We tried Elena's Taco and Elwood's Shack but both were closed on Sunday. After a quick Yelp check we decided on Ryu. Located in a small strip center across from Bargain Hunt the outside looked third world ...or maybe fourth. The interior had anime playing, a sushi bar and several tables with Oriental design chairs and geisha patterned upholstery. The art was large modern prints. Service was great and both our sushi and teriyaki were excellent. Prices and serving size were reasonable. Seems to be popular with groups. There were only two other couples. read more

RYU - Our table's art - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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Expensive for the quality and amount of food. Cooks weren't wearing masks. Avocado on the sushi was brown. read more

RYU - Spicy salmon roll with old avocado - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

Delicious sushi! I ordered take out with Door Dash, and everything came out great. The sushi was fresh and the portions were large. You can't find better sushi in Memphis! I also recommend getting the fried rice too. It really hits the spot. Support your local businesses!! read more

Wow. Best pho I've ever had. This is the real deal. Sushi is very fresh tasting and fabulous. Lightening fast service. I love this place. read more

RYU - Pho tai (yum!!) - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

Y'all. I mean. Who knew? This place has been here (I think) 15 years and I live about 5 mins down the road from it and have never been inside. Everything is just so fresh! I mean everything. The avocado in sushi was super creamy, the tuna was beautiful and fresh. The sushi roll options are perfect. I got the crab soup as well and the broth was just so warm and comforting. My man got the Bento box and everything had such great flavor. Y'all it's a must go and try. I can't wait to come back and try the pho! read more

RYU - Bento Box with fried rice - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

I never like to leave a bad review about any place and usually don't. But this just had way too much wrong to not say something. I hope that I can save the next customer for making the mistake I did. First of all - they do not have chicken pho. If you are a huge pho person and like yours with chicken, then do not bother coming here because they don't carry it. Second, so instead of getting chicken pho, I ordered the pho Nam which is the brisket. They were so over cooked I could barely chew it. I ended up taking all of it out of my bowl and had a vegetable version, which was super disappointing considering that they're about two dollars more expensive than the average Memphis pho restaurant. The vegetables for the Pho and sushi were not fresh, the basil leaves were curling and brown. Th sprouts were limp and pieces of the avocado in the Memphis roll were turning brown. Also, they don't clean their condiment containers on the tables very well or often. I had to use a napkin to wrap around the Sriracha bottle because it was super sticky. I won't be eating here again, it was a huge disappointment. I am leaving two stars instead of one because our server was nice. read more

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Again, Ryu has the best Pho & Sushi/Sashimi in town. Sick & feeling down? Ryu. Having a bad day? Ryu. Having a great damn day and hungry? Ryu. Just go. Order, eat, tip well, and love your life. read more

I order doordash from them weekly! The food is always great and tastes fresh! They even make the to go food presentation well!

We live in Atoka and Ryu is still worth the drive! They had the best fried rice in memphis. They no longer serve hibachi and now serve pho and sushi. We tried the house soup with our usual sushi favorites and it was amazing! We had 3 rolls and a bowl of soup and ate every morsel! We love Van! And once again Ryu never disappoints! read more

Some of the best sushi I've had here in memphis. I ordered 5 different rolls for my wife and I for dinner and it was amazing. The best roll I had was the firecracker roll! Amazing place! read more

The fish here, and food in general, did seem to be a bit higher quality than the norm. The Dragon Roll did not quite live up to my expectations. Maybe I just over hyped it and expected something unreasonable. But that firecracker roll more than made up for that dragon roll! Tokyo and smoked salmon was also great. read more

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Sometimes marriage is hard. You have to keep making compromises to make it work, so here is our deal at Ryu: I gave up my fling with eel rolls and he broke off his long affair with spicy tuna rolls. We ordered the Memphis Rolls for an obvious reason. Maybe I am actually a traditionalist, so the small slice of cream cheese in each roll kind of threw me off. I read the description but was expecting it to be more subtle. After all this is Memphis not Philadelphia (no pun intended). We also tried the Crispy David Rolls for a less obvious reason. They filled us up pretty quickly, and then it hit me: they were kind of like deconstructed spicy tuna rolls! That's so unfair and needless to say: we will be trying other rolls next time. Since I can't live without my daily servings of vegetables, we ordered the tempura vegetables. Zucchini, mushroom and sweet potato were all good. Though the tempura batter was not as crunchy as I am used to, it was not that big a deal. The dipping sauce has tons of grated daikon radish in it which you probably won't find in a chain restaurant. The interior was quaint and clean. I think we really could work out our differences just by coming here more often. And who knows, shopping together at the Asian market next door might just be the ultimate bonding experience. read more

RYU - Left: Memphis Roll. Right: Crispy David Roll. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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This is our go to sushi spot! The only reason I don't give it 5 stars is because the waitress we usually get is awful. The food is so good an reasonably priced. My boyfriend gets the nigiri combo and the fish is always fresh. I always get the cooked rolls and the yabi ebi is awesome! The gyoza, egg rolls, and combo fried rice are go to items. read more

RYU - Yabi ebi on the bottom, fusion on the left, eel roll on right, yellow tail at the top - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

Officially my new favorite place. Best fried dumplings I've ever had. Sushi roll was amazing also! Only thing that could've been better is if the pieces where cut more even, and on some pieces the rice was falling apart. But still absolutely amazing. read more

Upon moving here from Southern California, I felt as if Sushi would be a culinary dish I would miss greatly. In my first week I went to a meetup event at a different sushi establishment and was immensely disappointed in the quality of the sushi. I had felt that my viewpoint was reinforced. But then a girl there had told me that she would introduce me to a better sushi establishment in town. When that girl and I started dating, she had brought me here to Ryu Sushi. We drove up and initially I was concerned; the area seemed a bit sketchy, the little strip mall run down, and next to a strip joint. However, once we walked in, much of my reservations went away. The ambiance was very nice; the restaurant is very clean with light wooden floors and bright colorful Asian artwork. To my surprise, the establishment was rather empty; a pattern that still blows me away to this day. We were greeted by a friendly server and we had ordered a pot of tea, an assortment of sushi, and combo fried rice. The pot the tea came in was an elegant blue and white designed pot which served to add to the ambiance. We then got our fried rice and sushi and my eyes lit up, as it had appeared that my previously held belief of quality sushi being a thing of the past was erroneous. Once I had tasted the first piece of the Dragon roll, I knew I had found my new Sushi home. After a great meal, we decided to try the fried cheesecake. I am already a huge fan of cheesecake and figured this would be pretty good; it was far more than that. After a great dinner we got the check, and it was very well-priced for the quality and quantity of food. After an amazing experience, the lady and I continue to have equally amazing date nights here time and time again. There is no reason for this sushi establishment to be slow at any time; this is probably the best value sushi place in town. Next time you're craving sushi, give Ryu Sushi a try; you'll be glad you did! read more

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Ryu oozes atmosphere. In addition to the disco balls, there's a long sushi bar, a few TVs, and several large Japanese paintings (the one we were sitting next to was a Lichtenstein-esque collage depicting people in the throes of what looked to be some rather serious ennui). The main dining room is cozy and dark in a way that makes you feel sort of like you're eating underground. I started with the spicy crab soup. It was a small, appetizer-sized bowl of spicy broth, mushrooms, green onions and lots of imitation crab meat. As far as soup goes, it was near perfection. The only improvement I would make would be to put it in a bigger bowl - after I finished, I sat there and had a little internal debate with myself on whether or not it would be OK to order seconds. The sushi was excellent. The deep-fried salmon roll was filled with salmon, masago and cream cheese. The Tokyo roll had tender raw tuna, avocado, crab and cream cheese. The Crazy roll wasn't too insane - it was stuffed with crab, avocado and masago and topped with raw whitefish and green onions. The rolls were a little heavy on the masago - it seemed like it was used like mortar anytime there was available space. That said, all of the ingredients were incredibly fresh and the presentation was lovely. read more

RYU - Kaisu roll - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

The food is amazing to me. I love the freshness of the Sushi and the soups. The staff is so friendly. And i love the way that have remodeled it since my last visit. read more

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So I'm a weeeeee bit torn on this one. Here's why: STARVING and TIRED after driving and being in the car for 17 hrs, all I wanted was something to eat. I didn't want a heavy meal knowing that it was 8 at night. Ah Ha!! Sushi! Lets get sushi.... Found Ryu and looked at the first few reviews and decided I'd give it a whirl. Walked in and the place was rather empty. Rut-ro....hmmmm. We proceeded to order our take out and while I waited, I started looking at all the pictures and reading the signs on the wall. And then I saw it. The health score rating. I gulped loudly and slowly/calmly got my Hubs' attention. I pointed to it and with my eyes wide. 85 health score as of 10/2012. Have you seen that commercial with the two guys eating the messy BBQ and his friend sees the health rating go from an A to a C and that said friend smacks the BBQ out of his friends hands?? That's what I wanted to do but I didn't want to make a scene. Clearly they had to be sanitary enough or this place would have been shut down a long time ago. I walked away with food in hand and prayers in the sky. The sushi wasn't the best, but it was suprisingly decent. With no health issues. So I dunno...I don't live in this area so not sure if I'd come back even if I were just passing through. read more

Met a friend for lunch the other day and his sushi roll was pretty gross. Fire roll maybe. Udon noodle soup was ok but nothing great. Nothing special but the staff is nice and the food is usually decent. I came in looking for a spicy crab soup that I saw on a 100 things to eat in Memphis. The soup was a spicy coconut/curry broth that was good but it did not even have real crab in it. Don't know that it is a must eat. No wait. It's not. The steak hibachi lunch was pretty good and the steak was well cooked. The fried rice was probably my favorite. I've only been here five or six times but it's never busy. Probably won't rush back. read more

RYU - Steak Hibachi lunch - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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I ordered via Uber eats. The sushi meat was rotten and messy. It smelled very fishy and I ended up throwing half of it away. The order was also very small considering I spent $50 on the order. One roll was only 6 pieces and they were not large. I will not order from here again, and I recommend you don't either. I am actually in the process of getting a refund from Uber eats because the food was rotten. read more

One day my wife came home from work with the food that she has bought from this place. They made a perfect amount of food for both us. A large combination fried rice with a roll that they called Summer Roll. Everything was just perfect. I love my wife! Thank you Ryu! read more

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I've come with a group to play games and with just one other friend to get quick sushi. Both times were excellent. Sadly they open at 5 and close at 9 on the weekdays and we didn't get there until 6 so we only got to play a few games. However, it was a fun experience. I will admit the tables aren't exactly designed with games in mind, but the fact that they encourage people to play is still neat to me. We got a variety of things and desserts. Three of us got sushi, one friend got a bento box, and hubby got hibachi chicken. My vegetarian friend liked her tofu sushi but wished they had offered a kind with some sort of sauce, spicy or just flavorful. I've noticed this at most sushi places: if there's no fish there's no pizzazz. So maybe next time we can ask them to add something to it. I did not like their ginger salad because the dressing was pretty watered down. But their onion soup was fantastic. Summary: I don't know if I would want to bring a larger group here for game night, but I would bring any size group here for food. Sushi in order of Awesomeness: - Deep Fried Tornado Roll - Spicy Nola Roll - Eel Roll - Cowboy Roll (tastes better with soy sauce) - Crunchy Crab Roll - Fire Roll (with soy sauce) - Onion Soup Didn't like: - Ginger Salad - Fried Tofu Roll read more

I feel like they sort of just try and get by with being a "Sushi" place. The food is not of good quality. Just sort of dry and bland overall. It's not terrible and the service is ok but little effort is put into the food presentation, quality and, overall experience for the customer. read more

Very impressed by the food and the atmosphere. Very good prices on the sushi, and it was good. Highly recommend it. Will definitely be returning here. read more

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Loved the experience! The server brought samples of rolls just to entice our taste buds. That was exciting. Our food was great. Had no idea how much I'd like this place and I look forward to going back. read more

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Hidden gem! Good service, great food,fair prices. Had the bento box and it was awesome! You definitely get more rice and tempura than you do meat but overall it was still a good value. We will be back! read more

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Literally my favorite sushi place! I haven't been in the restaurant but I Uber eats from them weekly. Their fried rice is amazing and I'm obsessed with their sushi! HIGHLY recommend. read more

The assortment poke sashimi here is really good. It comes with salmon, tuna, mackerel, imitation crab, and more about 3 pieces each kind. $15. Fast service and also come with a hot mushroom soup. read more

RYU - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

This place was recommended to us. I hate recommendations because we do not all have the same taste in food, but this place is blow you socks off good. The fish is fresh, service is fast, beer is cold. We got the Saturday special. Cosmo roll with a side of egg rolls. My wife got the Poke bowl. The egg rolls were crisp and delicious. The Roll was like a fried Cali roll with avocado. Wow! Flavor explosion. We will be back again and again. Hope to see you here. We came back On 12/31/17, great as ever! I got a monster roll and my wife got the Poke bowl again. Presentation is a class act here, fish is always fresh. Try getting fresh fish in the mid south while not living on the coast. Yes, fried, fried did I say fried? That is what you typically get in Memphis. Well here is the answer for you. Unless you like fried fish and fries. Love this place. Check out the bad reviewers. They would not know fresh if the fish slapped them in the face. I am from Cali and fish was never this good at the sushi places as there and if it was you paid $60-80. Maybe that is the answer here. Seems if you pay $30 for a great lunch, people think, it has to be bad food. But they pay $15 for fried tilapia and potatoes and say it is the best ever. Tilapia is the cheapest fish on the market. $1-2 for a whole fish. Potatoes cost $ 0.86. So for the overhead $5, they sell you the meal for $12-15. I have to say the customer is not king. Enjoy fresh fish, great service, hot tea, cold beer, fresh rice, I am making myself hungry. Try it leave your review and a comment if you think I am wrong. I bet you will not be upset with me, or this restaurant. Enjoy! read more

I always enjoy eating here and getting the fried rice, chicken tempura, or the sushi. Sushi is really light and delicious and if you're looking for a good meal to have without it weighing down your stomach, this is the place to get it from! read more

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It doesn't look like much from the outside, but don't be fooled. If you're into sushi, you will be very pleasantly surprised by what you find inside. The atmosphere is quaint, relaxed and comfortable and the service is first rate. All the servers are really friendly and appreciative of your business. Now let's talk about the food. The sushi is always good and the prices are even better. Most rolls are about 5 to 6 dollars. You won't find a better value than that in the area.. And they have an early bird special, offering a 3 roll combo for only $9 before 7 pm. They have Hibachi here as well, priced better than anywhere in town, and also offer an early bird special of $12 for the whole Hitachi meal. I so love a good deal. read more

I love me some sushi! It's not really something I think of as an affordable date option, I've been known to run up $80 sushi tabs. But, with a little research in finding the right location, a partner with agreeable taste and a little strategy it can be done. The largest expenses for a business are typically payroll and rent, but since servers make so little in the restaurant industry you can be sure rent is the biggest expense. So, if you go to the part of town where the rents are lower you can find that there's better pricing on the menu. My favorite sushi spot in Memphis just happens to be next to a strip club. It's actually nice inside, and the neighborhood is not scary. This place is usually pretty quiet, when we arrived there were five other tables but they had all cleared out by the time we finished. I really don't understand why. The sushi prices are very reasonable: When the bf and I go here we always split a pot of tea and get waters. The pot gives us each two cups We then share four rolls of sushi. For most people this is probably plenty but we like to eat. So, my advice to like minded people is to get a soup or salad, it will help fill you up and give substance to the meal. Two of our rolls are fried. It's a southern thing y'all! This particular visit we gto the dragon roll, yellow tail, and two fried tornado rolls - so good! Don't get me wrong, I love sushi at fancy places where they have you take off your shoes, sit on the floor and give you private paper wall rooms so I'm not saying don't go there but a little less authentic sushi experience can make it more accessible. Besides, sharing food is kinda fun. read more

I'm in love with Ryu! After having fairly mediocre sushi experiences in Memphis, I finally tried Ryu. It reminded me of some of my favorite sushi places in Los Angeles = unpretentious, affordable, and most importantly - GOOD. On my first visit to Ryu, I meant to order sushi (nigiri), but must have checked the wrong box because the server came with three orders of sashimi. The cuts of yellow tail were melt-in-your-mouth delicious, but I was nervous about the bill. To my pleasant surprise, my orders of sashimi were only $4 each! Wah! Unheard of in LA. In addition to their sashimi, I recommend trying a rice-free roll. I like the King Crab roll; instead of being wrapped in seaweed and rice, it is wrapped in cucumber. It is a delicious and refreshing treat! read more

I would recommend all my sushi loving friends to this place and have :) Friendly staff and very clean bathrooms. The chef makes the best rolls in town and the sushi is always fresh, some of the biggest rolls in Memphis! My favorite restaurant by far in Memphis. read more

We came here to Ryu to an empty restaurant on a Sunday afternoon after the urge for good sushi and sashimi took over my body. We decided to come here since we were still on the quest for our go to Japanese spot in Memphis. We ordered 2 orders of red snapper, salmon, and yellowtail a la carte, since each order came with 3 pieces and each order is right around 3.75. Price was definitely superb. We also got 3 rolls; 2 spicy rolls and a cooked crunchy crab roll. The sashimi wasn't really cut properly, but it was good fish. The pieces were just a tiny bit undersized, but the price of the fish was cheap anyways. The presentation of the rolls was definitely a D, but the taste of the rolls a B+. They looked bad, but tasted good. Good, not great. All things considered, this place really should be a 3.5-4 stars for Memphis Japanese restaurants, but really should be 3-3.5 stars when compared everywhere else. Ryu Sushi Bar will satisfy those cravings for sushi and sashimi, but just don't expect your taste buds to be massaged! read more

We went last night (8/2013) and apparently the air was out. We were sweating before the waitress took our drink order. We both ordered two rolls. I got the Memphis roll and the Fried Tofu and I got an order of egg fried rice. It took a while for our food to come, but that's expected with a sushi place. The thing is, we only got our sushi. The waitress said that my rice was on it's way. No big deal. We start eating, and we have both finished our rolls (I'm a slow eater), and my rice still hasn't arrived. I finish my beer and finally she brings my rice. It's still hot, but I'm not the most adept at using chopsticks so I had to go after the waitress for a fork. The food overall was decent, but not the best sushi I've had ever. I don't think we'll go back, but this is mostly because we have a regular place and we were just trying this. read more

Ryu used to be our go-to quiet sushi spot. We're on the prowl for another after our last visit. It seems like the servings have gotten smaller while the prices have stayed the same. The Sashimi is supposed to come with three pieces, but only two arrived on all but one. We waited to tell the waitress, but she was the only server there, waiting on six tables. So we ate. I told her at the end of the meal, and she said she'd tell the chefs for next time. No other offers of any kind. This all sounds a little petty, but we're the easiest customers of all time, it really doesn't take much to make us happy. It's ok, I showed her, I only left her 18%. =P Three stars because it really is well prepared sashimi and nigiri, but the rolls are tiny, Ask how many pieces of each come with the rolls, sashimi and nigiri, so you're not left with a $60 tab and a half-full belly. The atmosphere/decor are nice and inviting. Usually quiet, younger couples. read more

I'm always on a quest for new and interesting sushi. Ryu was next on my list. I found it to be an average experience. Our server was fantastic. She was on the ball, and super friendly. Food was prepared quickly and tasted fresh. My favorite roll was the Fire roll, and I enjoyed the tempura vegetables too. My biggest disappointment was the masago that seemed to be everywhere up in my sushi. I can take a little bit, but man it was just too much for me. There seemed to be a lack of air conditioning while we were there. But it was also 100 degrees outside, so maybe I was just really overheated that day. I might go back, but it's not on my top 3 of sushi restaurants in Memphis. read more

Worst sushi I've ever had. Owners were rude and not helpful when I had a problem with my order. Cleanliness is an issue here as well. Won't be going back. read more

Consistently delicious food, both hibachi and sushi. Great, quick service. Good prices. read more

RYU - Paradiso roll (with added sliced jalapeño), crunchy shrimp roll, salmon and tuna nigiri. - Sushi Bars Near Me - Memphis, Tennessee

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