very small plates and on top of that for an expensive place the use plastic cups. Noodles very bland and orange chicken was very soggy and grainy texture. read more

Kurai - Sushi Bars Near Me - Edinburg, Texas

This is my first time reviewing on yelp ever.. let me start by saying that I've had my share of sushi in my fat life and this is by far the BEST quality sushi with the BEST quality sauces with the MOST flava in the world! My husband and I have two totally different sushi preferences and Kurai accommodates us both. I've eaten here 5 times in one week and I can't get enough. Also the tempura rolls are fire. My choice :) God bless & thanks Kurai we love you! read more

Food quality went down big time since last time I was there. The people at the entrance are a bit rude. My waiter was very nice complete opposite from the people up front. Food was lacking flavor big time. All the sushi tasted almost identical, and it was a bit warm to my tasting. The buffet is very limited in options, I'd understand if it were super tasty and you don't need many choices, like "Ming's Dynasty" in Denver, CO, for example. I was expecting more considering the $16+ per person charge, was extremely disappointed. I could of payed way less at Khan's Grill for better quality food. Nothing really worth taking pictures of. Extremely sad. I was let down by my second time around, I'll maybe give it another try later. Will see. read more

Two bad things going on!!! The fee for using a debit card and the smaller portions!!! Just got a plate to go and noticed a big difference. Food is still good but everyone will notice these types of things. read more

I usually enjoy coming here but today I bite into dirty mushrooms... I let that go and had some broccoli and rice what could go wrong right? That broccoli was bitter. I just wanted to continue eating after spending 13 dollars on the buffet but it kept going down hill from there. Im honestly really sad right now. Hopefully if I decide to come back in 6 months they will redeem themselves from this but I'm very grossed out! read more

16$/ pp buffet. 10$/ 3 entrees if not I retested in buffet. Fresh and hot food. Salad bar and dessert bar. Table service for beverages. Friendly staff. The above buffet price included soda. Cool place. read more

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Good food u can taste the freshness 26$ two person with beverages. Buffet, plenty's of seating Lots of parking in back Service is above average, very good service. Tv on each side of the building. read more

I just went through the drive through and ordered a combo #1 for 7.88 and got a entree the size of my frikin airpod case. I am so pissed and disappointed. I had to call again to try and get more chicken and they said no. The owner decided to get new boxes and its the "same portion" i am 92 pounds 5'1 . TRUST ME its not the same frikin portion IT IS LESS. Worst $7.88 spent in my frikin life. This is the store on trenton! read more

Kurai - This is the entree box. Where my chicken is suppose to go. Its almost as tiny as my AirPods case. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Edinburg, Texas

Great food just need to be stocked up more accordingly & the wait staff should learn if the WHOLE place is empty space the people out accordingly!!! If a table of 3 adults is enjoying thr meal done sit a huge ass table of screaming kids next to them. #annoyed read more