Pretty much an identical menu to Sushi Taku in Chicago, except the quality cannot really be compared. We came in on a Sunday afternoon and chose the AYCE option, and there was ample seating so no wait at all. We've been to Sushi Taku many times so that was kind of what we were expecting the dining experience to be like, however maybe that is not fair of me to hold it up to such a standard since they do not claim anywhere to be a sister restaurant (but the menu is pretty much identical with some names changed around!) The appetizers tasted like they were frozen/had been sitting out for a while, definitely not fresh or maybe the oil they were fried in needed to be changed. Even the edamame was not fresh. The sushi itself was decent, I personally had many sashimi pieces and they were pretty tasty. However, the rolls didn't really taste fresh or do it for my friend and me. Overall it's a pretty pricy experience considering the actual quality of the fish, but relative to the other places in Champaign this is the only one around that offers actual AYCE. I will give them some slack as we are nowhere near a major transportation hub that would give them access to fresh fish daily at a sustainable rate to run a sushi restaurant (nor is there really that big a demand). If I ever do have a craving for AYCE sushi and I'm on campus, Moki Sushi would be the place to be. read more

If you get over the terrible service, I would give the food 4/5 stars. The sashmi is really good for AYCE sushi. One complaint I have about the sushi is that many of their specialty rolls have too much cream cheese making it too dense and creamy. I like cream cheese, but the amount they put in there makes me gag a little. I have to take out the cream cheese with my chopstick. read more

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Came here three times and overall, it has a lot of room for improvement. Recommend this place for hungry college students who want to eat until they explode. Food quality wise, you have to be smart about what to get. Certain rolls and nigiris are good but others can be bad (miso soup was horrible and flying roe nigiri was unbearable). Diet coke/Coke didnt taste authentic as if they pour tons of water into it. Ordered it each time I visited and failed each time. In terms of Wasabi, I'm pretty sure it's really low quality, almost fake. I can't taste anything. You need good Wasabi to balance out the raw taste of nigiri and sushi, but the wasabi here is horrible. The worst part is the waiting time. Appetizer comes out fast because its prepared separately. But if you only see two sushi chefs and there are several parties in the restaurant, then good luck because you'll be getting your food in about a hour. If you want to eat without waiting a hour then go right after they open. read more

This place looks way better than it actually is. The inside is very nice but the wait staff was a little below average. They weren't openly rude but seemed annoyed as if we didn't know the difference between carry out prices and dine in prices (which are different). Then while we were waiting for our order we could see our waitress with other waitresses sitting together on their phones right in the seating area. Although those things were strange it was the sushi that made me never want to go back. I ordered the spicy tuna and it had no spice let alone flavor. The Philadelphia roll had close to no cream cheese and the Alaskan roll didn't have much flavor. I definitely don't think I will go back. read more

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(This review is from October 2020, just before dining in was closed from COVID. All staff wore masks properly, the restaurant is very clean) My husband and I LOVE this place! I don't understand the other reviews. We have always had very good service. They make most of the items from fresh to order, so sometimes it's a bit of a wait. But.. the food is AMAZING! My husband lived in Japan for 10 years, and says Moki Sushi is the closest he's had to Japan in the U.S. And the all-you-can-eat deal is great, so it is also the most economical sushi in the area. They so charge us an 18% gratuity-- we gladly pay it because honestly, the food is worth it (and we usually eat so much here that I feel they deserve it! Our favorites: rainbow roll, salmon lover's roll, *all* the nigiri, sweet potato tempura, ceggie gyoza. And the Mai Thai was pretty awesome. In summary: plan to spend a lot of time here It's better for a special occasion/long date than a quick lunch. The food will be worth it! read more

The place was clean and the interior is great. The food was mediocre. The sushi was reminiscent of what you buy from the grocery store. It was bland at best. The dumplings were good but the dipping sauce was the best part of the meal. As for the price, it was reasonable if you just ordered individual rolls. The all you can eat would be ok except they charge you for each thing you don't eat. Personally I feel like that's double charging. Granted it's a nominal amount, but it's still a charge. There are much better places to get sushi in C-U. read more

Woah!!! For being open only two weeks, the staff done an amazing job making the food, friendly and helpful service, food is beautifully and freshly made, the owner was friendly and helpful!!! We were visiting from a big city and never thought we would be having sushi here, staying at a nearby hotel, thought we would check it out, the review of all you can eat sushi and appetizers got us curious and this is not your average all you can eat!!! We are full and very satisfied, and look forward returning to visit again in the future!!! Fine print of not finishing the food you will pay additional per piece, very reasonable and not just ordering Unlimted but eating what you can eat! Everything was excellent!!! Definitely worth the $24.99/person for the deal! Enjoy! read more

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This is some pretty good sushi, especially considering it's the only All You Can Eat sushi place in the area. There are also some other options on the all you can eat menu, like chicken katsu and shrimp tempura. My absolute favorite was the sunny roll, but I substitute the caviar topping with tobiko. The dragon roll and color dragon roll were incredible because the eel was VERY fresh. Two stars were taken off because we found TWO hairs in the food. Which. Is. Disgusting. read more

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Wonderful AYCE spot in town - thankful it exists! Interior is well decorated and is a cool space. Lots of varied options on the menu, with fast and easy ordering process. Always look forward to coming here when in town. read more

TERRIBLE SERVICE! We had a reservation at 7 pm, and weren't sat until 7:40. We were not given our food until 8:45. Someone in our group had to leave and they were not accommodating. Would not recommend this place at all read more

Met a friend for one of our favorite lunches, sushi. Atmosphere and decor are great. Open floor plan. Sushi bar is awesome. We ordered the California roll (my teenage daughters go to), spider, volcano, avocado/cucumber ( can't remember the name), spicy 2 in 1. All our choices were great!!! Can't even pick which one was my favorite because I liked them all. Will definitely visit this place again. read more

We went Friday for dinner. I was worried at the beginning because some of the reviews said the service is slow and fish isn't so good. After we placed we the order, the food came out fairly quick(probably because there are many staff working there now). I really appreciate the fish rice ratio, so that I don't feel like I'm stuffed by eating rice, especially the sake roll and nigiri. Volcano rolls a bit too creamy for me but, after getting rid of cream cheese it actually pretty good. Very flavorful. Speaking of flavorful, oh my, the mango tango roll is soooo good. It's got tempura shrimp wrapped inside and slice of mango topping with sweet and sour taste. Very very good. The mochi ice creams are so good as well. We also order some appetizers(several times). Baby octopus salad and seaweed salad are my favorite. There will be a couple think slice of ginger in octopus salad so be aware. Soft shell crab, I've had better ones. But this is all you can eat for 25 bucks so I totally appreciate that they offer that. I tried the gyoza as well, it was as bad as previous review said. Overall we love it, I think it prob because we didn't order items taste bad or fishy. For 25 dollars all you can sushi, OMG. Totally worth it. (Octopus nigiri, surf clam nigiri, unagi nigiri are the ones we order). read more

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Exceptional food! Our party got the AYCE option and the negri pieces were all quality, the sizes of the rolls were HUGE! We definitely got our money's worth for the price. We are everything we ordered as to not pay the $1 per piece penalty. There was only one person for the waitstaff so it took a while for orders, refills, etc but they were keeping up fairly well for only one person. Some notes though: they will charge you an automatic 18% for gratuity and there is a note about refusing to give refunds. read more

This place was TERRIBLE! I really want to give negative stars!! The service was terrible and charge 18% service fee automatically ( we had party of 4). Also, there are a fishbone in a salmon nigiri, and the waiter said that all of the fish have fish bones and it is common. Please avoid this place! read more

The manager of this restaurant might actually be one of the worst service professionals I've ever come across. Only a portion of one of half of the table's food came out after nearly half an hour after the other half finished theirs. After another 20 minutes we were given more rolls than ordered and expected to pay for them. If you are considering coming here for a meal, I urge you to reconsider. You will only find bad management, sub-par sushi, and an overpriced meal. read more

This is my third time here and every time I've come here I've had a bad experience. The service is absolutely horrible. Extremely slow and they brought us the wrong food twice in one meal. We had to keep sending our food back and waited for over an hour for the food we actually ordered. Also the food does not agree with me stomach and gave me diarrhea. HORRIBLE! WORST SUSHI IN CHAMPAIGN I DO NOT RECOMMEND!!! read more

Least enjoyable meal.... we ordered 11 rolls total and they ended up giving us 15 rolls and then charged us for the extra pieces that we could not finish (because we did not order them). They also brought out the wrong rolls several times and the manager was extremely stubborn about their mistakes. read more

My friends and I loved coming here. The vibe was good and the sushi taste delicious. Tasted fresh and the atmosphere was unique. I enjoyed it and plan on coming back. Also, I tipped them extra as they deserve. read more

My friend and I came on a busy day, they didn't inform us they were severely understaffed and we waited 3 hours for one round of all you can eat.. we asked for a discount and they only gave us 30% but still included a mandatory 18% service fee. The sushi was soggy and bad quality too. I left the restaurant irritated and still hungry with 57 dollars gone from my wallet. I am never coming back again. They also failed to apologize and only said "theres nothing we can do". They shouldn't have taken more customers than they were capable of serving. read more

What a terrible experience. If you use the online ordering option, be generous with your time. I requested an order for pick up and it was 20 minutes late. Which would have been fine had it not been for the groceries melting in my hot car. The staff wasn't helpful and made no effort to acknowledge that the order i placed 8 hours earlier was incredibly late. The sushi was fine, not the best in CU but not terrible. read more

Sushi didn't taste impressively. Served very slow. Buffet price increase a lot. There's no lunch price anymore. The worst part is that they force you pay 18% tips included in the bill with this kind of poor service. read more

Sushi is good here. I'm really upset because they advertised that they were open yet apparently were not. I ordered, they charged my card, then I got a notification that my order was cancelled. There was an option to try again, as explained in the page they could just be experiencing high order volumes. This charged me every time I pressed try again. I did this until I arrived and saw no lights were on and they were closed. They charged me over $100 for 3 sushi rolls that will never be made... Upset. read more

Special rolls were pretty good, spicy tuna roll was disappointing. Service isn't nearly as bad as the other reviews make it seem!

Muhfukka the AUDACITY of this owner!!! I ordered AYCE sushi and waited two hours for our first round, so I asked him whats the hold up, and it turns out he NEVER GAVE THE CHEFS OUR ORDER. And then he had the AUDACITY to LIE that the food is just taking a while cuz of they're busy.... BOAAA that restaurant was EMPTY!! I had to stay at that restaurant for a total of 4 HOURS. How u gon make me wait that long??? Not even Avengers ENDGAME is that long!!! I'm BIG MAD!! read more

I went with my daughter and we ordered ala cart since neither of us were very hungry. She ordered California Roll and Philadelphia roll. I ordered aN appetizer of Edamame and then asked the waiter if the spicy White Tuna toll was Gluten Free. He went to check with the kitchen and came back to asssure me that it was indeed gluten free. But as soon as I bit into the roll I knew it had tempura flakes in it which are absolutely not Gluten Free. I ended up having him come back and ordered a salmon cucumber roll instead. The rest of the food was ok and we ended up spending $38 for two standard rolls and edamame. I just want to warn anyone with food sensitivities that this place likely has no idea how to deal with them and that you should probably steer clear. read more

Came here for my birthday dinner after calling in advance to see how long the wait for two people was. They told me there was no wait and to come in. As soon as we sat down, we ordered appetizers and water. They completely forgot about our table and had us sitting for 45 minutes waiting for food they never made. After that, we decided to leave and the worker gave us attitude and acted like it was our fault. I DO NOT RECOMMEND GIVING THEM BUSINESS. POOR ESTABLISHMENT AND NO MANNERS WHATSOEVER. read more

Until other places offer AYCE sushi in the area to generate more competition, this is the place to go for AYCE. The service is slow and not particularly friendly, but the place itself is nice and the sushi is consistently good. The spicy crispy tuna roll is perhaps one of my favorites of any sushi place I've been to. Others are hit or miss - but I have yet to have anything truly terrible. If you can go in knowing the staff will barely acknowledge your presence and you'll wait probably a solid 30 minutes for all your food to come out (keeping in mind the work that goes into all those rolls!), then you should be happy with your experience here. read more

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Went in on a friday night. Chose the ayce option which included a few appetizers, all of which were fairly decent. The service however was obviously lacking and most of the servers seemed to be college kids whom didn't care. The one who seemed to be the manager looked like the only one doing work as I watched him serving, tending a register, and so forth while all the servers stood by the bar and talked. Our server never came to ask how anything was or if we wanted refills so when the manager-like person came to take empty plates so I took the opportunity to ask so he took 5 steps towards the bar and could hear him angrily whisper to tend to us. All of the servers also went on a food break together as well leaving one person (the manager) to tend to tables despite him obviously being busy doing other thing, clearly showing how little they care or how little experience they have. I've also tried to order online twice but never had my order accepted (apparently they manually accept orders) and now I know why. Overall: food was decent and the ayce option is a good value but service could really be better as the majority of the servers just stood around and only came to clear tables. read more

I've been waiting here for 2 hours for food & the service is horrendous! Every time we ask a question they cut us off. We got the entire restaurant to unionize and complain it's a shit show. read more

Raw fish r at great quality. The 33per person sushi buffet really worths it. Great quality and pricing compare to sakanaya on Green St., it just takes longer time to wait for the food cuz they make all of them and serve it at once. However will suggest Moki to improve its service a little bit. read more

Moki Sushi - Sushi buffet - Sushi Bars Near Me - Champaign, Illinois

I've never really liked all-you-can eat sushi places but I really like this place! The service is fantastic! We went on a super busy night, but the servers were still super nice and brought us everything we needed. The nigiri pieces are great, perfect proportion of fish and rice. I've never seen another place using so little rice for all you can eat. The sashimi salad is great! And I love all the appetizers, especially the soft shell crab. I'm glad we have a place like this in Champaign read more

Loved the idea of having another sushi place in Chambana, and while it's nice having something new, this place is very mediocre and just boring. The inside is nice and clean (as you'd expect for it being brand new) but the sushi is the worst I have had in Chambana. Servers were awkward and could barely explain the menu. Was extremely disappointed with the experience and will not be back. read more

Sushi was good, I really recommend the mango roll, however, I do not think it was worth the 2.5hr wait... I feel bad for the one server and one cook, but I also don't think it should be the customer's moral obligation to have an automatic gratuity charged! I went out with two friends, wanted to do separate checks but because the service was so poor and slow, we decided to just do one check to speed things up. Not so happy about the 20$ tip... had one person's food served an hour before everyone else's food, so her food was cold by the time everyone had something in front of them. read more

Probably worst sushi in chambana. There are so many better options. The service was also very slow. There is no one seating people. My date and I had reservations and they did not honor them. You can tell everyone is annoyed here. We also ordered a second round which took almost an hour to come out and by that point all we wanted to do was leave. We also waited another 30 min to flag someone down for a check. read more

Service has gone down the years, takes forever for sushi to come out when even slightly busy, but not too many places to find sushi in this area ig read more

For 5/11/19, this particular day gets a 2-stars. I usually give it a 3.5-4 stars but these are on days where there are very little people and staffs are chilling and talking. The quality is actually decent for an all you can eat but obviously not compared to legitimate non all you can places but it has its appeal to the college students. I normally go with my friends and enjoy my time but never go during times of the week if there is a big event near or moving day at UIUC. The waiters and host are very nice and caring but management really is terrible. Management does not know how to strategize when there is a large influx of people. Instead of delegating duties to serve people that ordered the main course, they will focus all their manpower to try to quickly sit everyone that is waiting for a table. There will be at least ten plates of sushi waiting to be taken to their designated tables but because they chose to prioritize seating people, the people that ordered will have to wait 20-40 mins extra for their finished prepared sushi. My friends and I came there at 630pm and got our first plates at 720pm. We saw it finished well before 700pm but no one will take it to us. Again, I don't blame the staff, they are understaffed. There will be a sign outside saying they are hiring all positions, but this may be a red flag because of management as there use to be more waiters. They also don't have a waitlist signup so everyone is arguing over who was first. The design of the restaurant is not the greatest as the sushi chefs are positioned right in front of the entrance/exit so once it gets crowded due to waiting, hard for staff to get to the plates. This may have been their first time having this many people and dealing with guests waiting for tables. It is a new place and getting increasingly popular but I would save the hassle and go on typical day not like during graduation week like us. read more

The service and the manager is so poor here, they make me feel I am not respected and valued here. It is the worst restaurant I have ever been. the manager is the guy with glasses standing near the register playing his phone all the time. read more

After a very long wait, we got some soup to start and the waiters thumb was in it... gross. After waiting even more for our sushi, we were never given any plates or dishes which was very annoying. The worst part was that we got food poisoning and RUINED our day following. Not to mention the All you can eat was the most expensive I've ever been to. What an awful experience for near $80. Will not be coming back. read more

Great food for a reasonable price. The fishes are always fresh and the rolls are delicious (even the simplest roll is great and it is only $3.99) read more

The appetizers are Okay. Service speed: Waited for 1+ hour for the sushi(main reason why I give 1 star) Sushi quality: mediocre read more